31 May 2009
Dialogues
We have some interesting conversations around here with Trevor. I noticed that he is starting to say more "K" sounds and has pretty much stopped referring to himself in 3rd person "Treber" and started saying "I."
He loves to talk to people and when he plays on his own he will create his own two-sided conversations that are sometimes polite and sometimes just full of sharing banter and bossiness.
Here's what we talked about while I worked on the computer and Trevor sat next to me with pen and paper.
Me: Can you draw me a chicken please?
Trevor: uh, Sure.. just a hamburger for you. What kind of hamburger?
Oatmeal hambgurger? Oatmeal? Or some raisins.
Me: Sure.
Trevor: Sure. I just draw Jericho. Want a draw with this? You just hold on the handle and you just draw. W. X. Y. Z! Looka I draw! Eyes. Eyes!
One of the highlights of any day is to get to wake him up. He is usually so very sweet and this morning was no exception. I went in rubbed his back and he rubbed mine back.
Trevor: (Giving me one of the two toy bikes he likes to go to sleep with.)
Let's go for a ride.
Me: Okay. Guess what! We get to go to church today!
Trevor: (Smiles and stretches and then gets straightens up.) Mommy, I'm going to sit next to Holland and Mary. OKAY? (This was not really a question, but a debriefing.) Mom, I just wanna hang out with my friends.
From his birth, I have felt the need to pray for him and his friends through his lifetime--- no wonder! He is a social kind of guy. We are so grateful for how many friends God has put in his life. And here is a picture of one of his smallest and best friends, Joel. Joel's enthusiasm is just uncontainable.
Tonight he got to spend some time with Daddy on the greenbelt. Fortunate for all of us Scott is the best at planning and executing terrific adventures at a moments notice. My life would be so dull without him. Scott let me sleep while he loaded Trevor in the Chariot trailer with snacks, drinks, disaster gear and a 2-wheeler with training wheels to Willow Lane Park a couple of miles up river. Scott helped Trevor ride half-way down a couple of jumps and play on the playground and come back happy, filthy and refreshed. Yep. Filthy and refreshed do go-together like that for boys.
He loves to talk to people and when he plays on his own he will create his own two-sided conversations that are sometimes polite and sometimes just full of sharing banter and bossiness.
Here's what we talked about while I worked on the computer and Trevor sat next to me with pen and paper.
Me: Can you draw me a chicken please?
Trevor: uh, Sure.. just a hamburger for you. What kind of hamburger?
Oatmeal hambgurger? Oatmeal? Or some raisins.
Me: Sure.
Trevor: Sure. I just draw Jericho. Want a draw with this? You just hold on the handle and you just draw. W. X. Y. Z! Looka I draw! Eyes. Eyes!
One of the highlights of any day is to get to wake him up. He is usually so very sweet and this morning was no exception. I went in rubbed his back and he rubbed mine back.
Trevor: (Giving me one of the two toy bikes he likes to go to sleep with.)
Let's go for a ride.
Me: Okay. Guess what! We get to go to church today!
Trevor: (Smiles and stretches and then gets straightens up.) Mommy, I'm going to sit next to Holland and Mary. OKAY? (This was not really a question, but a debriefing.) Mom, I just wanna hang out with my friends.
From his birth, I have felt the need to pray for him and his friends through his lifetime--- no wonder! He is a social kind of guy. We are so grateful for how many friends God has put in his life. And here is a picture of one of his smallest and best friends, Joel. Joel's enthusiasm is just uncontainable.
Tonight he got to spend some time with Daddy on the greenbelt. Fortunate for all of us Scott is the best at planning and executing terrific adventures at a moments notice. My life would be so dull without him. Scott let me sleep while he loaded Trevor in the Chariot trailer with snacks, drinks, disaster gear and a 2-wheeler with training wheels to Willow Lane Park a couple of miles up river. Scott helped Trevor ride half-way down a couple of jumps and play on the playground and come back happy, filthy and refreshed. Yep. Filthy and refreshed do go-together like that for boys.
19 May 2009
Swans host Owl
Isn't this little guy cute?!!! I am getting a I saw him while sitting with Trevor at his little table in our front room. He blends in really well with the tree and is quite small. Maybe he's a youngster.
He slept in this tree all day yesterday, left, and is back today. I hope he can stay for a long time. We're hoping he gets big enough to feast on the house-nibbling, hammock-destroying squirrels.
Wildlife photography by Scott Swan : )
16 May 2009
An Epic Ride, Pivotal Day, and other everyday stuff
Yesterday we gave Trevor his first chance to really succeed at potty training--- and succeed he did! We are so excited for him and of course excited for us. This was the pivotal day. He wore the smallest dinosaur briefs they make and they are baggy on him. : )
A few weeks ago Wendi let us borrow a trike she found at Kid-to-Kid for $20 and Trevor caught on to pedaling quickly. Then, last weekend, Scott bought the tiniest Radio Flyer bicycle with training wheels from our neighbor, Marty. So, Trevor has been cruising around as much as possible and last night took an epic ride around the block and down to the river --- pedaling himself the whole way (with several stops for puddle jumping and to investigate interesting neighboring yards.) All this and no accidents!
