More Fun Times

After seeing how much fun Ishish has playing dress-up at preschool, I finally got together a basket of clothes for him to play with. He was very happy to try everything on!

Ishish enjoys watching videos on the computer from time to time. While searching for the lyrics to "The Ants Go Marching" I came across an animated version of it. Whenever Ishish wants to watch it he asks "Watch rain boom boom?" The other videos he asks for are "pumpkin farm" (the videos from my blog post about visiting the pumpkin farm) and "choo choo train" (searching Google Videos for "choo choo train" gives plenty of options)!

The other day Ishish and I were walking upstairs. I asked him to turn the light on (because he gets mad if I try to do it instead of him). He informed me that I needed to say "please" and waited until I did before turning it on. I can tell he'll be teaching Dada and I some things in the future!

Food Funnies

Ishish can be funny about food. When we make pizza he exclaims "Pizza! Pizza!" Then he eats at most one bite. I think he's learned from his friends that pizza is something to be excited about, but he just doesn't care for it!

A couple weeks ago we decided he was old enough to join us in some frozen custard. Lately we'd only been eating it after he went to bed. He really enjoyed it... and fortunately more made it to his mouth than his lap!

Ishish got a sucker from the doctor this week (she called it a lollipop in case you're not sure what a sucker is). Here too he was excited about it but just kept holding it. After getting nowhere by explaining to him that he can lick it I pantomined licking it. He repeated my actions exactly (pretending to lick it). Made me laugh! On the way home he finally started to lick it. After we got home (and proudly showed it off to Dada) he left it on the floor. I told him that it had to stay in his hand or in his mouth. I added that if he didn't want it he could throw it away. Shortly thereafter I saw him walk to the garbage can and toss it in. I can't wait to discover what other foods he likes (and hates)!

Naptime

We had to wake Ishish up from his nap yesterday. Here's how we found him:

Go Bucky!

Can you tell what our favorite sports team is? Note that Ishish is wearing his Badgers outfit, waving his Badgers pom pom, standing next to his Badgers football, all with the Badgers game on the tv.

The day after going to the pumpkin farm Ishish thought we could go again. When I was leaving his room so he could nap, he said to me (with a very tearful voice) "Pumpkin farm?"

Here's another update on Ishish with the big boy bed. We kept finding him sleeping in it backwards, with his feet under the pillow. He'd never had a preferred orientation in his crib, but it occurred to me that maybe he wanted the pillow on the other end. So I flipped the sheets around and sure enough, he now sleeps with his head on the pillow. We also moved his stuffed animal friends, George and Esnug, up by his head so they're easier to access. We regularly find him snuggled up with one of them. Another funny thing is that now he doesn't leave his bed... ever! When he's done sleeping he just stays there until we come get him.

Pumpkin Farm

This afternoon I told Ishish that we were going to the pumpkin farm. Frequently on the drive to it I heard him say "Pumpkin farm! Pumpkin farm!" I guess he just assumes everything we're going to do will be fun!

We first stopped at the corn crib. Ishish takes a really long time to warm up to new things but with enough time he was really enjoying himself!



Then there was a lot of time spent riding/climbing/sliding/etc.



Next up was the corn train. I am so glad he was brave enough to ride it (he's the last one)!



Finally we took the hayride out to the pumpkin patch and found our prize pumpkin!

Bed Update and Favorite Things

Ishish's time in his bed has been going well overall! He goes right to sleep at night, wakes up at the usual time, and then plays in his room until we get him. Naptime has been a little more interesting. Usually he plays a little and we remind him to go back to bed after he starts making a lot of noise. Then he falls asleep. Yesterday when we went in there the light was on. It's too dark to play with the drapes closed, right? He happily played for hours until we gave up on him napping and got him out. We leave the door unlocked during naptimes so we can find out if he'll leave on his own - so far he hasn't (yay!).

Over the last couple weeks he has rediscovered the game of peekaboo. He loves it and plays all the time now! Often he plays the game by himself. First he'll turn away or squint his eyes, then he'll say "Where'd Ishish (yup, he still pronounces his name that way) go?", then he'll look back and say "Peekaboo!". I've been trying to get a video, and this is the best I've been able to do. I start the video a second early so you can enjoy watching Kiks walk by. I just noticed another thing in the video that's new for him. He now has his snack time water in a real cup!



His other new favorite is asking "What's that?" about everything, especially things he already knows. It's funniest when he does that while we're in the car. He hasn't figured out that I can't tell where he's pointing when I'm driving!

Goodbye Crib

Today we converted Ishish's crib into a toddler bed. We decided it was a good idea to do it while nothing new in his life was happening, particularly before we start potty training. He's on fall break the next five days, so it shouldn't matter as much if his sleep gets disrupted. He helped us make the change and was very excited about the new bedding!


It took him a while to climb into bed, as though he was waiting for us to put him in it. We explained how he can lay on the pillow and put his legs under the covers, just like he does in our beds. He declined, giving us his "Mama and Dada are weird" smile. Here he's making sure that his stuffed animals and toys are still with him.


It's been a half hour since his nap started, and I hear him having fun talking. That's normally how his naps go, so hopefully all will go well.