Spying on you!!!!

No, not the guys in the tub, ME. I'll explain the spying in a bit. Anyway, seems equal opportunity to post the pic of the other cousin in tub....Leo was really adorable but a little uncertain about a tub experience sans bath chair with a flailing 3 year old present.

Re: spying, I installed a site meter a while back and can have a look at who is looking at this page, sort of- by browser location mostly. Have found that my MySpace profile is busier than I thought and that has resulted in some visits here, which is just fine, frankly- hi, howareya, nice to see you here. Don't count on emails from me, but do drop in and see what we are up too!

Preschool: Nolan made a ghost puppet, and a bat with spots and stripes, and likes running around with them. He had a yukky pants accident that resulted in an orange flag basically- can't be having that there, so conversely to what one feels like doing, one has to NOT pressure about potty. Nolan reacts to pressure like me- digs in heels, or flat out pushes BACKWARDS. Also sensitive to perceived pressure. Contrary little bloke.

Anyway, am just taking a break at work as a reward for revising a manuscript. Got to go.....

School!

Just a memory lane collage from about 16-26 months old or so.........

Newer- September 2007- Tub with Will and Elise....delighted or what???

Well, the preschool thing is going just fine- we enjoy asking him what they had for snack, what the other kids names are, etc ....today I asked "who did you play with?" and he got a funny little grin and said "Girls!!!" So when I said "which girls?", he just grinned more and tossed his head and repeated "Girls!!".
Hmmmmmm.

Will have to get the photos of day one. I stayed as duty parent (snack supply and set up, craft helper, cleaner of tables and floor, bathroom trip helper- imagine going to the loo with 6 or so 3 year old boys at various stages of having been trained......hahaha, yikes). Sometimes he hung back from the kids routine to shelter and observe with me, but I think that was overall a good thing.

The challenge can be getting him out the door on time when he is not used to a morning deadline.....it seems true that he also is more upset when I have dropped him off, occasionally to the point that I have prolonged mommy-guilt style heartrending, but I KNOW he's fine in minutes - the emotional scarring for me lasts longer than for him!

Along the same lines, he still won't usually go on the toilet for me or Mike but will at school and for Evadnie. Good news is he's capable of it, bad news is the differential treatment of parents (ie evenings/weekends). This sort of theme has been consistent though- he gets quite querulous, demanding, stubborn and so on when I get home from work, and I have seen how different this is from his usual sunny daytime self....

I kind of understand- he's a pretty busy little body and brain at this stage of development, and being good I'm sure is hard work- but sometimes I wish he's let it all hang out during the day occasionally rather than saving up irritable/unreasonableness for me after work every day.....

He is singing rather nicely- I think he is truly musical- after watching only a couple of Barney episodes on a rental mixed DVD, he started singing "I love you, you love me, we're a happy family - with a great big hug and a kiss from me to you, won't you say you love, me, TOO!!! " pretty accurately, although the second verse about best friends still confuses him (and me). The hugs and kisses with the song are pretty great so although I am not fond of Barney (god, are those children ROBOTS??? their cheerful wholesomeness is beyond creepy) I thank them for that song.