First (Official) Haircut

When someone referred to RTR as a cute little girl, I figured it must be time to get him his first official haircut. You'll have to look back at a February post for a reference to his first unofficial haircut. He was surprisingly cooperative for the stylist. Of course, my only frame of reference for this is CSR's first few haircuts, which were riddled with tears, frustration and hair-coated lollipops.

Two Years Ago Today

Two years ago today our trio became a quartet with the arrival of RTR. It's hard to believe he's two years old. He's really blossomed in the past few weeks, adding more and more words to his vocabulary and doing more sign language too. He has so many ways of saying Mama, all communicating his mood and needs--there's the one calling out for me to get him out of his crib, the one that says he's being disappointed, and the tone that says, "Hey, you need to come here NOW." It reminds me of that old radio recording of a man and a woman just saying "Marsha" and "John" back and forth but with different emphasis and emotion.

He also likes showing us his funny side. He's developed quite the sense of humor, figuring out his timing and looking for our reactions. Along with that comes his games of pretend, especially pretending he's a puppy. He crawls on all fours, pants and sticks out his tongue. Pretty charming.

To celebrate his birthday, we had some preschool friends over to play this morning and then tonight went to the Old Spaghetti Factory. We could have gotten his $5 for free if I had signed him up for the OSF's birthday club. I also baked some cupcakes, but didn't get them frosted. I'm sure it will be just as fun to blow out the candles tomorrow. Happy Birthday RTR.

Mother's Day

This is my 6th Mother's Day. I remember the first clearly-- well as clearly as a woman who had just had a baby. I was less than a day into my official entry into motherhood. What nerve I had to ask my husband, who had been running around like a maniac taking care of me and our newborn, is this all I get? In my defense, I was thinking flowers or something like that.

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Happy Birthday

CSR Celebrates his 6th birthday with a few friends and a lake party... complete with a lake cake--his special request. Cheers to you baby boy.

No Way

As each day passes, it seems RTR is speaking new words all the time. The other day he said what we believe to be his version of his brother's name. Now the new phrase sounds like "no way." As in, "R~, it's bed time." His response, "No way." He was also taking great pleasure in giving his brother the ol' run around. The video explains it.

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