We shared the news with my family by having Ayden wear a "I'm going to be a big brother shirt." Everyone noticed within seconds of seeing Ayden and his shirt what our news was. It was a fun way to tell people though :)
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Exciting News!!
The latest news (well it's not really new news for my husband and me) is that I am pregnant! I'm due March 19, 2010. We are really excited, and I know Ayden will be a great big brother. It was a rough first trimester because I was pretty exhausted and had "all day" sickness. I even lost weight, what a great diet plan :) I'm feeling better now, but am still tired more than usual. I had a doctors appointment last week and got to hear the heartbeat for a few seconds. Baby kept moving around so didn't get to hear it for long. I'm counting down the weeks until we find out whether we are having a boy or girl. I didn't think I had a preference either way, but early into my pregnancy I had a dream that I had a boy and in my dream I started to cry. Does that mean I really want a girl? It doesn't matter as long as it is healthy. I'm hoping I can get Ayden pretty much potty-trained by the time he/she arrives. It would also be nice if we could sell our house and be moved to Ames by then, but that is asking a lot. We are going to go shopping for a big boy bed for Ayden in a few weeks. I already got him some sheets and a quilt with trucks and tractors on them. Hopefully that will make the transition easier.
We shared the news with my family by having Ayden wear a "I'm going to be a big brother shirt." Everyone noticed within seconds of seeing Ayden and his shirt what our news was. It was a fun way to tell people though :)
We shared the news with my family by having Ayden wear a "I'm going to be a big brother shirt." Everyone noticed within seconds of seeing Ayden and his shirt what our news was. It was a fun way to tell people though :)
Monday, June 29, 2009
You Are 2!! Letter to Ayden...
Dear Ayden,
I cannot believe you are 2 years old already. Where has the time gone? It’s hard to believe that 2 years ago you were not in our lives. How things have changed since then. You are the best thing that has ever happened to your daddy and me. We love you more than you could ever imagine. I thought it would be neat to write you a letter each year on your birthday so that you can read them when you are older and find out what you liked/disliked and about your personality.
Last year at this time you were not even walking yet and could only say a few words and used a few signs. When you started walking at 13 months you took off and haven’t slowed down since. You are in love with tractors. It’s the first word out of your mouth in the mornings. You love tractor rides and riding on the lawn mower with daddy. A few months ago you started singing and you sway and move your head back and forth when you do it. You also love to cuddle with me throughout the day and with daddy when he gets home. You say “nigh nigh” and that means you want to lie down and cuddle while pretending to sleep. I’m not sure why you love this so much, but it’s really cute. You also love trucks and cars, but not nearly as much as tractors.
You also love being outside. Last fall when you were around 15 months old you would bring me your shoes when you wanted to go outside. Now you dig my sunglasses out of their case in my purse and bring me my sunglasses or you get your sunscreen since we always put that on before going out. One day I told you we couldn’t go outside because it was raining and you opened the sunscreen and started rubbing it on your arms. You were determined to go outside. When we are outside you love to push your lawn mower or your dump truck around. We also go visit the horse, donkey, and sheep up the road before I take you jogging in the jogging stroller. You also always want to go visit daddy and Uncle Brett at the office when we are done jogging.
When you were about 6 months old I started teaching you baby sign language so that you would be able to communicate with us before you were able to talk. You only used a few signs before you turned 1 year old, but after that you learned many signs. You even made up some of your own. You made up signs for Elmo, Big Bird, help, bunny, cookie, lion, and a few other that escape me right now. You still use the first 2 signs you ever learned even though you know how to say “more” and “juice” now. You continue to say new works all the time, but the ones you say the most are : tractor, dada, mama, more, jui (juice), car, truck, baba (grandpa), nigh-nigh (night-night), bye-bye. You are so observant. You will see me do something once and know how to do it, what something is used for, or where something is at. I have caught you trying to put on my eyeliner more times than I can count, and you have an uncanny ability with directions. When you were about 18 months you could tell me on our drive to Ames where all the cows where at on the way by mooing about 1 mile before we even saw them. You also get angry when we are in Ames and we pass the street that we turn off on to take you to Kindermusik. You love Kindermusik! We have had you in art class and tumbling, but Kindermusik is your favorite. I hope you will continue to have a love for music as you get older.
