Happy Mother's Day to everyone!
Utaka came down for Mother's Day! We had a lovely pancake brunch, courtesy of Dad and Matthew and Utaka, and otherwise just hung around and played around with Thomas and my coworker Andrea's 5-month old baby Javon. Andrea worked for me so that I could have the day off, so in return I babysat. It was a great deal! What an easy baby! Feed him, burp him, a little playtime, naptime.... Thomas has met him several times now, so he's used to seeing Javon, but he still on occasion stares at him suspiciously, especially when Javon's making baby noises or seems to be stealing too much attention.
Rose and Pam came over for dinner the other day. We played Evil Uno and I cooked ribs (Alton Brown's recipe -- yum!), and Mom took care of everything else! How wonderful it is to have Mom and Dad here! Rose and Pam had lots of fun playing with Thomas, teaching him how to use the chair as a combination jungle gym and slide. Lots of smiles and fun. Also, our friends Louise and Nick are in town on vacation from England, so yesterday we all went out for drinks and dinner. It was very nice to catch up with them again, after we figured out that it had been about three years since we've seen each other! They were kind enough to bring a Paddington Bear and a few books for Thomas(including a Thomas the Tank Engine story that makes train noises --- VERY exciting!) and some real English tea and chocolate for us grown-ups! I already see myself jealously guarding these treasures from anyone who would do anything but savor, appreciate and nibble.
It's cooled down a bit -- down to low 90's instead of muggy mid-90's. This means that all walks and pool excursions are early in the morning or late in the afternoon, when it's just cool enough to function. Matthew takes him here and there, and sometimes I go, too.
Thomas "helped" me dust the floor yesterday, pushing the duster around the house. He seemed quite intrigued. He still doesn't like the noise of the vacuum cleaner, though. He's only ok if he's in the other room with another person, or being held while the vacuum is making noise. He's still eating pretty heartily, and getting very active in walking all over, running unsteadily and starting to climb onto things, including Chloe's new cat tree. Uh-oh. We're also starting a new campaign to stop Thomas' screeching. Now, after Thomas makes one of his high-pitched screech/screams, we tell Thomas that we will put him in his bed if he screams again. And when he does, we do. It's been two or three days now, but I'm not sure if it's having an effect or not. In general, screeching comes in waves. We don't hear
any for weeks and then suddenly he'll start screeching again. But, now, when we tell him what we'll do if he screams, he seems to think about it. Seems to make a difference in the moment, but invariably a couple of minutes later or more another screech will come out. We'll just have to give it a few more days and then see how things are going, I guess.
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