our busy little guy

Matthew tries to do the hand motions to eentsy weensty spider now - he's fun to watch. He points to everything now and wants you to tell him what it is - or get it for him ;o) Matthew loves his meals! This "free kisses" shirt was from Grandma and Grandpa E. for Valentine's day. :o) And, yes, he still needs a haircut.

Matthew's other big "accomplishment" is that he's been officially down to one nap a day for over a week now. Oddly enough - it's the afternoon nap that he gave up. So, now, the morning nap has been stretched from 10:30 til around 12 or 12:30. The great thing for Mommy and Daddy...........bedtime is an hour earlier - 7pm!!! He still gets up around 6am - he's just a morning baby. Of course, this new routine has thrown me for a loop! I have one nap to try to get everything done in - I don't know that I've completely adjusted to that - looking at my exercise routine - or lack therof will be proof enough.

Swedish jammies that fit and eating outside

Yes, Grandma - these jammies finally fit!

It was so nice yesterday that we ate dinner out on our little balcony. It was all good til I realized that I was being eaten alive by mosquitos. I counted at least 5 bites on my legs - argh. And, so, it begins.

such a cutie

So, Matthew is not walking independently, yet. I know that he will at some point - Mark's mom said that he didn't start walking til 14 or 15 months. Oh, well............

We were planning on waiting for his first haircut when he started walking - you know, big boy, big haircut... I don't know that we can last. I certainly don't think this chip clip is a good alternative. Matthew agrees ;o)

What do you think, Mom? Mark actually wanted a picture of him with a barrette in his hair - to tuck away for embarrassment in the future.

poor cat

the price of living with a 13 month old

Investigating..........

I found a couple of sites that told histories of nursery rhymes - but no mention of "shoo, fly..." I really don't want to go by the Wikipedia entry as my sole source, either - just because.

Shoo, fly

I've been contemplating nursery rhymes, lately. We have a couple of childrens' CD's and while I enjoy relearning some of these old songs, I think I need to do some historical checking. I say that because some of them don't make sense.

"Shoo, fly, don't bother me; cause I belong to somebody."

I don't get it. Later on in the song it says "I feel like a morning star"

What's that all about - what does it mean to feel like a morning star?!

I know that some nursery rhymes have quite dreadful histories - like "ring-around-the-rosie"

If anyone knows the mystery behind this song, I'd be quite happy to hear it - otherwise, I'm going to have to do some investigating on my own.

It's a date!!!

Look - no pictures of Matthew!! WOOHOO for us!

**the obvious disclaimer - of course, we love our little monkey!