Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
The Circle Game
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Fall Flirting
On Monday, Isaac and I went to the local playground even though the weather looked stormy. Approaching it from the top of the hill, I was disappointed not to see little kids playing on the swings and monkey bars but teenagers: that dreaded class of human beings who don't say hello and hog the baby swing because that's funny. Argh, I thought. We marched on and started to play. At first, Isaac didn't seem to notice them--with their music pumping through a phone and the group occupying all the swings-- as he climbed the playground structure, went down the slide and ran around. Then he became aware of them and he ran toward the girls, stopped, smiled with a head tilt and then ran back. One of the them gave him a smile. Then her friend noticed him too, "he's so cute!" Encouraged by his fans, now he ran toward toward them and sang a song.
Eventually the pack left and two younger teenage girls came and sat on the structure where he normally climbs up for the slides. Mildly annoyed by all the older kids and awkward about what to say, I didn't engage with them. Eventually though Isaac broke the ice. He started going up to them and talking with them and eventually singing for them. The girls were very sweet and well-mannered. "He's so smart!" As for me, I'm standing there in awe as my little boy is seriously flirting with these two pretty middle school girls. While we all are admiring Isaac, I find out that they've gone to Watertown public schools since elementary and say it's been pretty good. Somehow it comes out that one of the girls, Olivia, is diabetic. I mention our Ryan and I think with that, between me and Isaac, we convinced the girls that we're cool. I say, "I know this might sound forward, but do you girls babysit?" I hope they don't give their phone number out to everyone, but I thought Olivia might really be great for an afternoon outing or something. Suddenly it starts to sprinkle and we say goodbye. I guess that as a team, Isaac does the flirting and I get the digits!
Other fun things we've been up to and reading: Horton Hatches an Egg, balloon parties, a lot of twirling and jumping, singing with the Newton Family Singers every Sunday (aka "concert"), saying, "I don't want to talk," destroying his uke (I have Gorilla glued every part now and the neck has fallen off twice--still looks great though), eating whole apples, pushing a chair to the sink and washing his hands and pouring water into different containers, "helping" me by getting his broom when I get mine, pushing a stool to the counter to help with cooking, breaking eggs (I taught him that this is done by throwing an egg hard into an empty bowl), talking to his stuffed animals ("Do you want some juice, Tiger?"), watching one episode of Cat and the Hat on our computer (which he calls "cum-pu-ter"), eating "lego" bars--aka granola bars, eating large quantities of eggs (3!) or hot dogs (2.5) in one sitting ("another egg, Mama") and generally being more reasonable lately. I have also started doing some tips from 1, 2, 3 Magic as well as trying to be as ready as possible before Isaac wakes up. With these strategies, Isaac and I have been doing really well in our daily morning routine (Josh is out by 6am). Not to say it's perfect, but we have had more good days than bad lately.
Coinciding with these good days is that Isaac has been more regular. Thank God. He was going 3-4 days between BMs and the guy was noticeably uncomfortable. In damage-control, we bought his favorite juices, made oatmeal with flax and have reduced milk and yogurt.
I need to stop writing about successes because I'm setting myself up for either a bad night or a bad morning!
Eventually the pack left and two younger teenage girls came and sat on the structure where he normally climbs up for the slides. Mildly annoyed by all the older kids and awkward about what to say, I didn't engage with them. Eventually though Isaac broke the ice. He started going up to them and talking with them and eventually singing for them. The girls were very sweet and well-mannered. "He's so smart!" As for me, I'm standing there in awe as my little boy is seriously flirting with these two pretty middle school girls. While we all are admiring Isaac, I find out that they've gone to Watertown public schools since elementary and say it's been pretty good. Somehow it comes out that one of the girls, Olivia, is diabetic. I mention our Ryan and I think with that, between me and Isaac, we convinced the girls that we're cool. I say, "I know this might sound forward, but do you girls babysit?" I hope they don't give their phone number out to everyone, but I thought Olivia might really be great for an afternoon outing or something. Suddenly it starts to sprinkle and we say goodbye. I guess that as a team, Isaac does the flirting and I get the digits!
Other fun things we've been up to and reading: Horton Hatches an Egg, balloon parties, a lot of twirling and jumping, singing with the Newton Family Singers every Sunday (aka "concert"), saying, "I don't want to talk," destroying his uke (I have Gorilla glued every part now and the neck has fallen off twice--still looks great though), eating whole apples, pushing a chair to the sink and washing his hands and pouring water into different containers, "helping" me by getting his broom when I get mine, pushing a stool to the counter to help with cooking, breaking eggs (I taught him that this is done by throwing an egg hard into an empty bowl), talking to his stuffed animals ("Do you want some juice, Tiger?"), watching one episode of Cat and the Hat on our computer (which he calls "cum-pu-ter"), eating "lego" bars--aka granola bars, eating large quantities of eggs (3!) or hot dogs (2.5) in one sitting ("another egg, Mama") and generally being more reasonable lately. I have also started doing some tips from 1, 2, 3 Magic as well as trying to be as ready as possible before Isaac wakes up. With these strategies, Isaac and I have been doing really well in our daily morning routine (Josh is out by 6am). Not to say it's perfect, but we have had more good days than bad lately.
Coinciding with these good days is that Isaac has been more regular. Thank God. He was going 3-4 days between BMs and the guy was noticeably uncomfortable. In damage-control, we bought his favorite juices, made oatmeal with flax and have reduced milk and yogurt.
I need to stop writing about successes because I'm setting myself up for either a bad night or a bad morning!
Monday, October 8, 2012
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)