Kellan latest

Kellan did great (was very quiet) at Craig's wedding ceremony yesterday. The ceremony itself was in a little bamboo forest so it was a bit of a hike to get there. He walked some and mostly got carried. He seemed to enjoy being outside and watching all of the people.

This morning he showed me a cut on his finger and said, "ouchie."

He also points to the faucet in the bathtub and says, "aaacheee," which is hot in baby Japanese.

He likes to go and get my shoes from the genkan and bring them to me.

He's saying "hai," (yes or here you are) a lot these days and starting to bow his head to people, usually when they're bowing their heads at him and saying thank you.

This morning he grabbed the shorts Jolon was trying to put on and WOULD NOT give them back...He was squealing so hard when I tried to take them, that I ended up giving up and convincing Jolon to just put on another pair. A little later, I saw him carefully trying to put the shorts on himself.

Groom's cake

Thanks to a good decorator's icing recipe and advice from Cristie and Mom, the card cake for Craig's wedding party turned out well I think. I used my friend, Jackie's chocolate sponge cake recipe and people said it tasted good too. One of Craig's hobbies is playing poker so as per the Southern tradition of making a groom's cake to honor something about the groom, I made a playing card. 8 is his lucky number.

Italian Restaurant

A new small Italian place opened across the street and we've been saying we're going to go for weeks. Sunday night we finally plucked up the courage to do a nice meal out with the boys. We carried Jolon's yellow high chair over and got one of the tables outside. It looked like a poor decision when the salad came out...neither boys were interested in the greens but the sight of food reminded them that they were hungry. Kellan started wailing and trying to stand up in his chair and Jolon was getting alarmingly more and more bored. I took Kellan for a short walk while Jan tried to come up with another game that could be played at the table. But from when the first pizza arrived until the last pasta came, both boys thoroughly enjoyed the food as well as the atmosphere. Kellan insisted on using a (BIG) fork and Jolon paid the bill all by himself. Food was good and not too expensive. Definitely a successful evening out.

Jolon cooking

Jolon was home sick today with a fever. With medicine, he felt good enough to do several things around the house. We painted some old milk cartons. We played house in his room. We made some almond cookies. He even helped with dinner. Here are a couple pictures of him using a garlic press for the first time. He did a good job cutting the cucumbers as well.

Kellan-bath

Tonight in the bath, I was picking up some little characters (Anpanman, Shokopanman, and Curry Panman) and bending them over to bow at Kellan and then having them say, "Hello, Kellan." He loved it. Pretty soon, he was picking them up himself and turning them over so they bowed, and saying "hi!"

He also said, "Deta," and then looked down and peed. So he told me before he even did it!

Jolon park

This afternoon at home I sang the boys a silly song and did a crazy dance. They loved it and Jolon insisted I do it several times before his nap. Kellan clapped his little hands with delight throughout the whole thing. So this evening in the park, I decided to show Jan how funny it was and how much the boys had enjoyed it. As I started jumping and dancing around, Jolon said, "hurry up Mommy before my friends come over here." Only 3 and already I'm embarrassing him!!

Jolon-shoes

Jan and Jolon were reading a book yesterday.

Jolon: Look, Daddy! Are those shoes?
Jan: yes.
Jolon: He's wearing shoes in the house!
Jan: Sure, in England people wear shoes in the house. In America too. Grandpa wore shoes in the house, remember?
Jolon: (looking horrified) NO he didn't!