Is it reusing or recycling?My apologies for lack of posting during August. We were away for 10 of the days and I worked most of the rest. Aaron continues to be a wonderful little boy. His language skills are unbelievable. I asked him to do something one day and he told me, "I already did it at the office." I was mad at him for something and he put his hand on my arm and, with a concerned voice, said, "Talk to me, mommy. Talk to me." My little therapist in training.
We have embarked on potty training, which has been easier than I'd expected. He will pee in the regular toilet with about 50% accuracy. If he is promised a treat, it goes up to 80%. As far as I can tell, this is better than what most men achieve in a lifetime. When Mike emerged from the bathroom one morning, Aaron asked if he'd peed. When Mike replied in the affirmative, Aaron said, "But there's no candy left!" Here he is after a successful trip to the bathroom.
Mike doesn't get candy after he pees.
We went on a trip to Long Beach Island, NJ, and rented a house for a week. The house was beautiful and one block from the beach. Unfortunately, the ocean was 1/4 mile from where the beach started, so it was a real pain to go back and forth. We did find a little children's beach on the bay side of the island, where there weren't any waves and the water was shallow. There was also a big wooden train for kids to climb on.
This one was the "dining car" where he ordered "salad and chicken."
Overall it was a nice week, although vacationing with a two year old is not relaxing.
Two weeks later, we were off to the beach in Cape May, where some of our friends were staying. Aaron loved being around the other kids, but was too small to do a lot of what they were doing. I explained that the other kids were bigger and he told me he is "bigger and a half." Shows what I know. With Elle and Ciara:
In the Washington Commons, Cape May's pedestrian mall:
At daycare, Aaron has ventured into the world of art, bringing home two pictures in one week.
The hand print one is a classic. I asked him what it was and he said, "elephants."
This second one is a little trickier to work out:
Give up? It's a "snake truck," which is a truck with snakes in it (I didn't know either). I looked at it for a long time and asked him Where are the snakes? To which he responded, "in the back of the truck." I don't get modern art.
Last, but not least, Aaron's name is now legally changed from Nguyen Vu Hoa to Aaron Starr Lovell. Loads of paperwork and about $300 later, the judge okayed it.