You are very shy at first even with people you know really well like your grandparents. You hide your head from them at first when you see them. Your favorite food is yogurt, and I can never get you to eat any meat unless it is the ground beef in your spaghetti. You are pretty picky and hate food that has much of a texture unless you are really used to it. You won’t try new things and it’s very frustrating. You are very independent and want things done your way, but also want someone there beside you all the time too….as long as you get to be the boss. You are an awesome sleeper. You have been sleeping all night long without problems since you were 6 months old. 7 pm until about 7 am. You are an excellent napper too, but a light sleeper during nap times so it has to be quiet then. I think you have some of my OCD because you don’t like to get dirty or get anything on your hands, you close doors and cabinet doors if they are open and they shouldn’t be, and you are always lining up your trucks and tractors and get upset if anyone moves them out of the order you put them in. You love books and we keep a lot in the car for you to look at when we go on car rides. You love the “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” series and others that rhyme or have tractors or trucks in them. You have such a goofy side too. You have been doing this impression that we call the Frankenstein impression since you were 9 months old. I guess you did it because we always laughed, but at the time we thought something might be wrong with you. Nope, you are just a goofy boy. You love to make us laugh and do weird and funny things all the time. You also love to copy want we do. You love taking baths and rub your hand on your stomach when you want a bath or when we mention it. You also peed in your potty for the first time on June 10th and have done it a few times since then. Hopefully we can get you potty trained soon if mommy stops being so lazy.
Around 18 months you went through a hitting and throwing stage and started throwing tantrums. We started putting you in time-outs in the corner and sometime when you get in trouble or get yelled at for doing something bad you will go and put yourself in the corner. You rarely hit now unless you are really upset, and throwing things is under control for now, but you are still a tantrum thrower. If you get upset now you start to shake. You also get upset when you are trying to tell us something and we don’t understand what you are saying. You get really frustrated then and usually have a tantrum.
I’m sure I could write a book about you and go on and on, but you will be awake from your nap soon and will want to go outside to play. I feel so lucky to be able to stay home and take care of you. I love seeing all the new things you do every day and getting so many hugs, kisses, and cuddles from my adorable little boy. I love you with all my heart and I feel like I am the luckiest mommy in the world to have such a sweet, loving, funny, and adorable little boy like you to spend each day with. I have big dreams for you and cannot wait to watch you grow and experience the world and all life has to offer. I will always love you and am looking forward to watching you grow!
Love always and forever,
Mommy
12 months old
24 months
I cannot believe you are 2 years old already. Where has the time gone? It’s hard to believe that 2 years ago you were not in our lives. How things have changed since then. You are the best thing that has ever happened to your daddy and me. We love you more than you could ever imagine. I thought it would be neat to write you a letter each year on your birthday so that you can read them when you are older and find out what you liked/disliked and about your personality.
Last year at this time you were not even walking yet and could only say a few words and used a few signs. When you started walking at 13 months you took off and haven’t slowed down since. You are in love with tractors. It’s the first word out of your mouth in the mornings. You love tractor rides and riding on the lawn mower with daddy. A few months ago you started singing and you sway and move your head back and forth when you do it. You also love to cuddle with me throughout the day and with daddy when he gets home. You say “nigh nigh” and that means you want to lie down and cuddle while pretending to sleep. I’m not sure why you love this so much, but it’s really cute. You also love trucks and cars, but not nearly as much as tractors.
You also love being outside. Last fall when you were around 15 months old you would bring me your shoes when you wanted to go outside. Now you dig my sunglasses out of their case in my purse and bring me my sunglasses or you get your sunscreen since we always put that on before going out. One day I told you we couldn’t go outside because it was raining and you opened the sunscreen and started rubbing it on your arms. You were determined to go outside. When we are outside you love to push your lawn mower or your dump truck around. We also go visit the horse, donkey, and sheep up the road before I take you jogging in the jogging stroller. You also always want to go visit daddy and Uncle Brett at the office when we are done jogging.
