Today has been a very, very good day so far. Camper slept til about 7, I went to go get him at 7:30, and before I could get him into the bathroom to change his diaper he spied his Daddy still in bed (John is usually gone before he wakes up these days) and basically jumped out of my arms to cuddle with his Dad. We put on the morning lineup (Curious George and Sid the Science Kid- ANNOYING) and all snuggled in together. I think he snuggled with us for about an hour, I slept some more. Every once in awhile Camper gave me kisses on my face or patted arm, laid his head on the pillow next to mine then went back to Daddy. Relaxing mornings like this are so rare, a child willing to snuggle and watch fun TV until we all wake up. Maybe this is just what happens as he gets older, but I love it.
Then we had a play date with a couple of friends, one who very recently had a new baby. On the way Camper and I practiced saying “Baby,” and when we got there he did not disappoint. We showed him the newborn and he said, “Bay-be!” and poked her in the eye. Great…But luckily he didn’t even wake her up. He was equally as excited about the fish and the cats. When he caught sight of one of her cats he started with the, “Meow! Meow!” He got a puzzle for his first birthday, a tree with different animals hiding around it, and there is a puzzle piece of a cat that he just LOVES. He drives it around in his trucks, I occasionally find it in my sock drawer, and sometimes when he’s getting his diaper changed he’ll sit still if he can hold it. So seeing a REAL LIVE CAT IN PERSON was probably the highlight of his week.
As I wrote before, I’ve been trying REALLY HARD to limit the whole TV watching thing. Which has gone well, and not so well, all at the same time. I guess while I’d like to eradicate TV from our lives completely, it’s just not gonna happen. Not even a little bit. The thing is, WE ENJOY IT. But Camper and I have kept a lot busier during the day with “TV-Free time” making sure that it’s not the highlight of any day we have together. I think I’ll probably write a post about some of the suggestions you guys gave me (thanks!) and how we implemented them, but for now I’m jut calling it good.
Glad to have made his day! It was so nice seeing you guys! btw – we watch too much tv too but we’re in the house all day….