A New Regime...

As Danny said earlier today, "It's the end of an error"!

Last term I couldn't wear my Obama shirt because I was teaching but this term...no teaching for me. In honor of the changing of the guard we broke out the President Poopyhead t-shirt for Fin.

Hooray for 1.20.09!!!!

Sometimes it is strange in our house

Another Attempt

No words needed.
This time it was squash.
The last one is blurry but it says quite a bit.

The Nursing Relationship

Well, sometimes we have a bit of jealousy about the time that Fin has to spend with Mom nursing. So this afternoon Maya thought she's have a go at it. I was cracking up, Danny was rescuing, Fin was screaming and Maya was doing her darndest to get Fin some milk.

Humor me...

Maya has had a sense of humor from early on...
But lately she is starting to understand jokes and funny stories
When Auntie Kate and Gramma & Grampa were visiting from Seattle,
We had an evening of telling jokes around the table
& Grampa attempted to teach Maya the Knock Knock concept...

I sometimes have to ask Maya to tell me when she gets to the funny part.
(punch line is not a term we are gonna try to explain yet...)

and we had another night of jokes/funny stories around the dinner table recently when Bobby and Christy came over for dinner...

She has also started to be interested, concerned if grown ups are laughing
and she doesn't know why...

(The timing of this is serendipitous, as I am working on a show who's main character is a student of humor and tells stories about not getting her parents jokes when she was young - the name of the play is Clean House - by Sara Ruhl...)

anyway all of this is too much exposition...
the point is, this morning when we got to Maya's class room
they were telling jokes while having breakfast!
Hooray.

I sat down with Maya while she ate her oatmeal, and asked her if she wanted to tell me a joke...

She did;
"Once there was a pizza man on our street and he brought a crust!"

...

Thomas Family Band

Lookee, lookee.
Someone thinks they are very, very important.


It would have been interesting to take a poll to see who each of you thought was doing something interesting! :)

The interesting thing I wanted to point out was our little sitter-upper! While Fin isn't that into rolling over (although she did roll from her back to her belly on 12.28) she is very interested in sitting up.

And here is a less sedate version of the picture. There was quite a racket going on. (And yes, the Princess banner is a remnant of Maya's birthday...no judgment please!) :)

A Taste of Something New

Looking back through Maya's journal we realized that Maya had started cereal/veg at about 4 1/2 months. Danny and I were recalling Maya's intense interest in our food and how she would grab our plate/fork/drink/etc. The past month or so we've been wondering when Fin was going to start getting interested. We imagined it would be soon because she is approaching the six month mark.

Of course the kids are different and do things according to their own time but we did realize that we probably have a lot to do with the timing of this difference. When Maya was little (0-4 months) she was always in one of our laps or on the bouncy seat on the table while we ate. She was close to the action and observed us non-stop. Let's just say Fin hasn't had the same experience. She often spent meal times bouncing in her Einstein or once in a while in the Bumbo on the table--but 3 people eating, the meal, and Fin on the table makes for a very full table.

We finally got the highchair out mid-December because I was feeling guilty that she wasn't a part of our meals and lo and behold...someone's interest in our food has suddenly increased. So, we finally gave it a test run!

Enjoy!

She knows something is up! She's giving us "that" look.



The approach. And yes, "that" look is still present.



Mostly around the mouth...and of course "that" look...



The Dodge. But she's giving someone the stink eye.


Oooo...seriously...do you want to mess with her?