When you were about 6 months old I started teaching you baby sign language so that you would be able to communicate with us before you were able to talk. You only used a few signs before you turned 1 year old, but after that you learned many signs. You even made up some of your own. You made up signs for Elmo, Big Bird, help, bunny, cookie, lion, and a few other that escape me right now. You still use the first 2 signs you ever learned even though you know how to say “more” and “juice” now. You continue to say new works all the time, but the ones you say the most are : tractor, dada, mama, more, jui (juice), car, truck, baba (grandpa), nigh-nigh (night-night), bye-bye. You are so observant. You will see me do something once and know how to do it, what something is used for, or where something is at. I have caught you trying to put on my eyeliner more times than I can count, and you have an uncanny ability with directions. When you were about 18 months you could tell me on our drive to Ames where all the cows where at on the way by mooing about 1 mile before we even saw them. You also get angry when we are in Ames and we pass the street that we turn off on to take you to Kindermusik. You love Kindermusik! We have had you in art class and tumbling, but Kindermusik is your favorite. I hope you will continue to have a love for music as you get older.
You are very shy at first even with people you know really well like your grandparents. You hide your head from them at first when you see them. Your favorite food is yogurt, and I can never get you to eat any meat unless it is the ground beef in your spaghetti. You are pretty picky and hate food that has much of a texture unless you are really used to it. You won’t try new things and it’s very frustrating. You are very independent and want things done your way, but also want someone there beside you all the time too….as long as you get to be the boss. You are an awesome sleeper. You have been sleeping all night long without problems since you were 6 months old. 7 pm until about 7 am. You are an excellent napper too, but a light sleeper during nap times so it has to be quiet then. I think you have some of my OCD because you don’t like to get dirty or get anything on your hands, you close doors and cabinet doors if they are open and they shouldn’t be, and you are always lining up your trucks and tractors and get upset if anyone moves them out of the order you put them in. You love books and we keep a lot in the car for you to look at when we go on car rides. You love the “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” series and others that rhyme or have tractors or trucks in them. You have such a goofy side too. You have been doing this impression that we call the Frankenstein impression since you were 9 months old. I guess you did it because we always laughed, but at the time we thought something might be wrong with you. Nope, you are just a goofy boy. You love to make us laugh and do weird and funny things all the time. You also love to copy want we do. You love taking baths and rub your hand on your stomach when you want a bath or when we mention it. You also peed in your potty for the first time on June 10th and have done it a few times since then. Hopefully we can get you potty trained soon if mommy stops being so lazy.
Around 18 months you went through a hitting and throwing stage and started throwing tantrums. We started putting you in time-outs in the corner and sometime when you get in trouble or get yelled at for doing something bad you will go and put yourself in the corner. You rarely hit now unless you are really upset, and throwing things is under control for now, but you are still a tantrum thrower. If you get upset now you start to shake. You also get upset when you are trying to tell us something and we don’t understand what you are saying. You get really frustrated then and usually have a tantrum.
I’m sure I could write a book about you and go on and on, but you will be awake from your nap soon and will want to go outside to play. I feel so lucky to be able to stay home and take care of you. I love seeing all the new things you do every day and getting so many hugs, kisses, and cuddles from my adorable little boy. I love you with all my heart and I feel like I am the luckiest mommy in the world to have such a sweet, loving, funny, and adorable little boy like you to spend each day with. I have big dreams for you and cannot wait to watch you grow and experience the world and all life has to offer. I will always love you and am looking forward to watching you grow!
Love always and forever,
Mommy
12 months old
24 months
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Art Class Fun
I signed Ayden up for a 4 week toddler art class this month. Today was week number 2. Last week didn't go so well, and I was hoping Ayden was just having an off day and not going to be a child that hates art. Last week he was clingy and didn't want to do anything until the nice teacher got down some trucks for him to play with. This week the teacher had a truck painting activity which Ayden enjoyed. The kids dipped the truck tires in paint and then rolled them on their paper to make designs.
