Sunday, June 20, 2010

"I" can call whenever I want to

This is a fun sentence because Daniel usually refers to himself as "Dan." Today he said "I."

He said this to us as he sat down to dinner.

Daniel: "Here's Dan's cell phone. Dan can call whenever I want to. Ho-tay (okay)?"

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Heart Hair

I got my hair cut today. I haven't had a haircut in awhile, so it looks much shorter. I got probably three or four inches cut off. They "texturized" it on the ends so that it doesn't flip out to the sides. I like it very much when they do that. I think it frames my face well. When I got home, Daniel said, "Mama, you got heart hair?" I said, "I got a hair cut. Do you think it looks like a heart shape?" He said, "Yeah. You got heart hair."

Come on, D's!

Daniel and Joseph were playing with Joseph's ipad the other morning. Daniel knows that the screen has a "lock" on it. You have to type in a four-digit code to open it. Daniel understands that you have to type something in to unlock the screen. He was typing and typing to try to get it open. He started talking to himself, saying, "Come on, D's!" (like, come on, I'm typing my letter, now let me in!)

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Birthday note so Mama will remember

What I got for my second birthday-
lots of cards
some nice monies
a pool and splash area for the yard
a beach towel
Uno cards
Legos and bath blocks
real tools- rake, shovel, and hoe
a wooden puzzle
dinosaur magnets
art easel

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Oh Lord

Yesterday at the museum, we ate lunch in the cafe. After lunch, I was putting D's high chair back and getting ready to go out the door. We weren't talking to each other. He was just looking around at the many moms and kids seated around us.

All of a sudden, he said in a quiet voice, "Oh Lord." I didn't really understand what he said, so I didn't reply or look at him. He continued to repeat, in a louder and louder voice (very calmly), "Oh, Lord.......oh, Lord................ooooohhhhh Lord!.........oooooooohhhhhhh LORD!"

All I could do was laugh. I looked around at the other moms. They were all laughing and giving me a look like, "Yes, they all tell on us. It happens to all of us. Just laugh about it."

Not sure just which time Daniel heard it, but I'm pretty sure my reaction to Joseph on the phone after he said his toe was broken was, "Oh, Lord."

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Eat cream cheese hurts

Daniel is fascinated by any kind of cream or body lotion. He wants to put it on his face and legs, and sometimes in his mouth. He has two tubes of cream that are sealed closed that he plays with and pretends to put on. Whenever he holds real cream (diaper cream or lotion), I always remind him that he cannot eat the cream. "If you eat cream it might hurt you. Cream goes on your face or your body."

My mom likes to eat cream cheese on graham crackers. On the way to the airport on Friday, I made her a baggie of graham crackers with cream cheese. I also made one for Daniel because he likes to eat "matching snacks" with GG. When I gave GG her snack, Daniel said, "Dan eat GG snack too!" so I passed his back to him in the car seat.

When I got out of the van at the airport to help them take their bags in, I told D what I was doing. He said, "Eat cream cheese hurts." I couldn't imagine what he meant, but I was not really paying attention to him, so I said "Well, if it hurts you, don't eat it." Then, I went along with helping my parents get into the line.

When I got back in the van, D was quiet, and I thought he was eating. As I drove away, he rode quietly for a few minutes, then exclaimed, "Cream! White cream! Seven creams! Yay!" I looked back at him, and little by little, he had dipped his index finger in the cream cheese and put it on his body. He had painted his face and legs with cream cheese. He was holding two plain graham crackers, completely stripped of all cream cheese. Then he started munching.

It took me a few minutes to piece it together, then I figured it out. He thought I had given him crackers with body cream on them. He knew not to eat it (if you eat cream, it might hurt you). So, he did what he was supposed to do- put the cream on his face and legs.

The next time I looked back he was sound asleep, covered in cream cheese, holding half a graham cracker. It came off much easier than I expected.