Joshua has been particularly fond of saying recently, "I love your necklace mommy" even to me sometimes (and I don't wear a necklace). My hypothesis is that he starts out saying "I love you.." but then just continues into his phrase of habit.
We went to the circus for the first time today, and I was so proud that Joshua stayed seated for most of the show which lasted over 2 hours! We'll see tomorrow what he talks about and remembers from the show.
It's interesting to think about the things that Joshua isn't doing anymore, like offering us apples, or throwing pretend fireballs--things he was doing just a few months ago. He's growing up fast. Sometimes I talk to him like he was an adult, expecting him to understand most of what I say. He definitely is way smarter than I was as a kid--he has an amazing memory, and picks up on what we say really quickly--like when I was speaking French the other day, and then he was repeating me, "Je le vois!"
Some impressive things Joshua has said recently:
"Is the baby coming from your stomache Mommy going to sleep in my crib?"
"That trash truck is for recycling"
"Yo-Yo Ma!"--when he hears cello music
When he completes rhymes in books that he hasn't read in months
Monday, March 31, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Fairy Joe's
Joshua has been getting more and more demonstrative of his preferences:
"I like Fairy Joe's watermelon, not Shaw's" Fairy Joe's is Trader Joe's.
He likes to teach people how to do things. He'll tell me where to sit, how to strum the guitar.
He tells other kids, "Don't stand up there. It's dangerous."
Sometimes he pretends he is this other boy in the playgroup: Dong-Yeh. I'm not sure why, because he's always fighting with Dong-Yeh over toys. I'll ask him, "What's your name?" And he'll say "Don-Yeh." When I then ask him, "Where's Joshua?", he says, "In New York!"
"I like Fairy Joe's watermelon, not Shaw's" Fairy Joe's is Trader Joe's.
He likes to teach people how to do things. He'll tell me where to sit, how to strum the guitar.
He tells other kids, "Don't stand up there. It's dangerous."
Sometimes he pretends he is this other boy in the playgroup: Dong-Yeh. I'm not sure why, because he's always fighting with Dong-Yeh over toys. I'll ask him, "What's your name?" And he'll say "Don-Yeh." When I then ask him, "Where's Joshua?", he says, "In New York!"
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Lion Dancing
Ever since Joshua saw the lion dancers in Chinatown this year, he's loved pretending to be a Chinese drum and cymbal player.
At play group today, when his friend came up to him to play with his toys, he told her, "It's time for you to go home now."
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
I want to be naked!
Joshua is 2yrs 4 months and here are some things he is saying:
"I want to be naked" while refusing to get dressed after baths. It's still winter and he wants to be naked all the time. What's going to happen in the summer?
"We're a family!" he said when mom got home from work today and we were all sitting on the couch together.
"Now it's a cello!" while turning his guitar upright and holding a stick like a bow across the strings.
"Thank you for coming everyone. Have a good nite!" He says to our guests when they leave our house. He's the perfect infant housemaster.
"I want to be naked" while refusing to get dressed after baths. It's still winter and he wants to be naked all the time. What's going to happen in the summer?
"We're a family!" he said when mom got home from work today and we were all sitting on the couch together.
"Now it's a cello!" while turning his guitar upright and holding a stick like a bow across the strings.
"Thank you for coming everyone. Have a good nite!" He says to our guests when they leave our house. He's the perfect infant housemaster.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Almond Jello Puzzle
I got Joshua some color dominoes, which he loves to play with. He likes to make "puzzles" where he assembles them carefully into a large block--very colorful. He tries to match the colors together. He calls them "almond jello" because I got the dominoes for him the same time I introduced him to almond jello--and they're both white.
I walked my legs off today carrying him via subway to the Children's Museum, all around the museum, and then to the train station, and then from Kendall back to our home. Annette asks why I don't use the stroller, and I say that it's because Joshua still likes to be held, and I like to hold him. I know there will soon come a day that he won't want to be held, might want to just run away from us, and play with his friends instead--so until that day comes, and as long as I physically can support him in my arms, I'm going to enjoy every moment I can hold him as he hugs my neck, buries his face in my shoulder when he feels tired or cold, and tells me about everything that he is looking at.
At the museum today, he pretended to be a cashier at their play supermarket. An older boy brought Joshua a basket of groceries, and Joshua diligently scanned every item on the cash register, while also making the "dee" sound effect. Afterwards, he charged the boy "four dollars" for the purchases, and ran after the boy to give him something he forgot at the cash register, "You forgot your banana!" It's hilarious watching our son practicing to be supermarket cashier.
He also pretends to be a doctor as well, listening to his stethoscope and giving us shots. He also likes to pretend to be a drummer, wearing ear phones.
We walked over the harbor going to the Museum, and he asked me, "You remember riding the Swan Boats?"
We saw a bunch of trains at South Station, and when I told him that one was leaving for New York, he said, "I left my big backhoe in New York" That was 5 months ago!
We had a big dinner at the dorm last nite, and I was surprised to hear Joshua pointing to guests and saying their names. He actually knows the names of more people in the dorm than Annette.
I walked my legs off today carrying him via subway to the Children's Museum, all around the museum, and then to the train station, and then from Kendall back to our home. Annette asks why I don't use the stroller, and I say that it's because Joshua still likes to be held, and I like to hold him. I know there will soon come a day that he won't want to be held, might want to just run away from us, and play with his friends instead--so until that day comes, and as long as I physically can support him in my arms, I'm going to enjoy every moment I can hold him as he hugs my neck, buries his face in my shoulder when he feels tired or cold, and tells me about everything that he is looking at.
At the museum today, he pretended to be a cashier at their play supermarket. An older boy brought Joshua a basket of groceries, and Joshua diligently scanned every item on the cash register, while also making the "dee" sound effect. Afterwards, he charged the boy "four dollars" for the purchases, and ran after the boy to give him something he forgot at the cash register, "You forgot your banana!" It's hilarious watching our son practicing to be supermarket cashier.
He also pretends to be a doctor as well, listening to his stethoscope and giving us shots. He also likes to pretend to be a drummer, wearing ear phones.
We walked over the harbor going to the Museum, and he asked me, "You remember riding the Swan Boats?"
We saw a bunch of trains at South Station, and when I told him that one was leaving for New York, he said, "I left my big backhoe in New York" That was 5 months ago!
We had a big dinner at the dorm last nite, and I was surprised to hear Joshua pointing to guests and saying their names. He actually knows the names of more people in the dorm than Annette.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Jesus helps us
Joshua has really enjoyed going to his Sunday School class. This morning, Annette walked into his classroom early and saw him seated on a chair, watching intently as another student and the teachers were washing his feet. "Jesus washed his friends feet."
He also likes to pretend he is sitting in a boat (the laundry basket) in a storm, and he says, "Jesus stop storm!"
Among the other things he learns in Sunday School, when I ask him:
"Jesus helps us."
"No kicking"
"No pushing"
"No hitting"
He also likes to pretend he is sitting in a boat (the laundry basket) in a storm, and he says, "Jesus stop storm!"
Among the other things he learns in Sunday School, when I ask him:
"Jesus helps us."
"No kicking"
"No pushing"
"No hitting"
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