Another activity was to build igloos with sugar cubes and frosting. Ayden has never seen a sugar cube before, but the first thing he did was pop it into his mouth. It was all downhill from there. I would attempt to get him to build and he would lick frosting and pop sugar cubes in his mouth. He is definitely my child:)
He didn't enjoy the glitter/glue activity though. He didn't like the glitter getting stuck on his fingers...
Since it has been so nice out we have been playing outside a lot. Ayden is still a huge fan of pushing things around. He still likes his mower, but now he enjoys pushing behind the wagon while I pull it as we go on walks. I also let him push the jogging stroller on the short walk home on the gravel road after I take him jogging. He is as obsessed as ever with tractors and trucks. Everything is tractor this and that. His birthday theme next month is going to be tractors, John Deere, of course:) He is becoming more talkative and is saying a lot of new words. Whenever he sees a lawnmower or his push mower he says "more"-close enough.
A few weeks ago I dropped Ayden off at my parents so they could watch him while I went shopping with a friend for the day. My sister was there too to help my mom. I think they all had a lot of fun and they said he was really good and didn't throw any tantrums. I haven't been away from him for a whole day in a really long time, but was glad he did well.
Joel and Ayden gave me a huge surprise for Mother's Day/early b-day present. They surprised me with a Kindle! I love it! It's so nice to be able to download books wirelessly and most books are $9.99 or less. Even bestsellers and hardcovers:) I thought I would really miss reading a physical book, but there are things I love about a Kindle. It always keeps your place and when you turn it on it remembers where you were at, you can make the font as big or as small as you want (I can now read on the treadmill easier because I don't have to turn a page except hit a small button and I can make the font huge so I can actually see it). I also like that it tells you what percentage of the way through a book you are. It's a book lover's dream:) It also reads the book aloud to you if you want.
Our home improvement projects are coming along well. We are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel finally! I just finished painting the basement tonight. We are also getting new carpet in about a month. We still need to sand down the doors and paint them, and replace the trim down there. Then we just have to paint the kitchen and master bath and replace the trim, and then replace the top of the deck and we will be done!! I'm so excited. I'm hoping we can get it on the market by sometime in August or early fall. I'm so ready to live in Ames and not have to drive 40 miles there and back every time we have an activity or want to go to a decent store.
Well, hopefully I can keep this updated a little better from now on. That is my goal at least, so we will see:)
Monday, April 6, 2009
Is Spring Here Yet?!?!
Wow, it has been a long time since I have posted anything. I blame it on being too lazy to take the time to download any pictures. So I need to work on that! Ayden has been talking a lot more lately and I hope he keeps going. His favorite words lately are car, cracker, and more. He has made up his own signs for Elmo and Big Bird. The Big Bird sign makes me laugh every time he does it. You would have to see it to understand. On Saturday we met my mom and sister in Waterloo/Cedar Falls for shopping and lunch. Ayden was entertaining them at lunch with his "Frankenstein" impression. I will have to get a video of it and post it. It's so funny, he has been doing it since he was 9 months old.
Ayden will be 2 years old in less than 3 months. I got him his "big" present at Toys r Us Saturday since it was on sale. It was a great deal! I hope he likes it. It's a Little Tikes Jump n' Slide Bouncer. I can't wait until he sees it:)
We are hoping it warms up soon after an April 4th snowstorm. Ayden loves going outside more than anything. He's getting a sandbox for Easter and a pretend push mower so we can play with them outside...if the snow melts and it warms up! We have been keeping busy with Kindermusik and playdates, but looking forward to warmer weather where we can do more things outside!
