Finding Nemo

Alex got "Finding Nemo" as a Christmas present but until about a month ago he has not really been interested in watching much TV. He now will watch little snippets here and there in between playing. Last week I thought I would give "Finding Nemo" a try and see if Alex would be interested in watching it. HUGE mistake. I about lost my sanity. For those who are not familiar with the movie it starts right off the bat with a large family of fish all being eaten by a shark except for the daddy and one baby, Nemo. Alex came running to the bathroom saying "Mama" over and over again in a worried, winey voice. He was not calling for me, he was asking where the mama fish was. He would not stop repeating it again and again even after I told him that "she is just gone now".

One of the other parts he got worked up about is when Nemo gets stuck in a water filter. Click here to see Alex's background with things getting stuck. He was completely beside him self saying "guck" over and over in the same worried, winey voice. There were plenty of other parts that got him all ruffled up but when Nemo got stuck in the water filter I finally turned it off before I went crazy. I had just endured atleast a 1/2 hour of Alex whining non stop about "mama," "guck," and various other things in the movie.

Now whenever the word fish is mentioned Alex scrunches up his face as he always does when someone is stuck and says "Guck, guck, guck." He doesn't stop until you look at him, scrunch your face, and nod in approval, "Yeah, he's stuck alright . . ."

I think for now we will be sticking to "Baby Signing Time".

Geese

Adam took Alex to the rez last weekend and there were geese all over the grassy part. They walked around chasing the geese for a while and when they got to where the geese were relieving themselves all over the place, Adam stopped and pointed to the poop and explained that the geese were pooping on the grass and that is was "yucky" and that they didn't want to step in it. Every time we talk about the "beach" now Alex says "Beach, beach. Geese, Geese. Ucky, ucky (scrunched face). Poop, poop. Ucky (scrunched face)." It just so happens that his vocabulary lends itself to being able to re-hash this story in as much Alex detail as possible. So naturally he takes every chance he gets to tell the long version of the story.

Birthday

My good friend Ellen helped to make my 26th birthday a special one. She brought over delicious pizza and some wonderful banana split flavored icecream to share. For more details click here to read her post about the evening. Then on Friday night Ellen came over and watched Alex so that Adam and I could go out to dinner and a movie. I am lucky to have such a wonderful friend. Thanks Ellen!

The "Rez"

There is a large reservoir by our place that has a smaller quarantined area that the town of Arlington fills up with reservoir water every year during the summer for the residents of Arlington to swim in. There is sand and it gradually gets deeper. Alex and I went yesterday and got summer passes. It is like a beach so I always refer to it as the beach when I am talking to Alex. But everyone around here calls it the "rez".

Alex was very excited to get some new flip flops today to wear on our adventures to the rez. When we got in the car after buying them Alex wanted to hold the flip flops. But that wasn't enough, during our 10 minute drive home Alex whined until I took the tag and string that attached the two sandals together off and by the time we arrived home Alex had taken both of his shoes and one sock off and was trying to get one of the flip flops on. The minute we walked in the door, he wanted the flip flops on even though it was well past lunch time. He jumped off my lap after I put them on him, he looked at his feet, and with a huge smile on his face he started running back and forth between the dishwasher and the desk in the living room (only about 15 feet). He ate his lunch in them and then I made him take them off for nap time otherwise I am sure he would have slept in them!

Day Off

Adam had the day off today for the 4th of July weekend. I was insistant that we not spend the day at home. We headed out early for Wingaersheek Beach. Alex was a little skeptical when Adam first took him in the water. Alex just kept saying "Mama". When I met up with them in the water and told Alex that all was fine and coaxed him a little he finally let his guard down and ended up loving it. There were rocks to climb on and warm water baths that had collected around the rocks. The sand was white, the water was clear, and it was just beautiful. Alex especially loved throwing rocks and picking up twigs from the water. He cried when it was time to go.