Ivan and his favorite blanket on the bouncer
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Ivan found his sister’s shades
Cookie Monster Teamwork
A bubble morning at Blau Haus
Eric and I agree that yesterday’s cutest moment at our house was when Ezri was making play dough cookies and giving them to Ivan. Ivan was taking them over to feed them to a plastic Cookie Monster toy. Ivan would make Cookie Monster’s mouth move and say, “nom nom nom.”
Animal Noises
Ivan used to think all animals with hooves said, “Ee Oh!” which is his attempt at “hee-haw.”
Recently, he has learned horses neigh and goats say maa.
Though he still makes mistakes. He’s learned dinosaurs roar. He smiled and pointed at a picture of a salamander on his dad’s shirt and said, “ROAR!” There is a rubber frog bath toy that also does a most dramatic “ROAR! ROAR!” in Ivan’s hands. Any amphibian or lizard seems to roar in Ivan’s mind.
It is harder to take his photo lately, since he really wants to push the buttons on the camera any time it is out.
Baby’s First Downhill Sledride
Meghan and Ezri took Ivan on his first downhill sled ride.
He is now a fan of sleds. He will point at them and say, “wheee.”
Here he is cheering his sister down the hill.
Ivan speaks
Car seats in cars are no fun. In the house, they are awesome good times.
Ivan’s vocabulary is expanding daily. Here are a smattering of the words he says routinely.
Tah-Doo – Touch Down (it comes with hand motions that make it clearer)
Boe-bee – Brobee
Muno – Muno
Bee-sah – Pizza
Wa-uh – Water
MM-uh-mmm-mmm do do – Mahna Mahna Do do do do DO! (He likes to make the Mm-uh-mmm sounds and then have you do the other part.)
Lala – Elmo (still prominent in our lives)
Grogah – Grover
Gookie – Cookie (either the monster or the food or a cereal bar which is, if we are honest, a big cookie)
Baba – Yo Gabba gabba
Bah-bah – Please sing bah bah black sheep
Yogah – Yogurt
(One morning I entered his room and said, “Good morning, Ivan” He smiled stood up and said, “Yogah.” Alrighty, breakfast time)
Ti-Tah Ti-Tah Coo-coo – This is him requesting to do Tick-Tock a game where you sway back and forth saying, “Tick Tock Tick Tock Ivan’s a little cuckoo clock. It’s almost one o’clock.” Then lift him up and say, “Cuckoo!” Sometimes, he gets to do his tick tocks upside down.
Wheee – The noise a slide makes. Also, the noise he made while watching Ezri sled down a hill with friends.
CAH! – Car
DOH!- Door
Bah – Ball
Bah – Bowl
Moo – Cow
Meow – Cat
Maa – Goat
Bee-bo – any kind of button – elevator, phone, belly, jacket
Daddy
Mama
Boo – ghost or anything that looks vaguely like a ghost
Boo – boots
Boo – poo
Nack – snack
Nee-ah – banana
Bap-uhl – Apple
Woe-Woe – Roll Roll (sugar babies)
yeah – yeah, yes, affirmative
Baby’s First Snowman
There was a sibling dispute about whether the snowman’s face should stay on or not, but we had fun building them. Ivan was on the side of faces are for removal. Ivan was the one who added the nose – and then removed it and then tried to add again only to have it fall off and then planted it on top of the snowman in his scalp.
Ivan drinks
Ivan now feeds himself yogurt and here he is trying to master drinking from a tumbler instead of a sippy cup.
He’s very proud.
He’s also got a pretty wet shirt.
Mixed Media Artwork
The artist creates a mixed media piece using washable marker and drool. Ezri drew the yellow oval, but Ivan filled it in. So, it’s a collaborative piece.
Ivan now has all 16 teeth without his 2 year molars poking through. The canines have emerged and brought with them drool and some urge to chew.
Ivan has also declared himself done with his high chair. He will sit at the table in a chair like the rest of us. Any attempt to put him in the high chair will results in kicking legs and “no-no-no-no” from Ivan. We’ve moved the high chair to the porch.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Ivan loves markers. I don’t think Ezri had access until older, but this is one of the perks of having a big sister. He is definitely right handed and very skilled at keeping the marks on his paper for his age. He scribbles with one color then puts it down tries to put on the cap and requests another color from the box.