mandalei

This is just to say

That Jack has peed

in his

potty.  At his

request.

Ben found out something kind of cool the other night.  As he was reading a book of ABCs to Jack for the 5th time in a row, he got bored and started asking Jack what the things were in the pictures.  The thing is, almost every thing in the book is something Jack can either say, or of which he knows the sign.  He has something like 100 words he can use now, spoken or signed, at 19 months.  Of course, some of them are more clear than others… and our interpretation.  I *heart* Signing Time, and no, I am not affiliated in any way.  One of the best things Jack has done recently is sign “penguin”, which is putting your hands down at your side, and doing a little side to side stepping motion.  I’ll see if I can swing some video of it.

Srsly.  Why didn’t I take out the dried chickpeas and let Jack go to town before?  He has spent at least an hour today (not consecutive) removing them from one container and putting them very specifically into *other places*, using a large serving spoon.  Given that he has had 5 days in a row of illness ( a “raging double ear infection” according to our doc yesterday morning), and is also working overtime to produce snot equal to his 30 lb body weigh for those days, and this is the most fun we’ve had in DAYS.

Also fun?  A small mag lite, turned on.  He likes to “paint” with it.

Jacks been dunking his basketball for a while, and he’s decided to branch out to a different dunking category:

He also finds this works well with salsa.  MMMMmmmmmm salsa…

Jack likes the swings at the park, but his most favorite activity is filling the storm drain with rocks.  One at a time.  Sometimes, when they make a particularly good splash, he feels the need to comment on it: ooohhhh!

 

Jack slipped trying to climb stairs at a neighborhood play group today, and ended up biting his tongue.  At first, I had no idea how many teeth he was missing, but after they were all accounted for, a mom with 3 older boys came over and calmly pried his mouth open as we held him down and looked in.  We gave him a popsicle to help calm down the pain (and the blood stopped, too), and as he reached out to lick it, I saw 4 little teeth-prints on the top of his tongue.

In related news, Charlie’s Soap got the blood out in 30 seconds, with absolutely no problem.  I heart Charlie’s.

But what I can’t handle is the sight of a pinky nail peeled back to the cuticle line at a 30-degree angle.  excuse me while I throw up just a little in the back of my throat.