Michael's Fight

You should see the other guy..... an innocent blue laundry basket that happened to be in the way of a hard landing.  

Michael Loves....

Dreary spring day.... just got hit with 5 inches of snow the night before, snow still coming down and skies are grey.  We decided to go to Phipps hoping that seeing some spring flowers will brighten up the gloominess of this winter season.   We come out of the Fort Pitt Tunnel and the skies are still grey and snow is still spitting on the windshield, Michael announces "I love this!".  I said "What do you love?"  He said "I love this world."  Then he went on to list the many things he loves about Pittsburgh:  the rivers, the boats, the bridges, the buildings, the people walking around, riding our bikes, the trees, etc.  It was interesting that he saw all these amazing things and I was thinking of ways to escape the terrible weather.  

Cooker

Michael was going to play "cooker" this morning (chef in the play kitchen) but then he went to play with blocks instead.  I asked him why he was not playing cooker and he said that he was going to play but the food was not on sale. 

Ryan's Two Year Well Visit

Ryan had his well visit this morning.  He had to get one shot, the hepititis A booster shot.   Otherwise, he checks out fine.  His stats are not too different from Michael.  Ryan's are first, Michaels are second.  

Weight: 30 lbs / 30 lbs 8 oz
Height: 34.25 in / 34.75 in
Head: 50 cm / 49.5 cm

What did Daddy say?

Michael told Ian that he remembered awhile ago that Ian said he was going to die after Christmas.  Ian was sure he did not say that, so the two of them tried to figure out what was said.  Ian brought it up at the dinner table to get my memory of the event.  Ian thought maybe he said that he was going to die from all the food he ate.  I suggested that maybe we talked about somebody that had died recently.  But neither of those thoughts really seemed to make sense.  But then it clicked in my brain and I remembered that Ian said he was going to DIET after Christmas!

Michael in Underwear!

Michael may be done with diapers at night as well! He overheard at Ryan's birthday party that our 2 1/2 year old girl guest was not wearing diapers at night, so he was on a mission to wear underwear at night. He asked us daily if he could wear under wear at night. Finally after being dry for 3 nights in a row we agreed. Friday night he leaked a little in his underwear during his sleep, but he caught it and called Ian in. Saturday night he went to the bathroom by himself at 6 AM! Ian was already awake and heard someone walking around and then he noticed the light went on in the bathroom. We were stunned that he did that all by himself. Let's just hope every night continues to be as successful.

Today, during nap he insisted that he wasn't tired, but we told him that he had to stay in his room for an hour. He called down to us every 10 minutes for the first 30 minutes. At one point we told him 25 more minutes. We didn't hear anything else... finally after the hour was up I went upstairs and this is what I found - he was out cold.
 

Ryan's Vocabulary

Here is Ryan's current list of words.  The word on the left is how Ryan says it.  The word on the right is the translation.

A-yen: Again
Ba: Ball
Awn: On
Sdar: Star
Ish: Fish
Ou: Out
Tutle: Turtle
Melmo: Elmo
We-We: TV
Gocks: Socks
Yello: Hello
Bueble: Bubble
Mo: More
Wa-wa: Water
Dis: This (although this is a guess)
Ights: Lights
Ma-MA (the annunciation on the second MA): mama
Da-da:dada

He has put two words together, mostly more and then another word.  Today he said "maMA, mo sdar".  (I was drawing stars on his paper).  So, making some progress as we approach his second birthday.