Toddler Talks

Kids really do say the darndest things...

MOMENT: Funny Fellow

#1: Having dinner the other night, out of nowhere, Tavish pipes up excitedly: "it's tomorrow!".  (pause)Tom and I shared a confused glance. Not wanting to immediately quash his enthusiasm, we slowly started to respond "well, honey tomorrow is..." when Tavish interrupted confidently with: "the popsicles are ready!". Huh? (pause again) Oh, the day before, Tavish and I made popsicles together, which understandingly, he wanted to eat right away. I gently told him: "the popsicles will be ready tomorrow". He seemed a bit disappointed, but was overall still keen to make popsicles. So, our toddler was mostly right, the next day was indeed "tomorrow" and we did, in fact, enjoy "tomorrow's" popsicles that night after dinner.

#2: In the car on the way to morning drop off at Tavish's school he says from the backseat: "If something happens to this car, then maybe we can have a convertible. You know, one of those ones with two seats - that two people go in. I can go in the seat that doesn't drive and you can go in the other seat that drives. And Daddy and Keva can go in this car! Or, they can go in a convertible too...well, a different convertible - or ours when we are done." I'll be honest, I was touched that he invited me into his 2 seater convertible (heart melt).

Bucking Baby

We have movement! Sure, it's not graceful, nor conventional - but it is movement. She's off!

MOMENT: Backward Movement is Still Movement

Keva's not a huge fan of tummy time ... so perhaps she'll master a method of movement that is less common? We think the motivation for moving was based in irritation but seems to have evolved to bucking back for simple pleasure ... and perhaps for a change of scenery.

Bear Cave

Daddy decided to introduce the ipod to Tavish with some headphones. Whoa, cool. Even cooler - listening to the ipod in the "bear cave" that Daddy built. It has provided endless indoor construction potential and hosting opportunities.

Hosting Chomper and Keva in his "bear cave"

MOMENT: Getting Cozy

Who needs to build a "fort" when you can have a "bear cave". Tavish loves it and is always keen to invite Keva in to join him. He even built a bear cave around her of her very own. He kept bringing her toys, made sure there was music, and visited her often. Aw.

Keva's own cushiony bear cave

Open Wide

Tavish's came with us to the dentist about a year ago to ride in the chair and look around because the dentist wanted to wait until he was three to take a look. So, off we went for his first 'offical' trip to the dentist... 

 MOMENT: "Ahhhh"

Tavish was well prepared and ready for the dentist. Truthfully, we thought they were going to do a cleaning - so it turns out, he may have been over prepared. Oops. Regardless, he opened up wide and let who ever wanted to look, have a peak!

You'd like to do what?!

Oh, sure - no problem. Ahhhhh...

Treasure chest gift chosen!

RCMP

 

During our last week together before school starts and with Daddy back at work, we headed off to the RCMP stables where the training takes place for the musical ride. We went with some friends and all thought it was pretty neat.

         

MOMENT: Awe-struck

The horses for the musical ride are big and beautiful. Tavish didn't say much about it, but certainly spent some silent time staring in awe at everything he saw and had a huge smile when he had a turn in the saddle.

3 Months

Yup, on August 28th - Keva's 3 month-iversary, she was taken to the doctor for a check up. She's growing so fast ... like 90th percentile fast! She also got her shots. Poor baby, but what a trooper! The party must go on, so we went socializing with big brother Tavish after her appointment and told her tale of woe...

MOMENT: Healthy Babe

Such a wonderful disposition Keva has. There's even a short video taken on her 3 month birthday to support that unbiased (well ... mostly) claim. She's also tall and heavy for her age - all the signs of good health ... and being fed power milk! ha.

In the car seat on our way to see the doctor.

Tall. About 25 inches tall at 3 months.

Heavy. Over 15 pounds heavy. Nearly double her birth weight!

Construction Chaos

There's no denying we've been on shaky ground around here and surrounded by NOISE. (Pardon? I can't hear you over the jackhammer, excavator, dump truck and bulldozer along with the usual  bus traffic outside the door...) However, there is some happiness amid all the dust: toddler occupation. It seems there could be a future construction supervisor in our midst ...

MOMENT: Whatcha doin', Tavish?

Standard answer: "watching 'struction". It's chaos out there, but it's Tavish's happy place. He loves watching the workers do their thing. Truthfully, it has been a blessing in many ways for getting things done (or 'resting' a little longer in bed in the morning), but it will be a pleasure to see these vehicles move onto another construction site. In the meantime, if you need to find Tavish for any reason- check our front window.