A few quotes...
"We womans exercising." as she and I jog with our arms in position around the pond.
To Barney Boy who is barking a whole lot at anything that happens outside, "It's our neighbors." To me about Barney and his barking, "He's shy. He's shy of peoples. He barks at peoples."
"Is that Jill Bevington?" referring to a drawing of Grandma. I had never heard her say my last name before. The things that they know that you don't know that they know.
Last night on our drive home, she said to me, "Grandpa not have Signing Time." I replied, "No, what does he have?" Johari: "Grandpa has TV."
Sunday, September 14, 2008
phone photos
Napping Snugglers
Barney Boy all tucked in by Johari
Jumping before bed
Lipstick encounters
Swinging JuliaI put all my photos from my phone on my computer and these are a few selections from that.
Dead high heels
When we first got Barney Boy, our new dog, one morning, Grandpa Marvin said something to her about her new dog being her brother. After she said that she had a running commentary for days about what "his sister" was doing. "His sister needs mac n cheese." "His sister is tired." "His sister is giving him loves." "His sister wants to nurse." What she was doing or describing didn't have to have anything to do with him except that it was "his sister" that was doing it or wanting it.
One day in the car, she had us do a role switch. She told me that she was Jill and I was Johari. So we played that one for a while.
We lost one of her high heels a couple of weeks ago. I thought it was going to be a tragedy when we couldn't find it and whenever she would want them after that, but she seems to accept it. She still asks for them sometimes. But there is no upset about it. One time when she had asked for her high heels and I had explained again that one was lost at Twitney's house, she replied, "It died, Mommy? The high heel died?" "Not quite." "Not quite, Mommy?"
I have never fully gotten how kids fully differentiate between "Pull-ups" (a training diaper that can be pulled up like underpants) and regular diapers. Johari has entered this. Sometimes she will refuse a diaper at bedtime but she will accept a "pull-up". I guess they don't feel as babyish to them or something. :)
One day we were walking along, Johari was on my back in the Ergo. And she started playing with my hair. She said that it was spiders in my hair. Spiders in your hair can feel good. Sometimes she "does spiders" on Barney now too.
A common question for all things that we encounter, "Who gave me?" It could be an apple or it could be a shoe. It could be anything that she asks this about. The other thing that she says when she is looking in a book at a picture of something or watching a something, "Me has that."
She was pretending to cook some food the other day and she said that the thing she was serving was an appetizer. I was surprised by this because we don't eat in many restaurants or serve many appetizers at home. Maybe we had recently had guests for dinner and there had been mention of an appetizer. That must be it.
Her sentences are getting longer and more and more grammatically sound. It is truly incredible to me. The things she says to me blow me away often. I say to myself, "She gets this language!" Even if she is still working on some of the grammar and some of the sounds. Like when she says "frisbee", it sounds like "crispy"..."I wanna play crispy."
LOoking at the pattern in her pants she says to me, "What are these called?" I respond, "Those are called stripes." She says, "Like for zebras!"
Today she told me to put my headband over my face to be Spiderman. We have never seen a Spiderman show or anything. Her fascination with Spiderman all comes from being at the mall many months ago when two boys showed up at the play area dressed as Spiderman and it was a wild time watching them. Sometimes she will put a random item on and say that she is Spiderman. Today, she had me being Spiderman with the headband over my face. She told me to chase her and Barney Boy around the garage. It was fun!
Spiderman
We have been doing more painting. It is so interesting to hear waht she has to say about what she is painting. Today her painting started as toast, then it was a rainbow, then came some wind that became mommy wind and it had a baby in the tummy.
She loves chocolate but only dark chocolate (yay!) and pistachios.
Lately when she is talking about something you can really see how much she is processing because she will pause in the middle for quite a period of time and then resume with whatever word or words she had been fishing for to put together.
Barney Boy and Johari can be the sweetest snugglers!!!! He will have his snout nuzzled into her neck and their bodies all pushed together.
She likes to go in the backyard and "do work". "I want to do work, Mommy." Which means going out and weeding the back area. She has a paper bag and I have one and we are each weeding. She moves on to other experiments or imaginary games and I keep weeding. Today the rocks became her imaginary coffee that she was serving. Then she says to me, "Doggies not eat rocks, doggies eat toys. Doggies not eat toys, doggies eat doggy toys. Doggies not eat doggy toys, doggies eat Merlin..." and the thought drifts away.
She has a one dollar bill in one of her change purses. She asks me who is on it. I tell her that it is President Washington. We may repeat this question and response several times over. Then she asks where is Barack Obama. I guess he needs his own bill.
When McCain was announcing his vice presidential running mate, Johari kept asking when Barack Obama was coming on stage. I think in her mind, he is always on stage. I have this video clip of her singing a song about Barack Obama on her own fireplace stage, but I can't post it due to nudity. So you will have to come visit if you wanna check that one out.
One day in the car, she had us do a role switch. She told me that she was Jill and I was Johari. So we played that one for a while.
We lost one of her high heels a couple of weeks ago. I thought it was going to be a tragedy when we couldn't find it and whenever she would want them after that, but she seems to accept it. She still asks for them sometimes. But there is no upset about it. One time when she had asked for her high heels and I had explained again that one was lost at Twitney's house, she replied, "It died, Mommy? The high heel died?" "Not quite." "Not quite, Mommy?"
I have never fully gotten how kids fully differentiate between "Pull-ups" (a training diaper that can be pulled up like underpants) and regular diapers. Johari has entered this. Sometimes she will refuse a diaper at bedtime but she will accept a "pull-up". I guess they don't feel as babyish to them or something. :)
One day we were walking along, Johari was on my back in the Ergo. And she started playing with my hair. She said that it was spiders in my hair. Spiders in your hair can feel good. Sometimes she "does spiders" on Barney now too.
