Growing Up
Clearly the highlight of the weekend (year? decade?) was the installation of the play set on Saturday morning. Besides that, Adlai worked harder at crawling but only from Saturday night until Sunday morning. And then yesterday he had his first cranky day. Lack of sleep from attempting to perfect crawling all night? Teething pain? Something else? We'll never know. In any case, it is odd for Adlai to spend more than a few minutes here and there in cranky mode. I suppose it is remarkable that we've made it almost six months without a serious daytime crying jag. In any case, we put him to bed last night at 6:30 and he woke up at 2 am for some food. After that he was in a great mood and wanted to party until 3 am (which has become his way over the past several days).
I can't really think of too many clear examples but over the past week Simon has become crazy smart. His vocabulary is suddenly shocking and his interests are in random things that don't seem very almost-four-year-old-ish - things like Northern Italy. We've never mentioned Italy to him but suddenly he has a great interest in "Italy, no, Northern Italy." He wants to know how everything is made (thank goodness for these videos on YouTube) and his favorite subject is "what happens if..." Last night he wanted to start Harry Potter (the normal no picture version) and he listened with rapt attention on my lap as I read the first chapter. A new favorite game is writing a new letter in each square of the patio. His interest in pretending with his favorite stuffed animals (formerly known as "his friends") has decreased because "They're just characters, Mama." Simon hasn't spent much time on his bike (the one he named "Purpose") because he had grown scared of falling off but yesterday I got out my bike and we rode around and around the neighborhood together for at least a half hour - at his request.
I think I'm going to like the four-year-old Simon very much, oh yes, I am.