Why Can't I Eat Cat Food?

Asher couldn't wait to become a 2 year old and wanted to know what the hype was all about so, he decided that it was time to start playing the part.  This means that he has given his Mommy and Daddy a run for their money.  He constantly climbs and gets into everything, opens all kinds of doors with locks, and is a little bit naughty which has left us to shake our heads and begin the timeout routine. 

Timeout usually consists of one of us taking him to a wall near our dining room and telling him what he has done. We were surprised at how well Asher adapted to this new routine. He looked like a person being frisked by the cops and immediately started negotiating with us. It was hard to contain our laughter, but we needed to take back our house from our rambunctious little one and set some rules.

Here is a video that we plan on showing his girlfriend one day! Enjoy!

Climbing is exhausting for EVERYONE!

 

 

We decided to go to Rochester, NY to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah with our cousins.  Unfortunately, this marked the last time our son would nap or sleep in the crib. While he was in Rochester, he learned how to crawl out of the crib and that experience has changed our life entirely. We have converted the crib to a bed, but Asher no long naps or sleeps through the night. We hope this is a phase, but we are very tired and becoming increasingly annoyed with our once excellent sleep angel.  We have tried to find humor with our situation and have started keeping a score card that we update. So far, Asher is winning!

 

 

 

 

 Anyway, here are two videos we took while in Rochester of him scaling gym equipment meant for children over 5. Jed had to run up and catch him. 

 

 



I know my ABC's

Asher's passion since he was 17 months old has been letters.  For the last month or two he has mastered recognition of all 26 letters, oh my!  The only way we can get him in the tub is with the magical alphabet. Every kid has their thing, we never thought it would be letters. Asher continues to amaze us! See bath time below. Also, notice his line up of the bath toys, we did not do this!

Daddy Diamond (Grandpa) comes to town

Grandpa Diamond came to town for my birthday and to see the family. It was so nice to have him all to ourselves. Asher had a lot of fun playing with him. They had pillow fights, daily chocolate milk and pumpkin chai runs, and lots of play time in the park.

Our daily routine was to head to the coffee shop--Asher loved it!

Asher wants to be just like Grandpa and sit on the bench.

National Arboretum

A few weeks ago we took advantage of the nice weather DC brings us in  the Fall and headed to the National Arboretum. What a pretty place to hang out and it is only a few miles away from our home. Here are some snapshots from the day.

Asher is fascinated with running water and fountains!

With Bubbie at the old Capitol columns

Toddlers on the Hill

Asher started attending Toddlers on the Hill, a toddler Montessori  playgroup. The group meets two days a week for three hours at a time. Asher loves it and is learning to work with others, put materials away when he is finished, and play in a space that is truly meant for his age group.  Toddlers on the Hill ROCKS!!! Check out the video at the end.

testing out the crayons...

loves the chime

Asher's buddies on a train. He is the third from the back.

 

Catching Up!

I would have blogged a few more times in October, but then Frankenstorm hit, so Jed, Asher, and I decided to make a quick getaway to Florida to relax and bypass the stormy weather.  We are now back and I realized that so much happened in October that I needed to play catch up with this blog.
This will be part 1 of the end of October adventures. So, expect some more blog action in the near future. 

Asher, Bubbie, and I headed to the petting zoo in Reston, Virginia in mid October.  Asher loved the ducks and cows and we loved the spider hat!

 

What do you see, Asher?

On a walk with Bubbie



Peeking through the bench...