strange request

Yesterday, before nap, Micah was sooooo tired that he was just making ridiculous request after request in order to prevent naptime from starting. He finally asked for juice…but he wanted it mixed. He has often requested milk and juice together and he has noticed that we are now mixing his juice with water.

When I brought him his juice/water drink, he had a fullblown face on the floor meltdown.– He wanted it mixed with something else from the fridge.  We walked into the kitchen to play the pointing game.What was that something? A can of Efes beer that has been in there since last October.  Who’s kid is this???

I said no, that is Daddy’s. Meltdown. No, that is for adults. Meltdown. No, sorry, you just can’t have that. Meltdown. Streams of tears. Crying shrieks. I can’t even remember how I finally got him to drink his normal juice and go to sleep. But I did. And he did. And we survived another day.

mo peeze pleeze

Another fun day of shelling/podding/whatevering peas. Except this time, my little worker bees got to help! Micah thought it was good fun to pick those little peas out of there...and I caught Lydia gnawing on the end of a pod. Gotta love those veggies!

science experiment

so...this is what happens when you don't eat up your fresh fruits and veggies in a timely manner. And this is why people typically buy only what they are going to eat in the next couple days! This will be your first and last (I think) picture of things gone bad in our fridge.

too cute

 

One of Micah & Hugo's last play dates together.  I predict they will still dance like this in college.

Monkey See Monkey Do

Micah has learned a lot from his buddies this year. And we are just now seeing the fullness of it this week. Hugo and Luca have been rambling in English and French for at least a month now and Micah has self-assuredly kept to the vocabulary he established back in November. ("green, uh oh, up, down, and in" being most frequently heard).  All of the sudden, Sunday morning, he decided he was going to start saying all the words he had been storing in his head.  Sunday and Monday he repeated back whatever word we would ask (within his pronunciation zone) and by Thursday he has been making up phrases of his own and asserting more and more of his desires. Wow! It seems like he has aged a year! His favorite phrase the past two days had been "Come Mom (sometimes with Please)".  "Spin Please" also ranks pretty high after diaper changes. (referring to being swung round and round til we both fall down dizzy). Very cool. A whole new phase of parenting...as it becomes harder to "not understand" what he clearly tells us he wants. :)

antics

 Whoever said M&Ms melt in the mouth, not in the hand? I'm here to tell you, they melt in the hand, and on the head. Don't ask.

Micah was seeking out a bit of personal space yesterday. A hat box was the perfect spot.

2 months!

Wow. It seems like it has gone by so very fast. Lydia is smiling more each day. She has more awake time and “play time” with the fam. She is sleeping fairly well at night – only waking once or twice between 9 and morning. During the day, she only sleeps in the front carrier – which we hope to break her of when we get a new stroller in the States this summer. (We’ve tried the bouncy seat, the crib, the swing….to no avail! L ). She likes to watch Micah drive trains and cars. She is beautiful and we marvel at the miracle she is in our lives.  I have had to practice saying her name more often, as "Peanut" has been fairly firmly established as her Mamma's name for her. (This is in homage to Great Grandma Sally Peterson....who wanted to call Micah Peanut.)