Posts tagged Ari Update

Ari the other day, nor for the first time, broke my heart. I had to go to work, and Ari just started balling, crying and saying “But you don’t want to. You want to stay and play with me. It’s play in my room day.” I actually cried on the way to work, thank God our radio doesn’t work well, since with my luck Cat’s in the Cradle by Harry Chapin would have been playing…

My child arrived just the other day,
He came to the world in the usual way.
But there were planes to catch, and bills to pay.
He learned to walk while I was away.
And he was talking ‘fore I knew it, and as he grew,
He’d say, “I’m gonna be like you, dad.
You know I’m gonna be like you.”

And the cat’s in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man in the moon.
“When you coming home, dad?” “I don’t know when,
But we’ll get together then.
You know we’ll have a good time then.”

My son turned ten just the other day.
He said, “Thanks for the ball, dad, come on let’s play.
Can you teach me to throw?” I said, “Not today,
I got a lot to do.” He said, “That’s ok.”
And he walked away, but his smile never dimmed,
Said, “I’m gonna be like him, yeah.
You know I’m gonna be like him.”

And the cat’s in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man in the moon.
“When you coming home, dad?” “I don’t know when,
But we’ll get together then.
You know we’ll have a good time then.”

Well, he came from college just the other day,
So much like a man I just had to say,
“Son, I’m proud of you. Can you sit for a while?”
He shook his head, and he said with a smile,
“What I’d really like, dad, is to borrow the car keys.
See you later. Can I have them please?”

And the cat’s in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man in the moon.
“When you coming home, son?” “I don’t know when,
But we’ll get together then, dad.
You know we’ll have a good time then.”

I’ve long since retired and my son’s moved away.
I called him up just the other day.
I said, “I’d like to see you if you don’t mind.”
He said, “I’d love to, dad, if I could find the time.
You see, my new job’s a hassle, and the kid’s got the flu,
But it’s sure nice talking to you, dad.
It’s been sure nice talking to you.”
And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me,
He’d grown up just like me.
My boy was just like me.

And the cat’s in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man in the moon.
“When you coming home, son?” “I don’t know when,
But we’ll get together then, dad.
You know we’ll have a good time then.”

I just sometimes feel I don’t spend nearly enough time playing with him, and I don’t want regrets later in life…

Sara's mom took Ari and Sara to COSI yesterday (I had to work so I couldn't join them). From all reports, Ari had a great time as one would expect of Ari at a science museum like that. Ari was asleep when I got home from work, and I haven't got much out of him yet, but he did say he wore a rain coat and sprayed stuff, and something about balls falling down.

Ari has been full into asking "why?" for a little while now. Anything somebody says to him is followed by "why?", and he'll just ask "why is ?" off and on as well.
He is also into saying "I want to ask you something?", although it sometimes comes out as "I want to tell you something?", which he also uses a statement, the only way to tell the difference if he forgets the "ask" is he makes it sound like a question. He's getting better at remembering to say "ask" though if he has a question and "tell" when he just wants to say something.
He's still working out the details of gender tense, mixing up his "her" and "him", "she" and "he", and the like. He knows the difference between men and women, just forgets when he's referring to them which one to use.

Ari is 3 today... wow...
We decided to get him a Vtech V.Smile TV Learning System, which we'll wait until his party Sunday night to give him. There are lots of cartridges for it to add more educational games to it. I think Ari will think it is a blast and be educated at the same time. I might post more later, but it is way late and I need sleep as Ari has gymnastics in the morning.

While Ari loves being a Jedi, he also likes pretending he is Ollvander, and will pretend to give you a wand and have you flick it, then go "No! No! Definitely not!" take the wand from you and exchange it. (More info on his shop here).

Ari: Knock Knock.
Me: Who's there?
Ari: Orange?
Me: Orange who?
Ari: Me! (Starts laughing as if it is the funniest joke in the world)

This joke comes out of him trying to do the old "Orange you glad I didn't say banana again?" knock knock joke. I think his version is funnier because of the way he starts laughing at the end.

Ari going around the house diaper free except when goes to bed at night. We got a small seat for him to put on the big toilet and his little toilet is setup in the living room. There have been a few accidents, but nothing major yet. When he needs to use one, he'll go to it, pull his pants down and go then finish off, pull his pants back up and go on with his day. We help sometimes, especially if he goes poo, but for the most part he seems to do okay on his own. He is wearing pull up as a backup just in case, and we got him regular underwear that he wore for a bit, but he doesn't have the hang of everything quit yet as it kind of sneaks up on him and he makes a run for it.

Ari is starting to recognize several letters and numbers. If I show him a capital A, he knows it is the letter A. He knows a bunch of others, but thinks Q is an O, which is understandable at this point. Now we just need to start working on the phonics of the letters with recognizing them.
As for his recent bout salmonella, he is fully better now. A few black and blue marks from the IV points, but he is otherwise back to normal. Quincy, the lizard is gone as well so we don't have to worry about that again.