Well this post is mostly about catching up in the world of August. Now that he is a talking it seems never to stop. I admit that I have shared with him that all great stories must come to an end and prompted him with the phase, "now say the end....really say the end." But in all of this incessant talking I have discovered that he sure can turn a phrase.
Why?
It is Mama's favorite question. The root of many a scientific discovery and currently the most repeated word in our house. Why seems to have popped up over night and appears to be sticking around. I am enjoying the phase. August seems genuinely curious about the ways of the world. Although when it goes on for 20 + minutes I often turn the question back on him to see what is happening inside his head. This also usually ends the why session for a while.
Maple Syrup!
With the change in the weather and the advent of warmer days we have been venturing to local sugar shack pancake breakfasts on our days off. It gives us an opportunity to directly support the local economy and learn about maple sugaring. The sugar shack owners have talked us through the process from the the tap to the bottle, let up try raw sap, watch the boiling, and taste this year's final product Nothing like a shot of fresh maple syrup to get a 3 year old boy running in crazed circles. But hey you are only 3 once so what the heck.?.
August's favorite part of these trips are the pancakes. That boy loves a good pancake especially if there are blueberries involved. At one of the maple sugar shacks he was munching on a piece of turkey sausage and I asked him if it was good. He responded with "Its a birthday party in my mouth."
Saying it Last
We were playing a variation of "I spy" where we just call out fun farm sights along S. Maple. At some point the following conversation occurred (the word cows may or may not have been cows. It is a representative of a farm sight."
August : Cows!
Mama: Cows!?! I already said cows first.
A: Well I said it last.
M: Hmmmm.
A: Tractor!
M: Cows!
A: No Mama, I already said cows. I said it last.
Several weeks later playing the same game in the car:
A: Cows!
M: Cows!
A: Mama I said cows first.
M: Well I said it last. Hahaha. I just used your own logic against you.Cows!
A: Get your own logic, Mama.
Potty
Something about trips to see Baba and GrandPa trigger a change in the potty situation. This Summer August seemed to be well on his way to no diapers then during our family trip to the beach during Labor day, he quit. Nothing. No interest. Like it was all some kind of pleasant memory.
Then we packed up and headed back down to NC to visit Baba and GrandPa in March. On the way home August decided to give up diapers for good. It meant a lot of extra stops. On return to MA we were running low on diapers and made the family decision not to buy any more. We have been back for 3 weeks and August is diaper free except for night time.
