Monday, September 8, 2008
Guest Blogger: Our Little Reader
Nolan was kind enough to let me (mom) write one more blog entry tonight.
Nolan has become quite the bookworm recently. He spent almost the entire last weekend bringing Jeff and me books to read to him. He cannot get enough. It is too cute, he brings over a book, puts it in my hand and then turns around and sits down on my lap to read. His favorites these days: Seek and Slide in the Jungle, Goodnight Moon, Ducks in Muck, Pat the Bunny, and a couple of his touch and feel books.
When I picked him up at daycare, he was sitting on one of the teacher's laps reading a book. They told me he's been taking books to them all day long.
Nolan has become quite the bookworm recently. He spent almost the entire last weekend bringing Jeff and me books to read to him. He cannot get enough. It is too cute, he brings over a book, puts it in my hand and then turns around and sits down on my lap to read. His favorites these days: Seek and Slide in the Jungle, Goodnight Moon, Ducks in Muck, Pat the Bunny, and a couple of his touch and feel books.
When I picked him up at daycare, he was sitting on one of the teacher's laps reading a book. They told me he's been taking books to them all day long.
Guest Blogger: Nolan vs. the Balloon
We went to Trader Joe's yesterday to pick up Nolan's favorite cereal and the nice cashier gave him a green balloon. He loved it in the store, in the car, and for the first five minutes at home. He held on tight to the string and ran around the house with a big smile. Then he let go of the string and, instead of falling to the ground like most things Nolan lets go of, the balloon floated up toward the ceiling and stayed there. Nolan followed that up with a typical "uh oh" but then all of a sudden his face crumbled and he started bawling. Something about that balloon freaked him out! Jeff took the balloon out of the room for awhile and then we tried again. Nolan took one look at it and freaked out again. Poor little guy! I thought all kids loved balloons!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Playing tourist
On Labor Day we decided to play tourist in our own town and went to the National Mall and the Natural History museum. We also took a long stroller walk around the Tidal Basin. Here is a picture of Dad and me and a cool shot that we took on our way out with the sun behind the Washington Monument.
Trip to the indoor play room!
Over Labor Day weekend I got to spend some time at Monkey Business, this cool indoor play area. We got there right when it opened so I had the run of the place for the first 15 minutes or so. It was fun - check out the pictures!
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Nolan's words
I'm not much of a talker yet, but at almost 15 months I thought this might be a nice time to take stock of my growing vocabulary.
Uh oh - This is my current favorite word. I like saying it before or after anytime I throw--er, drop--something.
Woof woof - I don't say dog but will bark when someone asks me what doggies say or if I see one.
Mum mum - It's the name of a particular rice rusk snack Mom gets me at Whole Foods, but I use this as a term for any snack these days. Mom has plied me with snacks to keep me happy in the car during our daily commute so often now that I expect a snack nearly every time I'm in the car. I'm still rear-facing in the car seat, so whenever I want a snack all I have to do is say "mum mum" and hold my hand up. Within seconds, Mom puts a tasty treat in my hand. What a deal!
Mama, Dada - I don't use these often, but they're in my repertoire.
Up - I've learned this helpful word recently. It gets me picked up, or escorted up the stairs all the time!
And here are some words that Mom, Dad, and others think they have heard me say but aren't sure.
Thank you
Max (for our cat)
Meow
Truck
Uh oh - This is my current favorite word. I like saying it before or after anytime I throw--er, drop--something.
Woof woof - I don't say dog but will bark when someone asks me what doggies say or if I see one.
Mum mum - It's the name of a particular rice rusk snack Mom gets me at Whole Foods, but I use this as a term for any snack these days. Mom has plied me with snacks to keep me happy in the car during our daily commute so often now that I expect a snack nearly every time I'm in the car. I'm still rear-facing in the car seat, so whenever I want a snack all I have to do is say "mum mum" and hold my hand up. Within seconds, Mom puts a tasty treat in my hand. What a deal!
Mama, Dada - I don't use these often, but they're in my repertoire.
Up - I've learned this helpful word recently. It gets me picked up, or escorted up the stairs all the time!
And here are some words that Mom, Dad, and others think they have heard me say but aren't sure.
Thank you
Max (for our cat)
Meow
Truck
Happy labor day!
Happy Labor Day weekend! As usual, we've been very busy but I thought I'd hop on after my bedtime to give my loyal readers a quick update.
I'm walking up a storm now and looking cute as ever. Still have seven teeth and no sign yet of #8. Today, Mom, Dad and I went out to Loudoun County, Virginia, to visit a couple of wineries and go fall shopping for yours truly. First, we went to Breaux Vineyards, which has over 100 acres of grapes in 18 different varieties. After Mom and Dad tasted a few of their yummy wines they let me run around the grounds of the vineyard. What a gorgeous view! Then we stopped in for a quick tasting at Hillsborough Vineyards on the way to Leesburg Corner Outlets. I'll be sure to post some pictures from our day in the country as soon as we upload them.
Tomorrow we might go to the zoo or to the indoor play gym, and maybe even to the pool!
I'm walking up a storm now and looking cute as ever. Still have seven teeth and no sign yet of #8. Today, Mom, Dad and I went out to Loudoun County, Virginia, to visit a couple of wineries and go fall shopping for yours truly. First, we went to Breaux Vineyards, which has over 100 acres of grapes in 18 different varieties. After Mom and Dad tasted a few of their yummy wines they let me run around the grounds of the vineyard. What a gorgeous view! Then we stopped in for a quick tasting at Hillsborough Vineyards on the way to Leesburg Corner Outlets. I'll be sure to post some pictures from our day in the country as soon as we upload them.
Tomorrow we might go to the zoo or to the indoor play gym, and maybe even to the pool!
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