Daily Record: November 30, 2009

Jack had a good time playing with the leaves outside this morning. He used a small broom and dust pan to sweep up the leaves & put them in the garbage. He also liked throwing the leaves up in the air. He did this for almost 30 minutes.

Daily Record: November 20, 2009

Jack had a fun time playing "pat-a-cake" this morning with Teacher Emily. He sang "pat-a-cake" and "pat-a-pie" for all his friends. He played "pat-a-cake" for about 15 minutes and laughed whenever he "rolled" his hands in the song.
*Jack kept telling us he have a poop, but no poop. Maybe stomach ache? He was very sensitive today.

Daily Record: November 18, 2009

The fire alarm scared Jack at school today.

Jack Jack enjoyed playing with farm animals and the farm this morning. He placed the animals in the farm and made noises of different animals.

Daily Record: November 16, 2009

Jack was extremely active and playful this morning. He enjoyed jumping and climbing in the nap room. :)

Daily Record: November 13, 2009

Jack really liked the orange and white ping-pong balls. He enjoyed putting the balls in the tube.

Jack needs to know

Jack wants to know why we can't take the gorillas home from the zoo with us. He'd also like to know why I can't make him macaroni and cheese while I'm driving the car and why he can't have that plane he sees up in the sky.

One of the toughest parts about being a parent is not being able to give your kid everything they want. And I'm not talking about trust funds or sugar for breakfast here.

daily record: November 9, 2009

Jack enjoyed quiet time with Teacher Alejandra after nap time by reading, rocking, singing and talking about Mama.

for the love of macaroni and cheese

Today I drove Jack to the dentist and asked him what he liked to eat at daycare. I made the mistake of mentioning macaroni and cheese and subsequently spent the rest of the drive explaining why I am unable to cook macaroni and cheese in the car.

Fireman Jack

Daily record: November 6, 2009

Jack was a bit sensitive after he woke up from nap. He cried and wanted to be held. He was able to regroup after snack. :)

Bringing you up to date

It's a really good thing I have these daily intake reports to help "remind" me to post to Jack's blog. There are new developments every couple of days and these developments keep me busy and away from the computer.

Jack had a doctor's appointment last week. He's pretty freaked out by the doctor because of his bad experience getting blood drawn that one time. He doesn't even want to take his clothes off for the doctor, and when Jack doesn't want to take off his clothes, you know something is really wrong.

But we made it through with a lot of tears. Jack weighed in at 22 pounds, 11 oz.

and stands 32 1/2" tall. He had to get a barrage of shots-five in all, some required for daycare and a couple of flu shots. It's heartbreaking to hear him crying, "ALL DONE! ALL DONE!" and knowing he still has three left to go.

Jack went to daycare after his doctor's appointment.

from his Daily Record October 23, 2009:

After nap Jack was telling me about his visit to the doctor. When asked if he had 5 shots Jack responded and said "10!" (I'm sure it seemed like it to him). We also talked about lunch. Jack told me he had "pasta, cheese, and peas". :)

October 26, 2009:

Jack took a really long nap this afternoon (almost 3 hours!) He enjoyed blowing bubbles with his friends. This morning I guess he remembered playing with bubbles Tuesday morning and while washing his hands for snack Jack kept saying "blow bubbles" with blowing motion.

October 28, 2009

Jack Jack was extremely sensitive throughout the day. :( He refused snack, but I can tell he is very hungry. During PM snack I even offered him food from his lunch. He was crying for 10-15 minutes at a time until he was able to calm down.

I stopped nursing Jack about a week before this. I think it was really rough on him. Also, I think he was confused because Grandma was here and doing more of the picking up and dropping off from daycare so I could work on my thesis. He had a blast with Grandma, but I think it's a little hard on him not to spend the regular amount of time with Mama. Maybe I'm just projecting, who knows. But nothing besides the nursing and Grandma's visit/Mama working more was different in his life. He still asks to nurse on occasion but is nappy cuddling in Papa or Mama's arms and touching the skin on my arms or my neck.

He has this really funny way of saying mama. It comes out like "Mamum" and grapes are "beeps".

October 30, 2009

Jack was extremely happy to see Lily, our observer. :) He brought a book over and asked her to read to him. They read the Polar Bear Polar Bear book three times. Jack was making noises of different animals. :)

On Halloween Jack dressed up as a fireman, with much help from Grandma. (I'll post pictures as soon as I get them downloaded. I was having some computer issues.) He was a little wary of people and didn't really get how/why to say "Trick or Treat" but he LOVED shaking the candy in his pumpkin bucket and wearing his fire costume. He got very excited when he saw the other kids in costume, especially a couple of other kids dressed as firemen. He was being all shy when we'd go to someone's door and they'd put candy in his bucket but then he would run down the street yelling "YAY!"

I have not had so much fun on Halloween since I don't even know when, maybe like the first year I got to go to State Street as an adult? It was awesome.

November 2, 2009

Jack Jack was extremely excited to see that we had water play set-up this morning. :) He really liked the small tub filled with water because he was allowed to sit in them. :)

Every Wednesday morning we go outside at about 6:15 am to watch the garbage man, Paul, pick up the trash. We watch Paul collect all the trash on our block. Then we go inside and Jack usually talks about it until we get to daycare. He seems to be especially interested in the cans lifting up and the buttons that Paul pushes, although he finds plenty to comment on about the garbage and recycling cans themselves.

Last week Paul was on vacation (I didn't know) and we waited and waited for him to come, but I think his sub took a different route because he never came while we waited. I would like to point out that this was on 28th, the same day that Jack was very emotional all day at daycare. Coincidence? I don't think so. Anyway, the following week Paul brought Jack his OWN GARBAGE MAN CAP! Jack wore it very proudly to school and chose it to wear to Sports class this morning.

November 4, 2009

Jack Jack had fun playing in the yard this morning. He enjoyed pushing his infant friend from Room 1 in the push cart. He was also telling everyone about his special hat and friend "Paul".