Author: Shane

Evelyn’s Mittens

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Over the summer, Evelyn asked me to knit her some new mittens. When we were on vacation, we stopped into My Sister Knits in Fort Collins, and Evelyn picked out some super pretty (and super on sale!) yarn.

Our original plan was to put flip-over mitten hoods on them like my gloves, but they came out really nice. Evelyn was so happy with them, she decided to keep them as-is so she could wear them inside!

It’s been a while since I’ve had a knitting project, and it was nice getting back into it. It is certainly is much nicer to make things for people when they really like them!

Quote Monday gets distracted

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::Meg telling a long story::
Ollie: Wait, what did you say?”
Me: “Well, it was a pretty long story…”
Ollie: “Sorry, I was just thinking about how Spiderman has a better mask than Batman because it covers his whole face.”

::Getting ready for school::
Me: “So…why are you wearing a cape today?”
Evelyn: “Because I feel like it.”

Me: “I heard you woke up in the middle of the night?”
Alex: “Well, in the night my body was full of sleep, so I woke up and never went to sleep again!”

“I have to go somewhere!!” – Alex, urgently, everytime he has to go to the bathroom. It *could* be anywhere, but it turns out, it’s always to the bathroom.

I guess that’s a kind of drive by?

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Yesterday when I was walking home from work, I noticed a guy walking quickly toward me from the opposite direction. He seemed to be looking at me and slightly angling toward me, things that I now associate with getting mugged.

“Oh my god, that guy is going to mug me,” I thought, trying to remain calm looking on the outside while in actuality planning 15 escape routes in my mind.

Just as he was passing me (and about a millisecond before I leapt into traffic to avoid him), he kind of…aggressively farted at me.

Not really on me, per say, because he didn’t turn to angle it toward me, it was more of a farting next to me I guess? But there’s no way it was a coincidence because he clearly angled to be closer to me. He could have done it at any time before or after me, but instead he did it right next to me (and there were multiples!)

So, uh…

I don’t know, in that moment I was mostly so relieved that I wasn’t getting mugged that to be honest I was almost happy about the whole thing.

Big Boy

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I haven’t done one of these Alex updates in a long time, but it seems like there have been so many milestones lately that I’m definitely in need of one!

The most exciting thing is that Alex is now completely diaper free! He has always been really good about potty training and staying dry, so we thought we’d give the overnight thing a chance. Right away, the first night, he was dry! He has had a few wet nights, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he had a few more, but he’s got a 4 day streak going as of me writing this! (But unfortunately broke it before publishing this. Still!)

This corresponded with us upgrading his crib to a “big boy bed”, so all in all I think he’s just really feeling like a big boy lately.

Additionally, we have started reading chapter books at bedtime, and he really enjoys them. So far we have read, “My Father’s Dragon”, “The Dragons of Blueland”, “Little House in the Big Woods” (at least twice, because Sara and I both read it to him, possibly three times if Vania read it!), “The Boxcar Children”, and we are currently reading, “The Fantastic Mr. Fox”.

He has also been drawing and “writing” a lot. Sometimes I can even tell what he’s drawing! For example, I give you “a person”:

Finally, one thing we’ve really noticed lately is that Alex just wants to have friends. He plays SO NICELY with other kids now! And really has a blast. Because of this, he is fiiiiinally starting to warm to the idea of going to school. He has previously taken the adamant stance that he will NOT be attending school next year, but now that he’s starting to realize how much fun it is to go to a toy-filled room to play with a bunch of friends, he’s rethinking that.

Alex, in preschool. CAN YOU IMAGINE??

Quote Monday is a crazy old thing

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Me: “You’re not treating that very nice.”
Alex: “No, Ollie does this.”
Me: “Ollie does a lot of things, that doesn’t mean you should do them.”
Alex: “No, I’m just showing Ollie what he SHOULDN’T do!”

Alex: “Why is it silent?”
Me: “Sometimes it’s like that. I like it. I like it to be silent.”
Alex: “I don’t. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”

This was before he was running in circles swinging a cowbell…

Evelyn: “Next is saint Lucia day, and then Christmas, and then your birthday!”
Alex: “Yeah… I’m still waiting to drive.”

Alex: “This crazy old thing is in my way again!”
Sara: “What crazy old thing?”
Alex: “Ollie.”