While GranE was here, she remarked how big B-Boy has gotten. She was also surprised to learn that B-Boy was stilling wearing the same shoes I had purchased when he started walking. She was convinced that his shoes MUST be too small.
So off to the shoe store we went. B-Boy got his feet measured, and he was still a size 6 and a half! But we knew it would not be long until he feet sprouted to the next size. So, we bought two more pairs in a size 7. B-Boy is now the owner of a pair of brown sandals and some really nifty white tennis shoes!
He really likes the sandals, and finds them really easy to put on and pull off. Until the leather breaks in, he will wear them with socks... so we will need to go find him a pocket protector to go with them!
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Reading is FUNdamental
GatorGrandpa asked me, in response to a previous post, what kind of books B-Boy enjoyed. I thought it was a good question, and would be of interest to some of you. I hope I do not disappoint.
I was what you would call a bookworm as a child. I would have much preferred to sit down and read a book than do just about anything. I hope B-Boy also has that adoration of reading, but perhaps at a more balanced level.
B-Boy still enjoys simple touch and feel books a lot. But he also really likes his book about Trucks. The book is also at his daycare, so he sees it quite a lot. Not only that, but he loves to make the VROOM truck noise when he looks at it.
One of my co-workers, WorkBFF, gave me a big box of books for B-Boy that her kids had finished using. In it was one of my childhood favorites, "Goodnight Moon". It has quickly become one of B-Boy's favorites too. In the evening, he will pick up the book, run over to me, and say "GA!" That's his way of saying "Please read me this book!" He loves it.
In the great green room
there was a telephone
and a red balloon.
and a picture of the cow jumping over the moon
There were three little bears sitting on chairs...
Well you get the point. He asks for us to read that to him almost every night. He adores it as much as I did as a child.
He also loves a bunch of books that my mom gave him before he even came to be in existence. They were in the Grandbaby Box.Well, one of them, I think there were seven!
B-Boy especially likes books that are alliterative. He loves the Dr. Seuss "Hop on Pop", and the book my mother got him called "The Goose is Loose". He is big on alliteration right now. He also adores a book GranE's sister AuntieM gave him - it's a peekaboo book that has flaps that you can open in different directions and see pictures of babies doing baby things... like holding a bear, eating a cookie, putting on shoes... Each time he opens the flap we say "PEEK A BOO! I see you!". He has gotten really good at opening the flaps.
So those are the types of books B-Boy likes. He's a lot like his Momma, he loves books!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Playing Cinderella
After we got home from swimming, I gave B-Boy a bath and dressed him in his PJs while Neb got dinner ready.
When the bath was over, there was still a bit more time for B-Boy and I to play while Neb finished cooking. I was still in my swim suit, and in true Momma fashion, was cold. So I wrapped up in a blanket and sat down on one of the kitchen chairs to play with him.
B-Boy sat on the kitchen floor and played with several stacking cups (also known as Gladware!). He was having fun stacking them inside one another, and then putting them up to cover his mouth while he said "AHHHHH" into them.
B-Boy spotted Neb's flip-flop laying on the floor where Neb had deposited it. He snatched it up, crawled over to me, moved the blanket that was covering my feet aside and tried to put the flip-flop on my foot.
I knew he knew what shoes were. He has even tried to put on his own shoes at home. But I didn't know that he knew that people other than B-Boy put on shoes. It's a pretty good leap to see a shoe and want to put it on another person.
He successfully put the shoe on my foot several times. Each time, I would hide my foot under the blanket, and he always knew where it was.
We had fun playing Cinderella until dinner. I am lucky to have such a cute little Prince!
When the bath was over, there was still a bit more time for B-Boy and I to play while Neb finished cooking. I was still in my swim suit, and in true Momma fashion, was cold. So I wrapped up in a blanket and sat down on one of the kitchen chairs to play with him.
B-Boy sat on the kitchen floor and played with several stacking cups (also known as Gladware!). He was having fun stacking them inside one another, and then putting them up to cover his mouth while he said "AHHHHH" into them.
B-Boy spotted Neb's flip-flop laying on the floor where Neb had deposited it. He snatched it up, crawled over to me, moved the blanket that was covering my feet aside and tried to put the flip-flop on my foot.
I knew he knew what shoes were. He has even tried to put on his own shoes at home. But I didn't know that he knew that people other than B-Boy put on shoes. It's a pretty good leap to see a shoe and want to put it on another person.
He successfully put the shoe on my foot several times. Each time, I would hide my foot under the blanket, and he always knew where it was.
We had fun playing Cinderella until dinner. I am lucky to have such a cute little Prince!
