How to Use a Spoon.

For those who might not already know how to use a spoon....

There is a true art form to using this simple eating tool, also known as.....the spoon. As you can probably see, the spoon has 2 functioning parts. The scoop (picture a), which is used to lift the food from a flat surface (in my case, it will be my "tray") to your mouth. And the handle (picture b), which functions as the grip, making the actual "scooping" of the food a simple and safe (to help prevent you from biting yourself while eating) for even the novice spoon user. (picture c)

a b c

Hmmm....well, I....yes, yes, yes....well, if the spoon doesn't "scoop" the food as quickly as you might like, or, as is my particular case, your fine-motor skills haven't quite developed so as to make the actual application of the tool effiicient, it is considered socially appropriate to just grab the food and stuff it in your mouth. The key element being that you're able to do so while still holding the spoon tightly in your non-dominant hand. (picture d).

However, if you find that the food on your flat surface, in my case, once again, my tray, is just too delectable not to shove down your face with both hands, it is deemed socially acceptable as long as you keep your spoon within reach at any given moment (in case you decide to return to the spoon to regain your social elite status)


d e

Thank you all for tuning in to "How to Use a Spoon" Watch us next week for, "Maybe I'll Actually USE the Spoon This Time". Until then...

good day

And here we have the official "Star Wars" t-shirt...another that Colleen completely hates. Again, who doesn't love Star Wars? The fact that she's never seen it was almost cause for a divorce, but she has many, many other redeeming qualities that keep me around (I'm sure she's thankful - he said sarcastically).






So, I was outside mowing the lawn when Colleen relaized that Christopher has reached a new milestone...crawling up on the stone hearth of our fireplace. We now have to get it covered with something with utmost haste as he has proven the comment from the earlier post (Memorial Day post) that he's officially dangerous. Don't worry, we were both right there with him and got him down from there hearth each time he crawled up (which totalled about 20 with us pulling him down and giving him the ol' "Nanny 911 'no. ouch." It finally worked. He hasn't attempted to climb on the hearth since that time, but we're still going to cover it up...especially now that he thinks he's an Olympic sprinter. That will be Daddy's weekend project. We'll have to see how handy Daddy really is. Lowe's, here I come!

P.S.
No children or animals were harmed in the creation of this blogpost

Run (run) D-M-C (c-c-c-c-c-c) and Zerberts

You've got to know Run D-M-C's tune "Rock Box" to get the title....it has to be repeated that way. In case you don't know, its supposed to sound like the into to the song...dig this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA-zaE6aevs

Come on, man...how can I NOT post Christopher rockin' his Run DMC t-shirt. Colleen absolutely hates this and the Star Wars t-shirts I bought him a while back, but I don't care that she hates them...its Run DMC and Star Wars! You hear me? RUN DMC and STAR-freakin'-WARS!!! Those t-shirts HAD to be bought and he HAD to don them...and don them he did with freakish fashion!




Christopher, being the quick study that he's proving to be, has learned to apply zerberts to daddys person. Here, Christopher has snuck up on Daddy while daddy was relaxing on the floor, minding his own business. And here Christopher comes and has begins zerberting away...repeatedly on Daddy's belly. Its very cute stuff. And trust me, that is Daddy's tummy (Daddy has learned to angle the camera so as not to highlight his own chunkitude...or at least minimize his own girth so as to make himself more appealing to the public.)

Utensils? We Don't Need No Stinking Utensils!

Do I really need to explain this?

...I think not...

(Although I would like all to notice the large wad, for lack of a better term, of spaghetti in the neck of his shirt.)



The consequential bathing....


Back to normal...pj'ed up and ready for sleepy-byes....

Night-night.

We Have Our First Bleeding Incident

Christopher, I'm sure like most toddlers new to this whole walking phenomenon, has a lot of difficulty ambulating effective when he's tired. Just before he was about to retire for the evening the other day (Tuesday) he was running around (as, again, most toddlers do when they're confidence in this aforementioned phenomenon becomes ever so strong and misguided) with a toy, pictured below, when he took a stumble....the end result being Christopher's mouth fighting gravity and hard plastic......

Christopher lost...

Here are the results of the incident....

Don't worry....
All ended up okay.

Grass and the Big Blue Ball

A close-up of the mohawk...Colleen hated it...I thought it was funny...he didn't care one way or the other. I win. Next time she'll give him the bath!

Some random pictures of Christopher. From top left clockwise: (1) Christopher playing with Colleen's giggling blue stuffed-animal thingy. It giggles and vibrates. He loves it. (2) Christopher playing my piano..he loves that too (3) Christopher checking out another book. He seems to have an incredible affinity for books (which I absolutely love) (4) Christopher dancing (5) Just a cute picture of the boy.

Christopher has been learning to adjust to contrasting textures. So we've been slowly getting him onto grass, dirt, and sand (coming soon). This wasn't his first time on grass, but this is the first opportunity we've had for a photo-op. He was obviously not a fan....as one can tell from his facial expressions (especially the picture on the right).

Here Christopher was playing outside at the Tierney Family Memorial Day Cookout. As you might be able to tell, he's a walking machine now. He's actually running in the last picture. He's a real mover and shaker now...and, now that he's walking over 50% of the time, he's officially dangerous. The two children in the photos with Christopher are two of Colleen's cousins children, Kaylee (3 1/2 yrs) and Benjamin (almost 3 yrs). In the top picture, we once again see Chrstopher's disdain for sitting on grassy surfaces. That will change when he gets more accustomed to it, but it is funny to watch his expressions nonetheless.

We got Christopher a large ball when we were at the Target store in East Windsor, NJ. (yes, they actually have a photo studio) I can honestly say that its the best $2.50 investment we've made for him to this point. He spends at least 1/2 hour a day playing with this ball. He likes to throw it (at least attempt), but most of all, he likes to get on top of it and let it roll him over wherever it rolls him over...as depicted in the last photo above.

Below is a good picture of his godmother, Jaqueline with his amazing profile...how is that not like a professional photograph? Okay, I can think of tons of reason why it isn't a professional photograph, but it is cool, no?