poopoo in the potty!

I won't go into details (nobody wants to here it) but all I'll say is he's done it twice. and we partied both times. now all he talks about is poop.

Snow!!!

shake your boots and let it all hang loose.

tough guy

tough guy, originally uploaded by Augusten Elray.

a few more photos on flickr, some of you may have seen this one already. Love that little tough guy tee - it has angel wings on the back.

ahhhhhahhhhhhaaaaaa

A little movie of Gus running and yelling in his post bath bliss.

Typical guy?

Seriously. He is sitting on his potty watching the football game. I honestly don't want to believe that those "guy things" are somehow genetic, but moments like this make me wonder...

He officially has too many words to continue with the dictionary. He has now started saying two syllable words that actually make sense. Like "highchair" and "cracker" or "apple". He is also learning animal sounds - such a repetitive theme in kids books: The cow says MOOOO, the sheep says BAAAA, etc. He can even say "Curious George" (I think Darren is the only one who can actually hear it.).

Daycare is still a struggle - probably more of a challenge for me than for him. He cries when we drop him off, and clings to us as if we are completely abandoning him. It's awful, but I've been assured by other parents and daycare providers that this behaviour is completely normal and it will get better with time. I just feel like it completely goes against all my instincts - it is so hard to be away from him as it is, much worse knowing he is with a virtual stranger. Fortunately, it is a virtual stranger I trust. He was happy to see me when I picked him up today, he seemed to interact with our childcare provider so positively - it is so reassuring when he wants to give her a kiss goodbye!
I'm looking forward to the days when he cries when I pick him up from daycare - I have been told it will happen, that one day he won't want to leave. And I'm sure that will make me sad too, but for other reasons. At this moment it seems it would be easier, but I'm sure my motherliness will find it hard in one way or another. Lousy mother-child bond, always messing with me...
Who knows what my future schedule will be like... I am temporarily ordering the DVD feature films and TV shows for the entire library system (funny, my job sounds just like Darren's, only I get to spend the city's money...) until May, after that, it could be a completely different.