Swimming once again
So tonight B-Boy started swimming lessons again.
The last time he was in the pool was in October. Neb and I decided it was time for him to get in again. In retrospect, we think we waited too long!
We arrived with B-Boy in good spirits- he had a great day at day care. We thought that was a good sign. We were wrong.
Neb got in the pool first, and as B-Boy and I approached, B-Boy started to moan a bit. By the time we got to the edge of the pool, he was crying. Not good.
He cried for the first half of the lesson, if not more. Getting into the water, something that used to be fun, was now torture. Passing back and forth to Neb, more water torture. And forget laying on his back- it's hard to imagine, but a toddler tantrum CAN be had while your toddler is laying on his back in the pool.
And I had NO idea B-Boy was that strong! He put his arm around my neck, and had a tight grip. I swear I could have let him go and he would not have budged. He was that strong.
I am happy to say that by the end, he was smiling. He finally got into the pool from the side with a smile, and when we passed him back and forth- SMILE. We even dared to put his head under the water... and he did really well with it.
We left on a good note. B-Boy stood on the side of the pool, cocked his head to the side and exclaimed "GA Done!" Yes B-Boy, "All Done".
The last time he was in the pool was in October. Neb and I decided it was time for him to get in again. In retrospect, we think we waited too long!
We arrived with B-Boy in good spirits- he had a great day at day care. We thought that was a good sign. We were wrong.
Neb got in the pool first, and as B-Boy and I approached, B-Boy started to moan a bit. By the time we got to the edge of the pool, he was crying. Not good.
He cried for the first half of the lesson, if not more. Getting into the water, something that used to be fun, was now torture. Passing back and forth to Neb, more water torture. And forget laying on his back- it's hard to imagine, but a toddler tantrum CAN be had while your toddler is laying on his back in the pool.
And I had NO idea B-Boy was that strong! He put his arm around my neck, and had a tight grip. I swear I could have let him go and he would not have budged. He was that strong.
I am happy to say that by the end, he was smiling. He finally got into the pool from the side with a smile, and when we passed him back and forth- SMILE. We even dared to put his head under the water... and he did really well with it.
We left on a good note. B-Boy stood on the side of the pool, cocked his head to the side and exclaimed "GA Done!" Yes B-Boy, "All Done".
Friday, March 18, 2011
B-Boy shows us his Imagination
B-Boy did something new yesterday. He did PRETEND play.
We all really enjoyed being outside on a pretty spring day this week. We were on the screened-in porch and B-Boy was having a ball playing with his new truck.
B-Boy started picking pretend flowers and handing them to Neb. He then started to pretend to find things in the seat cushions of the truck... and then hand them to me. He had great fun at his new game, and we were very surprised how detailed his fun was!
But my favorite was what he did with the gas tank... he started adding pretend things to it. I decided they were pretend black jelly beans, because of the size of what he was pretending, and because I don't really like black jelly beans- they must have some good purpose, right?
It was all great fun, and B-Boy even got into letting us hand him pretend things to load in the back of the truck. I just hope he wasn't pretending to move!
We all really enjoyed being outside on a pretty spring day this week. We were on the screened-in porch and B-Boy was having a ball playing with his new truck.
B-Boy started picking pretend flowers and handing them to Neb. He then started to pretend to find things in the seat cushions of the truck... and then hand them to me. He had great fun at his new game, and we were very surprised how detailed his fun was!
But my favorite was what he did with the gas tank... he started adding pretend things to it. I decided they were pretend black jelly beans, because of the size of what he was pretending, and because I don't really like black jelly beans- they must have some good purpose, right?
It was all great fun, and B-Boy even got into letting us hand him pretend things to load in the back of the truck. I just hope he wasn't pretending to move!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
More St. Patrick's Day Happiness
B-Boy, Neb and I went to the park today right after work.
B-Boy had a ball with the slide and the swing- and spread some St. Patty's Day cheer on the playground. Several Moms told B-Boy how much they liked his shirt.Hee hee!
When we got home, B-Boy played with his truck some more and then we settled down for a quick family photo before dinner.
We hope you all had a great day!
B-Boy had a ball with the slide and the swing- and spread some St. Patty's Day cheer on the playground. Several Moms told B-Boy how much they liked his shirt.Hee hee!
Wheeeee! I'm a Wheeee little Leprechaun!
When we got home, B-Boy played with his truck some more and then we settled down for a quick family photo before dinner.
Hi folks! I hope you are having a good day!
Oooooh, a family photo!
Daddy! You are SO silly!
We hope you all had a great day!
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