The days are just packed

Killing and burying the editor was one of the reasons for taking my week off, the other was to refocus on the most important people in my life, my two wonderful little guys. I was starting to find myself becoming distant and annoyed by them as I argued with the editor and tried to feed the blog. They're not little passive people anymore that can be parked in a pool of toys and ignored. They need a lot more interactive attention. Their little brains are growing so quickly now it's really hard to believe. No more trying to write when they're awake.

Here's a few of the things I've spotted them doing in the last week:

I use a little hand blender to moosh up leftovers that are a little too chunky for people with few teeth. Talia makes brr brr noises to imitate the sound.

Talia has finally learned to crawl on her hands and knees rather than the commando crawl she first learned to get around with. She lifts her hands up high and slaps them down as she moves. It's quite funny.

Max has created a couple of games that get played in the highchairs at feeding time. There's the looking up game, in which he looks at the ceiling and makes a big goofy smile. He started this after I had a particularly stiff neck one day and spent a lot of time stretching. Then there's the shaking head game, in which he shakes his head from side to side while wearing a big goofy smile. Talia always joins in these games.

Oma has taken to sometimes playing the airplane game when feeding the babies. You know, "Rrrrrr, here comes the airplane! Zoom! Right into the hanger!" Sometimes when I'm feeding Talia she'll move her hand slowly in front of her going, "Rrrrrr...".

Watching Teletubbies is one of their big thrills of the day. They watch intently for awhile, but then go off to play with their toys. They're paying attention though. Talia can be off in a corner where she can't see the TV and she'll still wave 'bye-bye' at the end of an episode.

Max likes to keep his crib neat. He carefully tosses every toy we put in with him over the side when he wakes up in the morning.

Talia tries to imitate the sound of a dog's bark. She makes a odd mmm mmm sound when she hears it.

Max is somehow managing to speak using only consonants, just like Grundoon. Unfortunately, he bites like Grundoon too.

Max loves to splash like a maniac in the tub. He uses a cup to scoop the water into the air while laughing.

Talia thinks she has telekinetic powers. She reaches out to whatever's caught her eye as if she expects it to fly to her hand.

When I make a fire in the morning, Max stands beside me and blows little tiny breaths (peh-peh) to help me.

Posted by Bruce Gottfred at March 16, 2004 10:28 AM | TrackBack