Chicks dig scars

How about scratches? No scaring, but a nice couple of scratches across his face. N had a run-in with a cat at the farm. Older cat, not used to kids. Especially one who puts his face a few inches from said cat and yells "Cat! Cat! Cat!" and "Hi! Hi! Hi!". Eventually Stumpy had enough and let N know. N was scared off for about 5 minutes. The scratches were very close to his eye so we did get it checked by the optometrist. All is fine.

Bed Time

So, N has never liked going to bed. He cries, asks for more (and more) books to be read, crawls out of bed to run around the room... and so on. Now that he's talking more, we're getting into the request stage. Earlier this week, he seemed to be almost asleep when he jumped up and asked for water. So, I had R bring up his sippy cup. He had some water, then I had to have some water, then we had to go back and forth with the cup for a while until I had R take it back downstairs. Then we were both lying down again and he looked again like he was about to fall asleep when he jumped up and started asking for a bath. Words and sign. He'd never asked for a bath before, but I sure wasn't going to give him one at 10pm.

Let's hope he doesn't turn into R's brother who used to get up at 2am and ask his mom to make him bacon and eggs. If he does, N will quickly learn I'm no baba. No way I'll get up and actually do it.

Bird bird bird bird

N was over at my sisters and her 6 year old son P was asking when N would start talking. My sister said: "He already is talking. He can say cat" (to which N answered "Cat") "and bird". At this point, N gets right up close to P's face and while making the sign for bird says "bird bird bird bird" about 20 times.

Fun with your buddies

Daycare day for N. On Thursdays, he gets to spend the day with C, who is only 5 days older. When I went to pick up N, he and C were having a great time. There is a post in the room, decorated like a tree, and N and C were running around it chasing each other. They'd giggle and run, and then N would veer off the loop and give me a hug. Then he'd run back in, going the opposite direction, and they'd both laugh when they'd meet up. Then one would chase the other again. It's the first time I've seen them really playing with each other. Not just playing in the same area or with the same toys but really interacting. It was great to watch.

Sushi Train

We were late coming home last Friday, and I had nothing ready for dinner. We decided to go out. Close to our house, we have a restaurant called Sushi Train. Instead of the little boat floating around with sushi on it, there is a train (being the prairies and all). We thought that might entertain N while we had dinner... but maybe it entertained him too much. When the train came close by, N would scream out "chooo choo! choo choo!" and yell when it traveled to the other end of the restaurant. He wouldn't sit in the high chair, but had to be held up by one of us. We quickly changed out order to be 'to go' and went to the park for a picnic instead. N ate his miso soup and then he and R kicked the ball around for a while. Ended up being a wonderful evening.