Saturday, June 9, 2012
Close to crawling!
Claire can now move around with a combo of rolling over and pivoting 360 degrees. I like this first video because it shows what a good communicator she is. She tells me, "Mom, I want to go in my bedroom! Help me now!"
Sunday, May 20, 2012
5 new things
5 new things about Claire:
1. She passes things from one hand to the other.
2. She's old enough to eat rice cereal, but won't. You put it in her mouth and she looks at you like you are crazy.
3. She can roll over. Multiple times. I often set her on her blanket to get something done and come back to her wedged beneath a piece of furniture.
4. She loves grabbing her feet.
5. She's ticklish.
5 new things about Oliver:
1. Obsession with Cars 2 has given way to obsession with Starwars. It's amazing to me that after 2 years of nothing but lightning McQueen the tides have turned.
2. This weekend he told me I was his best friend, and then later said that he wants to, "Do like me when he grows up." I wasn't able to get specifics on that.
3. When you compliment Oliver he often tells you that you are wrong. I'm not sure why. He's generally a confident guy but if you say something like, "Oliver I think you are very smart." He'll say, "No mama."
4. In the beginning of the school year Oliver didn't play with other kids, he played next to them. Then he met a classmate named Peter that he was obsessed with. He would copy him and follow him around. Now he's got a new best friend name Johnathan, an African American boy who shares Oliver's love for the swings. Sometimes Johnathan is too clingy and Oliver is rude to him, but most of the time when we arrive in the classroom Oliver is pleased to hear Johnathan call out, HI OLIVER!!!"
5. When we go out on family walks he'll ask me to stop the stroller and shout, "It's smellin' time!" Then he'll go over to a rose bush and point out the flower I'm going to smell and the one he's going to smell. We'll repeat the process 7-8 times on the way to Starbucks.
1. She passes things from one hand to the other.
2. She's old enough to eat rice cereal, but won't. You put it in her mouth and she looks at you like you are crazy.
3. She can roll over. Multiple times. I often set her on her blanket to get something done and come back to her wedged beneath a piece of furniture.
4. She loves grabbing her feet.
5. She's ticklish.
5 new things about Oliver:
1. Obsession with Cars 2 has given way to obsession with Starwars. It's amazing to me that after 2 years of nothing but lightning McQueen the tides have turned.
2. This weekend he told me I was his best friend, and then later said that he wants to, "Do like me when he grows up." I wasn't able to get specifics on that.
3. When you compliment Oliver he often tells you that you are wrong. I'm not sure why. He's generally a confident guy but if you say something like, "Oliver I think you are very smart." He'll say, "No mama."
4. In the beginning of the school year Oliver didn't play with other kids, he played next to them. Then he met a classmate named Peter that he was obsessed with. He would copy him and follow him around. Now he's got a new best friend name Johnathan, an African American boy who shares Oliver's love for the swings. Sometimes Johnathan is too clingy and Oliver is rude to him, but most of the time when we arrive in the classroom Oliver is pleased to hear Johnathan call out, HI OLIVER!!!"
5. When we go out on family walks he'll ask me to stop the stroller and shout, "It's smellin' time!" Then he'll go over to a rose bush and point out the flower I'm going to smell and the one he's going to smell. We'll repeat the process 7-8 times on the way to Starbucks.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Learning the hard way
It's been absolutely gorgeous lately, so this morning we packed the car and headed for the beach. Oli stripped to his underwear and was having the time of his life, cruising around on the sand, splashing in the cold water, racing away from oncoming waves. I was with him as he inched further and further out on the wet sand toward the receding surf. I could see the tide gathering itself and knew he was in for an unpleasant surprise - likely two or three waves on top of one another. He turned to run just as I took off for him. The surf knocked him off his balance and "rolled him," as he later recounted. There was a moment, just before I picked him up, of sheer terror in his eye. The guy's usually fearless, and Amanda and I have said it'd be good for him to know that certain things should be feared - he learned this one the hard way.
The rest of the day was pleasant, until he started crying out around 10pm. He didn't nap today and was exhausted, so we were surprised to hear him. It was probably the heat making him uncomfortable - last night, despite my urging to wear the short-sleeved octopus pajamas, Oli chose the winter-themed flannel (of course). Amanda went in to find he'd thrown up ALL OVER the place. The boy was pretty shaken up. We bathed him and his room reeks, so we set him up in the guest room tonight and introduced the concept of "the bucket."
Tough day for the kid. I hope he gets some good sleep tonight.
The rest of the day was pleasant, until he started crying out around 10pm. He didn't nap today and was exhausted, so we were surprised to hear him. It was probably the heat making him uncomfortable - last night, despite my urging to wear the short-sleeved octopus pajamas, Oli chose the winter-themed flannel (of course). Amanda went in to find he'd thrown up ALL OVER the place. The boy was pretty shaken up. We bathed him and his room reeks, so we set him up in the guest room tonight and introduced the concept of "the bucket."Tough day for the kid. I hope he gets some good sleep tonight.
Rolling Rolling
Claire is getting ready to roll over! She's now engaging with toys passing them between her hands. Every once in a while one will make it to her mouth but she's not at that stage yet where she chews everything in sight.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Quiet Time
When we nap, we nap hard at the Linden household. Recently, Oli's been weaning his nap, so we're offering him Quiet Time as an alternative - where he basically stays in his end of the house for about an hour without disturbing us. It's lovely. Today, with about 3 minutes left of QT, Oli passed out. Check out his choice of sleeping position...
Friday, March 30, 2012
Groundskeeper Oliver
Today Oliver went to the park with us and he noticed that the baseball diamond was being groomed. He began to run toward the tractor leaving us in the dust. By the time we had caught up to him he had convinced the groundskeeper to let him ride on the tractor. The man was literally pushing our son like a slave. So funny. I love too that the guy didn't bother to ask us whether we wanted our son on a major piece of machinery. Ha!
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