Last Sunday, our intrepid hero got his first taste of real-live swimming in a real-live swimming pool. We figured he’d enjoy it, given how much he loves playing in the tub, and how much fun he had in a little kiddie pool in the backyard over the summer. So we signed him up for a baby swimming class at a nearby recreation center. So how did he do? Read the rest of this entry »
Monthly Archives: March 2013
Today’s Photos: The Boy Loves Books
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: our young man is very much a bibliophile. It’s to the point now where, in that hour or so of playtime after we get home from school and before dinner, all he wants to do is go through his books, completely ignoring the piles of toys in the family room. Then, before his bath, he’ll grab a book and plop down in the hallway, in various states of undress, and start reading until we pick him up and carry him – very much against his will – into the tub.
Yesterday morning was a great case in point, as he was late to school (and Mommy was late to work) because… he just wanted to read. As Mommy put it:
He had a tantrum because I told him we had to go to school and that he needed to stop reading and come over to the pram. He refused. So we compromised and I let him take his book with him on the walk to school.
Please note that we use the term ‘tantrum’ rather loosely, and we recognize that what we see now as ‘tantrums’ (i.e. he cries a bit until he gets his way) will probably seem like, well, child’s play once he really gets into the tantrums. Or so we’ve been warned. And of course, we couldn’t be happier that all he wants to do is read. It just means we need to keep buying him new books!
Here, then, are some photos of the boy who would rather read than get in his stroller and head to school.
Rubber Ducky Dancing, and More (Videos)
It’s no secret that our boy loves music. He also, it turns out, loves to shake his little booty and show off all sorts of dance moves. We’re not entirely sure where he gets his moves from – it sure as heck isn’t his daddy – but there’s no denying that his hips don’t lie. Check out the young man, groovin’ his thang to the fluid sounds of Rubber Ducky:
That wasn’t the only dancing he got up to this past weekend. He also cut a rug in Colchester, as you can see here (the real moves start around 30 seconds in; before that, he’s just running around, screaming ‘Go!!!’ and generally being himself):
More from that dance session (though he’s more interested in eating a potato chip than dancing):
And finally, here he is back at home, post dancing. No dancing here, just Nyan playing with his legos:
Today’s Photos: Christmas
Yes, we’re a few months late here, but it just struck us that we hadn’t gotten around to posting very many of the photos from Christmas. And there were a LOT. So here’s a slideshow of Nyan Thomas getting his Christmas on. (A few of these photos have been posted before, but they’re well worth seeing again, we’d argue…)
Click on any photo to enlarge and start the slideshow.
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