The Daily Munchie: December 2010

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Christmas with Grammy and Bupps

Sitting on the staircase at Gaylord Opryland Hotel. Everyone looking good except for a very pregnant me.

Stephen liked all the atriums at the Opryland.

He was even more enthralled by this cookie display window. "I wanna cookie! Can I hava cookie?"

"Mmmm. Peanut butter cookie."

"I'm a KOALA!"

Photo op at the Purity Ice Cream factory.

Stephen had half an ice cream sandwich and his own cup of chocolate ice cream. Then he ate a bunch of lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant!

Strumming on the ice cream guitar.

Reading Leo Lionni with Bupps.

Helping Dad and Bupps with building shelves in Stephen's new room closet.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Fun with "Ev"

Stephen's friend, Evan Couchman, came over this morning. They played quite nicely --for the most part. Whatever room one is in, the other is sure to follow. They played drums together, rode on Stephen's dump truck together and even swept and mopped my kitchen... I wish!

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Doughy Dino has armpits

So, I've been delinquent again...

My excuse for not posting on the Daily Muchie is that I've started yet another blog: Emigurumi. It's where I've been documenting my new love of amigurumi, the Japanese fad of crocheted cute things.

But finally, per my mom's insistence, I'm back to Munchie documentation. He's been saying the darndest things lately. For example:

Yesterday I heard him scampering through the house murmuring, "Can I talk on my phone? Can I talk on my phone? Can I talk on my phone?" Each time, his question became more insistent as he got closer to where I was sitting. When he reached me, he said, "Mommy, I don't HAVE a phone!"

Last night, Joe was watching The Daily Show online and there was a video clip of the president. Stephen shouts out, "Hi, Barack OBAMA!!!" The kid is 27 months old.

Stephen loves to have "jam sessions" where I have to play his little ukelele while he drums with chopsticks on his fish xylophone or the bongos. He says, "Mommy is Pastor Brad. She play the GUITAR. I'm Ross. I'm playing the DRUMS."

Anyhow. He's quite the talker. I tried to get him to display some of his verbal skills in a video today. See the next post...

Ollie's notables

21 months: says "I wah shoes," "go ow-side!"
20 months: untwists tiny caps on his own
19 months: likes brushing his own teeth
18.5 months: walking
18 months: has most of his teeth
11 months: likes to dance to music
11 months: pulls up from crawling and cruises
11 months: two teeth
10.5 months: army creeping
10 months: pulls up from sitting and cruises
7.5 months: likes rice, banana and sweet potato baby food if warm
7.5 months: can easily retrieve and replug paci
7 months: sits and plays happily
6.5 months: eating rice cereal begrugingly
6 months: rejects solids
4 months: laughing
3 months: pulls up from recline position
2 months: squeals and coos when happy
6 weeks: real smiles

Mile-Rocks

4 years: fluid storyteller, mostly fiction!
3.25 years: potty trained
2.5 years: speaks in 8-word sentences
2.5 years: used potty on his own
2.5 years: puts on own shoes
28 months: weaned from paci
28 months: counts to 10
24 months: 2 - 3 hour nap at 11
24 months: brushes his teeth
24 months: speaks in 4-word sentences
23 months: paci only in bed
22 months: says "peese" and "denks"
20 months: loves going to Steve's preschool
18 months: runs after big brother
15 months: has vocabulary of about 5 words
13.5 months: forages for Steve's leftovers
13.5 months: climbs everything
13 months: enjoys having his 4 teeth brushed
12 months: walking
11 months: waves and claps on "command"
11 months: top two teeth coming in
10 months: cruising all over
10 months: two teeth
8 months: crawling
7 months: says "Mom, Mom, Mama!"
6 months: travels by rolling
5 months: sits on his own
4.25 months: can roll from back to side
4 months: 14 lbs, 50th percentile for weight and height
3 months: likes to stand with support
3 months: sleeps 6 to 7 hours at night
2 months: smiles and laughs
28 months: weaned from paci

Munchie's milestones

6.5: able to read leveled readers
6.5 years: good at video games
6.5 years: knows parts of speech
6.25 years: grasps fractions
6 years: adds, subtracts, multiplies
5.5 years: Reads at middle first grade level
5 years: likes to jump from heights taller than he is
5 years: adding, writing name, beginning reading
4.5 years: uses DVD player on his own
4.5 years: likes helping his brother
4.5 years: learning to sound out words
4 years: brushes his own teeth
3.5 years: first soccer team
3.5 years: dresses himself (with prompting)
37 months: Going to the potty of his own volition!!
36 months: Puts on his shoes
35 months: first sailing trip with Gramps
33 months: turns on faucet, opens front door
31 months: jumps off anything
28.5 months: says simple prayers
28 months: sleeping in toddler bed
25 months: can count to twelve!
24 months: learning to use potty
23 months: 14 teeth total
22 months: can get some food into his mouth with a spoon
22 months: can say names of most animals
21 months: became a jabberwalky
19 months: walks down stairs with railing
18 months: 7 front teeth, 4 molars
16 months: 6 front teeth, 3 molars
15.5 months: says "momma" and means it :-)
15 months: brushes his own teeth
14.5 months: has five teeth
14.5 months: refuses to let me brush his teeth :-(
14 months: drinking from straw
12 months: walking
8.25 months: creeping! And sleeping! (Until 6:45 this morning!!)
8 months: ate some puffs
7.5 months: sitting happily
7 months: going through mama phase
7 months: sitting unhappily
6 months: trying to drink from a cup
23 weeks: laughing at "Pattycake"
20-22 weeks: grabbing, banging, masticating, knocking over and generally destroying anything within arm's reach.
20 weeks: Beginning to fear strangers
19 weeks: saying "mmm-mmm-mama"
18 weeks: won't take pacifier
18 weeks: grabbing toes during diaper changes
17 weeks: ticklish tummy during diaper changes
17 weeks: squealing while petting a cat
17 weeks: fixating on dad's toothbrush
16 weeks: rolling from back to side
16 weeks: eating rice cereal
15 weeks: crumpling magazine pages
15 weeks: pulling kleenex out of the box

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