Sebastian's new favorite food is french toast, but he transposes the consonants, so he runs around yelling "I want tench froast! Tench froast, mommy!" Daddy's tench froast is the best, and 'Bastian got to eat it all weekend long.
We ran around the city on Saturday, checking out the fancy new playground at Union Square, and drove out to LI to visit Grandma and Grandpa Raab on Sunday. And on Monday we did some Metronorth joy-riding. It was tough to return to work and daycare today.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
new foods
Sebastian has always been a pretty good eater - he loves his pasta and bread as much as any toddler, but will consent to eat other things as well. And he eats enormous quantities. He's been known to pack away three scrambled eggs, a piece of toast, and half a banana for breakfast, and come back for a second breakfast two hours later.
But while we were in Phoenix he suddenly became adventurous and accepting in a whole new way. He ate all kinds of things that he had previously shunned, including edamame, french fries, nuts, broccoli, Thai pork satay, and chicken shawarma. He did still refuse some of the usual suspects - hummus, guacamole, most vegetables. But we were impressed nonetheless! And just last weekend he continued with the newly carnivorous trend, happily downing pulled pork at Q BBQ restaurant in Port Chester. That's our boy. :)
But while we were in Phoenix he suddenly became adventurous and accepting in a whole new way. He ate all kinds of things that he had previously shunned, including edamame, french fries, nuts, broccoli, Thai pork satay, and chicken shawarma. He did still refuse some of the usual suspects - hummus, guacamole, most vegetables. But we were impressed nonetheless! And just last weekend he continued with the newly carnivorous trend, happily downing pulled pork at Q BBQ restaurant in Port Chester. That's our boy. :)
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Phoenix trip
We went to Phoenix for 10 days, meeting up with Carl, Kim, and Danica, and with my mom and dad (aka Popo and Bompy - Seb's new moniker for Grandpa). It was a glorious vacation - warm and sunny weather, two cousins who were thrilled with each other's company, a festival of activities - and the joy of seeing my far-flung family.
We visited the Desert Botanical Garden, the Phoenix Zoo, the Natural History museum, the Children's Museum, and the fantastic Heard Museum of American Indian art and cultures. We hiked up Usery Mountain to a cave, climbed the rocks in Papago Park, and went for a long hike up Siphon Draw in the Superstition Mountains. And in between, endless games of chase in the hallway, crazy dancing to the Boynton dance book and Sesame Street, and lots of truck, train, and car games. I've posted over 200 pictures in the Picasa web album. Hopefully I'll blog more about our adventures in the next week or so.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10!
Sebastian counted to ten! The whole way! We were so proud, and so was he.
(What did he count? Trains, of course...)
(What did he count? Trains, of course...)
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
things I've been meaning to blog about...
My brother Carl just had this same title for a blog post, and it was so perfect for my laundry list of things that I had to steal it. Thanks, bro!
For the last two weeks, Sebastian has only taken showers. Every night, we ask him if he wants a bath or a shower, and he always picks shower. I'm not sure if it's the novelty, or because mommy and daddy shower and he wants to be like us, or if it's because he gets to take the shower with us, or just that he prefers to have choices, but he loves it. And so do we, as it's removed a source of daily conflict (the screaming as we dragged him into the tub...). He has also learned to wash himself - I rub some soap on him and then he uses his hands to scrub himself down. He names his various body parts as he cleans them, which is really cute.
We had our first snow of the season a few weeks ago, and it was magical to take Sebastian out in it. It's clear he doesn't remember it from last year, so he was amazed to see these big white flakes falling from the sky. We wandered around outside for a while, talking about how cold and wet it was. :) It's also been even more fun to read him books about snow, now that he's seen it. I can't wait until it sticks and we can go sledding and angel-making.
Seebastian and Pipe: Seb is still struggling with the short i sound. So big is beeeg, for example. But he's recently been trying to say his whole name, not just the latter two-thirds, and of course it comes out as Seeebastian. (Our Seabass...) To add insult to injury, his doll's name is Pippin, or Pip, and he can't say that either - he calls him Pipe.
