Wonderful Weekend

What a great weekend Jerry, Truman, Morrie and I spent together. On Saturday morning Truman slept in until 7:05am (aren't we lucky?), we then headed down to St. Lawrence Market to have breakfast and buy some goodies. Saturday afternoon we continued with our house hunt (we'll see if we're successful this week). Later we headed to the Thornton's to kick start the impending summer BBQ season.

The children had a fabulous time running around, climbing up and down the stairs (and up and down again - surprising no one fell off) and playing with one another. There were a few disputes with the ownership of some toys - but they quickly worked it out. Christine I think is ready to babysit and loved giving Troy lots of attention. Christine did tell me as we were leaving that she is ready to have another brother or sister...she already makes an excellent big sister to Dash.

Sunday we took Truman to his last gymnastics class where we recapped everything we learned over the previous eight weeks. We're still working on the head-stand, and maybe next semester Truman will be able to do it!! After class we went to our favourite breakfast place Steve's restaurant with the Starkman's and Perlin's. Truman and Jake have been going since they were about a week old. We're positive Steve makes the best grilled cheese sandwich in the city!

Later that afternoon, Nanny and Oopa came over for dinner - Truman was very excited to see them. We had a lovely BBQ and ate our dinner on the deck. We're looking forward to more meals outside.....I just hope that this weather keeps up.

I also wanted to congratulate my husband on getting a hole in one during his annual golf trip! My very own Tiger Topolski!!

Parent Teacher Meeting

Our boy is becoming quite demanding...look at his face in this picture. He was asking me to "open it" and he meant business!

On Saturday night Misty babysat for us while Jerry and I went to a wedding. Truman had spilled a little milk on the floor, he told Misty "clean up" and went into the bathroom to get some tissue, he came back to the living room, wiped up the milk, and then threw the tissue into the garbage. Like father like son!

Yesterday Jerry and I had our second parent-teacher meeting at Truman's day care. The first since he has moved to the Toddler Room. I was curious about his development and his relationships with the other kids. From what we were told he is very concerned about the other children and loves to give all of them hugs. His gross motor skills are advanced for his age (although I am surprised about this, and never noticed...bad mommy). His verbal skills are expanding every day and overall he is eager to learn. He loves circle time and and also enjoys using scissors (interesting). He likes to sing himself to sleep at nap time, and if a song comes on that he knows he will sing along. He also entertains his friends at lunch time by singing to them. Too cute! I guess we will have to continue with our music classes!

I was also curious if Truman was eating meat at day care. I always assumed he was since none of the teachers brought it to my attention. I have been a little concerned especially since the time I was feeding him chicken noodle soup and he took the chicken out of his mouth and declared "no chicken". I am relieved to hear that yesterday he ate two servings of sausage and today he ate five chicken nuggets. Hmmm....I wonder if it's my cooking?

Below is a picture of Truman's new favourite thing to do around the house. He loves to take the pillows off the couch and asks me to lay down so that we can play "sleeping". Too bad the game lasts only a minute at the most, especially on those days when I wasn't able to grab a second cup of coffee.

Where does the time go?

It's May and spring has finally sprung. We put away all the winter coats, hats, and mitts. We have started to spend more time outdoors. Truman and I have enjoyed being pulled by daddy around the neighbourhood in his red wagon. It is quite a site, but Truman won't sit in the wagon unless I am there with him, and I have to indulge him, especially after he'll say "Momma, sit down".

Truman has started to say more and more two word sentences, and the occasional three word sentence. He also enjoys singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" as well as a few other popular children's songs. I am so proud of him.

Truman is enjoying being in the Toddler Room at day care, especially now that his two friends, Brendon and Jake from the Infant Room have joined him. When I pick Truman up from school he has me sit down and read a few books to him and his friends. It has been the routine for the last week and today when I came through the door two of the kids had their books ready! Isn't that a pip?