Conversation the other day in the car:
S: Do you know that I love you so much?
N: Yes, I do.
S: Who else loves you so much?
N: Daddy does!
S: And who else?
(pause)
S: Do Grandma and Grandpa love you so much?
N: Yes!
S: Do you love anybody so much?
N: Yes.
S: Who?
N: I love Mommy and Daddy so much. (pause) And Grandma and Grandpa. (pause) And Uncle Brian and Aunt Shayna. (pause) Uncle Brian laughs at me. (pause) Uncle Brian likes to laugh.
I'm assuming those thoughts were connected, in which case apparently to Nicholas love is expressed by laughing at people. No wonder he is so close to his uncles.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
And Then I Get a Nicholas
Nicholas' monologue tonight:
"I am still a little boy. But I am getting bigger. And when I get big I will be a daddy. And then I get a Nicholas!"
(pause)
"And when daddies grow up then they are girls."
Just when I thought he was starting to figure this whole progression out.
"I am still a little boy. But I am getting bigger. And when I get big I will be a daddy. And then I get a Nicholas!"
(pause)
"And when daddies grow up then they are girls."
Just when I thought he was starting to figure this whole progression out.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Inside Humor, Baseball Edition
If you've interacted with children's media in any form, you know that they often operate at two levels. There's the excitement and story for the kids, of course, but often there's also a few well-placed or well-timed jokes that go over the heads of little ones, just to keep the parents entertained.
Recently we encountered one that is subtle, subversive, and hilarious if you remember 2003.
Nicholas loves baseball books. He loves dinosaur books. So why not Dino-Baseball? Needless to say, we've read it just about every night since it came home from the library, and quite a few other times besides. It's silly, mostly, narrating a game between the Green Sox (all herbivores!) and the Rib-Eye Reds (not herbivores, if you know what I mean).
At one point, a Red hits a fly ball down the left-field line, which leads to this play:
If you can't quite tell what happens, a fan nabs the ball away from left fielder Diplodocus. But take a look at the fan. Notice anything familiar? Here's a close-up view:
Get it yet? If not, take a look at this:
Yes, one of Nicholas's books has ever so subtly inserted a Steve Bartman reference, right down to the headphones. Well played. (If you still don't get it, read the Wikipedia entry.)
Recently we encountered one that is subtle, subversive, and hilarious if you remember 2003.
Nicholas loves baseball books. He loves dinosaur books. So why not Dino-Baseball? Needless to say, we've read it just about every night since it came home from the library, and quite a few other times besides. It's silly, mostly, narrating a game between the Green Sox (all herbivores!) and the Rib-Eye Reds (not herbivores, if you know what I mean).
At one point, a Red hits a fly ball down the left-field line, which leads to this play:
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| From 2012 March |
If you can't quite tell what happens, a fan nabs the ball away from left fielder Diplodocus. But take a look at the fan. Notice anything familiar? Here's a close-up view:
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| From 2012 March |
Yes, one of Nicholas's books has ever so subtly inserted a Steve Bartman reference, right down to the headphones. Well played. (If you still don't get it, read the Wikipedia entry.)
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Planting Update
As you saw in the posts from last weekend, we decided to do some planting last weekend. This was in response to Nicholas' enthusiasm about the sunflowers they planted at school a few weeks ago.
They sent the sunflowers home on Thursday because they were outgrowing their little paper cups. As you can see here, this sunflower was in desperate need of a deeper pot and a lot more dirt:
So we bought it a larger pot and transplanted it yesterday morning.
The end result:
(As a side note, yes, we know it is March, but he is obsessed with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse right now and x-mas pajamas were down to $4 at Kohl's.)
I am cautiously optimistic that the transplant worked because yesterday it was bending to get better light. But we'll see how it does in the long term because we have serious problems with sunlight in this apartment.
Which brings us to what we planted last weekend. We planted some baby lettuce plants, as well as flower seeds and rosemary seeds. We then promptly realized that even though we get a ton of light in the sliding door that goes to the balcony, the balcony actually gets a grand total of about 30 minutes of direct sun from 7:00-7:30 am at this time of year. Ooops.
We've been doing everything we can think of to get the plants some more light, through and including me working outside on a blanket in the grass in our complex for 3 hours on Friday afternoon in order to "babysit" the plants while putting them out in the sun. Now, I'm in no way complaining about working outside on a 73-degree March Friday afternoon, but it was a rare fluke of the schedule that allowed me to do that. In other words, it is not a good long-term plan.
In other words, I have been very anxious about this project failing and Nicholas' disappointment. But today, we saw this:
The flower seeds have sprouted!!!!!!
We aren't out of the woods because the lettuce leaves are turning brown and this week it is supposed to be rainy and cloudy, decreasing even further the already limited sunlight available, but it is a very encouraging sign. And it made us all so happy!
They sent the sunflowers home on Thursday because they were outgrowing their little paper cups. As you can see here, this sunflower was in desperate need of a deeper pot and a lot more dirt:
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| From 2012 March |
So we bought it a larger pot and transplanted it yesterday morning.
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| From 2012 March |
The end result:
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| From 2012 March |
I am cautiously optimistic that the transplant worked because yesterday it was bending to get better light. But we'll see how it does in the long term because we have serious problems with sunlight in this apartment.
Which brings us to what we planted last weekend. We planted some baby lettuce plants, as well as flower seeds and rosemary seeds. We then promptly realized that even though we get a ton of light in the sliding door that goes to the balcony, the balcony actually gets a grand total of about 30 minutes of direct sun from 7:00-7:30 am at this time of year. Ooops.
We've been doing everything we can think of to get the plants some more light, through and including me working outside on a blanket in the grass in our complex for 3 hours on Friday afternoon in order to "babysit" the plants while putting them out in the sun. Now, I'm in no way complaining about working outside on a 73-degree March Friday afternoon, but it was a rare fluke of the schedule that allowed me to do that. In other words, it is not a good long-term plan.
In other words, I have been very anxious about this project failing and Nicholas' disappointment. But today, we saw this:
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| From 2012 March |
The flower seeds have sprouted!!!!!!
We aren't out of the woods because the lettuce leaves are turning brown and this week it is supposed to be rainy and cloudy, decreasing even further the already limited sunlight available, but it is a very encouraging sign. And it made us all so happy!
Friday, March 23, 2012
Nicholas' Day
NICHOLAS
He just typed that, all by himself. Well, I turned the caps locks on first for him.
Today was show and tell at school and he took his camera, so we wanted to share some of the pictures he took. His most impressive two were of one of his friends, but we weren't sure about posting them.
He just typed that, all by himself. Well, I turned the caps locks on first for him.
Today was show and tell at school and he took his camera, so we wanted to share some of the pictures he took. His most impressive two were of one of his friends, but we weren't sure about posting them.
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| From Nicholas Camera |
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| From Nicholas Camera |
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| From Nicholas Camera |
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Pretending to Read
The only two words Nicholas can read are NICHOLAS and XAVIER. And, yes, they have to be in all caps for him to read them. And yet, he loves "reading" us books he has memorized. Today he read one book 3 times in a row. And I caught about 1 1/2 of those on video.
So, for your entertainment, Nicholas reading about a Halloween party at the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse:
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| From 2012 March |
Monday, March 19, 2012
Spring Weather
I can't resist the first few days of gorgeous spring weather--it transforms any mood and makes me giddy.
A few things we love about spring:
A few things we love about spring:
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| From 2012 March |
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| From 2012 March |
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| From 2012 March |
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| From 2012 March |
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| From 2012 March |
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