shy Dillo

[flea]

Wednesday night while I was at work mr. flea took the kids out to a ribs place. The woman taking the order talked up Dillo, and of course he was shy. mr. flea asked him what he felt like when people said hello to him like that, and Dillo's response was, "I want to get in the car and drive home," and also, "I want to go in the bathroom and peep [i.e. melt] down the drain." Poor little shy guy! mr. flea tried to tell him that people were friendly and a lot of people like children, and it's okay if someone says "hi" to say hi back.

Dillo's been a lot more interested in art the last month or so, as the drawings on the couch, walls, floor, and his wagon as well as actual paper attest. He really likes to draw circles and spirals (and can name spirals) - round and round and round. Also, he has a train made up of the five letters of his name, connected by magnets. Last weekend he arranged it so the front magnet connected to the end magnet and said, "Look, a pentagon!" *Pentagon!*

Still NO potty action yet. We need to get more forceful, and actually ACT on the M&M bribery, not just talk about it.

Tomorrow we are going camping in Alabama to see friends. As of tomorrow, my kids will have set foot in AL, GA, SC, NC, VA, MD, OH, and MA (add PA for Casper, and NJ if you count airport layovers). Southern children! Gotta get these kids to, like, Maine and New York City.

Comments

[gannet.livejournal.com]

The other week, Theo made a straight line out of his tinkertoys and called it a monogon, which made me crack up.

Yay Dillo!

[dxmachina.livejournal.com]

"I want to get in the car and drive home," and also, "I want to go in the bathroom and peep [i.e. melt] down the drain."

That's exactly how I feel.

[ellenbs.livejournal.com]

"I want to go in the bathroom and peep [i.e. melt] down the drain."

That is ridiculously adorable. When my brother was little, he'd sometimes eat under the table at restaurants (food on the chair) because he couldn't handle the waitress attention.