1.17.2011

Progress?

I freely admit, my kids don't wear a lot at home. I figure, being naked or semi-naked, is only cute (and socially acceptable) for a short period; might as well let them enjoy it.
B was running around nakers tonight, and kindly let me know I'd left the hall closet ajar by bringing out & waving around a couple diapers. She likes to play with cloth; don't know why, but it's easier to clean up than crayons & shredded paper so, whatever.
As I sat at my computer, I heard an ever-so-familiar tinkling sound, and looked up to see B studying the growing puddle at her feet. She then threw the prefold (diaper) she was carrying to the ground, and bent down to wipe it up.
I don't know whether to laugh, be annoyed, or be impressed....*sigh*

1.12.2011

Tricksy Toddlerses

It was about an hour or so after supper, and I was sitting on the couch while J & B played. J  ran off to his room, and B suddenly decided she needed something. Her vocabulary is still pretty limited, so her "asking" consists of her pointing and whining. She was pointed and whining at the hanging fruit baskets very insistently, so I picked her up and held her near. To my surprise, she didn't want a banana (her usual fruit of choice); she was demanding an apple. Fine with me. I cut one up, put it in a bowl, and set it on the coffee table. She began wailing.
I followed her into the kitchen, where she stood sobbing, and pointing at the cabinets. I took a guess, and put a spoonful of peanut butter in the bowl with the apples. One of J's favorite snacks lately has been apples and peanut butter, and apparently she approves as well.
I left her happily at the coffee table with her snack, and went to go check on J. I returned to find a peanut butter-smeared toddler and a bowl full of apple slices.
All she wanted was the peanut butter.