So anyone who has seen the little tyke
on Skype knows that Tyler is very much a toddler. I can think of no
better noun to describe that happy little walk he does. He has,
unfortunately, been stuck in the baby program at Day Care for too
long, however, being as they are trying to organize a lot of kids
moving around at the same time that the building is getting
remodeled. Well we took it to the highest authority (and asked
nicely) and today we got the news that Tyler will be moving up to the
Toddler classroom at the beginning of next month. Even cooler, he
gets to move in with Ben, one of his current friends from his current
classroom and he gets to re-unite with August, one of his friends
that moved up to toddlers many months ago. He also lives a little
bit down the street from us. So that's exciting.
Jess and I also got to play hookey from
school today to watch one of the great rituals of summer in a Texas
day care: Splash time! They actually have a neat little area in one
of the playgrounds that has a gentle slope that fills with an inch or
two of water, and the whole thing is surrounded by sprinklers! Jess
and I sent Tyler to school with swim diapers and his swim gear, and
went over to see how he would fare.
Tyler's baby group got to head over
with the Toddlers (see, they know) and the whole group, most of whom
hadn't done this before, broke down into three sections. One group
ran right into the middle, splashing and having a great time. One
group stood around the edge of the pool staring and occasionally
getting hit by the sprinklers, but not really joining in the party.
And another group stood off to the side and cried like crazy. Tyler
was, of course, in the adventure group. We got more than a few
pictures of him running around and kicking up his splashy feet. It
was really cute to watch.
So now that Tyler is getting older, and
maybe also now that he has tubes in his ears and can hear us better,
he's starting to take the first, halting steps towards 'mastering'
the English language. Which is kind of a bummer because let's face
it, English is a mess. I wish I had a better language to teach him.
Is it to late to bring back Esperanto? Anyway, for your edification,
I have attached Tyler's first dictionary. It's not organized
Alphabetically because Tyler doesn't know what an alphabet is yet.
Ba-Ba: 1) Bottle (if said around 6:30
PM)
- Bye-bye (all other times)
Da-Da: 1)Daddy
- Look at that!
- Mommy
- I want that thing
Ma-Ma: 1) Mommy
Buta-Bita-Bita: 1) Blanket
Doo! 1) Shoes! Put them on me and
let's go outside to play.
Git: 1) Cat!
[Standing near something and lifting up
one leg while making grunting noises] 1) I want to go up here.
Ah! Oooooh. Ah! Oooooh. 1) Nothing,
but he likes to parrot mommy and daddy when we make that sound at
him.
[Crying] 1) What's wrong with you, why
don't you understand my perfectly enunciated English? Give me what I
want!
Jess is off at ice hockey, the first
game of the summer season on her new team the Peter North Stars. If
you get the joke behind that name, don't tell anyone else, lest they
figure out too much about you. I'm hoping her game goes well and she
has a nice time. I'm also hoping I get some sweet loot drops as I'm
going to go play some Diablo 3 while I have the house to myself.
-N
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