Halloween! This was Logan's second Halloween. It was a cold and clear night, though it was foggy most of the day. About ten groups of kids come to our front door. Chazz barked at each group, until we opened the door and he realized they were kids. Logan just stared. He didn't seem bothered.
One thing that did bother logan was our jack-o-lanterns. We used flashing bike lights instead of candles. Logan didn't like that! He wanted to take the flashing lights out to play with them. He got upset when I didn't let him.
He was tired and cranky towards the end of the evening. I was going to take him around trick or treating, but he was too tired and he didn't seem to want to go. He had a little "outfit" - basically a hard hat and some tools. We had a hand me down superman outfit, but Logan didn't like it and wouldn't wear the cape.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Saturday, October 20, 2007
10-20-07
Tonight we're going to baby sit Ezra and Sophie while Kim and David go out to Tilth.
I heard from Carol that Pierre has quit his job with the elections commission in San Francisco. Evidently the stress of both Stacie and Pierre working demanding jobs with long hours was really starting to take a toll.
At the University of Nebraska coach Osborne is now the athletic Director. There were three really disappointing football games in a row, ending with Oklahoma State demolishing UNL at Memorial Stadium. Now Tom Osbourne is going to be watching coach Callahan. I suspect Callahan will probably be fired. I also expect that the team will improve a bit for the rest of the year.
I heard from Carol that Pierre has quit his job with the elections commission in San Francisco. Evidently the stress of both Stacie and Pierre working demanding jobs with long hours was really starting to take a toll.
At the University of Nebraska coach Osborne is now the athletic Director. There were three really disappointing football games in a row, ending with Oklahoma State demolishing UNL at Memorial Stadium. Now Tom Osbourne is going to be watching coach Callahan. I suspect Callahan will probably be fired. I also expect that the team will improve a bit for the rest of the year.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
10/16/07
Logan was briefly sick over the weekend. I first noticed how warm he was on Saturday afternoon when I woke him up from his nap. He had a fever of 102 (101) degrees! He didn't seem sick - he played, laughed and ran around like he had plenty of energy. On Sunday he really wanted to run around and have fun outside, even though he had a temperature that fluctuated between 99 and 102 degrees.
On Monday I stayed at home with Logan. He seemed to be over his illness, and was having fun most of the day. We went to Swanson's nursery before lunch, where he ran around while I bought expensive plants. He stomped in puddles outside, and he looked at the early displays of Christmas ornaments inside the greenhouse. There was a neat little "pumpkin maze" made out of hay bales and stacks of pumpkins. Logan liked it.
Last night Logan went to sleep with a stuffed animal for the first time. He went to sleep holding Dusty the dragon, our old friend from hiking a year ago.
On Monday I stayed at home with Logan. He seemed to be over his illness, and was having fun most of the day. We went to Swanson's nursery before lunch, where he ran around while I bought expensive plants. He stomped in puddles outside, and he looked at the early displays of Christmas ornaments inside the greenhouse. There was a neat little "pumpkin maze" made out of hay bales and stacks of pumpkins. Logan liked it.
Last night Logan went to sleep with a stuffed animal for the first time. He went to sleep holding Dusty the dragon, our old friend from hiking a year ago.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
10/10/07
Logan is playing the harmonica! Heidi bought a harmonica to play for Logan, but Logan has figured out how to pick up the harmonica and blow into it.
Logan is also blowing bubbles. We have a bottle of bubble soap and several .. err ... bubble rings? Well, if we take the ring, dip it into the soap and hold it up Logan will happily blow bubbles. He loves watching and popping the bubbles.
Logan LOVES his brown fleece columbia coat. He'll wear it all day long, if we let him. Sometimes he cries and throws a fit when we take the coat off. He often wants to sleep in the coat! One night when I was putting Logan to bed and I had him on the changing pad I tried to take his coat off. Logan shook his head, said "nooooo!" and tried to hold onto the coat. He got to sleep in it that night!
Logan is also blowing bubbles. We have a bottle of bubble soap and several .. err ... bubble rings? Well, if we take the ring, dip it into the soap and hold it up Logan will happily blow bubbles. He loves watching and popping the bubbles.
Logan LOVES his brown fleece columbia coat. He'll wear it all day long, if we let him. Sometimes he cries and throws a fit when we take the coat off. He often wants to sleep in the coat! One night when I was putting Logan to bed and I had him on the changing pad I tried to take his coat off. Logan shook his head, said "nooooo!" and tried to hold onto the coat. He got to sleep in it that night!
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
10/9/07
Last night I installed a new dining room light to replace the one that Logan broke. It was a pretty simple operation, and was accomplished with a minimum of cursing. The fixture is from Pottery Barn, and looks just fine in a restrained quasi-historic way.
Logan broke the old light fixture in the dining room. I was holding Logan up to he could reach the fixture, and he grabbed the glass bowel. The bowel instantly fell to the table and broke. We were living with the fixture with bare bulbs for a number of months before I finally bought it's replacement.
Logan broke the old light fixture in the dining room. I was holding Logan up to he could reach the fixture, and he grabbed the glass bowel. The bowel instantly fell to the table and broke. We were living with the fixture with bare bulbs for a number of months before I finally bought it's replacement.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
10/7/07
Logan woke up early in the morning, crying and scared. I think he must have had a bad dream. He wouldn't go back to sleep in our bed, and he didn't want Heidi to hold him. He calmed down when I held him, and he pointed out of his room to the stairs and said "that way." We went downstairs, and over to the front door. He looked out the door quietly for a short while and then I took him back over to the couch. He slept on my shoulder for about an hour, and then I dressed him and fed him breakfast.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
10/2/07
Logan has been using more and more words. He's doing a pretty good job of communicating - I think that his ability to use language greatly out paces our ability to understand him. However, we can't help but understand one of his new words: "poopie." He clearly knows what it means, and he uses it to describe passing gas and actually pooping. Unfortunately, he also uses it to describe other people passing gas. Just last night he pointed at me accusingly and said "poopie!"
Our daycare just moved to a new building - it's attached to the Temple Beth Am. I took Logan there for the first time Monday morning. Getting into the parking lot was a chore - the whole place was packed with kids walking to or getting dropped off at the University Prep school next door. When Logan went into the building he was happy - until he saw some of the people from daycare and realized where he was. Then he was pretty unhappy! He was still crying when I left.
Our daycare just moved to a new building - it's attached to the Temple Beth Am. I took Logan there for the first time Monday morning. Getting into the parking lot was a chore - the whole place was packed with kids walking to or getting dropped off at the University Prep school next door. When Logan went into the building he was happy - until he saw some of the people from daycare and realized where he was. Then he was pretty unhappy! He was still crying when I left.
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