We took Charlie to see a show at Glen Echo the other day and he had excepted puppets but it was with actors. Afterwards he said “I need those puppet shows. Now.”
Teddy is in love with these puppets and a tube of sunscreen. He will not let them out of his hands and refuses to have any sunscreen put on his face unless he is holding the other tube. He is also really into climbing into the newspaper basket.
I tried on a white full-skirted dress in a little store and Charlie got excited yelling “Mommy in a tutu!! Dance!!” Needless to say I didn’t get it.
Yesterday at the pool Charlie told me “You are the best mommy!” Then last night as I was putting him to bed, he said “I like you.”
Despite doing half of it by myself, despite the tears, some shouting from the back seat, and bot T & C throwing up in the car, the drive home from Vineyard was really easy.
Tonight while I was putting T to bed, I told Charlie to try to use the potty since he hadn’t had a new diaper put on him yet after his bath and since I needed him to do something beside distract Teddy while he was getting ready to sleep. As I sat in the rocking chair I could hear Charlie go into his bathroom, close the door, use his potty, pour it into the toilet, flush, wash his hands, and then walk out. I asked him “Did you do all that by yourself?!?” and He nonchalantly said “Yeah,” as he walked into his room. Time to really potty train. I guess tomorrow he can wear big boy underwear.
Teddy really likes to say “Hi” to people by having them hold him. He will reach out to get the person to pick him up and then after about 30 seconds or so reach back to have me take him back. It’s not everyone and not strangers (though he did do it to another woman at an outdoor concert at Featherstone on the Vineyard last week), but usually people he has seen a few times before. Like today in the park he had Coach John do it and then a friend of mine from Blue Igloo. So friendly.
Today I bought Teddy a rabbit puppet–he loves stuffed animals and can’t get enough of puppets.
I really like when Charlie says “Whatch choo doing?” In any other sentence though he pronounces “you” “oo”
Today we took Charlie to see a theater troupe, the Fabulists, perform. He LOVE it. There was lots of audience participation (like the prince character asked the kids “What do I say when I want to talk to girls?” and he kids yelled out say: “Hi,” “Ask her name,” “Invite her for dinner,” “Make her lunch,” “Give her dessert,” “Play tag,” “Let her use your internet.” Charlie jumped in and helped act like a monster during one scene and hen uninvited went over the “orchestra’ sat down and started keeping the beat with a drunk stick and playing a cymbal.