Ivo says...

"lellow" for yellow but "yike" for like"

I don't get it.

We are doing great.

On Monday, 23 April, Ivo hugged my arm and said, "mama, I love you." He's said it everyday since. He's too much! Despite this love, "No kisses!" has replaced "No picture!" in Ivo's efforts at self-determination. Variations such as "No kisses de face" and "No kisses de head" accompany a hand, proffered for kissing. Cheeky.

Ivo's been playing with a squirt gun a lot this week. On Wednesday, he was running on our way to the science museum park. He fell down and the squirt gun broke. We've gotten a new one and are back in action. The squirt gun makes every walk even more of an adventure. Ivo's pretty great about what he's allowed to shoot and what he isn't. "No shoot people," he is often heard to say. His aim - as with ball throwing - is spot on target. Also, the squirt guns have made him an object of envy, not simply scrutiny, while allowing him to protect his perimeter.
My former self might be discomfited by so much gun play, but my new me doesn't play chagrin.


Ivo knows the basic crayon box of colors and he's working on distinguishing b/w black and brown. He's all about Spiderman these days. He has an ever-empty Spidey pez dispenser that he takes with him everywhere he goes. He holds spidey out to fly. Spidey often "fight de killer whale de floor."
eating seaweed and shooting de squirt gun