Melissa and I have had to resort to hilarious Oscar-winning performances in order to get Ian to try certain foods these days. It has worked twice now, and goes a little something like this…
Ian – (Crying, doesn’t want his food.)
Me – Sweetie… I don’t want to try mine either.
Melissa – Well, honey you should try it because you might like it.
Me – But I don’t WANT to.
Melissa – Well how will you know if you like it?
Me – I don’t know. I should try it?
Melissa – Yes, you should.
Me – Ok, I’ll try it… MMMM!!! This is REALLY good! Can I have more, please?
Ian – (Smiles, tries food. And after a few minutes, he even said…) I like dat.
We awoke this morning to a bit of a surprise… sadly a diaper had blown out in the wee hours of the morning, and the contained materials found their way around the room. So that needed some looking after.
“More train cake, please!” Is the sentence of the day. (That will be explained in full shortly…)
Well, I don’t have any audio, but I just wanted to say how awesome Ian has been the last many days… he’s getting smarter by the minute, and it has been breathtaking watching him develop this way. Here’s some stories as best as I can remember them…
He pointed at his toes the other day and said “little piggie, little piggie, little piggie.”
Grampa Dave and Grandma Marcia were here for Easter (Much more on that trip shortly!) and Ian got a new red star shape that looked like it was a major pain in the butt to make… (As I said to him when I saw it “Wow, you skipped right over making a rhombus, that would have been much easier!”) Anyway… long story short, you can stack them in an odd way that is difficult for an adult to do, let alone a two year old. So after Ian knocked it down I was surprised to hear him say, plain as day “Built it again, Daddy.” This was clear as a bell, no “um” or other noises… no deciphering necessary.
He helped me sing “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” yesterday and is shocking how close he gets to saying all of the words. Nowhere close to perfect, but recognizable to say the least. I’ll try to get a recording of this shortly.
Tonight he tucked a bear into a chair, gave it a blankie, said night-night and kissed it on the nose.
We took a survey tonight that we’ve already taken earlier versions of… it just sort of checks to see how he’s doing compared to your average kid. As we went down the list we were checking “yes” almost all the way down. In several cases we weren’t sure, so we asked him to try a thing or two. Body parts was the part that I think floored me the most. I could barely get a word out of my mouth and he was indicating what I was talking about and repeating the word… hair, eyes, nose, mouth, ears, knees, feet, legs, back, head, body, belly, and with a slight correction, shoulders and elbows… the survey wanted to know if Ian could find seven parts.
I need to get the rest of the blog caught up so you can hear about the visitors we’ve had the last few weeks, so forgive me for making this comment slightly out of order; when Grandma Sue was here, she read him a book that has since gone into higher rotation called “Yes Yes No No.” I admit it is my fault that it wasn’t popular. I didn’t like that it gave Ian ideas that he might not have had already – like sticking your toys in the toilet, for example. But you could tell he was paying extra attention when Granny Sue read it… and a few nights ago Melissa put an extra twist in that made it even better: she’d say “And this boy is doing a no-no… what’s he doing?” Ian began explaining. (I’m very proud of Melissa turning the verbal exchange around here… Ian explaining things is adorable, but more importantly – good practice.) Now I want you to understand that when Ian gets to trying to talk about something like this, there are a lot of extra words that come out — what we’re looking for are the golden nuggets. “He no no onna no wall — e paper!” Translated by my ears, is “He shouldn’t write on the wall, he should write on paper!” Tonight he took it a little further… “He no onna pulla kitty’s tail. An kitty ne pet da kitty.” If you can’t tell… that one was “he shouldn’t pull the kitty’s tail, he should pet the kitty.” This was accompanied by a soft petting gesture, and a kiss on top of that. (Which is particularly hilarious, because you can ask Seth — this is not a lesson he has come close to learning with a real cat yet.)
He hated his helmet previously… We got him this larger one this year with Thomas on it, and he actually requests the helmet if he’s on his trike… plus he apparently doesn’t feel the need to take it off when he’s done! Image taken on March 30th. See this image larger.
