Little Man gave chopsticks a try for the first time today. We ate lunch at Pei Wei today, thanks to a former employee of Trav's and Little Man was very intrigued watching us use the chopsticks. We weren't expecting him to give it a try and just barely caught it on a camera phone before he lost interest . He worked on a piece of meat for about five minutes then snagged a piece of orange before growing impatient and chowing down with his fingers. Looks like he is gonna be a lefty! My favorite part of the meal is when he took a bite of fortune cookie, bit the paper, pulled it out of his mouth and said, "Uh oh!"
Our little family spent a good part of the weekend up at our church's new Plano campus getting ready for it's Grand Opening (this past Sunday). Daddy insisted that he and Little Man tag along since mommy has kind of been MIA getting ready for the opening. The guys spent about 4 hours on Saturday playing around the empty church and they found more than enough to keep them occupied. Little Man's Aunt Hayley also came into town this week and spent some time taking care of LM while mommy worked . Check out the video....
It has been a tough week for the Little Man! Sunday he came down with a fever of 103 that lasted 3 1/2 days then after his fever finally broke his ear drum ruptured. Poor guy didn't even give us an indication that his ear was bothering him. Doesn't that face break your heart?
Little Man has a new word or words, we aren't sure. He has been saying this....thing....for about a week now but we have no idea what he is saying. He is pretty intentional when he says it and is usually pointing at something, just never the same thing. The past three times he has said it it has been while pointing at one of the following: the sink, the empty elevator wall and a cord laying on the floor. Here is a video....any ideas?? It sounds like "Minema"
A few years ago I stumbled upon a great article about teaching small children responsibility and accountability from an early age. The article included a breakdown of age appropriate chores for children of all ages starting at 1 year (which blew my mind in my pre-parent days). Although Little Man hasn't picked up any of the tasks over night, we are finally at a point where he likes to help and really wants to do a good job. Here is a video of him helping me load the dishwasher.
I am such a nut about organic milk...don't get me started on the benefits. If you are a nut too, be sure to check out 5 Minutes For Mom and their $300 Horizon Dairy giveaway. Entering is soooo easy!
Today we made another trip to the zoo, thanks to our handy season passes, and were fortunate to make the trip with some friends. Little Man was much more brave this time around the birds even when one landed on his head!
Little Man was still pretty wary of the fish tank (who wouldn't be afraid of big bright floating animals?) but he paused in front of it long enough for a snapshot. We took the monorail through the "African Wildlands" and Little Man was enthralled, exclaiming, "Oooh", "Wow" and "Oh Look" every time he saw an animal. So cute! On the way home as Little Man fell asleep, I reached back to take off his shoes and he refused (he has this new obsession with wearing shoes 24/7). I waited a few more minutes until he had really fallen asleep and tried again and he even fought back in his sleep! Check out the video...
We ended the night with Little Man's favorite meal: Meatloaf, Sweet Potatoes and Green Beans. Can you tell it is his favorite?
Little Man gave chopsticks a try for the first time today. We ate lunch at Pei Wei today, thanks to a former employee of Trav's and Little Man was very intrigued watching us use the chopsticks. We weren't expecting him to give it a try and just barely caught it on a camera phone before he lost interest . He worked on a piece of meat for about five minutes then snagged a piece of orange before growing impatient and chowing down with his fingers. Looks like he is gonna be a lefty! My favorite part of the meal is when he took a bite of fortune cookie, bit the paper, pulled it out of his mouth and said, "Uh oh!"
