Turing Zelsnack

Halloween!

2008-11-09T19:11:00.001-08:00

Hrm

2008-11-01T19:56:00.001-07:00

[I cannot figure out why this picture keeps getting turned when I upload it. Your loss.]

Mommy keeps saying she's joking about me eventually being OCD, but then I do things like organize my halloween candy in individual boxes. In a bigger box. I was telling a friend, as we drove away from the grocery store that Turing is going to be a NASA flight checklist kind of guy. She thought I was joking until he asked if we had washed the blackberries we gave him to eat in the backseat.

Train tracks

2008-11-01T19:53:00.001-07:00

One of each color from the marker box.

It's mine!

2008-11-01T19:27:00.000-07:00

Hangin'

2008-10-30T19:17:00.000-07:00

Making soup

2008-10-24T14:40:00.000-07:00

Octoberfest

2008-10-15T19:50:00.000-07:00

More random pics

2008-10-15T19:38:00.000-07:00

Here is my tattoo and me looking tired and quiet - this is my baseline if I'm not interacting with people.

I'm going through a puzzle phase. Puzzle's are awesome. The problem is that I memorize them too fast.

Scritch.

Hey, you're looking at me.

Random pics from forever

2008-10-15T12:54:00.000-07:00

I helped shave daddy's head for his birthday by cleaning up. Yup. The hair goes in the bag, mommy!

We had a TV for a month. It was OK.

I smashed my face by sliding off the big bed. Oops.

At school

2008-09-28T20:34:00.000-07:00

I seem to like school a lot more. I like going and the teachers say I'm a polite, cooperative, and busy. Go me. Mom hasn't been posting as much for me since it is hard to capture the things I've been learning lately. Unlike Huxley where it is pretty easy to take a video of walking. I've been doing stuff like asking very astute questions ("why [does] daddy go to work?" "daddy goes to work to get money" "who gives daddy the money?"). Or talking for the entire stroller ride to the vegetable box about what I did at school that day. Or "cooking" elaborate meals in my kitchen and making sure people stay away from my oven because it is hot. And tracing my finger along words and asking people to read them. All grown up.

Big brothers steal litte brothers birthday gifts

2008-09-28T19:43:00.000-07:00

Milwaukee children's museum

2008-09-02T19:49:00.000-07:00

Since mommy had last Friday off, she took me and Huxley to the Milwaukee Children's Museum with Megan. This was supposed to be smart since she thought there would be less people on the road than the weekend. But she forgot about summerfest. And some Harley thing. It took a while to get there. Good thing Megan was there to be on snack duty and I like to look at motorcycles. The museum was super fun but exhausting for everyone. Very visually stimulating. I fell asleep on my crackers on the way home.

I can work the ipod touch

2008-09-01T19:04:00.000-07:00

This is how I watch trains on youtube.

Daddy's shoes

2008-08-31T10:15:00.000-07:00

What do you mean, "my child might be OCD?"

2008-08-05T14:26:00.000-07:00

Turing is not a child of nightmares and terrors. Thankfully, he usually sleeps through the entire night without interruption. He did have one nightmare that woke him up last month - he was very upset and just kept repeating "it's messy! it's messy!" while half awake.

Also, the best comment of last week was when I was putting dishes away and banged some of the pots. He came over and ask, "what happened?" I told him I had just bumped some of the pots and it was OK, I would just put them away. He sort of shrugged and said, "that sucks."

Boo!

2008-08-01T20:21:00.000-07:00

Pudding and markers = bath

2008-08-01T18:38:00.001-07:00

Kick, kick, kick

2008-07-15T20:37:00.000-07:00

A switch

2008-07-15T20:22:00.000-07:00

Lee (above) has moved on to other things. Oh no! But the new nanny is working out really well. Huxley didn't want her to leave the other day and she does a fantastic job of getting the kids out and about all day. And keeping things tidy around the house. And taking really cute pictures:

2 year old running is the best

2008-07-05T11:59:00.000-07:00

Vacation!

2008-07-04T18:46:00.000-07:00

Means lots of people to play lots of things with me - Uncle Stuart played ball with me and everyone did my new puzzle, but especially Nana. Very awesome and I didn't want to leave.

Happy daddy day

2008-06-16T15:13:00.000-07:00

We joined the American Family with a TV! And a big one at that.

Happy daddy day, daddy - yer the bestest.

Preschool adventures

2008-06-13T14:49:00.000-07:00

I have finished my first two weeks of preschool and I seem to have finally settled in a bit. I won't go for another three weeks (vacations and 2-week summer school blocks and whatnot), but then I'll be going 2 mornings a week. The preschool is within walking distance of the house, which is really nice. I don't like it when mom leaves me. And I really don't like it when I'm excited to be there and it seems like she snuck out on me. But I like my teachers and the other kids. Most importantly, they have trains, though I was playing with the dolls when mom picked me up the other day. No glitter-based art projects, yet, but someday soon!

Off we go!

kick kick kick

2008-06-09T14:22:00.000-07:00

The thing about not going outside for a few months is that it becomes really obvious that I can do all sorts of things better than I used to: climb stairs on my own, kick and throw, run like a two year old, not fall over every incline and crack in the sidewalk.

We get a balloon at farmer's market each week. I need more pink things in my life as I only ever get the pink ones.

Also, the best thing I say is "upsidedown" which sounds like "up-pee-sigh-dow"

A big trip

2008-06-09T13:50:00.001-07:00

We went on our first big trip as a whole family: we flew to a wedding and then Trouble came home while I took the kids to see my grandparents/aunt/mom for a few days. It was pretty exhausting to travel with two little kids and ended uncerimoniously where I literally had to tuck Turing under my arm like a football and carry him out of the airport as he was throwing a huge tantrum. Awesome!

But he really put off the tantrums until the end. While Trouble was with us, it was actually pretty easy to be away from home. I was surprised at how well the kids slept and dealt with all the changes, but it helps to always have one parent availible. It was harder when Trouble was gone.

All sorts of excitement happened on the trip, too: Huxley can pull up on things, Turing practiced his stair ascents and descents, Huxley can almost crawl on his knees, Turing can almost jump over cracks in the sidewalk.

The trip was full of exciting new things for Turing which he sort of understood and will remember for a while. He liked riding the airplanes despite having to sit in Huxley's carseat, for instance. But let's not do it again soon.