Hodge podge

I couldn't think of a cohesive topic to write about today, but there have been a number of things I've been wanting to write about so here is a hodge podge of recent happenings.

Matthew has taken quite strongly to playing at the ottoman. While he still can't stand completely on his own (he stands next to the ottoman, balances himself with his hands while my hands hover within a cm of him), he exhibits such joy at being able to play at The Ottoman. The squeals and laughs are continuous when he is standing next to his brother playing with cars.

Matthew's favorite time of day seems to be when Jason returns home. He saves his most expressive squeals for when he sees Jason's face upon returning from work. However, half the time, Matthew is already in bed when Jason comes home. Poor kid, he misses the highlight of his day.

Sam started playing today with a little RC bulldozer that he received for his birthday. He previously has been scared of it and it's sat on the shelf for over two months now. It has ridged plastic tires and spins around when it's not being directed with the RC and is probably one of the noisiest toys we have (thank you very much, David and Alicia). Today, though, he rediscovered the joy of his RC bulldozer and he played with it frequently. Toward the end of the day I was about to go crazy, but fortunately Sam stopped playing with it and after awhile something brought on the worst tantrum we've seen for awhile. By that time I was too tired to go crazy about the tantrum.

Speaking of crazy, today when I was getting Sam ready for nap, he picked up a small plastic basket, put BaaBaa in it and said that BaaBaa was going to nap in the crib (basket). I looked down at BaaBaa and thought, completely seriously, BaaBaa is going to outgrow his crib soon. I don't know what has happened to my reality.