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?

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.

Happy New Year

What could be better than spending new year's day playing on the X-box?



playing penguin bowls, of course

scheme to reunite my parents

i'm concerned of late that mom and dad are sleeping in separate rooms. dad has taken to sleeping in a sleeping bag on the sofa. he says it's so he doesn't get woken up by oliver feeding every 2 or 3 hours, and so that he can come and read me stories at 6.30am without waking mom and olly. i'm a bit concerned there's more to it, so i came up with a great plan to make dad sleep in his own bed with mom.

this morning i threw up all over dad's sleeping bag, really properly, all over it. he managed to get me over to the kitchen to finish up, so i was kind and helped him mop up that bit.

unfortunately, the scheme didn't really work, because dad took the sleeping bag to the laundry saying it was good to get it washed anyhow. i unfortunately have now thrown up several times, and am not holding down crackers, milk or water, i have turned a nasty shade of green, and cry a lot thanks to a painful tummy. Oliver's been crying a lot too, and mom has not eaten much for days. it looks like we are the home of the sick for a while .. dad's doing OK so far, but he's not very happy.

what is christmas?

mom told me that christmas is jesus' birthday, and at christmas everyone gets presents. so what i want to know is, where is jesus' bob the builder cake ( i asked mom and she didn't have an answer) and who's got all mom and dad's presents? i opened all mine, and i opened all Ollie's for him, but mom and dad only had a couple each. that can't be right!

currently...

currently reading: Curious George rides a bike/goes camping
currently watching on dvd: Mighty Construction Machines or Toy Trains
currently watching on tv: curious george CBC 8am Mon-Fri
currently dancing to: Delirious - now is the time (it would be listening to, but how can a boy listen without dancing?)
currently eating: apple crumble, pate and crackers, 'snacks'
would like to currently be eating: chocolate
currently drinking: Lactiad (lactose-free milk)
currently playing with: car transporter and using diggy bob to move heaps of coins out of my money box
currently best friends with:Katrina Karsch

currently wish i was at: Science World
currently happiest when: outside with a snack!

being 2

it's great being two. i know my mind absolutely, and i now have the lung capacity and the vocabulary to express it forcefully if necessary. for example, i no longer want to eat meals, only snacks. mom took this news better than i expected. yesterday for my late afternoon snack she gave me chicken and rice with peas and carrots and then some apple crumble. great snack, eh?

Nice to hang out with Granty Jen

Jen's my Great Aunt. as a great aunt she's great, but she's not actually my great great aunt. she actually taught me to use the word great, which adds a certain passion to my affirmatives - mom "do you want to go out and kick a ball?" me - "yeah, great!"

Jen hung out with me for 3 whole weeks while Oliver was really little. we had SO much fun. thanks for being here granty Jen.

Dec 6, Worthing, England: Dear Joel, I did love coming into your bedroom every morning when I was staying & going for walks with you too. It was fun to bop rocks & look for Diggy Bobs. It was great in the snow too. Has it gone now? I expect it has but maybe you'll have some more one day. Lots of love Granty Jen