Road Trip!

RoRo took his first REALLY long car trip last week. We drove to Tennessee for Thanksgiving. He was in the car all day Wednesday! But he kept himself entertained by playing with his Viewmaster, books, and of course his DINOSAURS!

 

Playtime!

We had an unusually warm day last week and decided to visit the lake. You all probably recognize the playground, right? This time, RoRo was brave enough to try the "dark" slide-- the tunnel slide. (That's the one he's in front of in the last picture.)


 

Sensitive Artiste

Every Thursday, Ro and I go to the library for storytime. After about fifteen minutes of total chaos while the children's librarians try to read a storybook to twenty or so wiggling, squirming, running, yelling, distracted two-year-olds, everyone goes over to the tables to make a craft related to the story they just "heard."
Sometimes RoRo is more interested in finding a dinosaur book to read than in gluing and coloring, but this time he and I managed to make a Thanksgiving scarecrow. Ro worked the glue-stick and then told me where to put each of the shapes. He's very proud of it- in fact when I suggested that we take it to Daddy's office and let him put it on his door, Ro yelled, "No! Go home and put on the frigerator!"
So we did.

Twix or Treat!

RoRo may not remember his first trick-or-treat in the years to come-- but Daddy and I most certainly will! Ro was very polite, and while he didn't always say "Trick or Treat," he did squeak "Tay-Too!" every time he got candy.
In fact, he was almost too polite at one point. A little girl about his age peered into his treat bucket and started sifting through his candy. Sujit and I didn't know quite what to do, so we just watched to see how Ro would handle it. The little girl pulled out a shiny gold Twix bar and promptly asked me to open it.
I wondered whether or not I should try to get the candy back. Ro didn't seem to care, really, that his loot had just been pilfered, so I just said, "No, you need to ask your mommy or daddy if you can eat it."
Disappointed, she turned back to RoRo's candy, maybe thinking that the problem was with her initial choice, and that I would maybe open something else for her. But lo and behold! There was another Twix bar! What luck! She looked them both over carefully, and finally decided that one of them was a little beaten-up for her taste, so she dropped it back into Ro's bucket.
"Tay-Too!" he chirped.

Happy Halloween!

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's RoRo!

Sooooo far away!