One of Seb's favorite friends at daycare is Nathan. They call each other Nay-nay and Bas, which I just adore. At dropoff the other day, we peered into the room and didn't see anyone (they were down the hall in the infants' room). Sebastian said, "Where'd all the friends go?"
I had to replace Sebastian's shoes the other day - they'd been feeling a bit tight when we put them on, so we went to measure his feet at the shoe store. I was once again mortified to discover that I'd been putting him into shoes that were decidedly too small. He jumped from size 7 to 8.5. But he hates the shoe store, hates new shoes, and hates trying on new shoes. He fussed and cried and threw himself on the floor. So I bought the shoes he's been wearing - the exact same ones - in a bigger size, and just replaced them at home. He didn't notice a thing. I don't know what we'll do next time if we can't find the same ones again.
And finally, Sebastian has discovered the joy of tickling. We tickle him, and he comes after and tickles us (usually at the instigation of the other parent). He'll try to creep up on you and say "Tick-tick-tick!!" while burrowing his little fingers into your belly. It's awesome.
For the last two weeks, Sebastian has only taken showers. Every night, we ask him if he wants a bath or a shower, and he always picks shower. I'm not sure if it's the novelty, or because mommy and daddy shower and he wants to be like us, or if it's because he gets to take the shower with us, or just that he prefers to have choices, but he loves it. And so do we, as it's removed a source of daily conflict (the screaming as we dragged him into the tub...). He has also learned to wash himself - I rub some soap on him and then he uses his hands to scrub himself down. He names his various body parts as he cleans them, which is really cute.
We had our first snow of the season a few weeks ago, and it was magical to take Sebastian out in it. It's clear he doesn't remember it from last year, so he was amazed to see these big white flakes falling from the sky. We wandered around outside for a while, talking about how cold and wet it was. :) It's also been even more fun to read him books about snow, now that he's seen it. I can't wait until it sticks and we can go sledding and angel-making.
Seebastian and Pipe: Seb is still struggling with the short i sound. So big is beeeg, for example. But he's recently been trying to say his whole name, not just the latter two-thirds, and of course it comes out as Seeebastian. (Our Seabass...) To add insult to injury, his doll's name is Pippin, or Pip, and he can't say that either - he calls him Pipe.
One of Seb's favorite friends at daycare is Nathan. They call each other Nay-nay and Bas, which I just adore. At dropoff the other day, we peered into the room and didn't see anyone (they were down the hall in the infants' room). Sebastian said, "Where'd all the friends go?"
I had to replace Sebastian's shoes the other day - they'd been feeling a bit tight when we put them on, so we went to measure his feet at the shoe store. I was once again mortified to discover that I'd been putting him into shoes that were decidedly too small. He jumped from size 7 to 8.5. But he hates the shoe store, hates new shoes, and hates trying on new shoes. He fussed and cried and threw himself on the floor. So I bought the shoes he's been wearing - the exact same ones - in a bigger size, and just replaced them at home. He didn't notice a thing. I don't know what we'll do next time if we can't find the same ones again.
And finally, Sebastian has discovered the joy of tickling. We tickle him, and he comes after and tickles us (usually at the instigation of the other parent). He'll try to creep up on you and say "Tick-tick-tick!!" while burrowing his little fingers into your belly. It's awesome.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
Tree!
On Sunday we decided to go on our annual Christmas tree-hunting expedition to Wilkens Farm, where you pick your own from the field and have it cut down. Sadly, our car had other ideas, and got a flat tire (we were fortunately still close to home). Steve changed the tire, putting the spare on, and we limped home. We decided not to take the car on the Taconic Parkway up to Wilkens Farm and instead went to a local tree-seller. We played up the idea of the tree to Sebastian and got him very excited about getting a tree.
Tree! Beeg tree! from B. Avery on Vimeo.
Tree! Beeg tree! from B. Avery on Vimeo.
The stockings were hung by the chimney/bookcase with care!
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Our boy, the next morning, with our fully decorated Christmas tree! (Mama and Daddy finished it up after he'd gone to bed - his interest flagged after 30 minutes or so.)
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