The Informer Lacking Social Graces

Yes, that would be John. He is becoming quite proficient with his vocabulary, as I have mentioned previously. He loves reading the holiday catalogs, Pottery Barn, Crate and Barrel, Ballard Designs. They all have colorful balls, socks (stockings), cookies, trees, stars, clocks, dogs, chairs, books, etc...that he likes to point out in the pictures. This is fine by me because I can enjoy browsing my catalogs and entertain John all in one shot.

Today we were sitting at the table for dinner and all of the sudden John exclaims "Poop!" and then points at his rear. He kept saying "poop! poop!" as he was doing the dirty deed. This is great because in case my olfactory senses go completely numb I now have an audible and persistent reminder that I need to change a diaper. Apparently no one has told him that Poop is not a dinnertime topic but at least we're becoming a little more self-aware?

On to other news....today we tore it up at the Memorial City Mall play castle. John's favorite activity was walking THE PLANK. Our biggest achievement is that he didn't get trampled by the big kids.

And other news...I've been in my house for over one year (don't judge me) and have finally decided to use the oven self-cleaning feature. Um, I didn't know it would be an all day affair. It took 4 hours to do the self clean (which I started at 9 AM) and at this time (almost 7 PM) the door is still locked and I can tell that the oven has definitely cooled down. If any one knows how to get my oven unlocked I'd appreciate some help. Our microwave also went out yesterday so we've had quite an appliance meltdown here.