Happy Birthday Tyoma

 Thanks Dad, for the super cool photo! Do you see the letter X? Sweet touch Dad!

We did absolutely nothing today, as we were all sick as dogs. I can't remember having such a sore throat.  Good news is, Tyoma doesn't seem to have gotten very ill though, whay a relief!

We'll Party next weekend for sure!

Alphabet

  

I caught him in the act! Tyoma's been arranging his letters alphbetically now for about three weeks. I blink and there's another alphabet.  Spooky! He is so intense working on his masterpeices! Alot like papa, intense and very focused.  In the past few days,  he has been putting together the string of letters in order almost every time! Cool!

Student of the Alphabet

 The student at his desk!  

Tyoma loves the alphabet! And his new desk.  He doesn't really like to sit on the chair, prefering to use the floor or bed, but he sat for just a second so I could snap this shot for my folks.  T has been organizing the alphabet whenever he gets a chance. I am excited for him as he learns alphabetical order!

Daycare For Tyoma

called kindercare

Pimp My Guestroom

  
Tyoma illustrates his fascination with the number six. Hopefully, I won't find a matching birthmark anywhere...
 
Anyway, I think his love for six  has something to do with his favorite letter X.  He likes the idea that six has an X in it.  I wonder if he is beginning to read? He can point out individual words like six, exit, Lorax, etc. Hmmm. Regardless, he has his stories memorized.  If I skip a sentence in a favorite book, he squirms.  Heck, if I say the words out or order or make up my own story, he squirms. What a memory!
 

  
Oh No! He's using his piercing "Damien" gaze to get me to read Horton Hears A Who for the third time today!

I should mention that for Tyoma's second birthday, Grandma and Grandpa redecorated the guestroom/play room (from New Mexico, even!). Tyoma now has a brand new desk and organizer to keep his 10,000 toys in order. I handmade picture frames for the Klee posters we had hanging about and removed the closet doors for more play area. Yay! Thanks guys!

Help in the Kitchen

Hmmmmm... How do most kids "help" in the kitchen? Do they "cook" on the floor? Clang pots and pans together? Improvise a drum set with a mixing bowl and spoon? Not this little guy! He thoughtfully arranges a cabinet of pans into orderly semi-circles and then replaces everything (in order!) and closes the cabinet door. "A-ha-HA!" he turns to me and exclaims. Five minutes later, he repeats the same exercise, but this time I caught a picture:
 
  When I first  turned around to see what Tyoma was doing and saw these pans, I was astonished. You know the scene in Poltergeist where the housewife is discovering that her house is haunted? She turns her away and suddenly her kitchen chairs are stacked on one another? That's how I felt. It was uncanny.  
Well, spooky or not, he sure seems to have fun! Ah, our unlovely kitchen! Sigh!

My Tricycle

 Good Lord! My son looks like he's ready to join Steve O on a Jackass stunt. Move over Wee Man!
He's really jazzed about his new trike, but doesn't seem to get what to do with his feet.  I'll have to use rubber bands to keep them on the pedals!

Pool Time

Oh, the indignity of a floaty swimsuit! I hoped that the extra buoyancy would help him sit down better (what was I thinking?), but alas, he kept bobbing onto his back! I readjusted the floaters and voila! Now he can play with his floating city endlessly!

The Neighborhood

Here's a shot of the neighborhood that Tennisfiend took before Fontessa went back home. We're the house to the far left. I still can't believe we live in such a GREEN place!!! Where's the cacti, yuccas, tumbleweeds and beer cans? Ah, Las Cruces, I almost miss you!

Goodbye Fontessa!!!

I hesitate to post this, due to the souska, but he still looks pretty cute.  Tanya was a bit tearful before she left, and our delicate little guy picked up on it and needed his souska to say good bye without major fussiness and running around.