sam is...

...loving his blue bear. every superhero needs a sidekick, afterall.

...loving his cheese. we bought him snack cheese sticks. he likes them cut up into little chunks. if you say "cheese" sometimes he will follow with "please" (but it sounds more like "pees").

...is also loving golden grahams.

...climbing into the rocking chair on his own now (as you can see in the videos). this is pretty neat, except for the fact that he can be a little overzealous about rocking. he fell over backwards this morning and gave himself a scare, and a little bonk on the beezer.

...has a good scrape on his nose and forehead, with a matching bruise. apparently he had a tumble at daycare this past wednesday. he's taking this toddler thing very seriously.

i'm obsessed

with taking videos of sam.

friday

is the day of the event. i'm working on plucking up the courage to shmooze and promote my freelance biz. thinking i might just do an iron-on for my shirt that says "got graphics?" and has my logo on it.

wars of independence

i knew this was bound to happen eventually, but when sam launched into an all-out-lying-down-on-the-floor-in-a-public-place tantrum yesterday at the store, i was a bit taken by surprise. i mean, i know he was pretty tired, but it's really unlike sam to be quite that dramatic in public, so when we had a struggle over him putting on his own shoes (he really just lightly sets the shoe on his toes, and it's usually the wrong foot for the shoe he's holding, so if he really could put on his shoes, i would've let him do it), i didn't expect it to erupt into a complete breakdown. usually when he has his "moments", i just let him lie down on the floor and get it out. so i did. and i laughed. he looked so silly.

eventually i got tired of waiting for him to finish, so i scooped him up and we left, but i think i'm in for it, because had i not picked him up, he looked like he could've gone on for quite some time.

this boy knows what he wants, and when he wants to do it himself, everyone better get out of the way or suffer the consequences.

easter

hope everyone had as nice an easter sunday as we did.

ours was grand. hope to do it again next year.

ps - sam did a great job of observing the whole balloon blowing operation. i think he'll be joining the crew shortly. as soon as he can keep a hold on the strings, that is.

pps - mom still makes the best blueberry pies EVER. thanks for the pie mom!

new discoveries

today we discovered:

• sam loves the playground at the library. especially the part that is just his size. and the little slide on the little part that is just his size. and the fact that they have that squishy turfy stuff where when he falls down and smushes his face on the ground, it totally doesn't bother him at all. awesome.
• there is a little, 5-year-old boy named edward who lives down the street. he crossed the street just to say hi to sam when we were out walking this afternoon. he wanted to hold him. and then as we went back home for naps, he yelled after us "i love you, baby!" it was a little cute and a little weird.
• sam is getting molars. three molars have begun to break the surface of his little gums. i believe this is one of the reasons he's been waking up in the wee, early hours of the morning and yelling. i'm hoping the molars will make it quick so that we can get back to the "i like sleeping soundly until seven o'clock" boy.

video evidence

of sammy showing off some of his skills.