- two handfuls of dirt (I wiped it out of his mouth the best I could)
- a piece of a pine cone (I wrenched it out of his mouth)
- a waffle that he swept the carpet with (oh well)
- some mango baby food
- nearly half a bag of Pirate Booty that Ben was sharing with him, giving him a piece nearly twice as often as Ben himself ate a piece (it melts in your mouth, at least)
- half of Ben's tuna salad sandwich, carrot chunks and pickle chunks and mercury and all. He did a good job of sucking the tuna from around the carrot while we watched him and I wrenched the carrot chunks out of his mouth. Tim and I went to another room for a minute and came back to discover that Ben had shared his sandwich with Liv and was proud of himself. I guess we need to have the safety talk with Ben again.
And I left for work at noon!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Ben's daily sayings
These days all of Ben's "yeahs" have become "yeses."
Last night he said, "This carrot is SO crispy and spicy!"
A few nights ago he and I were sharing ice cream and he told Daddy excitedly, "Daddy, I share ice cream Mommy!" (He doesn't do prepositions well yet.) Tim said, "Really? Can I come share too?" and Ben said, "Yes! That be 'tastic!" We don't know where he learned the word Fantastic, but it sure was cute.
He still calls Joseph, "Jofuff" and skeleton is now "sketlon" (it was skelton). Footprints are something like "fwoofwints."
Did I already say that he talks about "grandfather" a lot? I'm sorry if I am repeating. He says he wants me to meet his grandfather. He says he is afraid of his grandfather. He talks about buying presents for his grandfather when we are in a store. We don't know what he means because Albert is Opa and Darrell is Grandpa Darrell. Tim wonders if we called my grandfather R.E "grandfather," but I didn't think so.
Speaking of Opa, we found a treat for Oma in the store and I exclaimed to Ben how excited I was to find it and that we'd get it for her for when she comes to visit. He went back to the shelf and got something else and brought it to the basket and said it was for Opa. How thoughtful and sweet!
Last night he said, "This carrot is SO crispy and spicy!"
A few nights ago he and I were sharing ice cream and he told Daddy excitedly, "Daddy, I share ice cream Mommy!" (He doesn't do prepositions well yet.) Tim said, "Really? Can I come share too?" and Ben said, "Yes! That be 'tastic!" We don't know where he learned the word Fantastic, but it sure was cute.
He still calls Joseph, "Jofuff" and skeleton is now "sketlon" (it was skelton). Footprints are something like "fwoofwints."
Did I already say that he talks about "grandfather" a lot? I'm sorry if I am repeating. He says he wants me to meet his grandfather. He says he is afraid of his grandfather. He talks about buying presents for his grandfather when we are in a store. We don't know what he means because Albert is Opa and Darrell is Grandpa Darrell. Tim wonders if we called my grandfather R.E "grandfather," but I didn't think so.
Speaking of Opa, we found a treat for Oma in the store and I exclaimed to Ben how excited I was to find it and that we'd get it for her for when she comes to visit. He went back to the shelf and got something else and brought it to the basket and said it was for Opa. How thoughtful and sweet!
Monday, March 22, 2010
March Oliver updates
Oliver sure is neglected on this poor neglected blog, isn't he?
When I nurse Oliver before his nap and we're upstairs alone, he seems to like to take advantage of having my undivided attention and have "serious" conversations with me. He'll pop off the breast with a "smack," look at me real serious, and say "hedededig!" Then he'll nurse some more, pop off again and say "Gamgoog!" This continues for a while and I listen attentively to his earnest ramblings.
Sometimes during the day he'll pop off the breast and smack, smack, smack his lips and then smile at his cleverness.
He has two top teeth coming in, and he is busy, busy, busy. He'll shake or nod his head in response to someone shaking or nodding, and he'll move his fingers to mimic someone waving. Some days he seems so unhappy and cries and cries when you aren't holding him, and then he has good days when he'll keep you company and entertain himself on the floor near you. He likes putting things in something and taking them out and opening and closing things. Sometimes he holds something and waves it around and yells like Tarzan. I don't know if whatever he is holding causes him to yell or if he is just struck with the need to yell like Tarzan.
Some days he'll eat anything in his path and dives onto your plate. Then some days he doesn't seem too hungry.
