That Ryan Funny....

I picked up Ryan on Friday and found out that he no longer uses pacifiers at school.  Apparently, he has never used one since he has been in his new room (so since January).  The little stinker always told me that he uses one though.  I would ask him "Does Ryan use beppies at school?"  "Yes" would be his answer.  And then I'd go through his list of friends and he would tell me that they don't use them either.  Who knew he was lying to me! 

On Saturday we were in the car and Michael was making him laugh.  Then Ryan said "Ah, that Mawkel funny." 

Two nights ago when we were giving him his bath, Ian told him to hand him his wash cloth, and Ryan said "one minute". 

He is putting many more words together and making sentences.  Of course, none are grammatically correct.  Some things he likes to say:

"I play this one."
"I got it"
"I coming"
"I too"
"Read this one"
"I do it"

Of course, he also tries to mimic everything Michael says even though he really doesn't know what he is saying.  

More Head Bumps

We had two head bumps this past weekend.  Ryan smacked his head against a wall on Friday afternoon.  Fortunately, he let me keep ice on it and it didn't swell that much.  The next day he told me: "no do again bang head on wall".

Later Saturday evening, Michael was running down the driveway and he wiped out.  Major bump on his forehead and a cut on his knee.  I kept ice on that bump too, but it was a bad goose egg. Both wounds were covered with band-aids.  We just took them off tonight.  The cut on his knee is scabbed over and the scrapes on his head are mostly gone, but he still has a bit of a bump on his head.

These boys don't have much luck with their heads!

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!