Tidbits

What Does the Monkey Say?

One of the toddler's favorite things is his monkey that he sleeps with every night and drags around the house with his other lovey, Bear-Bear, all day (except when Mommy sneaks them off to the "bath"...aka, the washing machine). But Monkey serves another purpose outside of favorite lovey #2...

When my son was little, he used to ham. it. up. for the camera.

But not anymore.

So, I have a new way to get that precious smile that I love oh so much. I just ask, "What does Monkey say?" To which he always replies, "E! E! E!" It's in the middle of the E's that I've learned to snap the camera...

The Letter 'A'

I have been working with little man on the letters in his name. Well, we started off with 'A.' I decided it would be a good idea to put an 'A' in one of the cup holders in his car seat, and that way we could talk about all the words that start with 'A' while he was trapped sitting in the car.

Soon enough, he got it! As soon as we would get in the car, he would pick up the letter 'A' and announce, "A!!"

It made my mommy heart happy. :)

Except...

Now he thinks that every single letter is the letter 'A.' We've tried to move on to 'N.' He just won't have it. Every time I ask, "What letter is this?" I get the same stinkin' answer. Oh well. It's cute. :)

A Different Attitude

I know you're probably laughing at me (you should be), but I'm going to really try to have a different attitude about this semester of grad school. It is--after all--my last, except for my thesis. I'm going to try really hard to get swept up in the autumnal, pencil-sharpening, crisp air, fresh-start attitude that school brings with it. I'm going to soak it up, because I know that I will miss it. All I've ever known is school; I've never been without it.

So, I'm going to stop thinking/stressing/worrying/complaining about the bajillion things on my plate, and (I'm good at this in the kitchen, at least) I'm going to ENJOY the bajillion things on my plate! :)