Treasure Time

Alex asked to see his treasures today. During a quiet time session in his Story Corner, he said 'Up there! Up there!' and finally, 'I want to see treasures. Treasures are in the dinosaur box.' So, I took down the dinosaur box and we reviewed his treasures: conch, crab and oyster shells from Great Captain Island, an acorn cap from a nearby park, a tiny conch from Harbor Island beach and, of course, his feathers from local birds. He's still holding onto those.

Tuesday, January 19

Housing Stimulus

After building a tower on his own, Alex declared "I built the tower. I'm the president."

Sunday, January 17

Mouse On!

Alex has learned how to turn on his mouse and keyboard. A few days ago, he was reaching under his desk fidding with something. I didn't stop him because it was under his desk, where I thought there were no cables. Suddenly, he emerged, pointed out his lit-up mouse and said 'I turned it on! I turned the mouse on!' And he had. I can't type much more here. He's currently playing with his mouse.

Sunday, January 17

I Want to be...Mommy!!!

Alex has been into imitiating everything I do lately.  That includes putting on some of my clothing (mostly my shoes, though).

In this case, there might be some cause for concern.

That's my [clean] underwear he's got on his head.

Brings a whole new twist to our old song "Pants on your head!"

Fun at the Roundhouse

Alex was thrilled that Santa got him a new roundhouse.  Now he can play with ALL of his Thomas trains at the same time - and have them talk in the roundhouse like they do on television.

Gathering up the gang at the roundhouse

Hmmmmm....Cooookies

Sometimes Daddy gives us a special treat.  Today, he baked some chocolate chip cookies. 

Alex wasn't appreciative of the fact that they were done so close to his lunchtime.  Having to wait for them was just sheer torture.

But he really liked it when he finally got one!!

A New Strategy Involving the Story Corner

One priority for this year is to get Alex napping again.  He hasn't napped regularly since last October and it's been driving me batty.   So, armed with a dinosaur sleeping bag laid out in the Story Corner, I tried a new tactic. 

I'd allow him to nap in the Story Corner in his "Comfy Cozy Bag" (we can't call it a "sleeping" bag) and allow him to have access to his books.  Surely this would work, right?

It met with less than stellar results. He started reading the books to us and said a casual "No" to an offer of Milky-milk.

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But he sure did like it!!!