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!