SOME TRIVIAS OF THE WEEK

Another Wednesday

It was a nice and adventurous journey last Wednesday for us with Kai. He was so energetic the whole day. He caught a ladybug and was so excited about it. At the park he shared the bug with his other "Grandpa Stu and Grandma Joyce." It was the first thing that he showed me when they arrived home. "Umpha I need a glass to put my ladybug! Ever since he started picking bugs, spiders etc., we always provide him with a jar.

The day went fast...

I prepared some potato fries to go with julienne cut Polish Sausage. He as at the table when I remember that the other day I had bought some small anchovies that I intended to deep fry them crispy for him. I showed him the "small fish" and he got excited. "Let's cook it..I like small crispy fish!" Since the oil was still hot there was no problem. Except that he wants to help cook it. "Let me help you." "I am a big boy now." After I had seasoned and floured the anchovies, he wants to sit on the high chair and to help me drop the fish into the hot oil. I usually drop the whole thing into the oil all at once. Since he was helping me...he was dropping one fish at the time, I have to watch him carefully so he won't get burned. He was very careful! He knows that the oil is hot and it will ouch him. He did not bother with the crab I am eating but concentrated with the "crispy small fish." "look Umpha. I ate the head...I like it...it is crispy." He ate the sausages and fries too with a chocolate bon-bon with nuts inside...he thought it was macadamia nut. I said to Umma..."his Mom will have an attack of hemorrhoid if she saw what her son is eating... crispy anchovies."

While we were in the living room, I noticed that he was holding his crotch all the time. I asked him it he wants to go pee..."not yet" that was the answer. About fifteen minutes passed by when he announced that he is going to pee. He dashed to the toilet, lowered his pants and pee. When he was done, I said pull your pants up. "You do it my hands is dirty." "I have to wash my hands" A rendition of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" was in the air once more until he was done washing.

He played with Nallie for a while. He gathered all of Nallie's toys and would throw them..."fetch Nallie." Nallie got tired after a while and wouldn't fetch anymore. So what's next...? I went to the living room thinking that he would follow me...No way Jose! The first I heard was a very loud and long "UMPHAAAAAA! When I came to see him, he had a red paint container in his hands. "It's time to paint!" "I need some papers" I love red paint, it my favorite color." I pulled out one of the Masonite board and we did some painting. He started to like to mix paints. This was where I have to control him...telling him that mixing all colors will become black and since we already have black paint in the container we don't need to do that. He is still very fussy having paint on his hands. I wonder when he goes to kindergarten and they have finger painting...will he do it. His teacher, whoever it might be will have to be told about it...or else the teacher will hear "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" the whole day. So we painted until his Mom came.

We did not have any trouble when it was time to go home. He first went to the dinning room, picked up the box of FERRERO ROCHER, opened and it took one and told his Mommie that he will take it home with him. By the way, he opened that box all by himself. When I gave him the box, he looked at it and tried to open it. He knows that the gold band had to be removed first..."wait I will get a scissor." I finally persuaded him that I will show him how to open it without a scissor. I showed him the open end of the band and I started to pull it. "give it, I will do it! I am a big boy now!" So he opened it all by himself, helped himself to one of the bon-bon, opened the wrapper and started eating it. He was sort of surprised when he saw the nut, actually a filbert and not a macadamia as he thought.

That was our Wednesday with him.