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project 365 . week 28

April 15, 2014

190.365 {04.06.2014} ten little piggies

191.365 {04.07.2014} traintastic

192.365 {04.08.2014} beach day

193.365 {04.09.2014} after dinner treat

194.365 {04.10.2014} reflection

195.365 {04.11.2014} gelato with grandpa

196.365 {04.12.2014} jump

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letters to my son . april 2014

April 10, 2014

Dear E,

Ever since you can play with toys people always commented on how serious and focused you are. You could sit down and play with one toy for a long long time. It might be your busy ball drop, musical turtle, little people, duplo set, train set, or puzzle. You being my first born I have no one to compare you with and I thought that it was just something every little baby would do. As you get older I realize that you really are special. Whenever we take you places, the playground, the museum, whenever you interact with other kids your age we can see how you have a longer attention span. Other kids would move one to other things and you would just stay in one spot playing the same thing over and over.

Although I love this little trait of yours it has become a little problematic lately. When we ask you to stop what you’re doing and get ready to leave you always say no. We’ve been trying to give you plenty of reminders that we are leaving soon but still a lot of times we have to carry you out crying. The same thing happened when I took you to meet some friends and see the Spring bloom this past weekend.

We’ve started working on potty training. It seems like you understand what you are supposed to do. You always tell me in time that you need to go potty and so far you’ve never have any accident. However you are still insisting on putting a diaper on before we leave the house. You love to flush the toilet. You flush the toilet for yourself, your daddy and me and get very upset when we forget to ask you and do it ourselves.

I hope your focus and attention span will be an asset for you as you get older and start school.

Love always,

Mama

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project 365 . week 27

April 07, 2014

183.365 {03.30.2014} bird watching

184.365 {03.31.2014} the best part of the zoo

185.365 {04.01.2014} favorite book

186.365 {04.02.2014} tired boy

187.365 {04.03.2014} first bowl

188.365 {04.04.2014} holding on

189.365 {04.05.2014} bloom

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project 365 . week 26

April 01, 2014

176.365 {03.23.2014} tide pool

177.365 {03.24.2014} watching cartoons

178.365 {03.25.2014} bed time

179.365 {03.26.2014} log tunnel

180.365 {03.27.2014} nature center hike

181.365 {03.28.2014} drawing big circles

182.365 {03.29.2014} throwing the ball in the pool

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project 365 . week 25

March 25, 2014

169.365 {03.16.2014} round and around

170.365 {03.17.2014} getting the spider web

171.365 {03.18.2014} sea life museum

172.365 {03.19.2014} laundry day

173.365 {03.20.2014} making a waterfall

174.365 {03.21.2014} playing on the computer

175.365 {03.22.2014} early morning beach day

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project 365 . week 24

March 18, 2014

162.365 {03.09.2014} open pistachios all by himself

163.365 {03.10.2014} nadal vs. dolgopolov

164.365 {03.11.2014} under the waterfall

165|1.365 {03.12.2014} day 1 of potty training

165|2.365 {03.12.2014} trying out his new scooter

166.365 {03.13.2014} playing at the neighbor’s

167.365 {03.14.2014} target

168.365 {03.15.2014} jumping to daddy

Please head over to Jodie’s blog to see what her family is up to this week.

project 365 . week 23

March 11, 2014

155.365 {03.02.2014} bird chaser

156.365 {03.03.2014} legoland

157.365 {03.04.2014} the arcade

158.365 {03.05.2014} hot tub

159.365 {03.06.2014} banana muffin

160.365 {03.07.2014} backyard soccer

161.365 {03.08.2014} because it’s a warm day

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letters to my son . march 2014

March 10, 2014

Dearest E,

I’m not sure what to write to you about this month so I will just tell you about our day. Today we woke up pretty early so I asked if you want to go to the fish market. We went there last week and you loved it there. It’s pretty rare for you to say yes these days because you love staying home so much but you said yes immediately. You and I had a lot of fun playing in the sand and chasing the birds. We were there for 2 hours and you were still reluctant to go home. When we got home you played with your water table and drew outside with your chalk writing your Es and Ms before you finally tire out and took a nap.

We’ve been swimming a lot lately since the weather has been warmer. Today you were so eager to get in the pool. Your dad wanted you to wear the “swim jacket”. You hated your old one and you would rather not go in the pool than wearing it so we got you a new softer one. This was the second time you wear it and we are so amazed at how much you can do. Last time you didn’t want to let go of our hands the whole time we were in the pool and this time you happily swam around and going under the waterfall.

You’ve also been trying to test us on how much you can get away with. I have been giving you a lot of time-outs lately because you didn’t want to clean up your messes that you purposely did. Like tonight when you threw your pistachio shells down after I repeatedly told you not to. It’s so hard to keep my angry face on when giving you time-outs. You think that it’s a game. Every time I sat you down for time-outs you always come out giggling looking for me and I have to put you back to your time-out spot several times before you understand and caves.

You love to help. You always want to help with taking out the trash and bringing the cans back in, throw away your diapers, taking the laundry down the chute and feeding Indy. You are getting bigger and bigger everyday. You can jump on the bed without having to hold my hand now and you can shell your favorite pistachio nuts without our help.

Thank you for such a wonderful day!

Love,

Mama