Mommy love

 

Christmas part 2

 

 

 

 

This is exhausting.

Someone got into the dog food again

 

 

 

One more present...

 

Enjoying the loot

 

 

 

 

Two great tastes that go great together: blocks and trucks

 

Dressed in his Christmas best

Er, vest. You should have heard the screaming when we made him take off the boots.

 

 

 

Oh yeah gimme summa dat rice rice baby

 

 

Grandma's assistant

 

Out in the cold

 

 

Garbage pick-up day

 

 

 

The YouTube generation

 

Hi'! Hi'!

 

Methy ke'p!

 

 

 

Waiting for Dadot

 

 

I hope he shows this much enthusiasm for mowing the new lawn

 

 

Kieran at the monkey bars

 

Steep climb

 

 

 

 

One then two

 

 

Big boy swing

 

I'M GONNA EAT YOUR FACE

 

What? I never said that....

 

First taste of ice cream

 

 

I suspect not the last. He calls it "KEEM!" (yes, always in caps with the exclamation point)

Lazy loller

 

A comfy pillow

 

Guest pusher

 

 

 

 

Watch out Ahnold

 

 

 

Mysterious stranger

 

 

OH, that's who it is.

Kieran sneaks off

When the house is eerily quiet, and I don't know exactly where Kieran is, I can usually find him hidden away in the corner like this:

 

 

 

Time for another one:

 

Translation requested

With great enthusiasm today and no seemingly relevant context Kieran proclaimed "panko" and "baboo." I have no idea what either of these things means, so if you do, please tell me.

The foundation wasn't dirty enough

 

 

 

 

Here comes the construction inspector

 

 

 

A long walk

I took Kieran on a long walk around the neighborhood. I later measured it at 1.3 miles. I would have given up sooner, but he just wanted to keep on going.

 

 

My hand? Why should I look at my hand?

 

Oh, the moon! Yeah, there it is.

 

Over the bridge.

Child labor

 

 

 

Naked lunch

 

 

21 1/2 month update

Kieran can identify helicopters. He calls them "cop."

There's this song on a children's music CD we have where a girl sing-spells "happy." Uma thought the girl was singing "H-A-pinky-Y." Now that's Kieran's favorite song.

He also really likes the alphabet song. When he wants to hear it, like on their toy music player, he calls out, "A-B! A-B!" When the song is playing, he semi-sings along the "A B," gets lazy for 22 letters, and then catches up for "Y Z" at the end.

We have a book that mentions that the sound cars make is "beep beep." Now whenever Kieran hears a beep, he says "beep" until you acknowledge that there was a beep. Then he says in a very knowing way, "car." Never mind that it was the toaster oven.

He's learned a lot of colors. He knows at least green, yellow, blue, red, pink, purple, white, black, and clear. Sometimes he seems to know orange. His favorite is pink. That's the big sister influence right there.

One time not long ago, I was scolding Molly for coming in the kitchen. She whimpered and yipped, and Kieran got very upset. After he calmed down, he went over and gave Molly a hug. He's big into hugging when he perceives someone is sad. He'll hug Uma after timeouts.

We've been trying to teach him to be gentle with the dogs. He's been tickling them a bit, and they tickle him back by licking. He also knows to pat them nicely, though he doesn't always do it (nicely, that is). When he does, it's very important for him to call our attention to it. "Pat. Pat."

He loves hiding. He's not very good at it, but he loves to do it. Under tables, behind curtains, inside laundry hampers. Whenever he's doing it, he lets you know by saying "Hi. Hi." It's a good time.

Kieran's always enjoyed loud noises like the garbage disposal or the food processor (though not the vacuum). Whenever it happens, he likes to say "noy."

Somehow Kieran looooooves milk. He's the only one in the family. I think the novelty might be wearing off a little bit, but he's still really enthusiastic.

Kieran can say "Mama" and "Mommy," "Daddy" (usually without the middle 'd' sound if you can imagine), and also "Uma" (as "Ummmmma"). For himself he says "Thee."

