The Piano Man

Sometimes I think there are two, maybe three kids at our home.  Kyle when playing with Dexter, definitely becomes one.  Dexter loves it though.  The third (me) only joins every now and then, but this weekend I was there.  Why?  Because I finally pulled out a cardboard box from the move up here (2 years ago).  It was a basketball hoop, but coolest of all...it was a tunnel.  We all enjoyed a bunch of time showing this off to Dak.  The result is...he LOVES it.  Okay, so all he thinks is that he goes through one side and comes out the other.  Mom and Dad sometimes pop out at play peek-a-boo.  It can stash things, and that he gets lots of attention when he does play with it.

Practicing making a shot

Crawling through the tunnel

I think this was flash mid-clap...result, funny face.

Friday, we all did go out to eat at a Chinese restaurant.  It was delicious.  I love the lunch special.  Soup, wontons, fried rice and a lot of sweet and sour.

The new top teeth

Loves to help pull out the dish rack and rattle dishes.  Soon we'll teach him to actually do them.

Sunday my parents had driven up to Provo, so we drove down to visit with them.  My sister who's at BYU came to visit too.  We played a few games.  They enjoyed playing with Dexter and seeing all his new tricks.  We got to stay for a few hours, but alas Dexter was tired of being confined in the small hotel room and was bedtime too.

Hanging out with Aunt Melynn at the grandparents hotel

Each week we try to do a video chat with the Hansen family.  We know the star of the show is Dex.  This time he hammed it up. Big time.  He's been liking to play on the piano, and will do it for quite some time.  We were showing this off to the grandparents.  He played for quite some time and would do the following: play/bang on the piano, turn page music, play/bang piano, wave/conduct to grandparents on computer.  This went on for like 10-15 minutes.  He loved the attention...and would give himself a clap throughout it.

That's his new thing.  If you say: yay, good job, hooray or anything that sounds exciting, he will clap his hands.  Dak gives himself a round of applause a lot, even without us saying good job.  Crawl across floor properly...clap.  Eat some food...clap.  Read a book...clap.  He's rather quite cute at it though.  Since he never got the hang of waving hi, we'll use that for people now.

Intense studying

Monday I also did get a little 2 hours of "me" time.  I spray painted a frame and prepped stuff to put together something.  I should finish it this week, and post pictures next week.  It was super nice not having to worry about listening for Dexter or feeding him right as he got up, and to use the time to create something for me.  Even just being creative was nice.  We did find out that he did NOT like me leaving him, even if Kyle was there.  Separation anxiety has started.