Nov 17: watershed day

I know i said I wouldn't talk about my son too much during this month of posting, but today was really a watershed day, language wise. There are so many new things that Tobo has done today, I can't keep track of them all. I think the biggest thing was that he has named himself, Ham, and sometimes Hammy. He's also named dad, (Standing out side our bedroom door yelling "Paul!" no less) My name is still mama, though he kind of got it when I said my name was Cat. He drank from a regular cup really well today, (though after he's done he needs to pay a little more attention) did pretty good with a fork. Came up with a batch of new ideas and basic sentence building the likes of which we have not seen before. (hammy happy milk milk puppy go = I'm happy I have milk after going out where the dogs play.) Ok, it's still not english, but getting there.

Tobo: dada go?
Mom: dada is at work, we'll see him later.
tobo: dada hello (holding his hand up to his ear like he's on the phone) looks at me with a question.
Mom: um, no we can't call him right now but boy would he be proud to hear you ask that.

Most exciting is we counted up to three today. I don't think he really gets the concept of three, just repeats it after two, but that we're even getting to talk about it is pretty amazing. We did a lot of playing in the snow today just because it was finally warm enough to do so before it all melted away. We had fun with our sand box bucket and the snow building little snow pyramids on our porch.

I also finished his socks. These are made from left over moda dea sassy striping yarn I had from a pair of socks I made a few years ago. This is apparently more rare now since this line of yarn has been discontinued. The socks are a little big, but not by much, so I figure he should grow into them soon. He is a bit approach avoid about them. I think they are kind of like his puppy dog costume, fun but "I'd like to take it off now." I've thrown them in his sock box for now, so we'll see if he warms up to them. Maybe after playing out side.