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So, I sort of forgot I had a blog. Um, maybe intentionally. But maybe not. Just halfway intentionally.
Here are two cute videos of Thomas. Maybe I'll get back into the swing of things.
Thomas Outside from Leslie Ann McNolty on Vimeo.
Thomas in the Tub from Leslie Ann McNolty on Vimeo.
Cars from Leslie Ann McNolty on Vimeo.
Li = Lightning McQueen
Sashe = Sally
Looking back through the last couple of posts, I realized that it looks like we only dress Thomas when he leaves the house. Which is basically the case. In our defense it's regularly been over 100 degrees here. It was 104 on Saturday. We don't turn the air conditioning on unless it gets over 95 and even then we only use it for an hour or two during the hottest part of the day. A minimum of clothing is required.
However, fall is finally here! The high today is only 72. We're going to have to pull ourselves together and wrangle some clothes onto the kid.
Thomas changed from a no-tv-kid to a television lover almost overnight.
When we bought the Cars paraphanalia for his room, we thought he should probably see the movie. So, we used some of his birthday money to order the dvd from Amazon. After I ordered it, I thought I should try to get Thomas used to the tv. I'm all about value; I wanted to get our $16.95 out of that dvd. So, I found a Thomas the Tank Engine movie on Netflix Watch Instantly. I set it up on the Roku for Thomas to watch. He hated it. He seemed frustrated that the pictures moved before he could get a really good look at them. I had to turn it off because he was whining and crying. So, when the dvd came in the mail, I wasn't sure it was such a good buy.
There was nothing to worry about.
Thomas Watches Cars from Leslie Ann McNolty on Vimeo.
Around the same time, Thomas found my old collection of Sesame Street Treasury Books on the bottom shelf of his bookcase. He started choosing them at storytime before his nap and at bedtime. So, I recorded a couple of episodes of Sesame Street. And that's when his conversion became total. After that first episode of Sesame Street, he literally stood in front of the television and demanded more!Cookie from Leslie Ann McNolty on Vimeo.
Mary's Stars on Stage camp had a talent show this afternoon. She played Goldilocks in the sequel to Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Goldilocks Returns.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears II: Goldilocks Returns from Leslie Ann McNolty on Vimeo.
My dad bought Thomas an electric four-wheeler for his birthday. Thomas was afraid of it at first. However, after three days of this (check out the look on his face):
We got this:
Thomas Rides from Leslie Ann McNolty on Vimeo.
Yay!
I've gotten behind transferring videos from the camera to my computer. Here are three from last month.
Thomas loved this Barbie for about three days. Then, he threw her over for a less traditional, American Idol style boy-girl singing duo.
Thomas's Singing Girl from Leslie Ann McNolty on Vimeo.
RIP MJ from Leslie Ann McNolty on Vimeo.
Ipod Dance from Leslie Ann McNolty on Vimeo.
Mary has mentioned how much she loves lasagna a couple of times this summer. So, I made a vegetable lasagna the other day. I added eggplant, zucchini, red pepper and mushrooms to the sauce and cooked spinach to the ricotta. And after weeks of great dinner behavior, Food Battle 2009 suddenly reared its ugly head.
We had been planning to go out for ice cream and a trip to the park after dinner. But if you want ice cream, you've got to eat dinner. And Mary wouldn't. First, she ate all the cheese off the top of her piece. She picked out all the noodles and ate those. Then, she stopped eating. And started stirring the remaining vegetables and ricotta around in the bowl while singing to herself about how gross it was. For an hour.
So, we canceled ice cream and the park. And she lost it. She was sent to her bed where she proceeded to literally wail about how unfair it all was. I have a video of her door through which you can hear the ridiculousness of it (and me snickering in the background). It's hilarious; you'd think we had just amputated some of her fingers without anesthestic. I was going to post it here.
But then, this morning, I backed into the garage door. And I completely lost it. I stormed into the house and threw my coffee cup into the sink. I went back outside to look at it and started screaming about how "We can't afford this. We can't even afford to drive the car, let alone wreck it." I slammed some doors. I slammed a couple of them multiple times. Then, I sat down and cried. Wailed, really.
The door is, um, completely screwed up. And there's a huge dent in the back of the car. And we can't afford an accident like this right now. Or ever. It sucks. The one bright spot is that there is no video of me freaking out about it.
Obviously, I won't be posting the video of Mary's bedroom door. Here's one of Thomas instead.
Will Talk for Food ... Sort Of from Leslie Ann McNolty on Vimeo.
Thomas gets a little punchy about an hour before bedtime. Also note, in true McNolty family fashion, the blaring television in the background. Good times.
Crazy Baby from Leslie Ann McNolty on Vimeo.
Where's Your Hair? from Leslie Ann McNolty on Vimeo.
He's also really good at refusing to talk.
Stubborn from Leslie Ann McNolty on Vimeo.
