EAT!!

Yesterday I asked Jack if he was hungry.."do you want to eat?" He immediately went to the kitchen, found the spoon he had thrown on the floor, and stood in front of the microwave, waving the spoon and yelling "EAT!" [Joan]

Staring at the Ceiling

Jack presently out in the yard with Granpa while I take a quick email break. Jack is very affectionate, but he is so energetic that all you get are these brief hugs or snuggles and off he goes. One of the reasons I love giving him his bottle, it's one of the few times he stays in one place; although today he was absolutely determined to stick his finger up my nose! :-) He drank his whole bottle with me staring at the ceiling to keep my nose out of range. [Joan]

Silly Goose

what a character Kiva is! silly goose indeed :-) how she makes us laugh! also how she makes us get all teary eyes with love and appreciation. Kiva did a lot more independent play today, our girl is growing up. She painted deep in solitary thought for a while, and spent quite a bit of time playing her "kitchen' with her dollies and pretend food. Such a treat to listen to her sing or talk to her toys. We are so lucky to have been able to appreciate so many of her baby/toddler days. [Joan]

Email from Kiva

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dear mom: I love you momma. We are playing with my jewelry box. And we play with mom's jewelry box. I had a second breakfast. That’s all
Kiva

Hot?

what a treat Jack is today. He has been so energetic!!! but also comes over to grammie pretty often for looooong hugs that are too sweet. When Ken came down this morning, Jack immediately went to his chair and tried to climb up, I helped him into Ken's lap and Jack just laid his little head on Ken's tummy, wrapped his arms around him and just laid there for a long time smiling. Ken had this huge (Who's the special grandparent here?) smile on his face. Jack is also definitely talking. He does ask "hot?", says granpa (papa) and yaks his little head off telling me about his views on things. I had a cup of hot tea and he asked me "hot?", so of course I said yes, and he asked me again and I said yes again. He peeped into the cup and got that devil look again and just had to stick his fingers in it to check. Fortunately I'd put milk in it to cool it down so it wasn't that hot. But this boy is going to test the limits I can tell. We went to Costco with him too and when he got bored with sitting in the cart he walked all over charming everyone as he walked by saying "hi" with that sweetie smile. [Joan]

Such a Daredevil

Jack still is afraid of the swings, but must have gone down the slide 50 times. He climbs the steps himself and I help him sit and he pushes off. Very funny. He is such a daredevil. When "walking" down our big stairs, I can get him to hold on to my hand and the railings, but then he puts his feet on the edge of the step and slides them forward so he just drops down a step, instead of actually walking. [Joan]

Poopy Butt Boy

Your boy got me good today :-) When he woke up he took a major and I mean MAJOR poop, and while changing him I realized I didn't have enough wipes and I didn't have a fresh diaper. So I wiped as good as I could with what I had, grabbed him facing me to my chest, and ran to the office to get a clean diaper. Of course while I was rummaging he peed all over my shirt and jeans. So, there I was holding a naked poopy butt boy, both of us dripping with urine. Hilarious actually, so I headed up to the bathroom and Jack had his first shower with Grammie. Jack enjoyed the shower, as did I. When I got out, I wrapped Jack in a towel and carried him in to Ken who was laying down on his bed. I wish you could have seen the mystified look he gave his wet naked wife as I handed him a wet naked Jack so I could quick dry off and get dressed and then get Jack dressed. I don't know what I would do if my life was dull and dreary. These guys really make me laugh.
P.S. Our little genius stacked THREE spools today, we both clapped and said Yayyyyyy [Joan]

I don't eat solids at Grammie's

Jack is doing great. I do see the temper coming though....I think a big storm will hit us soon. Today I had the baby gate leaning against the wall behind one of my spinning wheels. It was tipped forward against the spinning wheel, and Jack decided he wanted it to stand up straight against the wall. He kept pushing it up and it would fall back against the spinning wheel. He got increasingly enraged, until he was in a full hissy fit, hitting the baby gate, red faced and screaming. Oh my goodness he was MAD.
On the plus side, otherwise he has been a really good mood, and has apparently gotten over the "I don't eat solids at Grammie's house" thing. Ate two bowls of chicken cacciatore with noodles, a full bottle and is now sacked out. We went to the park this morning which he just loves. Jack went all over the sand pit handing out his toys to the other kids, except his little truck which he kept a tight grip on. Then an older girl took it out of his hand and walked off. Jack didn't yell or anything, just kept following her all over the playground, watching his truck. He didn't make any attempt to take it back either, just kept a little beady eye fixed on it. Her daddy then made her give it back. Too funny. Jack and grandpa were on the floor playing with trucks this morning, very cute. [Joan]

Getting a Reputation

What a darling! Also what an adventurer Jack is these days. Loves to play and throw that's for sure :-), also our little genius now stacks blocks, and puts lids on properly on toy cooking pots. Brilliant! He did however walk straight into the dining room table this morning and bonked his forehead. I'm afraid I'm going to get a "reputation" at the park; last week Kiva and her shiner, this week Jack and his forehead knot and eye owie. :-) We went to the park this morning and as usual Jack loved it. Cruised all the clusters of kids in the sand box, if they were filling a bucket with sand he would come back and get his little scoop and go over and help. He's a little toughie too...he took some real flops in the sand where he tripped, fell and rolled, looked up, and then went on his way. I think he loves the freedom at the park. I let him pretty much cruise around, as long as I can reach him in say 5 or 6 steps. He will walk over to the grass, over to the play equipment, but checks back to make sure he can see me. Jack's personality is really shining through stronger and stronger. He gets really angry if I step over the baby gate to get something and leave him behind, shakes the gate yelling. Playing lots of verbal mimicry games too, I love the clicking noise he can make now. [Joan]

All legs

Ken and I took Kiva and Jack to the park from about 1100 til 1PM. They had a great time and came home filthy so into the tub. Ken had lunch ready when they got out, and by 2pm they were both asleep. Jack very very attached to Ken. Jack will still not eat well for me although he loves me to cuddle him while he drinks his bottle. But Ken fed him his lunch and Jack ate eagerly for him...spaghetti...oh well, that's why we have two parents or grandparents so we can each take a shot at it. Jack all over the sandbox and play area today, visiting, playing with other kids. All the other kids very tolerant, let him grab their toys and then later gently took them back. Two little ones very patiently played ball with him, gently rolling a ball to him. Very sweet. Kiva doing huge leaps in the sand, she is all legs sometimes and boy can she leap a long way. Jack's wedding outfit about 75% done and looks adorable on him. [Joan]