Since it's Friday, November 30th, it's also the end of NaBloPoMo. It sure was hard work to think of something to write about every day! I hope that you all have enjoyed a month of Jasper Henry blog postings as much as I have enjoyed writing them. I will leave you with one last picture. I kind of look like the squid, huh?
So I've received some interesting - some might even say snide - remarks about my latest outfits. Some have said that I have some funky clothing combinations going on. While this might be cute when I'm actually old enough to pick my own outfits, right now, I am at the mercy of my Mother and Father so let me explain...
While I might not be crawling, I sure am getting really good at rolling around on the floor. I can roll all around the living room floor and around obstacles to explore new and fun places. I find that I can just as easily get to where I want to go by rolling so why should I bother with crawling?
Except that sometimes, I kind of get stuck. My big head is just big enough to wedge underneath the couch or under the TV console. Sometimes I even manage to roll all the way under the couch. But when I try to move again, I get stuck. The good news is that I'm getting better at shimmying my way out.
(Yes, I'm wearing that silly yellow ducky vest again. It's cold out! It's actually hiding a very cute T-shirt. Mommy should have thought about that before snapping away the pictures.)
After displaying my talent for the piano, Mommy let me play her big piano at home. While it might seem like it's too big for me, it's actually the perfect size for me. I can sit up all by myself on the bench and the keys are just the right height. There are so many more keys on this piano than on Samuel's red piano. I like sticking to the keys right around middle C though. I'm concentrating very hard on composing my next masterpiece.
After I played for a little while, I wanted to play a duet with Mommy. She showed me how to play chopsticks so that we could play it in a round. But I don't like playing such structured pieces. I prefer to improvise.
Whenever Mommy's not looking, I still like to nibble on the keys. That ivory just tastes so yummy!
Mommy, Daddy and I went for a nice long walk around the neighborhood today. It was much nicer out than we expected but I still had to bundle up. I made Mommy carry me because I'm not so into my stroller these days. We walked from our house in Park Slope, across the Gowanus Canal over to Smith Street in Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill. Mommy likes walking along Smith Street and looking at all the shops.
I like to rub my Daddy's head. I find it very calming and relaxing, especially when I'm cranky or having a bad day. Plus it's the only thing that soothes me when I don't feel when or when my gums really hurt from teething. Go figure. But I just rub in circles - back and forth, back and forth - and instantly a state of Zen comes over me.
Sometimes I like to beep him on his nose too.
And of course, since I was at Babcia and Dziadek's, I also got to spend more time with my new best friend, Saba. I love playing with Saba now that we're getting to know each other so much better - even though she is three times my size, she is so gentle with me that I can pet her as much as I want!
And, of course, I got to have my first Thanksgiving dinner! What did I have, you ask? Well, obviously, all the traditional things, like turkey and sweet potatoes -
The turkey was my favorite - I even had seconds.
Isn't Beatrice soooooooooo cute?!
Bright and early tomorrow morning, we're off to Dziadek and Babcia's house for Thanksgiving - can't wait to have my first taste of turkey!
Today, I did a lot of sitting around. First, I sat on the kitchen floor in the morning while waiting for Daddy to make his tea. I'm gnawing on one of my favorite chew toys - a Chinese soup spoon. Does wonders for the sore gums.
Then, later in the afternoon, I sat around in the grocery cart while Mommy and Daddy went grocery shopping at Whole Foods. I waited in the cheese department while they browsed.
Finally, I got to lounge around in my very own chair. It's much more comfy to sit in a chair than to sit on the ground. Plus it does wonders for my posture. Don't I look like a big boy now?
Later in the afternoon, I went over to my friend Samuel's house to help celebrate his 1st birthday. It was lots of fun. I got to meet some new friends and play with lots of new toys. Since Samuel is 4 months older than me, he has lots of pretty cool toys - not just the stuff that you can chew on.
One of my favorite toys was the big green exercise ball. I got to bounce on it and roll around on it on my belly. It was loads of fun. I could feel my cheeks bouncing up and down too!
The best though was the mini piano. I know that Mommy has a real grown-up piano at home but it's just a bit too big for me. This one was just my size. I liked to bang on the keys for a bit, then nibble on them a little bit, then bang on them again. Maybe if I'm not going to be a swimmer I can be a pianist!
Here I am with Auntie Chris. She's the one that got me the Baby Einstein so I had to thank her profusely for helping to make my nebulizer experience much better. I had lots of fun playing on her lap.
Here I am with Auntie Linda. She has the best curly hair ever. I really enjoyed tugging at it and watching it spring back. She didn't seem to mind that I kept grabbing at her hair, her scarf...She let me sit on the table and then rocked it back and forth so that it was like a roller coaster ride! I can't wait to play with both Aunties again soon!
You may have noticed in yesterday's blog that I now have my very own shelf in the living room. It has all of my toys nicely arranged so that I can see them all. So much better than the old shopping bag that Mommy and Daddy have been hiding my toys in. But I also have a sneaking suspicion that Mommy and Daddy are trying to encourage me to "crawl" by displaying such enticing toys just out of my reach.
This whole nebulizer thing isn't so bad after all. It's actually a MAGIC machine. It's pretty neat. Mommy and Daddy put the mask on my face, turn the machine on and voila, the TV turns on too! It plays all these bright and color images, puppets and moving toys all to the tune of Beethoven and Mozart. It's something called Baby Einstein. Thanks Auntie Chris for getting me this DVD!
Look how hard I'm concentrating. I hardly even notice the mask or the medicine that I'm inhaling. It's fascinating and mesmerizing. I can't quite take my eyes off the screen. I want to be a little Baby Einstein!! Although I heard Daddy saying something in the background how I'm losing brain cells by the minute. Huh?
