I shouldn't encourage him

If you ask Asher to say bubble, he says "Bum!"
I probably shouldn't giggle so much.
It is becoming his favourite word!

21 Months

It is hard to get a good photo of a toddler!

What Asher has been up to-

• interacting with people on Skype... showing them books, toys, etc... and trying to give them high-fives!
• whispering
• speaking in sentences. He's been able to mimic sentences for ages (one of his first words was 'whassat'- what's that) but he's recently putting together his own sentences- "wezza boobum"- where's the balloon, "is a moo"- its a cow (moo).
• loves, loves, loves planes and can spot them in the sky before I can!

10 Things About Cloth Diapers

1o Things About Cloth Diapers (aka Nappies)

1. We chose BumGenius nappies because they were the bestselling cloth nappies in the world, they a style that could convert from newborn to infant to toddler size, they didn't require soaking or anything difficult. We did not see them before we bought them.

2. I think we spent* more than $350 for 24 nappies... and have probably saved a few thousand (here in Exmouth a box of nappies costs $49, whereas in bigger cities it is only $33. So lets say 80 nappies per box (the number varies based on size), using at least 6 a day may last 2 weeks, so approx $50 every two weeks for nappies ($25/week), and Asher is 95 weeks old, so $2000+ could have been spent on nappies. *We were very lucky that friends and family gifted us with money to buy cloth diapers and supplies- what a blessing!

Pop goes the balloon

I taught Asher a new word today, pop. He loves balloons, especially after seeing me make balloon animals for Church in the Park. This morning I inflated a thick sausage shaped balloon and put a pom-pom inside to make noise. Asher shook carried it around and shook it, calling it his ball. It slowly deflated over the course of the day until all he was carrying around was a sad little string of green balloon with a pompom in it. But he still liked it.

So I decided to be creative and stuffed the next balloon with the closest thing I had on hand, dried macaroni. It lasted all the way from the bedroom to the front door before it popped. He wasn't startled at all. I told him it popped, and he said pop and handed me the macaroni and wandered back to the bedroom with the balloon. I followed him, and he was typing to figure out how to use my balloon pump to re-inflate the balloon.

The third balloon had two dried chickpeas in it, and popped pretty much straight away. (And he said, "Pop.") I took those pieces from him as well and managed to find something else to play with.

On a related note, we've been counting the number of words he says, and today we remembered 44. I know there is more, they are just hard to remember!

Assorted Beach Photos

Yeah, living next to the beach means lots of beach photos. I've picked some of the highlights...

 

Walking to the beach...