Play date

Simon's little play date girlfriend Gabbi moved away last month but I am friends with the nanny and she is now with a new family. We had a play date with them this week, Kyla is 3 and Kinsey is 3 months. We had a blast!! Kyla offered Simon a tattoo as soon as we walked in and a snack (which won his heart) and he was forced to play the prince to Snow White pretend as well. Haha. Simon and Kyla held hands when moving from room to room and they were both very concerned with where one another went. Very cute!

My little Narcissist - almost ABCs, almost counting, almost singing

The other afternoon Simon was showing off his ABC's and I was very impressed. He can get through almost the whole alphabet with just a tiny bit of prompting. I wanted to get it on video for you guys to all see.

This is my first attempt:

Simon was having none of it. He wanted to look at whatever was on my phone! So I flipped the camera around and set it on the table so both he and you had a good view of his face. Then I thought it was go time for the alphabet...

How could I know that he'd become such a narcissist  "No, Mama, I don't want to say the alphabet or count, I want to look at myself." Note when he's explaining he doesn't want to count he count's a bit to make sure I understand. We stopped so he could have a bite of my dinner (he'd already finished his). Then we resumed and I tried to get him to sing for me. 

We had practiced singing Tomorrow from Annie earlier in the afternoon so initially he came in on queue, but then he remembered that he liked Snuggle Puppy better. And who wouldn't? So we switched to that for a second and then we had to go find the book to read. (It was written as a book but put to music, very cute to listen to if you haven't heard before.)

And that was a glimpse of our afternoon.

Breakfast and cleanup

Breakfast this morning was yogurt and Cheerios. Simon then used a washcloth to clean the cabinets and floor. I was thinking that needed to be done, glad he got to it for me. We swept and vacuumed together this morning as well. Non-stop excitement at the Basque house!

Dermatologist

We went to the dermatologist at Children's Hospital yesterday to check in on the hemangioma on Simon's head and lip. The dermatologist said he looked awesome and we didn't need to come see her again (we went in just as a precautionary thing). She also said he was a super sweet kid and everyone there said he was the best patient of the day. 

Here are some photos of the waiting room, which was awesomely designed with a section all for Simon aged kids. 

In addition they weighed him and he is 11.1 Kg, which is 1.7 stone. I'm going to start reporting his weight in stone because it sounds super cool. (And if you insist on something familiar, that is 24.7 pounds.)

Simon Van Gogh

Simon and I went to a kids open art studio on Friday and we had a blast!!!!!

Train rides and park :)

Coolest kid I know!!!!

Fancy Tuesday