Ted discusses public transit
Posted by Patrick on March 11th, 2010Family discussion over supper.
Celica
Posted by Patrick on March 4th, 2010Last week marked the end of the road for the Celica and myself, after 9 years and 175k miles. And four mailing addresses. And four jobs. And (I think only) 3 speeding tickets.
It was the first new car I bought, right out of college. I loved driving it, loved driving around with Kate in it, and did not love putting a car seat in the very small back seat.
Here’s a photo from the fall of 2001.
Zoom in
Posted by Patrick on March 3rd, 2010This poor kid gets cameras practically up his nose all the time.
Ted is twenty-three months old
Posted by Patrick on February 28th, 2010Won’t be long until Ted has his own cake in front of him! Here’s a photo of Ted helping me blow out some birthday candles as I put another year behind me.
Ted continues to be a party animal, wishing everyone a ‘happy birthday‘ on Valentine’s day. Here’s a shot of him making some Valentine’s Day cards, Ted-style.
He’s still a big fan of the crafts, and a big fan of coloring. This month he was able to draw with crayons two wheels and a line around them and call it a truck. He’s on the right path to being able to doodle really well on his own, a skill that will serve him well in school and in meetings later in life.
Ted’s 23rd month also included a visit from Auntie Christine, who is a big fan of Ted from way back. Ted is now able to say most of his relatives names on contact (including dealing with the more than one person is called ‘Auntie’ paradigm). When using Skype though, he likes to wait until we hang up to say their name. Like tonight we were talking to my folks and as soon as we ended the call, he said “Pops and Gram!” Better than his old Skype habit, in which he would fill his diaper every time we started a call with someone. Toward the end of this month he actually began potty training.
This month he began speaking in pretty complicated sentences. “There are police cars everywhere!” “Mommy, Mommy, what do you see?” “Chickadee hopping on the ground.” “Eating the hummus and the Triscuit.” He knows a good chunk of the letters of the alphabet, and can almost sing the whole alphabet song. He sings a lot of songs too, both songs he knows, like Twinkle Twinkle and some freestyle made up songs that we need to get on video stat. He even made up a song about one of his best friends, Mackenzie.
The above photo is from the North Carolina International Auto Show. This is the second year we’ve gone. Ted is a big fan of cars and trucks, and loves to sit in the driver’s seat and pretend to drive. He also likes to wait until Daddy is looking away for 1/10th of a second and then beep the horn inside the building where the show is behind held. He had a great time there, sitting in every vehicle that was unlocked.
Read More After Victory:
« Older Posts | »
