Bump!

So one of the secondary benefits of Theo's helmet is that it keeps his head protected from the normal bumps associated with being a ten-month-old who wants to move (not quite on the move yet!). One night when he had his helmet off he bumped his head on the dishwasher. Right away it was obvious that he was very startled by the bump on an area of his head he hadn't felt bumps before. He then started to bump his head against the dishwasher intentionally to see if it would feel the same way again. It was really hilarious. After Charles and I realized what was happening, I ran to get the camera. Since it had been a minute of bumping he wasn't doing it so hard as the original couple of bumps(hopefully a sign of intelligence!). Here is the result!

Book Reading Gone Bad Oops!

I don't know if anyone else will find this video as funny as I do, but I thought I would post it anyway. Here is a video of Jack reading one of Theo's favourite books to him - Red Hat, Blue Hat, Oops written by Sandra Boynton. First, it seems as though Jack is reading it to the National Hearing Impaired Society as you will see by his yelling. Second, it might be that Jack is also reading to the National Colour Blind Society by the way he messes up his colours (which he doesn't do often, but I will keep a watch on him given the challenges of his father!). Third, it looks as if Jack is also reading to the National Language Translation Society in how he says trousers instead of pants. The book actually says pants; he is translating for Theo's sake!. Fourth, based on Theo's enthusiasm throughout the distractions listed above, you would think Theo might be the founding member of the The National Oblivion Society. Theo looks like he is truly enjoying the book reading, especially the 'oops'. After taking this video, my main thought was 'Oops, why did I decide to video that?' Hope you enjoy.

Stacking Cars

Theo had a lot of fun stacking cars (well really knocking them down) the other day. Hope you enjoy this video. He is at a really fun age.

Fun with Grandma and Papa

So as I mentioned before we had a great time with Charles's parents visiting. The boys loved having them around. Here are a couple of pictures from their visit. Enjoy.

Bow Tie

I was playing a made-up dice rolling game with Jack the other day. It has become one of his favourite. He has just gotten the concept down - the one who rolls the highest number gets the dice and the other person's dice as well. We have an odd number of dice so on the last roll, the winner gets the other person's dice and the last dice as a 'bonus'. Jack has been very interested in this concept of 'bonus', realizing that it is a more significant roll because you end up with three dice instead of two. Another thing this game has taught him is about ties - when we both roll the same number. He loves it when we have a tie and have to roll again. It is a very simple game, but it has started to teach him some fun new things. Needless to say, you can imagine we play it a lot right now. Well, yesterday before church we were playing it and he started to explain to me at the end that this was the special roll where we get the extra dice if we win. He finished, and then said, when this happens it is called a Bow-tie. It seems he has gotten BOnus and a Tie a bit confused.