Never being alone in the bathroom again.
Hearing squeals of laughter from Samuel and shrieks of horror from the cats.
Hearing Samuel's villainous (but cute) laugh when we tell him not to do something and he looks at us like he knows we are too far away to stop him.
Asking ourselves why, why did we buy all these toys when all he wants to play with are the newspapers, books and cd's.
Cute Samuel story:
As mentioned earlier we hosted the playgroup on Monday morning. When it was over most of the balls from Samuel's ball tent were scattered around the dining room floor. later in the day on Monday Samuel and I were walking past the dining room and we stopped and I asked him to put the balls back into the tent. Without hesitation he walked over to the two nearest balls, bent over, picked them up, walked over to the tent and threw them in. He got a very big hug and kiss for this. He only did this for about 10-12 balls before he became bored but it is amazing behavior for a 19 month old. Not looking forward to the day when he starts asking "why?" whenever we ask him to do something.
-Dave
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Thanksgiving shopping in Chatou
We are postponing Thanksgiving by one day. We were supposed to finish our shopping and make the stuffing, pies and cranberry sauce on Wednesday. Unfortunately Samuel has the sniffles and did not go to HG on Wednesday. I also had a very, very sore throat to the point where I could not swallow. It has been a frustrating 3 weeks as one of us has been sick every day for the last 3 weeks.
We did our Thanksgiving shopping today(Thursday). Samuel and I picked up the baguette and the Turkey while Julia went to the SuperU to pick up a few items. We parked in front of the SuperU and Julia, Samuel and I walked to the SuperU together and Samuel and I said goodbye to Julia in front of the SuperU. Samuel was not happy with this and began to fuss. As we started to walk an elderly women came out of the door of the SuperU. She heard Samuel fussing and turned over her shoulder and gave him a big smile. He continued to fuss. She stopped walking, turned around and waited for us to catch up with her. She then proceeded to talk to Samuel(all I heard was tres mignon-very cute) and reached out her hand and rubbed the back of her hand along his cheek. He calmed down and reached the point where he reached out his arms and gave her a great big Samuel hug. For a day I like the French.
Today Samuel carried the baguette from the boulangerie. We may not do this in the future as the end of the baguette immediately entered Samuel's mouth. Very cute but also very messy.
Edited to add-Our local fruitier has fresh cranberries! Yeah!!!!! I feel guilty as I asked my sister, Beth in Colorado, to ship us two bags of cranberries(one for Thanksgiving and one for Christmas) and now we will be unable to use them. How long can cranberries stay frozen and still be good to eat?
-Dave
We did our Thanksgiving shopping today(Thursday). Samuel and I picked up the baguette and the Turkey while Julia went to the SuperU to pick up a few items. We parked in front of the SuperU and Julia, Samuel and I walked to the SuperU together and Samuel and I said goodbye to Julia in front of the SuperU. Samuel was not happy with this and began to fuss. As we started to walk an elderly women came out of the door of the SuperU. She heard Samuel fussing and turned over her shoulder and gave him a big smile. He continued to fuss. She stopped walking, turned around and waited for us to catch up with her. She then proceeded to talk to Samuel(all I heard was tres mignon-very cute) and reached out her hand and rubbed the back of her hand along his cheek. He calmed down and reached the point where he reached out his arms and gave her a great big Samuel hug. For a day I like the French.
Today Samuel carried the baguette from the boulangerie. We may not do this in the future as the end of the baguette immediately entered Samuel's mouth. Very cute but also very messy.
Edited to add-Our local fruitier has fresh cranberries! Yeah!!!!! I feel guilty as I asked my sister, Beth in Colorado, to ship us two bags of cranberries(one for Thanksgiving and one for Christmas) and now we will be unable to use them. How long can cranberries stay frozen and still be good to eat?
-Dave
Samuel and playgroup
A new baby/toddler playgroup started in the western suburbs about 6 weeks ago. This Monday last(23rd) Samuel and I hosted the playgroup at our house.
It was very interesting to watch Samuel interact with the other kids in his home environment. When we go to other homes for playgroups Samuel is very good at sharing and playing with others. When we hosted it was quite a different story. Samuel was constantly grabbing his toys out of the hands of the other kids. We have a playpen where we store most of Samuel's toys that extends from the terrace area of the living room. One time Samuel was standing in his playpen and a little girl about 16 months was trying to get into the playpen. She would grab the gate and try to open it and Samuel would grab it and slam it shut so that she was unable to get to his toys.
The only thing of his he shared openly was his little vinyl tent that is filled with balls. He and a boy named Oliver spent 20 minutes throwing balls at each other and knocking each other over and generally having a great time.
Apparently we have work to do to teach him that it is not only good to share someone;s toys but it is also fun to share his toys with others. Doesn't bode well for when the twins come along.
-Dave
It was very interesting to watch Samuel interact with the other kids in his home environment. When we go to other homes for playgroups Samuel is very good at sharing and playing with others. When we hosted it was quite a different story. Samuel was constantly grabbing his toys out of the hands of the other kids. We have a playpen where we store most of Samuel's toys that extends from the terrace area of the living room. One time Samuel was standing in his playpen and a little girl about 16 months was trying to get into the playpen. She would grab the gate and try to open it and Samuel would grab it and slam it shut so that she was unable to get to his toys.
The only thing of his he shared openly was his little vinyl tent that is filled with balls. He and a boy named Oliver spent 20 minutes throwing balls at each other and knocking each other over and generally having a great time.
Apparently we have work to do to teach him that it is not only good to share someone;s toys but it is also fun to share his toys with others. Doesn't bode well for when the twins come along.
-Dave
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