Dentist

Corin had his first cleaning the other day. He actually let me put him on the table and allowed himself to be drawn into the cartoons and headphones. He went from a death grip wrapped around my entire forearm trying to pull himself from the table to gently holding my hand down by his hip. They got everything cleaned. We have to watch his molars - they're very ridged, like mine and will hold on to anything he puts in his mouth. If we can keep them clean, no biggie. If we can't, he might get cavities back there, like I did.

So far, looks like both kids have my teeth and not daddy's. Let's hope that holds!

It's hard being two

Mostly because it's really hard to only stick up two fingers when people ask you how old you are. Usually he has to ask me for help and I fold his fingers over and catch them with his thumb. When he tries to do it on his own, he uses one hand to mimic that motion - folding fingers over and trying to get the thumb down in time to catch them and keep from them popping back up. He's successfully done it on his own one time. Luckily I had my camera.

He's on the right track

We were wandering around the Y. Ryanne wanted water. I suggested the fountain. Ryanne started to throw a fit about wanting water in the bottle, not the fountain. Corin looks at her, "Sewiouswy, Ryanne? Sewiouswy?"

Thank you Grey's Anatomy for that piece of vocabulary that I have now passed down to my son... Oops.

Lessons learned

1) Corin is apparently allergic to fire ants. At least, that's what I think made him start breaking out in hives on his trunk about 30 minutes after he was bitten on his hands.

2) Corin (thankfully) is one of the many that gets REALLY sleepy when given Benadryl.

These are not lessons that I was really looking forward to learning...

But daddy's in Texas...

We're in CT visiting Auntie C and Uncle L and their new bebes...

Today, we were driving down the road.
C: "Mama, geek!"
M: "Geek?"
C: "Geek on da wa-da"
M: "Geek on the water? Oh, wait, geese? You see geese?"
C: "No! Geek! Geek on da wada"
M: "Goose, you see one goose. Or lots of geese. Not geek. Geese."
C: "Geek, mama. I see geek."
M: "Alrighty, then, but I promise daddy's not here."
C: "Daddy in Aus-in. I see geek."