Monthly Archives: February, 2014
ABCD… Cookie Monster?
During our recent bout of sickness the “no tv” rule was suspended. We watched a lot of clips of classic Muppets and Sesame Street. One of clips I remember most from my childhood is Kermit and a little girl, singing the ABC’s. (Yup, this old clip is captioned – Thank You Sesame Street!) ABC… Cookie …
Vacation – the sick chronicles
Oliver: 8 days sick with a cough, cold, and ear infection. Today he is finally himself. Kate: 5 days and counting. Ugh. Oliver before Sick is cute… Oliver after Healthy is cuter!
“Why?”
In other news, Oliver asked his first “why?” a few days ago. I love the explosion of language that has been happening. Our days of mostly one-sided conversations are officially over. When I pick up Oliver after work he can now tell me about things that he has done during his day. If he struggles …
Super Bowl Analysis
Tonight we introduced Oliver to football. He’s seen a little bit of the ” in your backyard, father-son ball-toss” sort of football but never a real game before. After a little while, here is the summation of Oliver’s Super Bowl commentary: “Boom! He fell down!” and “More ads!” That about sums it up, right?