He's awfully sweet!
When I nurse Oliver before his nap and we're upstairs alone, he seems to like to take advantage of having my undivided attention and have "serious" conversations with me. He'll pop off the breast with a "smack," look at me real serious, and say "hedededig!" Then he'll nurse some more, pop off again and say "Gamgoog!" This continues for a while and I listen attentively to his earnest ramblings.
Sometimes during the day he'll pop off the breast and smack, smack, smack his lips and then smile at his cleverness.
He has two top teeth coming in, and he is busy, busy, busy. He'll shake or nod his head in response to someone shaking or nodding, and he'll move his fingers to mimic someone waving. Some days he seems so unhappy and cries and cries when you aren't holding him, and then he has good days when he'll keep you company and entertain himself on the floor near you. He likes putting things in something and taking them out and opening and closing things. Sometimes he holds something and waves it around and yells like Tarzan. I don't know if whatever he is holding causes him to yell or if he is just struck with the need to yell like Tarzan.
Some days he'll eat anything in his path and dives onto your plate. Then some days he doesn't seem too hungry.
He's awfully sweet!
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Ben's sayings
Just some random quirks of Ben's language:
- his pronunciation is improved on most things. and I'm going to miss his cute way of saying things. He still says a couple of cute things though. Yogurt is "yogrut" and this week chocolate was "shalaka" instead of "socket." Harmonica is either "music" or "munka" or "munkla." He called Oliver "Ovler." Lightning McQueen has become "Lightin' Aqueen."
- he almost always says "her" instead of "his" when he is using the possessive. And since he is almost always talking about Tim or Oliver in our house, he should be using "his." "Liv eat her food?" "Daddy brush her teeth?"
- milk that has been sitting out for a while is "dirty," and fresh milk from the fridge is "clean."
- He is doing that thing I've heard other kids do: saying "Remember this or that, Mommy?" The other night he said "'Member my tiger skeleton?" I said I didn't remember it and asked him to tell me more and he said "My tiger 'skelton' is big, giant and hides in the bushes." Interesting. He asked Tim if he "'membered his black outfit?"
- He says his favorite color is black.
- He worries that Liv will "broke" things. I told him (as the books instructed me) that most toys are to be shared but if he has a toy that is extra special he is allowed to keep it out of Oliver's reach. At my birthday dinner at a restaurant, he took a bowl away from Oliver, saying he might broke it and that it was special.
- In a store, I told Ben I needed to look at bras. I pointed one out to Ben and asked him if I should get it. He asked, "for your big, giant boobies?"
- He seems to use "our" for we. Or maybe he is just using "are" and skipping we. Anyway, he'll say "where our/are going?" to mean "where are we going?" and "our/are going shopping."
- his pronunciation is improved on most things. and I'm going to miss his cute way of saying things. He still says a couple of cute things though. Yogurt is "yogrut" and this week chocolate was "shalaka" instead of "socket." Harmonica is either "music" or "munka" or "munkla." He called Oliver "Ovler." Lightning McQueen has become "Lightin' Aqueen."
- he almost always says "her" instead of "his" when he is using the possessive. And since he is almost always talking about Tim or Oliver in our house, he should be using "his." "Liv eat her food?" "Daddy brush her teeth?"
- milk that has been sitting out for a while is "dirty," and fresh milk from the fridge is "clean."
- He is doing that thing I've heard other kids do: saying "Remember this or that, Mommy?" The other night he said "'Member my tiger skeleton?" I said I didn't remember it and asked him to tell me more and he said "My tiger 'skelton' is big, giant and hides in the bushes." Interesting. He asked Tim if he "'membered his black outfit?"
- He says his favorite color is black.
- He worries that Liv will "broke" things. I told him (as the books instructed me) that most toys are to be shared but if he has a toy that is extra special he is allowed to keep it out of Oliver's reach. At my birthday dinner at a restaurant, he took a bowl away from Oliver, saying he might broke it and that it was special.
- In a store, I told Ben I needed to look at bras. I pointed one out to Ben and asked him if I should get it. He asked, "for your big, giant boobies?"
- He seems to use "our" for we. Or maybe he is just using "are" and skipping we. Anyway, he'll say "where our/are going?" to mean "where are we going?" and "our/are going shopping."
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