Friday, October 13, 2006
Pancake Spiders
Eli went to daycare today and we knew that they were going to be having a party and making "pancake spiders." Of course, Elijah is allergic to dairy and egg so normally pancakes are out of the question. Gina, however, found a pancake recipe that does not use dairy and egg.....it simply involves pancake mix and Sprite. I tasted them and they're not the best....but at least he'll be able to participate. This morning when I dropped him off he was so adamant that I not forget his pancake mix and he wanted to make his pancake spider....and he looked so cute decked out in his orange and white and black seasonal clothing.
S'OK Dada
Eli's like any other toddler in that he takes quite a few spills every day and needs to be comforted. Usually we'll pick him up and pat the ouchie, tell him "it's okay" and he'll put his head down on my shoulder. Yesterday I played in an intramural soccer match and injured myself. This morning I naturally was very sore and strained my back trying to pick him up, so I just lay down on the couch. I forgot about my pain when Eli came up to me, starting patting my arm and said "S'OK dada, s'ok dada". Too cute.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Daycare
This is our second school year in Michigan and it has gotten tougher on all of us. Gina is working full-time again at a great school, but she is away from home far more than she likes to be. My classes actually are a little easier, but Eli is still finding himself in daycare more than last year. His daycare is fantastic (Morningstar)....they really take good care of him and keep a low kid to teach ratio. But we still feel horrible sending him there all day. I hope that can change next year.
His teachers are Miss Audrey, Miss Jenny, Miss Stacey and Miss Chris. He talks about all of them profusely when he gets home. He also talks about his frends: Parker, Caleb, Vincent, Nathan, Lola. And he tells me about all of the fun they have in the tot lot (their playground).
The best part of my day is when I go to pick him up. Typcially, I walk into the daycare center and no one's there; they're all outside in the tot lot. I try to get out there as inconspicuously as possible and watch Eli playing for a few minutes. He usually is on a toy car and likes to ride it over a small hill they have set up for the toddlers. The other day I went and he was running around the lot with a mass of other kids. After about two minutes he saw me and his reaction was enough to bring a smile to any Dad's face. His eyes got real big, he was smiling from ear to ear and he took off and ran with all his might, Spiderman sneakers lighting up the whole way over to the fence where I was standing with his arms outstretched towards me the whole time. As he got closer I could hear him saying "coming, coming!" which is his way of asking me to pick him up. As soon as I pick him up he waves to everyone and says bye. It doesn't get any better than that.
His teachers are Miss Audrey, Miss Jenny, Miss Stacey and Miss Chris. He talks about all of them profusely when he gets home. He also talks about his frends: Parker, Caleb, Vincent, Nathan, Lola. And he tells me about all of the fun they have in the tot lot (their playground).
The best part of my day is when I go to pick him up. Typcially, I walk into the daycare center and no one's there; they're all outside in the tot lot. I try to get out there as inconspicuously as possible and watch Eli playing for a few minutes. He usually is on a toy car and likes to ride it over a small hill they have set up for the toddlers. The other day I went and he was running around the lot with a mass of other kids. After about two minutes he saw me and his reaction was enough to bring a smile to any Dad's face. His eyes got real big, he was smiling from ear to ear and he took off and ran with all his might, Spiderman sneakers lighting up the whole way over to the fence where I was standing with his arms outstretched towards me the whole time. As he got closer I could hear him saying "coming, coming!" which is his way of asking me to pick him up. As soon as I pick him up he waves to everyone and says bye. It doesn't get any better than that.
Downsense, Moke and Babytalk
Eli's over two now, but he now will intentionally say things as he did when he was a baby to be cute. If we're upstairs in the bedroom, he'll say "Dada.....Elijah want to go downsense" then I'll say "it's downSTAIRS, not downsense" and of course that only strengthens his determination to say downsense.
He does the same thing with milk. He knows that it's called milk, but he'll say "Dada I want some moke" and then later say "Dad, babies say MOKE, Elijah say milk". He also talks about himself a lot in the third person, in case you hadn't noticed.
He'll say other things in babytalk and even does a great fake cry. Yesterday Gina was sitting with him in the family and asked him to do his fake cry and he did a great one....very believable.
He does the same thing with milk. He knows that it's called milk, but he'll say "Dada I want some moke" and then later say "Dad, babies say MOKE, Elijah say milk". He also talks about himself a lot in the third person, in case you hadn't noticed.
He'll say other things in babytalk and even does a great fake cry. Yesterday Gina was sitting with him in the family and asked him to do his fake cry and he did a great one....very believable.
Or some....
One of the cutest things Elijah did for a few months (June - August 06) was to add "or some" to the ends of some of his sentences. For example, he'll say "Dada" and I'll say "Yea, buddy" and he'll say "I need some juice or some." It's so funny.....I think he must have heard us say "or someting" (e.g. I need some water or something) and started using it for everything. The best would be when he was sleepy and there would be a long pause e.g. "Dada......I need some moke......or some" and I would just bust out laughing.
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