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Monday, May 28, 2012

Adbentures in our Ban

It was a typical busy weekend at the Naegle household. Saturday we went to a friends house in the ebening for Dabis to play with his buddy Luca. They had great fun in a small pool and playing trains and trucks in the same space. Sunday we went swimming at our neighbors house in the morning then spend most of the hot day inside before heading to Whittle's Train Shop (a hobby gone horribly wrong as they explain it) in the early ebening. Today, we trecked to the Missouri Botanical Gardens in the morning then again spent most of the day inside, with a few bentures outside to play in the sprinkler. I also got in a run with Dabis; Kristen made two solo shopping trips and we gabe Alex and Eban their first bites of "solid food".

Here are a few pictures from the weekend and last week. The v->b switch in this post is brought to you by Dabis.

Alex and Eban watching Dabis swim in the pool

Dabis swimming by himself

Dabis at the train store

Botanical Gardens

Drums at the Botanical Gardens

Lilly is a little crazy sometimes

Alex

Eban

Eban would really like to get this whole toy in his mouth

Sprinkler time in the back yard

Alex before first contact

First bite

Rejected!

Dabis really wanted to gibe Alex his first bite

Dabis gabe him the first bite, then let him habe the spoon

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Taking away animals

For a while, we have struggled with getting Davis to stay in bed at bedtime. I think he believes he is missing something and he ends up coming out of his bedroom a few times a night. After coming out a few times, I'll often threaten to take away one of his stuff animals if he comes out again. Tonight was one of those nights. After a while, Davis walked out of his bedroom and brought me Eeyore in the kitchen, then went into Alex and Evan's room to see what mom was doing. I was floored.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Imagination

We have seen a lot of evidence of Davis' emerging imagination lately. The last few days he has had long, interactive play sessions with his animals. He has particularly enjoyed preparing food and feeding his monkey and lion. I captured about 7 minutes of a 45 minute play session the other day. I stopped the video a little bit too early - he accidentally spilled some food he was giving monkey and walked off into the other room. What is missing from the video is where he brought a chair back, put it in the corner and put himself in timeout. I tried to explain that timeout is not for accidents and that he did not do anything wrong. I felt a little sad and amazed at the same time - we've never put him in timeout for a mess before so I wonder what went on in his head.

Here is the long video:

And a shorter one where I manage to get him to tell his joke:

Knock Knock
Who is there?
Apple

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

No, I do it

I cannot count how many times I have heard "I do it" or "No, I do it" this week. Davis wants to do pretty much everything himself. Here are some of the things that I have done for him and been told otherwise.

Taking him out of the tub. He got back in so he could get out on his own.
Closing the door to daycare. We had to open it so he could do it
Opening the door to daycare. We had to close it.
Brushing teeth.
Getting into the changing table.
Cutting his pizza.
Walking up or down stairs when I an carrying him.

There have been many more, but those are the ones that I can remember right now.

He is an amazing amount of fun.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Birthday Boy!

Today is Davis' birthday. I can hardly believe it has been one year, let alone two. We celebrated this birthday in style. We rented Together In Motion in Arlington for two hours on Sunday and invited lots of Davis' friends. The kids and parents had fun playing before breaking for lunch, then more play. The kids went home exhausted and had a great time. It was a blast to see Davis playing with all his friends in a new setting.