Sunday, November 28, 2010

This is why people have kids!


Hale had so much fun on Thanksgiving with his cousins. I mean, unbelievable amounts of fun. Here he is hanging on Zach, learning about video games.

Watching Hale brought back that feeling of being a kid — that particular, super kind of fun—the kind you have with your cousins during holidays, when adults aren't really paying all that much attention to you. They are busy with gravy and wine and family gossip and you are running between their legs and over couches and experiencing a secret world under the dining room table.

There is this feeling of craziness and anticipation in the air—the build up to the meal. And then before you know it, you are being carried from the car to bed.

I love carrying Hale from car to bed. On Thanksgiving night, Scott and I felt his tired, happy weight in our arms and were thankful for all the family we have to share him with. What joy!

Hale's First Sentence (or: Gettin' the Wordz, Yo)

A boy and his boat.

Hale was eating apple slices the other morning, dipping them in his milk, when he realized he had a toy on his hands.

He started piloting the slice around in the lake of milk and on his high chair tray, going "Bbbbbbuuuuuhhhhh... Boat, boat, boat.

I was like Wow, Hale, did you make a boat? And gave a quick nod and said, "Yeah. Make boat."

Totally a sentence, featuring a subject and a verb. Nice work, Bunny. Gettin' the wordz, yo.


Monday, November 22, 2010

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Little Gym or Winter In Seattle with a Toddler or Hale Wants a Really Good Rain Suit for Xmas

There is this thing called Little Gym. I didn't know it existed till Hale started walking.

It happens all over the city. Community centers open up their gyms during certain hours of the day– they rotate – to toddlers and their moms (It is pretty much moms, but Scott has been more than I have.) seeking refuge from boredom.

They put all these toys in there. Like, anything with wheels or that is puffy. Then they let the toddlers run wild.

Thursday, when the rain was cold and sideways, Hale and I ventured to Hiawatha Community Center. We were not the only ones.

The kids in orange... daycare kids. I told Hale if he didn't watch it, he'd be wearing one of those orange shirts soon. ( kidding!)