One morning when we were getting Ty ready to go to daycare, he decided he didn’t want to go.  He was throwing a fit, threw himself on the floor, and when I tried to get his coat on, he put his hand up in a “stop” motion and said “no, mommy, no!  keep it! keep… Continue reading No, no, keep it! keep it!

Tyler’s Uncle Ken came up for a visit this weekend.  It was funny to watch Ken playing with Ty.  I don’t think he really knows what to do around little kids, but he did a good job!  If I get a chance, I will upload the little video clip I have of them playing together.

It seems as though all of a sudden Ty is using pronouns!  I have been hearing him use “I” “me” “you” etc appropriately, lately.

Now that it is getting kind of nice out now, Kevin got Tyler’s new (got it for christmas) quad out of the garage. When Tyler saw it sitting in the yard, he said “Oh man, new quad, daddy!!”

We tried to teach Tyler how to play hide and seek yesterday.  Kevin and Ty would count and I would go hide and they would look for me.  That worked fine, but the concept of hiding until someone finds you will apparently take a little longer for him to understand.  Kevin would help Ty hide,… Continue reading Not Quite Clear on the Concept

It’s a little startling when you can hear yourself reflected from your child’s mouth.  Yesterday Tyler and I were “playing play-dough” and one of the plastic things broke.  I fixed it and gave it back to him, and he said “Good job, mommy!”  with the exact inflection that I say it with.  It was like… Continue reading Good Job

Tyler’s second birthday!  It’s hard to believe another year has rolled around.  He’s talking up a storm now.  He’s had his first haircut (sniff, sniff — I loved his shaggy locks and little curls!) and he’s been cleared for dairy!  Barb and Dave came out to celebrate our little man’s second birthday. Kevin got Tyler… Continue reading Second Birthday

This morning as I was cleaning up in the kitchen, I hear the following snippet of conversation: Ty (after extracting his finger from his nose): “Daddy! Booger! Booger!” Kevin: “Wow, look at that!  …. Go give it to mommy…” yeah… thanks Daddy…

On the way home from daycare, the moon was full and Tyler noticed it out the car window.  He reached out and said “ball, have it? have it?”  He did it again when we got home and Kevin got him out of the car.  Kevin and I both said simultaneously “If we could give you… Continue reading Giving Him the Moon