Getting ready to go out the other morning, I was in the kitchen getting stuff ready and Calvin was pushing his big mega blocks truck around and around the kitchen and living room, like he does every day. He stops in the living room and loudly and very clearly says 'ouch'. I pause and wait to hear what will be next. He repeats 'ouch'. So I go in and see him standing by the front window, holding the truck, looking at me. I say to him 'are you okay?', he says yes, and off he goes. I shrug and go back to getting stuff ready in the kitchen. A minute later he zooms into the kitchen and I see his hand is all bloody! Of course I run over saying what happened, oh my gosh, are you okay, look at the blood! He's being a trooper and nods seriously saying ‘boo boo’. We wash it off and there is a small gash in his hand, his first bandage worthy boo boo.
Worth a bandage at least.
We were heading out to a play group (our first since the dreaded pneumonia hit the house), so I don’t want open cuts exposed to new germs. I got out the Polysporin and a band aid. He was fascinated with the band aid but refused to bend or close his fingers with it on. He held his hand splayed open until we were inside the play center and he had to bend his fingers to hold a toy train. As soon as the train had to be put down his fingers splayed open again. He wouldn’t even close them to hold my hand and instructed me to switch sides to hold his other hand! Funny little guy.
He is not sure of what he thinks of this band aid just yet.
Went out today to Ikea with a girlfriend, and we totally forgot that it's March break. You want to bet we'll remember once they are in school but for now that kind of stuff escapes us. While at Ikea, they had some staff doing face painting in the kids area, because it was March break. Calvin thought it looked interesting and agreed to try it out. He sat very patiently after having picked what he wanted from a bunch of pictures (big surprise, he selected a car). While the fellow was painting his face Calvin proceeded to point out all the colours of paint to him. And he got them all right. Way to go Calvin!
You can click the above photos to enlarge, then click the left or right side of the enlarged photo to go to the next one. Tomorrow is indoor Beach Day at the Early Years Center. That should make for interesting photos too.
I love your adventures with Calvin. Poor darling for getting his first real boo-boo. Got to love that grin!
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Baby Newark
Baby Newark has arrived! His name is Calvin and he was born at 39 weeks (slightly earlier than the 41 weeks I was guessing), on December 24th. He weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces and was 22 inches long. His eyes were slate blue to start with, and have turned into a true grey.