We were watching some of Nelson Mandela's world-wide birthday party, and Queen comes on and begins with "We will, we will rock you" (OK, so I don't know the real title to that song). Next thing we hear is Cade singing clear as day, and I swear he was on key, "we will, we will rock you." This is not what you expect to hear from a two-year old's mouth. It was simply adorable.
This was on the heels of Blues on the Green with his Aunt Sally & cousin Parker. Cade & Parker boogied down to Marcia Ball. Parker has her own special groove that actually could be considered dancing, whereas Cade's more likely to be seen jumping up and down making gutteral noises of joy. Together they were a total riot. Here's a link to the video on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYbRvf2bm64
Monday, June 30, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Lots of firsts
So much fun in so little time! Cade experienced two firsts yesterday...chewing gum and making 'big bubbles' all by himself. The video below is of his bubble experience plus some short bonus footage of him at the water park. Notice it still seems he's going to be a lefty.
Re: the gum, this was daddy's idea. I'm of the philosophy that you don't give a two-year-old gum, however I'm so used to hearing, to paraphrase, 'butt-out, this is daddy time' that I didn't signal an alarm. Cade had the pleasure of three different chewing occasions. The first two went without a hitch, with us constantly reminding him to chew and not swallow. The third time must've been pushing our luck, because the irresistible urge to swallow the gum like every other food item he puts in his mouth surpassed our caution of 'it'll give you a tummy ache'. GULP!
Ironically, the next morning (today), Cade awoke complaining of a tummy ache. After much mental gymnastics on my part about whether a two-year-old could really develop psychosomatic symptoms, he actually vomited, resting his case that he did, in fact, have a tummy ache. Prior to this, whilest believing we scared the tar out of him by telling him he was destined for a tummy ache since he swallowed the gum, I tried to easy his anxiety (did he really have any?!) by telling him next time he 'doodied', the gum would be expelled and thus any worry of tummy ache gone.
So for the second half of the day I was charmed with 'gum out tummy doodie' as he proudly proclaimed his accomplishment. I'm not sure who's the smarter one in this relationship.
Re: the gum, this was daddy's idea. I'm of the philosophy that you don't give a two-year-old gum, however I'm so used to hearing, to paraphrase, 'butt-out, this is daddy time' that I didn't signal an alarm. Cade had the pleasure of three different chewing occasions. The first two went without a hitch, with us constantly reminding him to chew and not swallow. The third time must've been pushing our luck, because the irresistible urge to swallow the gum like every other food item he puts in his mouth surpassed our caution of 'it'll give you a tummy ache'. GULP!
Ironically, the next morning (today), Cade awoke complaining of a tummy ache. After much mental gymnastics on my part about whether a two-year-old could really develop psychosomatic symptoms, he actually vomited, resting his case that he did, in fact, have a tummy ache. Prior to this, whilest believing we scared the tar out of him by telling him he was destined for a tummy ache since he swallowed the gum, I tried to easy his anxiety (did he really have any?!) by telling him next time he 'doodied', the gum would be expelled and thus any worry of tummy ache gone.
So for the second half of the day I was charmed with 'gum out tummy doodie' as he proudly proclaimed his accomplishment. I'm not sure who's the smarter one in this relationship.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Skype is cool!
We had very special friends move to Colorado last week. After much complaining to God on my part, I finally reconciled myself to joy for their opportunities and moved on to use my energy productively...like plying them with junk food and monopolizing their last moments here as much as possible.
Anyway, tonight was our first family Skype talk with them. It was great! It helped make them not feel quite so far away, and Cade was thrilled to see his Mattew, Tammy, Ackee, Banen, and Ben again. As a matter of fact, he wasn't quite satisfied with the Skype experience, and kept asking to visit them at 'home'. Nonetheless, it is amazing to me that we have the real chance of keeping this relationship vibrant and close through such online technology. Cade doesn't have to grow up without them, he'll just have to learn the new way of visiting with them.
We're going to have to figure out how to make Hot Wheels & tickles work via internet. That's going to require some creativity.
Anyway, tonight was our first family Skype talk with them. It was great! It helped make them not feel quite so far away, and Cade was thrilled to see his Mattew, Tammy, Ackee, Banen, and Ben again. As a matter of fact, he wasn't quite satisfied with the Skype experience, and kept asking to visit them at 'home'. Nonetheless, it is amazing to me that we have the real chance of keeping this relationship vibrant and close through such online technology. Cade doesn't have to grow up without them, he'll just have to learn the new way of visiting with them.
We're going to have to figure out how to make Hot Wheels & tickles work via internet. That's going to require some creativity.
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