Ball!

Guinness loves to throw a ball or any size and then watch it bounce/roll away. Then he laughs and laughs and runs to get it and throws it again. Marbles are good, but easily lost so mommy likes tennis balls better.

He is also adjusting to the new routine. When I got home from school today he said "Gemma?" and I said, "Yep. Where's Gemma?" and he said, "School!"

"Should we go pick her up?"
"Yeah!" (enthusiastic nod)


The arrangement is I come home after school at 4ish, get Guinness, and we go get her together. We have a snack (Gem has one at school before she leaves, Guin eats on the bike ride over) and go play, stopping at a park along the way home. He is so wild it makes getting her hard because if I put him down to help her with her backpack, water bottle, lunch dishes, etc, he's all over the place; pushing elevator buttons, eating other kids' snacks, playing with toys he shouldn't be, playing drums, etc. But even today was better for him; he's starting to get the message about where his boundaries at school are.

We had so much fun at Daan park today after school we stayed for an hour and a half.

More jokes by Guinness

So funny, this kid.

So he loves playing with marbles and large beads. He likes to drop or throw them across the floor and the chase them, or just watch them bounce and roll away. So one got away under the couch and he asked me to get it for him. 'Marble! There!!!' So I hunker down to see where it was and it I would be able to grab it and as soon as I get down on my hands and knees he jumps on my back. "Horsie ride??"

He is so into the banana pants joke. 'Nana pants!' and then he grins and waits for us all to laugh. We always oblige!

He will put anything on his head and call it his hat. Noodles, cups, a piece of string. He holds it up there and says, "Hat?"

He cooks pancakes when he plays kitchen.

He tries to feed me his snacks. "Big bite, Mommy!" he says.

So funny, this kid.