Joel and I are still working on the house. Almost done with the trim then we will start on the deck and gutting the master bathroom. My next project will be painting the basement when I am not helping Joel. We took a trip to Homemakers, a huge furniture store in Des Moines and found the dining room table we have been looking at for awhile at 1/2 the price we were seeing it for online! They were also having a sale which helped, so we will finally have our table and chairs in 6 weeks. I can't wait. We are working so hard on making the house look nice so we can sell it and move to Ames. Hopefully our projects go smoothly and next spring we can start looking for our new house:)
Ayden will be 2 years old in less than 3 months. I got him his "big" present at Toys r Us Saturday since it was on sale. It was a great deal! I hope he likes it. It's a Little Tikes Jump n' Slide Bouncer. I can't wait until he sees it:)
We are hoping it warms up soon after an April 4th snowstorm. Ayden loves going outside more than anything. He's getting a sandbox for Easter and a pretend push mower so we can play with them outside...if the snow melts and it warms up! We have been keeping busy with Kindermusik and playdates, but looking forward to warmer weather where we can do more things outside!
Joel and I are still working on the house. Almost done with the trim then we will start on the deck and gutting the master bathroom. My next project will be painting the basement when I am not helping Joel. We took a trip to Homemakers, a huge furniture store in Des Moines and found the dining room table we have been looking at for awhile at 1/2 the price we were seeing it for online! They were also having a sale which helped, so we will finally have our table and chairs in 6 weeks. I can't wait. We are working so hard on making the house look nice so we can sell it and move to Ames. Hopefully our projects go smoothly and next spring we can start looking for our new house:)
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Another Faux Spring Day
Yesterday it was close to 50 degrees in February, and today it was the same. Tomorrow it is back to winter. It is supposed to rain/freezing rain/snow. Ayden and I enjoyed the past few days by going for wagon rides and playing outside after his nap. He loves going for wagon rides. Anything that has tires and he is a fan. I got him some boots from the Cars movie and he loves them. They are a little big so he is getting used to walking in them without tripping.
Over the weekend we went back to visit my parents because I had a hair appointment for Ayden and I in Cedar Rapids. My sister-in-law's sister does an amazing job and I have gone to her for years. Even when I was in Germany I would come back and have her do my hair. Ayden did well until the end when he got some hair in his mouth. My sister and mom entertained him while I got my hair cut and colored.
My sister was telling a story a few months ago to us and happened to say "duh" and Ayden started laughing hysterically. Whenever we say it now he laughs and will say it back to you. When my sister walked in the door last Friday night Ayden saw her and said "Duh!" Then a few minutes later I asked him who she was and he said "Duh" again. We now call her Aunt Duh:)
We got Ayden a slide last week since I have been looking for one for awhile and finally found one that didn't cost too much. Ayden has been having fun sliding down it and sending his stuffed dogs and cars down the slide. He doesn't climb up the steps, but just leans over and goes down on his tummy.
Ayden has also been quite the mimicker. He tries to copy what we say and any actions we make. He is so funny. He also talks all the time in gibberish. He has the most serious facial expressions to go with it too. He talks to me all the time and looks at me so seriously. I have no idea what he is saying, but he sounds so cute! I was reading him a book tonight and it had lots of animals and the sounds they make. He tried to copy all the sounds when I said them like "quack quack," "meow," and "woof woof." The other funny thing he did happened just before his bath. We undress Ayden in his room and he likes to run naked dragging his towel behind him to the bathtub. He took a detour this time by hiding in the closet. When I found him in the closet he was peeing all over Joel's clothes! I couldn't stop laughing. I know that will probably encourage him, but I couldn't help it.
Tomorrow we are going to a playdate at our friend Destri's house to get-together with our old Kindermusik group. Hopefully the weather will cooperate. Some of us got together last week too and it was a lot of fun. Hopefully we will be able to do it more often when spring gets here and the weather improves and cold and flu season ends. I'm also supposed to have Mom's Night Out with another mom's group I am in tomorrow night so I am hoping it will still happen depending on the weather.
Over the weekend we went back to visit my parents because I had a hair appointment for Ayden and I in Cedar Rapids. My sister-in-law's sister does an amazing job and I have gone to her for years. Even when I was in Germany I would come back and have her do my hair. Ayden did well until the end when he got some hair in his mouth. My sister and mom entertained him while I got my hair cut and colored.
