Lilypie 3rd Birthday Ticker

Friday, May 23, 2008

Busy Days

We have had a very busy couple of weeks. On Mother's Day, we participated in the Race for the Cure. It was our second year of doing the 5K walk, so Jacob has done it every year of his life. How about that? It was very windy, but not too chilly. After the walk, we went inside the Mall of America to let Jacob run around for a bit and to eat lunch.
Later that week, Jacob went to the amusement park at the MOA with his grandpa & grandma Schoenbauer and his cousins Abby and Libby (and Aunt Kati). He loved the rides. There was a roller coaster, a train, a car that whips you around in a loop (his favorite), a merry-go-round, and a few others.
He doesn't understand that rides are timed, so he got upset every time our turn was over. We will have to take him back there someday, because he had a lot of fun.
Last Friday, Jacob got his first skinned knee. Who would believe that it took this long to finally draw blood? I guess it was fortunate for him that he's been wearing pants all winter, when he would have done the most damage. Of course, the first time he wore shorts this year, he fell and got a good "owie." He was upset for awhile, but after it was cleaned up and he got a bandaid, he was OK. He thought it was a sticker. (See his right leg in this picture for his bandaid.) A week later, it still has a long way to go before it heals, but we expect a full recovery. Jacob knows that he has an "owie" on his knee, but he also calls it "cookie" and pretends to eat it. What a weirdo.

Last weekend, we went to Rochester. Jacob saw Grandpa & Grandma Boyum, Aunt Jena & Uncle Ty, the dogs Claire and Gracie, and Great-Grandpa & Grandma Kuehn. I have to get some pictures from Grandma B., because my camera wasn't working. Jacob went to a really big and fun playground in Rochester. He could run forever, and he almost did. It was nice that his great-grandparents got to spend some time with him, even though he was running around most of the time.

Jacob just woke up from a nap, so that's all the updating I can do for now. I am going to try to work on getting some new video clips on here. He's been very entertaining lately.

Friday, May 09, 2008

Too Much TV?

I forgot to mention in the last post that Jacob has a couple of favorite TV shows, and just recently he has started saying the names of the characters.

First of all, he does not care for Sesame Street in general, but he has a love for Elmo that seems to be hard-wired into every kid born after the year 2000. A few days a week, I make sure that he's able to watch "Elmo's World" so he gets his "Emmo" fix. He also has 2 Elmo toys, and always points out to us that Elmo is on his diaper. Oh boy.

Secondly, and less annoyingly, he LOVES The Wiggles. I have several episodes stored in the DVR, and every morning he gets to watch an episode. He can definitely pick out a Wiggles song among random music. There are several fun characters on the show, his favorite being Wags the dog (of course), but the one he has started naming is Dorothy the Dinosaur ("Doty"). When he sees Dorothy on screen or hears the song about her, he says her name.

What a little smarty pants!

Thursday, May 08, 2008

Talking Non-Stop

Jacob has become quite the little chatterbox. He seems to come up with a new word every day. Here are some recent ones:
  • Outside ("side")

  • Light ("ight")

  • Hat ("at")

  • Car ("ca")

  • Color (sounds a lot like car)

  • Shoe (he knew this one awhile ago, but it's made a comeback)

  • Grandpa ("papa")

  • Kick

  • Meatball (b-ball)

  • Football (fo-ball)

He can also say some names--his cousins Abby and Libby ("wibby") and his friend Scarlett ("sala"). One other cute thing is that he's started saying "bye...see ya."

We don't have any pictures yet, but Jacob has a new climbing toy for the backyard. It has a ladder to climb up, a slide, and best of all a steering wheel. He can't wait to show it off to all his playgroup friends.

On Mother's Day we are walking in the Race for the Cure again. It was a lot of fun last year. Hopefully we'll get good weather again, and Jacob will be as good on the walk as he was last year.

Pictures:

Exercising on the treadmill

Climbing. Of course.



Looking a lot like Daddy in this picture