It's Starting Already, Part III

Yesterday, Edy was waiting to use the toilet as I was finishing. As I turned around to wash my hands, she says to me, "Daddy, you didn't put the toilet seat down when you were done".

So I asked her "Why is it my job to put the seat down, you are the person who has to use the toilet with the seat down. Shouldn't you be the person to put it down to use the potty?"

She replies, "No, it's your responsibility to put the seat down. If you don't put it down, I might fall in when I use the toilet."

"But you also won't fall in if *you* put the seat down before you use the toilet."

With exasperation and eye rolling, "Daddy, it's your responsibility."

Which is exactly the argument I have had with my wife for the past 13 years.

Edison bedtime discussions

When Edison doesn't want to go to sleep, but knows he's supposed to be quiet, he whispers,

"Daddy, I want to tell you something."

"One thing Edison, then be still and quiet and close your eyes."

Then he says/yells in an excited, loud stage whisper, "I love you!". It is very sweet and cute and heartwarming.

Instead, tonight he tells me "I love elephants, they are big and they walk very slow and have really big poops!"

So much for sweetness.

Avant-Garde Art...

or just white trash entertainment? It's so hard to tell sometimes.

I'm imagining this is what that artist in The Big Lebowski did in her early years.

It was 50 degrees and sunny in Seattle yesterday, which for Edy is bathing suit weather, unless you don't have one handy, then it's just time to strip down to your underwear.

Budding Musicians

We went to an open house for the Seattle Symphony Children's Music classes a few weekends ago. They have an instrument "petting zoo" where the kids call try playing lots if different kinds. Edy and Edison both like the violins, and Edy was really getting into the horns. She played the trumpet, french horn, and trombone.

Ed tried the trombone once, but I think it was a little too loud for him. Too bad because he really likes making that slpppppbbbbbbt noise with his lips even when he doesn't have them on a horn

Mindblowing Science

Edy received a science experiment kit for Christmas, mainly consisting of baking soda, citric acid and some powdered colorant for experimenting with acids and bases, and creating CO2 bubbles when you mix them together.

We performed the color changing volcano and underwater volcano experiments this weekend. When we are done with the ones in the box, Edy designs her own versions, which usually consist of mixing various things together and seeing what happens. The last pic is our "science orange" that we mixed into our color changing volcano. It actually did register a reddish color change, which identified that orange juice is an acid.

She really enjoys it and she is retaining a lot of the science behind it. She is the one that told me the orange juice was an acid based on the color. That's mind blowing!

Hide and Seek

In the bathroom with Mom and Dads robes. Note the big boy underwear.

Just Chillin'

Still in November.

School Science Fair

Still posting from back in October. Edy's school has a science bent, so one of their fundraising activities is a fair with science themed exhibits and games. They had snail races and chickens to feed in addition to oscilloscopes and microscopes.

Me and My Boy

At the park, still from back in October. We look so much alike!

With the Big Boys

We were at Jane Addams (Edy's school) playground, and Edison spotted a soccer ball and went for it. They let him kick it around with them and somehow he managed not to get hit in the head. Yes, that's him on the left.

Artwork by Edy

Edy and Edison really like drawing on a whiteboard I brought home from my last job. I thought this one from Nov was pretty cool.

Daddy / Daughter Trip to the ID

Unfortunately, we missed the fortune cookie store closing by 10
minutes. We took the bus downtown, found a cool play structure In Westlake Plaza that I didn't know existed, and brought home Chinese food for dinner.

Edison having fun on the window.

I don't know who taught him that.

Crazy Cakelettes!

Time to catch up on posting!

For the first half of the school year, Edy was taking a class on cake decorating. She already passed the class on cake eating, though she used those skills in this class too. Here are some samples of her work.

Look What I Did!

Edison is sleeping in his big boy bed for the first time tonight. He called from his crib last night at 2:30 because he had to go to the potty, and couldn't get out of his crib to go.

We also decided to start putting them in bed at the same time since Edison was staying up until Edy's bedtime anyway.

To avoid going back and fourth between their beds on the opposite sides of the room, I had the bright idea to put them to sleep within sight of each other.

Edy was great, Edison was very excited. Bedtime is at 8, she went to sleep about 8:10. He stayed up until 8:40 looking around at his new digs.

We'll see if this works or was a just dumb luck this time.