My sister was telling a story a few months ago to us and happened to say "duh" and Ayden started laughing hysterically. Whenever we say it now he laughs and will say it back to you. When my sister walked in the door last Friday night Ayden saw her and said "Duh!" Then a few minutes later I asked him who she was and he said "Duh" again. We now call her Aunt Duh:)
We got Ayden a slide last week since I have been looking for one for awhile and finally found one that didn't cost too much. Ayden has been having fun sliding down it and sending his stuffed dogs and cars down the slide. He doesn't climb up the steps, but just leans over and goes down on his tummy.
Ayden has also been quite the mimicker. He tries to copy what we say and any actions we make. He is so funny. He also talks all the time in gibberish. He has the most serious facial expressions to go with it too. He talks to me all the time and looks at me so seriously. I have no idea what he is saying, but he sounds so cute! I was reading him a book tonight and it had lots of animals and the sounds they make. He tried to copy all the sounds when I said them like "quack quack," "meow," and "woof woof." The other funny thing he did happened just before his bath. We undress Ayden in his room and he likes to run naked dragging his towel behind him to the bathtub. He took a detour this time by hiding in the closet. When I found him in the closet he was peeing all over Joel's clothes! I couldn't stop laughing. I know that will probably encourage him, but I couldn't help it.
Tomorrow we are going to a playdate at our friend Destri's house to get-together with our old Kindermusik group. Hopefully the weather will cooperate. Some of us got together last week too and it was a lot of fun. Hopefully we will be able to do it more often when spring gets here and the weather improves and cold and flu season ends. I'm also supposed to have Mom's Night Out with another mom's group I am in tomorrow night so I am hoping it will still happen depending on the weather.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
The Elmo Obsession
Ayden has been obsessed with Elmo for a few months now. He loves to play with Hokey Pokey Elmo at my parents house. So much so that we have to hide it sometimes because the song is sooo annoying after awhile. I made the mistake of showing him the movie Elmo in Grouchland and now that is all he wants to watch or do. We have Netflix on demand so are able to not have to mess with putting in a DVD. Ayden will run up to me holding the remote and chomping his teeth together with his mouth open. (That is the sign he made up for Elmo awhile ago, I guess because he has a huge puppet mouth??) When it gets really bad I hide the remote from him. We got him a stuffed Elmo for Valentine's Day so I hope he likes it, even though it doesn't play music or do a dance or anything. I don't think I could put up with that for too long if it did. I would end up taking out the batteries:)
Today it was gorgeous outside, in the 50's which is rare for a mid-February day. After taking 2 hours during Ayden's nap to vacuum, and clean up our very messy car, I got Ayden dressed and put some boots on him to head outside. If you ask him, "Ayden, do you want to go outside?" he gets really excited and will run for his shoes and grab mine and bring them to me. He starts to cry if I'm not fast enough or try to do something else quick before we head out. We took a long walk up the road and back with Bailey and then he walked around the yard and went down to where Daddy works to check out the trucks parked there. He even saw Grandpa out in his tractor and got a ride which made his day. Tractors are his other obsession, even more so than Elmo. After walking around for about an hour and a half and going to visit Daddy a few times at the office we headed in for the day. I sure was tired after the long walk and fresh air, and I hope Ayden sleeps well tonight. It was so nice to get outside. We are really tired of being cooped up in the house because of the cold. Spring please come soon!!
Today it was gorgeous outside, in the 50's which is rare for a mid-February day. After taking 2 hours during Ayden's nap to vacuum, and clean up our very messy car, I got Ayden dressed and put some boots on him to head outside. If you ask him, "Ayden, do you want to go outside?" he gets really excited and will run for his shoes and grab mine and bring them to me. He starts to cry if I'm not fast enough or try to do something else quick before we head out. We took a long walk up the road and back with Bailey and then he walked around the yard and went down to where Daddy works to check out the trucks parked there. He even saw Grandpa out in his tractor and got a ride which made his day. Tractors are his other obsession, even more so than Elmo. After walking around for about an hour and a half and going to visit Daddy a few times at the office we headed in for the day. I sure was tired after the long walk and fresh air, and I hope Ayden sleeps well tonight. It was so nice to get outside. We are really tired of being cooped up in the house because of the cold. Spring please come soon!!