Back at home Scott called me in to see Trevor's new trick, "You've got to see this. No coaching. No provoking." In the front room Trevor was showing Daddy how he could stack up a stool on top of the table, then fall backwards into the bean bag. I had actually been showing him how to do that from the ground several days ago, but I should know better. Trevor likes height. I should make a note to myself to not read any circus type books.
Here are some pictures of Trevor showing Great Gran his tricks. We had the special treat of visiting with Great Gran Elda and Aunt Marsha over the Mother's Day weekend. We celebrated her 90th birthday!
Joel is accelerating just as quickly. He is trying to stand up all the time and is so strong. He gets so very excited and his squeals make all of us smile. We like hearing him talk. I put him in the bath with Trevor tonight and his enthusiasm was a little more than I could handle. He is so strong and wants to arch his back and stand up constantly. I often see him watching his brother with curious eyes. I suspect he will have his first two teeth within a month!
This picture would make a good puzzle. Scott and I thought we'd do a fun, "relaxing" 500 piece puzzle one night last summer (yeah, my idea) and 6 hours after we started we were bug-eyed and frenzied about finishing it. There's just no satisfaction until ALL the pieces are in!
I've learned a few things for next time--- like don't put all the underwear in one laundry load and rubber gloves are a must. Potty training has made me feel like I'm actually earning the title "Mom." Recently, I also learned 3 month olds don't reason and may at any time decide not to take a bottle.
Scott is learning things, too. Like how to change bad storybooks on the fly and stuff and things.
A few weeks ago Wendi let us borrow a trike she found at Kid-to-Kid for $20 and Trevor caught on to pedaling quickly. Then, last weekend, Scott bought the tiniest Radio Flyer bicycle with training wheels from our neighbor, Marty. So, Trevor has been cruising around as much as possible and last night took an epic ride around the block and down to the river --- pedaling himself the whole way (with several stops for puddle jumping and to investigate interesting neighboring yards.) All this and no accidents!
Back at home Scott called me in to see Trevor's new trick, "You've got to see this. No coaching. No provoking." In the front room Trevor was showing Daddy how he could stack up a stool on top of the table, then fall backwards into the bean bag. I had actually been showing him how to do that from the ground several days ago, but I should know better. Trevor likes height. I should make a note to myself to not read any circus type books.
Here are some pictures of Trevor showing Great Gran his tricks. We had the special treat of visiting with Great Gran Elda and Aunt Marsha over the Mother's Day weekend. We celebrated her 90th birthday!
Joel is accelerating just as quickly. He is trying to stand up all the time and is so strong. He gets so very excited and his squeals make all of us smile. We like hearing him talk. I put him in the bath with Trevor tonight and his enthusiasm was a little more than I could handle. He is so strong and wants to arch his back and stand up constantly. I often see him watching his brother with curious eyes. I suspect he will have his first two teeth within a month!
This picture would make a good puzzle. Scott and I thought we'd do a fun, "relaxing" 500 piece puzzle one night last summer (yeah, my idea) and 6 hours after we started we were bug-eyed and frenzied about finishing it. There's just no satisfaction until ALL the pieces are in!
I've learned a few things for next time--- like don't put all the underwear in one laundry load and rubber gloves are a must. Potty training has made me feel like I'm actually earning the title "Mom." Recently, I also learned 3 month olds don't reason and may at any time decide not to take a bottle.
Scott is learning things, too. Like how to change bad storybooks on the fly and stuff and things.
15 May 2009
my favorite song
After finding out nap time was officially over, Trevor runs into the kitchen shouting and jumping "I LOVE MY MOMMY... I LOVE MY MOMMY."
I walk in after him and he says, "I was singing about you."
"Really? What was your song like?"
"It was great."
I walk in after him and he says, "I was singing about you."
"Really? What was your song like?"
"It was great."
14 May 2009
Bedtime conversation
As I (Scott) was putting Trevor to bed last night and getting up to leave Trevor said, "Don't leave Daddy, I need to talk to you."
I said, "Oh, what do you need to talk to me about?"
"I like your shirt."
I can't remember if he convinced me to lay down first or if I laid down next, but we had a nice conversation about shirts and pockets and hats and puppies and a crazy dog named Solomon.
And even though it was a ploy to stay up later, I loved every minute of our conversation.
I said, "Oh, what do you need to talk to me about?"
"I like your shirt."
I can't remember if he convinced me to lay down first or if I laid down next, but we had a nice conversation about shirts and pockets and hats and puppies and a crazy dog named Solomon.
And even though it was a ploy to stay up later, I loved every minute of our conversation.
09 May 2009
04 May 2009
"Mommy, you have a moosetash?"
He asked me this morning. I furrowed my brows with concern and confusion. Then he pointed to my eyelashes.
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