Domesticating Will

While Steve may not be especially excited about Will's recent experiences I think it's important to form a well-rounded boy, so I educated Will on some everyday tasks that he has seen me do. Every time I get the broom out Will squeals with delight and grabs for it, and I thought he might as well help out mom while he is excited about it. Will took the broom in hand and I guided his sweeping motions as I attempted to keep the dirt in a nice, neat pile...you can see where this is going. Will got annoyed with me limiting his sweeps and began running up and down the hallway just pushing the broom then dragging it behind him as he ran. So much for effective sweeping for now.

I was hemming some curtains the other day and Will began whining and reaching for the sewing machine. After this went on for a few minutes-it was probably more like 30 seconds-it just seemed longer, I put him on my lap and showed him how to run the sewing machine. I think he'll need a review on threading the machine, but he might have the actual sewing down. I'm thinking he should work on some clothes next--everybody get ready for Christmas.

To end the week Mor mor gave Will a doll for Valentines day. Will's first experience with a doll was at Christmas when grandma and grandpa gave him his first cabbage patch doll, named Royal, who he fell in love with. Will gave his new doll a hug and carried him around the rest of the afternoon.

I think Steve was compensating for Will's experiences, as he helped Kim, Luke, & Bud cut logs all day on Saturday. They cut, skidded, and bucked over 15 trees!

Just before I posted this I shared the title of this entry with Steve to which he replied, "You can't domesticate a wild animal," I thought you would enjoy that.

A few firsts...

We are in a heatwave here, so Will and I have been outside everyday lately trying to cure our cabin fever. Every time we go outside Will walks by the shovels and is drawn to go to work. So he began shovelling the driveway again, but the problem was there was no snow left to shovel. As you probably guessed, Will took a tumble on the driveway while he was working and face planted on the concrete, thus resulting in his first work injury.

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I also wanted to include Will's first masterpiece in this entry. We started our ECFE (Early Childhood and Family Education) class last week and there is an art station set up each week with new projects to complete. Will would have nothing to do with the project last week, but we decided to do the project this week as it involved trucks. The truck wheels were sitting in paint with the idea that you pick up the truck and drive it across your paper to create your masterpiece. Needless to say, more paint ended up on Will's hands and smock than on the paper, but we have his first art project proudly displayed on the kitchen fridge.

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Food on a bone

Our little William has come to love eating ribs-not just the meat itself, but rather chewing on the bone too. The other night we ordered in ribs for dinner (thanks to Santa for the gift certificate) and Will had his fill. Steve always orders a full rack now because Will eats about 1/3 of them! We thought you might enjoy this video of him chomping on the bone. I chose the title for this entry because as a mom of a toddler who loves to eat off a bone, I wish all food came that way. WARNING-viewer discretion is advised if you do not have the privilege of watching toddlers eat on a regular basis.

From 2-3-2009