Two will be half the work of one, right?
Photos from earlier in the summer. Dr. Theodore was conducting early experiments into the ‘in-ness’ of things. Block in cup. Shake it out. Crawl to get it. Block in cup. Tip it out. Repeat to verify. Again. And again. And again.
Current experiments involve putting Thomas’s bath crayons inside an empty bottle. Then shaking it randomly [...]
Theo.
“Hey, Mummy. I don’t hab a long neck. I’m people. I’m not a dinosaur. Dinosaurs … well, some dinosaurs hab long necks.”
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“Mummy, play the baby-game.”
So I pretend to swaddle Thomas in a huge blanket.
“Now I’m a slug, Mummy. Look I’m comin’ out of my shell. Feed me squid, Mummy. I don’t hab any hands. Feed [...]
Dear Theo,
You are not a vampire. Human flesh–and my shoulder in particular–is not an appropriate teether. It hurts me. I currently have scars to prove it.
Love, Ma-ma
PS Why not start talking instead? Ma-ma or Da-da would be a nice start.
Theo likes closing doors. The slam causes great satisfaction.
But he then yells in frustration since he can’t open it again. Each time he is as furious and indignant as he was before.
If you are on the other side, he immediately wails in complete desperation. You have to open it carefully to allow him time to [...]
We saw an exhibit about Samurai over the holiday week–us and about 4,000 other people also enjoying the museum’s free day. Thomas thought there were too many people and Theo was kranky and flailed around in the ergo, nearly throwing himself out and yanking fistful of hair and clothes, whatever he could grab at the [...]
Theo celebrated a (rare) US public holiday by standing a few times. Perhaps balancing is more apt, for about 3 seconds. And every time he beams! He even took that first step that reveals that walking is indeed a controlled fall.