I'm a grandma

Don't call me Ian. Call me Grandma! I make everybody call me that now. Well, for the last five days. I call mama "Ian" and like to put her down for a nap in my room. I think she's sleepy; she doesn't mind too much usually.

I mentioned the other day that we had a surprise party for yamma. Here are a few pictures. The whole album is here, if you wanna see it.









Mama and I were sitting down on my bed to read a story last night and whoa, all of a sudden I just had to say "what's going on there?" and mama wanted to know what I was talking about. I told her her tummy's "getting so big!"

I have a yoga routine that I like to do before bed. I stand next to my dresser and have mama stand at the opposite wall. First we do "warrior pose, and now the other side!" Then we'll do "tree pose, and now the other side!" We'll do triangle pose "I look like a triangle!" and touch toes. Then we get down on our bellies (well, mama used to) and play mama and daddy to my stuffed deer. I make mama put it under her shirt and I help it be born. We tell the deer "hello baby deer, we love you!" and snuggle with it for a minute. Then it flies into the air and I'm off down the hall.

Mama thought it was funny yesterday, we were sitting at the dinner table eating, and I look at her and say "so...how was wuhk?" I've also been making mama and daddy (and myself) laugh another way. I'll give mama a kiss and a hug and while I'm squeezing her tight I say "aw, I love you!" Mama and I both broke up laughing when I first did this. Daddy showed up a few minutes later and mama told me to give him a kiss and a hug. He was extremely suspicious but I made him laugh too by saying "hi, honey, I love you!"

Big Brother

I got some new books a few weeks ago; they're books about babies and being a big brother. I have learned a lot and am very excited about this big brother thing. Did you know that babies can't walk or talk at first? I know that! Did you know that babies can't eat pizza? I know that! The "Big Brother" book is my favorite. The day it came, I had mama read it three times. Then we read two other books. Then we read the Big Brother book again twice.

I am very careful with mama's belly and take very good care of her. I make sure she drinks water and keep her covered up with a blanket when she's lying down. If she tells me her tummy hurts a little, I kiss it and say "there, now the baby feels better." I tell everybody that her tummy's going to get bigger and bigger (there are hand motions that go with this...) and pop and the baby's going to come out. It's a little fuzzy in my head what happens after that part.

Mama keeps asking me if I'm going to have a little brother or little sister. I keep telling her little sister, but she keeps asking. The doctor will tell them in a couple weeks anyway. I bet I'm right.

I'm going to be a great big brother.

School and September Stuff

I started school up last week. We had an open house the week before it started and I think mama was really excited about my going back to school. After the open house we went home and mama couldn't stop talking about my new teacher and new friends and school clothes and she just kept talking and talking. Finally I looked at her and said "please stop talking to me." She looked a little bummed out but finally there was quiet.

School is good, though. The first day of school was actually my day to bring snacks for the whole class. Mama and I went to the store the day before and looked for the perfect snack. Finally we found it, Teddy Grahams in individual packages. They were a big hit.

I have a new teacher this year, Teacher Jenelle. I really miss my teacher from last spring, Teacher Jo. But some of the kids are the same and I have fun and get to show off my counting and ABC skills. I have even been counting with ABCs lately. Like if there are four people at the table, I say there are "D" people at the table. It keeps people guessing.

I have also been singing a lot and complimenting a lot. We were looking for the lid to a game yesterday and I decided to sing the "lid song" to help us find it. It worked! And the complimenting is real nice and gets me lots of hugs. Like when mama helps me build a tower I tell her "you're a real good tower-builder, mama!". And tonight I put all my toy cars away (without being asked, btw) and mama pointed out one under the table that I missed. "You're a super finder, mama!"

I get called articulate a lot. When someone asks if I want to do something in particular, I usually say "yes, I do", or "oh, that would be poh-fect!" Nothing wrong with that!

This weekend was Yamma's birthday and daddy and Auntie Amy made a surprise party for her. It was a surprise to me too...they didn't tell me, I guess 'cause they thought I'd spoil it. Mama left really early on Friday morning to go to school and wasn't back on Saturday and Yamma came over and watched me while daddy went to get things set up. Mama finally came home after my nap (she came in and I said "I missed you!") and then took Yamma and me over to Auntie Amy's for the party. I was surprised! Yamma wasn't, too much. There were lots of my favorite people there and I got so much love and attention it's not even funny. We ate lots of food (I ate a sausage and a half all by myself...) and I helped open presents. When it was time to leave I went around and gave each person a hug and said "thank you for the party". They thought that was funny for some reason. I was very serious, though. I had a wonderful time. I will post some pictures sometime.