Cute Things

Callum continues to do cute things. It's inevitable when you're 13 & 1/2 months old that you will. He loves playing with things he can't have. As mentioned before, his favorites are the remote control, video camera, and my laptop. My attitude towards most other household things is that as long as it isn't expensive or difficult to replace AND it won't hurt him, I'll let him have the items he wants. He's pretty good at communicating the things he'd like to play with. On Saturday morning, I gave him a spray bottle which had water in it. We use it to spray our cats if they are somewhere they shouldn't be or doing something they shouldn't (we haven't used this tactic on Callum... hmmm...). Anyway, I gave it to him thinking that there is no way that he'll figure out how to spray it. WRONG. The little bugger figured out how to work the handle and proceeded to spray himself (it was pointed towards him). Callum thought it was the funniest thing in the whole world. Since we were in the living room, I moved him into the kitchen and let him spray away. It was mostly going in his face but he was laughing hysterically so I let him go to town. I'll post some pictures because yes I did take some. He's also very attached to his mom. Twice over the weekend, Iain took him outside to give me 10 minutes to myself. They walked all the way to the back of our yard- not a huge distance but considerable when you're 3 feet tall. Callum grabbed Daddy's hand and maneuvered his way through the yard, up the steps, across the patio and into the kitchen (Iain did the door). Nothing stands in his way if he wants his mom. The final cute thing that Callum's mastered, although I probably shouldn't tell him it's cute, is the way he eats. Coming into toddlerhood has meant that he now has taste buds and knows what he likes to eat and what he DOES NOT like to eat. Fortunately he still likes fruit, especially bananas- he had two last Tuesday morning- and healthy carbs like spaghetti with meat sauce. He'll eat potatoes, toast, and Gerber baby snacks. On the way out of his life are vegetables because he'll put them in his mouth, chew them, gag and then spit them out. It's funny and it's not. I mean how do you get him to eat them now? I guess healthy things will be going into sauces and whatnot. Some days he'll eat chicken, some days he won't. It's frustrating and funny to deal with. I miss those days when he'd open up like a baby bird for just about anything. That's now reserved for select fruits, carbs and dairy products.