He can be taught!

Just taught R to hem his own pants, and he did a rather nice job. On the first leg. Saving the other leg for another night :)

Sun butter jelly sandwiches

Our new daycare is a nut free facility.  Being practically a fruitarian (eats fruits and nuts), I find this rather frustrating. To make things worse, it's the first time we've had to pack J's lunch everyday, and I was really hoping to get him on peanut butter jelly sandwiches, since he's so into nuts and peanut butter lately.  The daycare recommended trying sun butter, a peanut butter substitute made from sunflower seeds.  I'm not a huge fan, but so far, J seems to like it.  

2.5 Year Old Runs Errand

R's in the shower.  I just sat down on the toilet and started to pee when I realize I'm out of toilet paper.  J is running about and comes in to say hi, and suddenly I have a great idea.  I say to him, go tell BaBa that 'MaMa needs more toilet paper'.  By the time J gets over to the other bathroom, the shower is off, so I can hear the conversation, and imagine the confused look on J's face.  He says, 'need more paper' to which of course R says 'go ask MaMa for more paper.'  Poor J! So I start to yell 'BaBa! BaBa!' to get his attention and explain through the walls.  But he just continues, 'see, MaMa is calling for you, go ask MaMa for paper.'  J returns, defeated.  Then I hand him my empty toilet paper roll, and I say, give this to BaBa and tell him 'MaMa needs paper'.  He repeats the sentence back to me: MaMa needs paper.

And that does the trick!  J accomplishes his mission, and his parents are terribly proud of him and themselves for their clever communication.

Note to self

There's an SFO to Milbrae BART shuttle that looks just like the long term parking shuttle. Don't be fooled.