The bunnies continued to be hidden and discovered by Ian. The purple bunny disappeared for so long, we figured he was lost, until the plane landed and we realized he was on vacation in Maui. See this image larger.
On March 31st, preparing for Grandma Sue’s big visit… (This is an animated gif… it might take a little bit to load.)
Short Stories
Melissa and I have had to resort to hilarious Oscar-winning performances in order to get Ian to try certain foods these days. It has worked twice now, and goes a little something like this…
Ian – (Crying, doesn’t want his food.)
Me – Sweetie… I don’t want to try mine either.
Melissa – Well, honey you should try it because you might like it.
Me – But I don’t WANT to.
Melissa – Well how will you know if you like it?
Me – I don’t know. I should try it?
Melissa – Yes, you should.
Me – Ok, I’ll try it… MMMM!!! This is REALLY good! Can I have more, please?
Ian – (Smiles, tries food. And after a few minutes, he even said…) I like dat.
We awoke this morning to a bit of a surprise… sadly a diaper had blown out in the wee hours of the morning, and the contained materials found their way around the room. So that needed some looking after.
“More train cake, please!” Is the sentence of the day. (That will be explained in full shortly…)
More Talking
Well, I don’t have any audio, but I just wanted to say how awesome Ian has been the last many days… he’s getting smarter by the minute, and it has been breathtaking watching him develop this way. Here’s some stories as best as I can remember them…
He pointed at his toes the other day and said “little piggie, little piggie, little piggie.”
Grampa Dave and Grandma Marcia were here for Easter (Much more on that trip shortly!) and Ian got a new red star shape that looked like it was a major pain in the butt to make… (As I said to him when I saw it “Wow, you skipped right over making a rhombus, that would have been much easier!”) Anyway… long story short, you can stack them in an odd way that is difficult for an adult to do, let alone a two year old. So after Ian knocked it down I was surprised to hear him say, plain as day “Built it again, Daddy.” This was clear as a bell, no “um” or other noises… no deciphering necessary.
He helped me sing “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” yesterday and is shocking how close he gets to saying all of the words. Nowhere close to perfect, but recognizable to say the least. I’ll try to get a recording of this shortly.
Tonight he tucked a bear into a chair, gave it a blankie, said night-night and kissed it on the nose.
We took a survey tonight that we’ve already taken earlier versions of… it just sort of checks to see how he’s doing compared to your average kid. As we went down the list we were checking “yes” almost all the way down. In several cases we weren’t sure, so we asked him to try a thing or two. Body parts was the part that I think floored me the most. I could barely get a word out of my mouth and he was indicating what I was talking about and repeating the word… hair, eyes, nose, mouth, ears, knees, feet, legs, back, head, body, belly, and with a slight correction, shoulders and elbows… the survey wanted to know if Ian could find seven parts.
I need to get the rest of the blog caught up so you can hear about the visitors we’ve had the last few weeks, so forgive me for making this comment slightly out of order; when Grandma Sue was here, she read him a book that has since gone into higher rotation called “Yes Yes No No.” I admit it is my fault that it wasn’t popular. I didn’t like that it gave Ian ideas that he might not have had already – like sticking your toys in the toilet, for example. But you could tell he was paying extra attention when Granny Sue read it… and a few nights ago Melissa put an extra twist in that made it even better: she’d say “And this boy is doing a no-no… what’s he doing?” Ian began explaining. (I’m very proud of Melissa turning the verbal exchange around here… Ian explaining things is adorable, but more importantly – good practice.) Now I want you to understand that when Ian gets to trying to talk about something like this, there are a lot of extra words that come out — what we’re looking for are the golden nuggets. “He no no onna no wall — e paper!” Translated by my ears, is “He shouldn’t write on the wall, he should write on paper!” Tonight he took it a little further… “He no onna pulla kitty’s tail. An kitty ne pet da kitty.” If you can’t tell… that one was “he shouldn’t pull the kitty’s tail, he should pet the kitty.” This was accompanied by a soft petting gesture, and a kiss on top of that. (Which is particularly hilarious, because you can ask Seth — this is not a lesson he has come close to learning with a real cat yet.)
March Wrap Up!
Finally, some pictures!