Turing Zelsnack

Adult activities

2009-04-25T15:18:00.000-07:00

See also: walking up and down stairs without holding on to anything.

Still like trains

2009-04-25T15:08:00.000-07:00

Mom had a day of lecture

2009-04-25T15:06:00.000-07:00

So she made Turing his hat/scarf from the yarn he picked out. Fortunately, they should still fit next winter.

Equinox

2009-04-25T15:01:00.001-07:00

We saw the egg kit at the craft store. We did some eggs. Woo.

Reward

2009-04-10T09:54:00.000-07:00

Turing peed on the potty 10 times so we went to celebrate by riding the train. He was a little skeptical of the entire "10 stickers equals a train ride" chart, but now seems to believe in it. We just have to ratchet back the prizes so we don't spend every weekend driving to the Dells. Next up, a new Thomas engine for 12 potty successes.

Despite (or because of) starting late, he's been very good at the potty. He wears a diaper to sleep, but is in underpants all of the day and has been dry for over a week. If he doesn't want to use the potty, he asks for a diaper. Fair enough at this point. Running around in underpants has officially changed his silhouette to a big kid. Ack.

He's doing all kinds of other big kid stuff, too. We're slowly working on reading with the same book Mom learned out of and it has been pretty amazing to watch the various pieces click into place so fast. He's showing some interest in playing piano, but doesn't have the fine motor control or big enough hands for it. He's making stories up. He knows what day it is on the calendar. He love to glue stuff to paper. He likes to help in the kitchen. And trains, he still loves trains.

Not dead

2009-03-29T05:56:00.000-07:00

Just too busy to be posting. The weather got nice for a few weeks and we used it well.

Yellow rice

2009-03-09T18:46:00.000-07:00

I finally cooked a little last week. One thing was fried rice with egg (known as "yellow rice" in this household). It has easily been 3 months since I made it. I told Turing we were going to make it and he promptly went and pulled the wok out of the cabinet. Huh.

And then he made an attempt at writing his name this weekend. Pictures to follow.

And we've graduated to occasionally wearing underpants around the house. And peeing on the floor. But we've taken the step to wearing them without a fight, so, first battle won.

Overheard Sunday

2009-02-24T19:05:00.001-08:00

"No, Huxley! Don't kick it! That's not good. You don't kick people or train cars."

Yow!

2009-02-10T08:04:00.000-08:00

Stylin' guy

2009-01-31T20:59:00.000-08:00

CAT

2009-01-26T09:59:00.000-08:00

Present day '08

2009-01-25T23:48:00.001-08:00

R2 dance machine

2009-01-25T22:37:00.000-08:00

Something clicked

2009-01-11T11:02:00.000-08:00

I'm spelling stuff out and learning some phonics and memorizing some books . . . the other day we were crossing off the day on the calendar (per usual) and Turing said "one one" and mom said, "one one is eleven" and turing said, "one one is eleven" like he got it. After doing "two three, twenty-three. two four, twenty four," turing went on to do "25, 26, 26, 28, and 29."

Dad thinks it might have been the Sesame Street.

More pix from the trip

2009-01-10T17:00:00.000-08:00

New easel

2009-01-03T14:50:00.001-08:00

First trip to DC

2008-12-20T18:10:00.000-08:00

We went to the Natural History Museum, but it turns out that running up and down the ramps in the museum was much more exciting than any of the displays. So we went outside and ran around. And then got back on the train.

Things to do with Nana

2008-12-19T20:09:00.001-08:00

Going to Nana's and Grandpa's

2008-12-19T19:19:00.000-08:00

We rode the train to our holiday. It was much longer than an airplane, but much more fun and far less stressful. One night from Chicago to DC where the boys slept like champions. Turing slept on the top bed. Then an afternoon in DC. Then a night from DC to Nana's. No meltdowns. Lots of trains. Very exciting. Every time the train went around a curve it was exciting to see the engine. Every time.

Preparing for the future

2008-11-28T22:29:00.000-08:00

This is how far we've gotten with potty training

2008-11-28T22:27:00.001-08:00

Drawing

2008-11-28T22:25:00.001-08:00

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.