Close call...aka pea in the nose

I thought since Christian is now past 4, that we had surpassed the stage of putting food into orifices other than the mouth.  Well, I thought wrong.  We're sitting at the dinner table, eating our meal of chicken, peas & corn, when what do I see, but Christian very nonchalantly inserting a pea into his nostril.  I told him to stop, but he just kept slowly pushing it up further, until Hugo grabbed his arm to stop him.  Luckily, it had not gone far enough yet and Hugo was able to get it out by just pinching his nostril.  Whew!  what a relief! I had visions of us heading to the emergency room.  

Once it was out, I actually had a hard time not laughing, but if Christian thinks we think it's funny...well, you can see where that may lead. So I gave him a stern talking to about what would happen if he stuck it up there too far and he had to go to the hospital to get it out with tweezers.  I think he grasped the seriousness of it, because, very unlike him, he just sat there, seriously, just listening, and not saying one word.  

Lets hope this is our one and only foray into the world of foreign bodies!  

Out of the mouths of babes...

"Hey, the world is square!"

Four

A retrospective

One day old

One year old

Two years old

Three Years Old

Four years Old

Hard to believe 4 years have passed. He's definitely a little boy now. No babyness left. He loves dinosaurs and can name more of them than I can; loves his tools, construction and building with blocks, arts and crafts. He's learning his letters and beginning to learn to spell, count, a little bit of math - he has been reciting math before going to sleep of late...3+3=6, 2+1=3 etc. Starting to write his name....I now see the benefit of giving your children short names. "Christian" is a lot harder to learn than "Jack" :) So loving to his sister...most of the time. He can make her smile and laugh the most. Finally learning to go to sleep on his own, with out mom or dad lying beside him. Oh, and we are now "Mom" and "Dad"much of the time, not "Mommy" and "Daddy"

He's into making up words and names. Jacqueline is Backeline, Smackeline ("because she smacks"), and today she was "The Smack-meister" I've been called "Mumsey" a few times lately - not sure where he got that from.

We had his birthday at a local art studio called "Glitter Pie." You can check out the pictures here:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v516/mdthomson/christian%204th%20bday/?albumview=slideshow

There's nothing like baby laughs....

Thought I'd share this - it's so cute. Seriously, almost anything Christian does can garner a smile or laugh. We've never heard her laugh so much as this.

Baby in training

Recent photos...

I really like this head shot. it's hard to get him to smile and act natural for the camera these days.

It's usually more something like this:
Or this:

Jacqueline showing off he new pearly whites! Not the best shot, but the best one that shows her teeth. Beware...if you let her grab your hand, the first thing she does is try to put it in her mouth to chomp down with her razor sharp teeth.

Just another shot that I liked. Her eyes seem like they're going to turn out exactly like Christian's.

Another one of Christian...he has this thing with taking his shirt off lately. not sure why.

She is laughing at something Christian is doing here. He's the only one who can reliably and easily get a laugh out of her, and he doesn't even have to do much to get it.

They kind of have the same look on their faces here. it's hard to get photos of them together, because Jacqueline is always grabbing you if you get too close. Here I think she's holding on to his ear.

Solids...success??

Yes, some actually did get IN to the baby! This is the result of the fact that Jacqueline likes to handle the spoon herself. She's loving solids so much that she'll reach out and grab the spoon and help bring it to her mouth. I let her have at it, since she seems to enjoy it, hence the photo. This is the result of "veggies and turkey" & prunes.