from Ben's mom
I was holding Ben in a shopping mall over the weekend and he was squirming to get down when the baby kicked him. It was the first time I had felt an actual kick; everything else has been just movement. M says he hopes it isn't indicative of their future relationship.
Ben and I are constantly talking about people's need for privacy in the bathroom. He has a bad habit of throwing open the door so it has to be tightly closed to avoid such incidents. Over the weekend, we watched him go in to his room and forcefully shut the door. M and I both thought that was a little odd; he never does that. A few minutes later, M intruded and discovered that Ben had needed a little "privacy." Hopefully this is one of the first few steps toward potty training. Now if we could get the right room!
M celebrated Father's Day by giving Ben a haircut. It is a little rough and pretty much a buzz cut, but not bad for a first haircut. We also checked out IKEA for the first time. (Thanks to S for directions; it is always fun to call Maryland to get directions to a store in Seattle.) It takes up about two city blocks and is a massive dose of consumerism. It also has furniture for much cheaper. Some of it looks cheap, but most of it looks pretty good. We managed to get out without spending a dime, but we picked out the leather couch we want and would have bought Ben a mattress if it had been in stock.
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Both the ducklings have gotten fascinated with doors lately; D1, in figuring out how to shut them; D2, in trying to pull himself up on them. I keep getting shut in the closet or out of one of the bedrooms, knowing that to get to the child on the other side I'm going to have to knock them over. Good luck with the potty training. I'm tired of hearing of people whose kids never took more than a week. O:-) For the record, that is NOT happening around here.
IKEA really should be on the CDC's list of communicable, non-curable diseases...but in a good way. Have you ever read anything about the President/Founder/CEO of IKEA? Interesting guy.
We got tired of A closing the door and then not being able to open it and yelling for us. Sara finally removed the doorknobs on the kids' rooms, which also had the helpful effect of giving us a peephole to check on them after putting them to bed.
--DJ
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