Monday, February 2, 2009
Ayden and Mommy Make Muffins
This afternoon Ayden helped me make some muffins. I wasn't expecting him to be very interested or to be very helpful at all, but I was really surprised. I got a chair for him to stand on and pushed it up to the counter. I got out the muffin pan and muffin papers and he helped me put them into the pan after seeing me do it a few times. He closely watched me fill the muffin papers with batter and then he stuck his little fingers in one and licked them. I gave him the empty bowl and wooden spoon and he pretended to mix with it and then started licking the batter off the spoon. His face was covered in chocolate and it was soooo cute:)
Another activity we did this morning was to make Feelie Goop out of cornstarch and water. I got a really neat book for Christmas called First Art: Art Experiences for Toddlers and Twos. It has a lot of neat art projects for little ones and I can not wait to try others. You mix 2 cups of cornstarch with 1 cup water and there it is. You can also add food coloring to make it different colors. Cornstarch mixed with water has a unique physical property-it's gooey when poured from a spoon, but hard when squeezed in your hands. It's a kinda weird liquid/solid at the same time. I remember doing this in school and thought it was pretty neat. Ayden on the other hand did not like it. I tried to get him to touch it and he didn't like it so I poured some on his hand. He tried shaking it off and then started to cry. We ended it soon after that. I have found he is not a fan of textures especially new ones. Maybe we will try it when he is a little older. The thing I like about the book is it gives lots of recipes for homemade paints, clays, and other things. You don't have to go to the store and spend all kinds of money because a lot of it is stuff you already have. Next we may try fingerpainting. I just hope it's not too messy.
Ayden is starting to talk more even though a lot of it is gibberish. He will say something and look so serious and he has this expression that looks like he can't figure out why we don't understand him. Like we are the ones speaking a foreign language. The other day I got him to say "cheese" when trying to take his picture, and he now says "duh." For some reason he finds this hilarious when you say it while rolling your eyes. It's a good way to get him to smile for the camera or to get him to laugh when he's upset. I was changing his diaper before his nap and he was mad so I started saying "duh" and then he would laugh and copy me. Probably not the best word for him to know, but at least it's something!
Another activity we did this morning was to make Feelie Goop out of cornstarch and water. I got a really neat book for Christmas called First Art: Art Experiences for Toddlers and Twos. It has a lot of neat art projects for little ones and I can not wait to try others. You mix 2 cups of cornstarch with 1 cup water and there it is. You can also add food coloring to make it different colors. Cornstarch mixed with water has a unique physical property-it's gooey when poured from a spoon, but hard when squeezed in your hands. It's a kinda weird liquid/solid at the same time. I remember doing this in school and thought it was pretty neat. Ayden on the other hand did not like it. I tried to get him to touch it and he didn't like it so I poured some on his hand. He tried shaking it off and then started to cry. We ended it soon after that. I have found he is not a fan of textures especially new ones. Maybe we will try it when he is a little older. The thing I like about the book is it gives lots of recipes for homemade paints, clays, and other things. You don't have to go to the store and spend all kinds of money because a lot of it is stuff you already have. Next we may try fingerpainting. I just hope it's not too messy.
Ayden is starting to talk more even though a lot of it is gibberish. He will say something and look so serious and he has this expression that looks like he can't figure out why we don't understand him. Like we are the ones speaking a foreign language. The other day I got him to say "cheese" when trying to take his picture, and he now says "duh." For some reason he finds this hilarious when you say it while rolling your eyes. It's a good way to get him to smile for the camera or to get him to laugh when he's upset. I was changing his diaper before his nap and he was mad so I started saying "duh" and then he would laugh and copy me. Probably not the best word for him to know, but at least it's something!
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