What he wants more than anything

 

Where eagles dare (he didn't)

 

 

 

Doesn't see what all the fuss is about

 

Ready for the cold

 

Though not as enthusiastic as Uma, who appears to be practicing her smile for a beauty pageant.

Horseless yes, boyless no. Giddyup!

 

Kierangator NOM NOM NOM NOM

 

 

 

A puppet show for one

 

 

 

The show gets interactive at the end. It's very modern.

HALP! I'm twapped!

 

Homeboy

 

Little boy got his mommy back

 

Warm weather clothes oh so briefly

 

Bucket brigade

 

 

 

 

Digger

 

No brushing

 

 

Eagerness

 

Zoom, zoom, riding in his car...

 

 

 

I scream for ice cream into a micro-cone

 

 

 

 

Boy cut

 

 

 

 

A tasty seat

 

Beantastic

 

Zombie impression? I don't know....

 

So I'm supposed to do what with this now?

 

 

 

 

Proper mud bucket placement is key to a balanced yard

 

Hiding

 

 

Catching big air

 

 

Kieran can do a proper jump off the stool.

Paging Doctor Kieran, paging Doctor Kieran

 

Let's have a listen, shall we/

 

Oh, that doesn't sound good. You need...

 

... a shot. Right in your patella.

 

Oh no, that didn't work! Time for CPR!

Protesting the WTO

 

 

Or maybe a diaper change.

Double duty

 

Paint samples are the price of admission

 

 

As we entered the store, Kieran announced loudly to the greeter: "Paint tample!"

Fetching more laundry: work, boy, work!

 

 

 

 

Off with Aero

 

Does not want his teeth brushed

 

 

 

You can't see it but it's there

 

There's one point of his first second-year molar poking through right behind that big premolar there. It was tough to coordinate the flashlight, the camera, and coaxing his mouth open all at the same time.

Not gonna let me try to take a better picture of his tooth

 

Closing in on 2

Kieran is obsessed with the notion of being "almost done." He points out whenever anyone is nearly done their plate. He wants to be "almost done" so badly that he says he is when he's just had a couple of bites. In Kieranian, "almost done" is ponounced "obbiton."

New favorite books: "Pat the Bunny;" "Trucks and Diggers;" and "Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb." He can even say "Han han finguh tum."

This boy likes "pinkle" on his ice cream. For breakfast he enjoys "Life silly," and he likes some "keppatch" with his eggs.

Sometimes things are "too loud," other times they're "too quiet." Sometimes just by a centibel. When people are laughing, he likes to remark on it: "laughing." It makes him happy.

He's sort of starting to understand pronouns. He doesn't quite get the difference between "my" and "your." When he wants a turn, for example, he'll say "your turn."

Here's one he almost picked up from Uma. When you tell him something, as often as not he'll ask "why?" We figure that, at least initially, he didn't know what that meant; he just heard Uma doing it. He must have figured that's just what you're supposed to say when someone tells you something.

Kieran's favorite bib has Cookie Monster on it. One time he really wanted it, but I almost didn't figure out what he was saying. Come on, without the clue, would you have known what "coomonsha" meant?

He understands now that you can see pictures on the back of the camera. When I get out the camera, even before I've taken a picture, he'll demand to "shee it." Then he'll "oooohhhh" appreciatively. Another thing he picked up from Uma. Actually, maybe he got that from all of us. We appreciate photos around here. You're welcome.

Uma has been training Kieran in how to speak politely. When you do him a favor, he'll very nicely say "thankoo welcome."

Yet more big sister influence. When I tell him it's time to pick up the bath toys because bath is over, he'll look me right in the eye and, in a resigned tone of voice, say "Oh man...."

Kieranpult

 

Is my tongue brown?

 

Block party

 

 

 

 

Kieran appreciates Uma's hard work

Dreaming of grassy greens

 

Admiring Uma's treat

 

A little too much admiration, you might say.

Boy trap

 

 

A successful morning

We saw:

• 3 police cars


• 2 ambulances


• 1 fire truck


• 1 fast, long train


• 1 raccoon

There was also sitting on lawn mowers, riding in a car cart, and collecting paint samples.

Don't ever leave again!

 

 

Collecting his favorites at Aaji's house

 

 

Beauty Tip of the Day

Forget collagen injections, if you want bee-stung lips, hold an angry almost-two-year-old on your lap. Kieran head-butted me in the mouth this afternoon. For the first two hours afterward, I looked kind of freaky with an enormous fat lip. Now, over five hours later, the swelling has subsided considerably and my lips are full and luscious. There is some discomfort where my teeth cut my lower lip, but I don't imagine injections are painless either.

Ice cream as a finger and face food

 

 

 

 

There's a bug in the toilet...

 

I need a closer look.

 

About to raid the Aaji's cabinets

 

Because it was there

 

 

Countertop appliance

 

Rummaging around Aaji's toy drawer

 

 

I took a picture of his foot for some reason

 

Mid-pedicure.

Bookworms: the next generation

 

We live too far from school to walk, so Kieran rides the bus