There are moments in the life of every parent that make you scratch your head and say "Huh, they never mentioned that in the baby/toddler books". These are some of our latest head scratching moments:
When we asked Harrison to dance last week he began with his usual foot stomping, arm flailing gig, but then switched things up a bit by adding spins! Yes, the boy does his own version of the pirouette, complete with spotting (whipping his head around so as not to fall over from the dizziness). Now all of his dances include spins, and he is so very pleased with himself for this new capability that when he stops, he actually claps for himself. Imagine, spins!
I was cooking dinner two nights ago and Brendan was watching Harry. We looked away for no more than a moment, and in that moment Harry scaled one of our dining room chairs and climbed onto our dinner table. He was starting to stand up and walk around when we both looked up and spotted Spider Baby. Gah! I have no surfaces left upon which to store my clutter!
Harry's vocabulary increases daily, it seems, but he in addition to new words ("Ickick" for Isaac, "Gahmom" for Grandma, and "MmmMmm" when something is tasty) he has also learned a few new sound effects. His new favorite sound effect is "OOF". OOF if it is hard to get onto the couch, OOF if he stumbles and falls, OOF if he strains to reach something he is not supposed to have, and OOF if his toy car runs into the wall. Now the funny thing is, neither Brendan nor I tend to say OOF. I don't think I have ever said it, in fact. Does this mean he made it up?
And lastly, Harrison cracks himself up and he thinks his buddy Isaac is quite a comedian, too. When he thinks something is especially amusing he actually throws his head back and lets loose the loudest belly laugh I've ever heard from a toddler. It makes me laugh, and when he sees me laughing he throws his head back and laughs some more. This kid surely has a great sense of humor!
Oh! And he says "vroom vroom" when pushing his toy car around. How cute is that?
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