Yeah Friday!

One week of school done for the semester...and only 15 more to go until summer break. My fridays are light in the classroom, which leaves me time to try to get things done for the next week. I really am trying uber-hard to keep my school stuff at the school and have home time for the family. I'm hanging in there to date, but I didn't have anything to grade yet this week.

The night-life in our house has slowed down. Kiddo is really good currently at going to bed by 7pm. However, he has figured out how to press his musical toys to make the sounds. Some nights he's laying in his crib pressing his glow worm toy repeatedly for a good 30minutes. This also means that Brian and I get some together time basking in the glow of electronics while snuggling under blankets. Last night I was trying to conquer the video game Lego Indiana Jones. The other night, we finally got to watch the latest Star Trek Movie and found it really awesome. I was quite impressed with the various nodes to the tv series and the other movies. In fact, I think I liked the movie much better than Avatar! Now, don't get me wrong; I liked Avatar, but I thought the plot was REALLY predictable.

Anyways, things are going well at the conclusion of this second week of February.

Too much freakin' snow!

Wordless Wednesday

A peak at our dinner-time talks

Last night at dinner Brian informed me of Tam's latest discovery.
The conversation went something like this...

Brian to Tamlin: "Cheerios don't go up your nose, bud"

Me to Brian and Tam: "Cheerios aren't supposed to go up there, but I think they might fit"

Brian to me, with a very straight face: "Tam learned today that his finger fits up his nose"

Me: "What?!"

Brian: "Yep, I turned away for a moment and when I looked back at him he had his digit up his nostril clear to the second knuckle"

Me: "What?!"....

Loud jovial laughter ensued for many moments. I could just picture this shining moment in our son's life.

Luckily no food was snorted back out of noses at the dinner table.

Sheesh.

First day back to school

Here I go...back to school for the new semester. It always seems like winter break is far too short and I never get all the things I wanted to do done. Well, as they say, "time waits for no man [or woman]." One class to lecture today and several other school chores to get done.

When I kissed Tam good-bye this morning it was a little sadder than usual, knowing that I was once again going to be "stuck" at school for a set amount of hours. I'll miss his little toddler sounds and laughter all day. I'll miss him carrying a spoon around the house, which is what he did yestarday. I'll miss him tackling going up and down the stairs. Ah, but in a few hours I'll be home for dinner and hear all about his and Brian's adventures. Sigh.

Tam finally likes bread :-)

After months of the mostly milk, fruit, and veggies (finely chopped up), Tam has finally decided he likes bread as well. Previously, he would eat a few pieces of a sandwich or toast, and then spit some of it back out. This was a clear indicator that he didn't like it. I kept thinking that my kid was never going to like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, the American classic. And Brian kept hoping for him to like toasted cheese or toasted peanut butter sandwiches.

Today, he nearly gobbled...or inhaled...half a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (and none came back out of the mouth). Yeah! Another food group that we can add to his diet.

We really can't complain too much since he really is a good eater and likes many foods. Now, his only true dislike is meat unless it is really finely shreaded or hidden in other baby mush food.