A common question for all things that we encounter, "Who gave me?" It could be an apple or it could be a shoe. It could be anything that she asks this about. The other thing that she says when she is looking in a book at a picture of something or watching a something, "Me has that."
She was pretending to cook some food the other day and she said that the thing she was serving was an appetizer. I was surprised by this because we don't eat in many restaurants or serve many appetizers at home. Maybe we had recently had guests for dinner and there had been mention of an appetizer. That must be it.
Her sentences are getting longer and more and more grammatically sound. It is truly incredible to me. The things she says to me blow me away often. I say to myself, "She gets this language!" Even if she is still working on some of the grammar and some of the sounds. Like when she says "frisbee", it sounds like "crispy"..."I wanna play crispy."
LOoking at the pattern in her pants she says to me, "What are these called?" I respond, "Those are called stripes." She says, "Like for zebras!"
Today she told me to put my headband over my face to be Spiderman. We have never seen a Spiderman show or anything. Her fascination with Spiderman all comes from being at the mall many months ago when two boys showed up at the play area dressed as Spiderman and it was a wild time watching them. Sometimes she will put a random item on and say that she is Spiderman. Today, she had me being Spiderman with the headband over my face. She told me to chase her and Barney Boy around the garage. It was fun!
SpidermanShe loves chocolate but only dark chocolate (yay!) and pistachios.
Lately when she is talking about something you can really see how much she is processing because she will pause in the middle for quite a period of time and then resume with whatever word or words she had been fishing for to put together.
Barney Boy and Johari can be the sweetest snugglers!!!! He will have his snout nuzzled into her neck and their bodies all pushed together.
She likes to go in the backyard and "do work". "I want to do work, Mommy." Which means going out and weeding the back area. She has a paper bag and I have one and we are each weeding. She moves on to other experiments or imaginary games and I keep weeding. Today the rocks became her imaginary coffee that she was serving. Then she says to me, "Doggies not eat rocks, doggies eat toys. Doggies not eat toys, doggies eat doggy toys. Doggies not eat doggy toys, doggies eat Merlin..." and the thought drifts away.
She has a one dollar bill in one of her change purses. She asks me who is on it. I tell her that it is President Washington. We may repeat this question and response several times over. Then she asks where is Barack Obama. I guess he needs his own bill.
When McCain was announcing his vice presidential running mate, Johari kept asking when Barack Obama was coming on stage. I think in her mind, he is always on stage. I have this video clip of her singing a song about Barack Obama on her own fireplace stage, but I can't post it due to nudity. So you will have to come visit if you wanna check that one out.
Friday, September 12, 2008
dishwasher box and time with the dog
Perks in getting a new dishwasher
Devouring blackberries from the bush
Monday, September 1, 2008
a few more clips...
Baby doll swimming lessons at the wading pool
total excitement of helping with real dishwasher repair
more on Barney Boy and out to dinner
Somehow that last post wanted to publish itself before I was done writing....
ANYWAY...
Johari loves Barney Boy. She can walk him although he can pull just to the point where she uncomfortable once in a while but then she just lets me know. She reads him books and he falls asleep while she is doing it. She likes to put a little blanket on him at bedtime. She is really gentle with him and loving. When we were meeting the woman from the rescue to get him, Johari immediately was like, "Can we put him in the car, Mommy?" She was in a rush to get him in the car to make sure we could bring him with us. Both days we have had him, we took him to the off-leash dog park in Edmonds.
The other night we went out to dinner at an Italian restaurant with a whole crew of people. Carmel is definitely the eater! She was handling her pasta. Johari, the nibbler. We can only spend a limited amount of time in a restaurant. Once she is ready to move around, it is time to get out.
We had a lovely BBQ at the beach yesterday evening with a bunch of friends. Excellente!!
A video clip....
Johari walking Barney Boy by the pond....
ANYWAY...
Johari loves Barney Boy. She can walk him although he can pull just to the point where she uncomfortable once in a while but then she just lets me know. She reads him books and he falls asleep while she is doing it. She likes to put a little blanket on him at bedtime. She is really gentle with him and loving. When we were meeting the woman from the rescue to get him, Johari immediately was like, "Can we put him in the car, Mommy?" She was in a rush to get him in the car to make sure we could bring him with us. Both days we have had him, we took him to the off-leash dog park in Edmonds.
The other night we went out to dinner at an Italian restaurant with a whole crew of people. Carmel is definitely the eater! She was handling her pasta. Johari, the nibbler. We can only spend a limited amount of time in a restaurant. Once she is ready to move around, it is time to get out.We had a lovely BBQ at the beach yesterday evening with a bunch of friends. Excellente!!
A video clip....
Johari walking Barney Boy by the pond....
Barney Boy on trial!!!!
I have been wanting to get a small dog for Johari. I have thought it could be awesome if she had a dog that she could take care of and could go with us to the parks and hang out with us and cuddle. After some negotiations, everyone has agreed to try Barney Boy out. I found him online in a rescue, but he doesn't seem to have been ill-treated at all. In fact, he seems just about PERFECT! He is really an amazing dog and we have had him for only 2 days. It was one of those things that we could just tell about him within a few hours of having him. I never before had imagined myself getting a small dog. I am not into the yippiness that you can find in them. This guy is not yippy. He is not skiddish. He is one cool guy! He knows how to get along with anyone, it seems. He and Merlin are enjoying their play time together as well. Merlin wasn't sure at first, but he is totally into Barney Boy now too. We didn't choose the name, but I think Barney is a pretty cute name. It may not be what I would have named him, but whatever! He is about a year old and should be close to full grown at approximately 12 pounds.
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