Friday, May 3, 2013
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Thursday: growing up
The last two days have seen a lot of new "big boy" things for Isaac...
*He found that he can flip the light switch from his crib. While I think this has kept him entertained for a while, it's not ideal. I think I'm going to remove the leads from the switch so that it doesn't do anything.
*We started swimming lessons! I was a little nervous because the pool water is always a little cool, but Isaac did great. I learned some things to do with him in the water and he is learning to be more comfortable in the water. The class only has three students (maybe two next time), so that is nice. Our goal is to get him to hold his breath if he is pulled under water, but we're also working on leg and arm movements.
*He learned how to open doors. He can now push them open (yesterday) and pull them open (today). It helps that we have the lever knobs. I don't think he's realized that this will work on all doors yet, but I'm sure that's just a matter of time.
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*We finally changed his car seat from the infant carrier to a bigger seat. I was kind of dreading this day because I still like to bring him inside when he falls asleep in the car. But so far he's transitioned just fine. We made the switch because the weather is getting warmer and his head was always really sweaty when I pulled him out. The new seat seems to let him stay a bit cooler.
(In other news, the ants seemed to decrease today. There were still a lot, but not a ton. And the roomba seems to be working well.)
*He found that he can flip the light switch from his crib. While I think this has kept him entertained for a while, it's not ideal. I think I'm going to remove the leads from the switch so that it doesn't do anything.
*We started swimming lessons! I was a little nervous because the pool water is always a little cool, but Isaac did great. I learned some things to do with him in the water and he is learning to be more comfortable in the water. The class only has three students (maybe two next time), so that is nice. Our goal is to get him to hold his breath if he is pulled under water, but we're also working on leg and arm movements.
*He learned how to open doors. He can now push them open (yesterday) and pull them open (today). It helps that we have the lever knobs. I don't think he's realized that this will work on all doors yet, but I'm sure that's just a matter of time.
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*We finally changed his car seat from the infant carrier to a bigger seat. I was kind of dreading this day because I still like to bring him inside when he falls asleep in the car. But so far he's transitioned just fine. We made the switch because the weather is getting warmer and his head was always really sweaty when I pulled him out. The new seat seems to let him stay a bit cooler.
(In other news, the ants seemed to decrease today. There were still a lot, but not a ton. And the roomba seems to be working well.)
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Wednesday: dirty, almost not dirty, and cleaner
We'll start today's post with the dirty. Ants.
They found their way to the top of the kitchen counter last night. Yuck! I didn't sleep well because I knew they were there and had nightmares of them overtaking the kitchen. While they didn't overtake the kitchen, it was still disgusting when I got up. I found some ant poison that they seem to love. Hopefully it's actually killing them too. I took some pictures because I was so excited that it was working, but decided it was too gross. Yuck. *Shiver*. The only good thing is that now they're pretty much only in one area and not wandering all around.
Moving on to cleaner...
I got rid of two boxes of the stuff going to Good Will today. They came by to pick it up, so I happily put it on the street. It's a small step in trying to get the basement room cleaned up.
And finally, almost not dirty...
The roomba came today! Of course, it came at 4:30 and Isaac fell asleep on my shoulder at 4:35. I did manage to charge the battery later though so we got a short cleaning in. It's a little bit noisy and so might need to run it while everyone is awake, but in fifteen minutes it picked up a lot of junk. I'm still optimistic that this will work really well.
They found their way to the top of the kitchen counter last night. Yuck! I didn't sleep well because I knew they were there and had nightmares of them overtaking the kitchen. While they didn't overtake the kitchen, it was still disgusting when I got up. I found some ant poison that they seem to love. Hopefully it's actually killing them too. I took some pictures because I was so excited that it was working, but decided it was too gross. Yuck. *Shiver*. The only good thing is that now they're pretty much only in one area and not wandering all around.
Moving on to cleaner...
I got rid of two boxes of the stuff going to Good Will today. They came by to pick it up, so I happily put it on the street. It's a small step in trying to get the basement room cleaned up.
And finally, almost not dirty...
The roomba came today! Of course, it came at 4:30 and Isaac fell asleep on my shoulder at 4:35. I did manage to charge the battery later though so we got a short cleaning in. It's a little bit noisy and so might need to run it while everyone is awake, but in fifteen minutes it picked up a lot of junk. I'm still optimistic that this will work really well.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Tuesday: visits
This morning my nieces visited us. They did a good job sharing the chair (at least for a while).
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This afternoon we went to visit Aunt C. Isaac played with Sam, who was one of Aunt C's toys growing up. He also got her to bring him to the light switch several times...but really, who can resist that face? And switches are so fun to play with.
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This afternoon we went to visit Aunt C. Isaac played with Sam, who was one of Aunt C's toys growing up. He also got her to bring him to the light switch several times...but really, who can resist that face? And switches are so fun to play with.
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Sunday, April 28, 2013
Sunday: pictures
I've forgotten to post the last few days, but I've still been taking a few pictures.
It's a little hard to see, but Isaac's hair is all messed up. A minute prior it was fine, but while I was looking down it got restyled. I looked up and gave a big laugh. Isaac gave me a big laugh back.
We took a walk to our little beach and Isaac walked in the sand. I think he enjoyed it.
It's a little hard to see, but Isaac's hair is all messed up. A minute prior it was fine, but while I was looking down it got restyled. I looked up and gave a big laugh. Isaac gave me a big laugh back.
Oops...forgot the car seat before going to church.
We took a walk to our little beach and Isaac walked in the sand. I think he enjoyed it.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Thursday: not much
Not much of note happened today. I thought I was winning the war on the ants only to find a whole bunch more. (Side note: yesterday I saw one ant carrying a comrade away from the battlefield. While I gave him props for trying, I still killed him.) Isaac and I had a disagreement about whether or not he could close the dryer door while I was putting clothes in. We had grilled cheese and tomato soup for dinner even though the weather is warming up and the meal doesn't seem appropriate.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Wednesday: last day
Today was my last day of teaching for the semester. I really enjoyed the class...hopefully they learned something too. :)
But that meant that it was also Isaac's last time with the babysitter. It was interesting to watch their relationship progress over the semester. At first I'd come in and Isaac would crawl to me and hug me with huge hugs. Then the last few times the babysitter would leave and Isaac would go follow her, not wanting her to leave.
He looks really sad in this picture, but he really just wanted down. We can pretend he was so sad that it was the last day though.
She gave Isaac a really nice little gift. I wonder if we should have given her something? Oh well.
Hmm, this part of the gift wasn't so little.
Anyway, the experience seemed to be really good for Isaac and I'm glad about that. I felt a little teary though...how am I going to handle it when he has to leave teachers in school??
But that meant that it was also Isaac's last time with the babysitter. It was interesting to watch their relationship progress over the semester. At first I'd come in and Isaac would crawl to me and hug me with huge hugs. Then the last few times the babysitter would leave and Isaac would go follow her, not wanting her to leave.
He looks really sad in this picture, but he really just wanted down. We can pretend he was so sad that it was the last day though.
She gave Isaac a really nice little gift. I wonder if we should have given her something? Oh well.
Hmm, this part of the gift wasn't so little.
Anyway, the experience seemed to be really good for Isaac and I'm glad about that. I felt a little teary though...how am I going to handle it when he has to leave teachers in school??
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