Girl, no no, MINE

Super boy is here! Energy and smiles all over the place. Jack has been looking at a lot of books today, and we talk about all the pictures. There is one with a little girl and her brother playing with a train, but the girl looks like she is using her arm to keep the little boy from touching the train. Jack looks at it and says "girl, no no, MINE". So funny. And so smart how he is interpreting the body language shown.

After Jim leaves Jack and I always have the following conversation

Jack "daddy go?"
me "daddy went to work"
Jack "mommy go?"
me "mommy went to work"
Jack "ci ci go?"
Me "ci ci went to school"
Jack "jack go?"
me "jack came to grammie and grandpa's house"
Jack ...then runs to me and gives me a big hug and snuggle.
what a sweetie he is. [Joan]

So Entertaining

Jack was so entertaining yesterday, talks ALL the time. We spent time out in the yard in the afternoon and I did some weeding while he played with his yard toys. Jack also helped me weed and pick up yard waste and put it in the barrel. After his bath (around 330) he was just wild to play. I think the bath perked him up instead of calming him down. We were doing a lot of chasing around the house and riotous tickle games. So funny and fun. Then after a big meal we had a long quiet time snuggled on the couch looking at my photo albums on my computer. Jack loves looking at the family photos of all our recent events, naming everyone pretty accurately. He insisted on seeing photos of Mommie especially. [Joan]

My Jewels

Friday I told Kiva we needed to have a quiet time in the afternoon, so we lay down on my bed with her head snuggled into my shoulder. In about two minutes she asked "can I look at your jewelry grammie?", so I got the box down for her. Re-snuggled and she was absolutely quiet for half an hour as she rummaged, arranged, rearranged, and admired my "jewels". She found two bracelets that she thought were "too small for you grammie", and I agreed. What fun to play with our little princess. Ken bought me an amazing amount of jewelry while we were in Santa Fe, and of course decided he had to get something for his darling Kiva as well. [Joan]

Ni Ni Baby

Jack was his usual sunny self yesterday. We went to the park, and were the first ones there even though it was 10AM when we got there. Jack was climbing on the play structure when other kids and their parents started to arrive. Apparently Jack saw himself as owner since he had arrived first. So every time a new kid would show up, Jack would wave happily from his spot, calling "hi" to kid and parent. Too cute. Jack was also fascinated by a baby girl, probably a year old and just barely staggering around. He kept close to her and touched her gently, telling me "baby, baby". She wasn't too interested and tried to smack him a few times, but he dodged away.
In the evening when it is close to pick up time, we look at books on the couch for a wind down time. I brought a whole stack of books over and Jack looked through them carefully. He didn't see his favorite, and we had to go back and search the bookcase until we found "goodnight baby" which he loves. He was very clear about what he wanted, saying "no" to every book I showed him and saying "ni ni baby" repeatedly until we found his special book. What a great memory he has. [Joan]