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Over the past couple days Colin has done a few funny things I want to be sure to remember.

I don’t really let him watch TV but he does watch Sesame Street and they give a Spanish word of the day. The other day it was “Hola” and Colin repeated it a few times. Later that day I asked him to say hi in spanish and he says “Hi in Spanish”

On Tuesday we went to home depot to by a door and had to wait awhile. Of course Colin would not stay in the cart so he got down and wandered over to a display of door handles and locks. He got super excited and said “Mama - keys, keys” - meaning he wanted mine. I gave them to him and he slowly picked one key out and tried it in each lock (which was covered by plastic) and goes “no” on to the next one “no”, etc. He must have tried every key in every lock - which was good for me. This may not seem like that big of a deal, but he is only 20 months and it is amazing to see your child do something that requires 3 or 4 connected thoughts and that you have never specifcally shown them or talked about.

Tonight while eating dinner - mexican stew (picture broth, peas, carrots, corn, etc) Colin took his spoon and vertically flicked and entire spoonful all over my head. It was mostly an accident but right after he did it he goes “High five” while putting his dirty hand up. This is a good example of where I sometimes feel like I can’t believe I am a parent - while trying to tell him he shouldn’t have done it I can hardly keep from laughing.

Of course it isn’t all fun and games. Colin hasn’t been going to bed well recently and he always wants me in his room while he falls asleep - it has been my fault because I let things slide while we were on vacation. Last night though he woke up at 12:30 and screamed my name for 45 minutes - pure torture. I thought after you “cry it out” once you don’t have to do it again, but I guess I was wrong. I ended up staying in my room and just talking to him a bit until he finally feel asleep. It is just terrible to hear him going “Ma-ma, ma-ma” and heaving and crying, knowing if I just walk into his room I can make it stop - but in the long run it is best for both of us if I don’t.

During our trip to NY last week we took Colin in to New York City to visit Chuck’s high school friend Larissa and her husband Michael and as we were walking back to our car he was blowing kisses to every person we passed on the sidewalk…Chuck and I thought it was pretty funny.

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