Uma's been a real stickler about trying to teach him manners. She's like Captain von Trapp, but she has a harmonica instead of a whistle. We (the adults) had taught Kieran how to say "please," which comes out as a very cute "pee." Now Uma has taught him "thank you" and "you're welcome." He's pretty good about saying "thank you" at the right times.

Even though he knows he doesn't get a treat at breakfast or before he's eaten his main lunch or dinner, hope springs eternal. He'll get this look on his face, look at you earnestly, and very gently say, "cook eeee." The way he says it I'm often tempted. So gently insistent, with such pure hope. How can I say no to that?
cookie

Kieran doesn't say the S or Z sounds. Instead he says T. So Zoë is Toë, we live in a "houte," and he always wants a "tate" of what's cooking. Sometimes he gets "tuck," he washes his hands with "toap," and he looks at airplanes in the "ty." Before bed he gets to "nurt," and he loves the "tampoo" (samples) at "CaaCo" (Costco).

Aside from Toë, he likes to point out on his toothbrush "Emmo" and "Roro" (Grover).

"Up" and "down" are quite pleasing to him. The game is that he says "up," which you repeat. Then he says "down," which you repeat. Then you repeat the whole thing.

OH. I ALMOST FORGOT. I think Kieran made a joke. We were washing his hands, and he said "co' co' co'" as he usually does when things are cold. I said, "yes, it's cold." Then he looked at me in the mirror with a sly grin on his face and said, "hot." I said, "it's not hot, it's cold." He gave me the same grin, and repeated "hot." The absurdist toddler. Watch out Steven Wright.

Kieran can count to two, although I'm not sure if that, um, counts.

He sort of sings along to some songs from music class. Mainly the dramatic parts, like "Bum bum."

He picked up the notion from Uma that there was a bear in his mouth that needed to be brushed out. It's been embellished a bit. "Bear. Car. Wheels. Two." I gave up on telling him that sounded a lot more like a motorcycle.

A thing he likes (Uma too) is when you drive cars over his body. He used to like it when I scratched behind his ears; he'd get very still with a dazed look on his face. Not so much anymore.

Kieran's still a little kid, so he falls down a lot. Often when he falls down he thinks it's hilarious, so he does it again. And again. And again. "Dramatization: based on true events."

Kieran refers to trains as "chicka," which is how he says "chugga choo choo." Pushing laundry baskets around is also "chicka" because he makes a train with Mommy.

"Guh" means "music."

Whenever Kieran runs out of a food he really likes, he demands more. I tell him he ate it all, that it's all gone. He then points into his mouth and says, "all gone. In moup."

Cake ball? Cake ball? Cake ball!

 

 

 

 

His favorite leg

 

 

 

He looks innocent, but he can pounce at any minute.

Stair spotting

 

 

Shopping fun

 

 

 

The eye had it

 

It appeared in the night. I don't know how.

Seasonal head gear

 

 

 

I guess he's happier without.

Ornamentalizing

 

 

Plastic trumps Santa

 

 

You're gonna be in trouble when Mommy finds out what you made me do

 

Double bibbing it

 

 

He can get quite messy.

Adventurous calendaring

 

A happy visit to the sample store

 

 

Zonked out

 

 

Uma and Kieran go riding

3.20

October 30, 2009

Like bird-watching, but not

 

 

 

Buckling in for safety

 

Student driver

 

 

Dinoboy at rest

 

Mmmm.... torte!

 

 

 

He learned that word fast.

He's got his big sister's sense of style

 

Aaaah! Falling!

 

Forgot this one yesterday.

Hanging out

 

Runway

 

Unsteady

 

So where's my room?

 

 

 

 

Dirt! Dirt!

 

 

"Hi! Hi!"

 

Hiding.

About to execute a flying elbow drop

 

Go go!

 

 

 

Happy hider

 

Four eyes

 

The cat says meow

 

Well, not that one. That one is just pretend.