Boogie

This might seem like a very funny thing to blog about, but I had to share one of Alexander's cute moments. Since the day we brought him home we have tried to make washing his hands and face and blowing his nose a fun thing. I have always felt bad for kids when I see their parents holding them down to get the job done. So, this last week Alexander has developed a runny nose. So every time we need to blow or wipe it we play the boogie game. I pretend like it is all gross (which is it) and Alexander has fun blowing his nose on the tissue and showing it to me, fun right. He LOVES it. Okay so the cute thing was this morning I was sitting at the table working on some stuff and I heard him in our bathroom. I was just getting up to make sure he was not shredding the toilet paper when I saw him walking down the hall with toilet paper blowing his nose. When he saw me looking at him, he held it up and said, "boogie!" Then gave me the tissue and went back to playing with his toys. What a funny kid he is. Most children I know wipe it on their shirt or arm, not mine. He get's toilet paper and cleanly blows his nose and moves on!

My Little Breaker!

If you haven't seen the video on Facebook of Alexander doing the robot, you have to look at the link on the right panel. It still cracks me up to watch it. Also, if you are wondering what else he is doing after he is done with the robot, you might find it funny to know that he is trying to do a handstandish type thing. Usually after he is done with the handstand, he spins on his bottom around the floor. We are pretty sure he is trying to breakdance.

Cookie!!!

As most everyone knows, I have a great friend Mary who lives in Salem. She is one of the most kind hearted people I know. She has helped us out in countless ways. So yesterday we received a care package from her. I had asked her to send me some taco bell sauce and french vanilla cream, but with Mary, it just doesn't seem to stop there. Among other things she sent books and clothes for Alexander, one of my favorite Club crackers, and Oreo's. Alexander has never eaten an Oreo, until today! He really is not much of a sweets kid, he prefers fruit over anything except yogurt. I think Oreo's has now taken #1 on his food list. It's a good thing there is a lock on the food drawer because I truly believe he would go get them anytime I was not looking.

Cleaning on the brain

So I must have spring fever because this morning I went crazy cleaning my bedroom and bathroom. I striped both beds, along with moving and vacuuming underneath our bed, put Alexander's mattress on the porch to get some fresh air, everything got wiped down, or vacuumed up. Alexander also got a summer hair cut. I have just been trimming the top and shaving the sides, but today I felt like it needed to go summer short. So he laid on the counter while I sheered him like a sheep. Then he got a bath with fresh underpants and clean socks. I spent several hours cleaning and organizing, ending with great satisfaction that I got some good cleaning done. Oh and yesterday I organized both our closets. It was nice to go through his clothes and take out the stuff he has grown out of. As far as the pictures, this is him sporting his new look. For some reason he has become camera shy the last few days, so he would only let me take a picture if he was sitting in my lap. So this is sort of a "self portrait" pose. What a ham!

Time out and spoon ball

As most of you know, Josh is very creative. Today he and Alexander were playing his newest creation, spoon ball. They took a ball and two plastic kitchen spoons and hit the ball around the apartment for about 15-20 minutes, all the while Alexander was laughing histarically (as you can see in the picture). He loved the game and I am sure it will be played again.

So right now we primarily use time outs to deal with Alexander's fits. They seem to work well and he knows he has done something bad when he gets one. At one point today Alexander was trying to play with Josh's computer and he is not allowed to do that unless under supervision. So Josh warned him that if he touched it again he would get a time out. After he said that Alexander walked over to the time out corner and sat down. It made me sad and laugh at the same time. I guess being consistent really does show them something!

Milk never tasted so good!

Today, for the first time in four months, I had fresh milk! I am so excited, and I don't even like milk. Let me explain. When you go to the store to buy milk you find it on a shelf in boxes. It is so pasteurized that you don't need to refrigerate it. We do anyway, especially after it has been opened. I don't drink it really, I put it on my cereal and in my tea and that is it. However, we found out through someone through someone else that a curtain store has fresh milk once in a while. I went there to check it out and found that on Fridays only you can get it. We went there at noon today to find only 4 liters left, so we got all of them. When we got home today I was totally curious as to whether it was like milk I was used to, so I busted one of them open and poured a very small glass. To my surprise and delight, it tasted soooooo good. I don't ever remember milk tasting so light and airy. I am not going to become a milk junky, but we now have a new tradition, Friday mornings I am going to this store and buying all I need for the week!!!