i can't believe it's been a whole month since i last updated you. here we go:
currently saying: "sorry mommy, my fault"
currently playing with: diggy bob puzzles from aunty catherine at christmas
currently happiest when: with mommy
currently eating: blueberry waffles and maple syrup "dip" whilst sitting on a stool at the breakfast bar
currently sleeping:in 'Joel's house' - a double bed with rainbow canopy roof
currently waking: too early for dad's liking. after 6.30am is good.
currently wearing: diggy bob PJs under my clothes. new green shoes.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Sunday, January 14, 2007
manners maketh the man
mom and dad have been consciously modelling good manners recently by always saying 'please' and 'thank you' at appropriate moments.
i've discovered using these words leads to much praise and a few giggles from mom, which has to be a good thing. i think that might have been because i wasn't using them quite right. for example, what i now know to be a 'chocit cookie' i thought for a long while was called a 'thank you', which is what mom always said when she put it into my hand. understandably therefore i'd point to the place where they're kept and ask for a 'thank you, please'.
now i know better, i can ask for a cookie very nicely, and i always say 'thank you joel' when someone gives me something. i can't quite understand why this still makes mom laugh.
i've discovered using these words leads to much praise and a few giggles from mom, which has to be a good thing. i think that might have been because i wasn't using them quite right. for example, what i now know to be a 'chocit cookie' i thought for a long while was called a 'thank you', which is what mom always said when she put it into my hand. understandably therefore i'd point to the place where they're kept and ask for a 'thank you, please'.
now i know better, i can ask for a cookie very nicely, and i always say 'thank you joel' when someone gives me something. i can't quite understand why this still makes mom laugh.
A, B, C .....
since my friend Maddy has already learned to count really rather well, we thought i'd try and master the alphabet. my counting skills leave a little to be desired. back in august i could count to three quite nicely, but since then it's all got a bit confused.......one, three, eight, six, five, six, EIGHT!!
I'm doing a bit better on the alphabet. i know "J for Joel" and can even write it in the sand at the park. I know "M for Mommy" and "P for Pig" but i can't quite understand why it's "A for Plane" and "O for Baby". can anyone enlighten me?
I'm doing a bit better on the alphabet. i know "J for Joel" and can even write it in the sand at the park. I know "M for Mommy" and "P for Pig" but i can't quite understand why it's "A for Plane" and "O for Baby". can anyone enlighten me?
Saturday, January 13, 2007
a bit TOO adventurous?
so there's a couple of inches of snow on the ground, it's sub-zero, and dad's really tired after his event last night - but it's saturday and it's not raining so we're off on a family adventure.
mom had it all planned out - we'd drive to the skytrain station, catch the train to downtown, and then get on the sea bus and go across to the north shore. somewhere along the way there (or back) we'd pick up dinner and be home in time for bed. great.
mom got ollie ready, packed the diaper bag, collapsed the stroller, found the train tickets and did mom stuff while dad changed my diaper and went out to put the car seats back in the car. all was going well - we'd found a parking space very near the skytrain station, and we were walking down to catch the train. suddenly i had a problem........my trousers were around my ankles....and it was VERY cold. once he'd finished laughing, dad came to my rescue: pulled my trousers up, tucked my top in and we were on our way. not long afterwards we were all on the train and i was scrambling into the single seat at the very front - the one reserved for junior drivers. suddenly mom says to dad " do you see what i see?" Uh oh - my trousers had fallen down again. dad says " oh dear, joel's pants have come down again" (very canadian these days, is dad). mom says "yes, i realise that, but more of a problem is the fact i can see a bare bottom". there then ensued a debate about when exactly i last had a diaper on.....did dad forget to put one on when he changed me at home? was i wearing one when my trousers first fell down? is that why my trousers fell down? is there a diaper on the street somewhere? while dad was mulling this over, mom suggested that now might be quite a good time to rectify the situation.......
once we'd got the whole clothing thing sorted out, we went on to have a great adventure: i got very excited on the train, on the boat, on the escalator, watching a busker, seeing a helicopter, watching a seaplane land......and having jam on my toast at Bons where we went for dinner (except we ate breakfast - at 2.95 including tax for bacon, eggs, potatoes, and toast how could we not). hey - i even got a lollipop as we were leaving. what a great day out.
mom had it all planned out - we'd drive to the skytrain station, catch the train to downtown, and then get on the sea bus and go across to the north shore. somewhere along the way there (or back) we'd pick up dinner and be home in time for bed. great.
mom got ollie ready, packed the diaper bag, collapsed the stroller, found the train tickets and did mom stuff while dad changed my diaper and went out to put the car seats back in the car. all was going well - we'd found a parking space very near the skytrain station, and we were walking down to catch the train. suddenly i had a problem........my trousers were around my ankles....and it was VERY cold. once he'd finished laughing, dad came to my rescue: pulled my trousers up, tucked my top in and we were on our way. not long afterwards we were all on the train and i was scrambling into the single seat at the very front - the one reserved for junior drivers. suddenly mom says to dad " do you see what i see?" Uh oh - my trousers had fallen down again. dad says " oh dear, joel's pants have come down again" (very canadian these days, is dad). mom says "yes, i realise that, but more of a problem is the fact i can see a bare bottom". there then ensued a debate about when exactly i last had a diaper on.....did dad forget to put one on when he changed me at home? was i wearing one when my trousers first fell down? is that why my trousers fell down? is there a diaper on the street somewhere? while dad was mulling this over, mom suggested that now might be quite a good time to rectify the situation.......
once we'd got the whole clothing thing sorted out, we went on to have a great adventure: i got very excited on the train, on the boat, on the escalator, watching a busker, seeing a helicopter, watching a seaplane land......and having jam on my toast at Bons where we went for dinner (except we ate breakfast - at 2.95 including tax for bacon, eggs, potatoes, and toast how could we not). hey - i even got a lollipop as we were leaving. what a great day out.
Monday, January 01, 2007
Happy New Year
What could be better than spending new year's day playing on the X-box?
playing penguin bowls, of course
playing penguin bowls, of course
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