Funny little man

After his bath the other night, Jay gave a little pat to Winston's bare booty. Winston laughed and said "moh".

So Jay did it again.

Winston once again said "moh, moh!" and giggled. W. even put his bo0ty in the air on hands and knees to continue to get his pats.

Jay gave some faster pats, like a quick three time pat-pat-pat. And not lightly either.

Guess what?

Winston still wanted more and just kept laughing. We were cracking up! When Jay stopped, Winston decided to smack his own booty.

I. Kid. You. Not.

Laughing, laying on the bed on his belly, naked, my kid is trying to smack his own butt. His butt was all red, but he wanted more. Is this odd?

Then yesterday we were watching him on the video monitor when he was down for his nap. And he was smacking his own butt again. What's up with this kid??

Are you ready for some football?

Winston has enjoyed the start of the NFL season. He can say "football" and gets excited when the games are on. You should see daddy and Winston sitting on the couch together, cheering on the J-E-T-S.

Football still takes a backseat to Sesame Street, but at least the boys have something in common to watch together! I wonder when Winston will get his first fantasy football team?

Winston in the rain, priceless

Forgive the videographer. Just turn your head sideways and it's fine.

View on ......

Pay puh, pay puh

This is how Winston refers to drawing of any kind. I think he really means using pencils, pens, markers, etc. But I must have said "only on paper" so many times that the entire activity is now "pay puh."

The kitchen table has been perpetually covered with butcher paper for some time now. We tape the paper down and Winston goes to town. He sits in his booster seat and has the best time. He now has washable markers, stampers, crayons (the bulby kind) and some colored pencils. He spends so much time there that we have invested in some other crafty type items so that we can try other creative things.

The only challenge is that eating in that same space is now a bit more difficult. Winston is easily distracted by the "pay puh" items and often wants to have something on his feeding tray while he eats. He's definitely a multi-tasker.

Toys - esp. cars and trucks

I find it so interesting that no matter how much Jay and I may try to keep Winston's toys gender neutral, he generates toward cars and trucks. And bugs. I noticed this in Winston's classroom especially where the more gender-associated playthings are presented equally. The girls seem to seek out the dolls, the boys the trucks. It's downright freaky to me. It's not absolute by any means, but does seem to be the trend.

Nothing seems to exemplify this more than our recent experience with HotWheels.

Holy crap! Two packs of cars have been on his dresser for about 10 mos. He just noticed them. I was pushing for them to stay packaged and maybe even put away. Jay says, no way. Let him play.

So I did.

It's a slippery slope isn't it? Our house will never be the same, huh? The kid looooovvveeeees them!!!!!!
(upshot -- they are great massage tools when Winston runs them up and down my back)

He clutched them in his sleep when we put him to bed. He would NOT let go of them Oy!