The Red Balloon

On Tuesday, when I picked C up from school, the director stopped me in the hall and told me this sweet story.

One of the older classrooms has been "studying"/exploring light and projection, so they took a field trip to the Belcourt theatre. In return, the Belcourt offered a screening of The Red Balloon at school. On Monday, the big kids came and brought "movie tickets" to all the classrooms. On Tuesday at show time, they sent "ushers" to the infant and toddler rooms to escort the babies to the movie (great project, right?).

(I'm pretty sure everyone watched this in school at some point, but if 

you don't remember it, the whole thing is on YouTube)

Most of the babies got wiggly after a couple minutes, but the director told me that C and one other friend were mesmerized for the entire movie. It's like 30 minutes long. They were laughing and clapping. I guess I'm not totally shocked, as the kid is still obsessed with balloons, but it's still funny to me. And sweet that an old, simple film can still be so enthralling to young children. We don't really watch a lot of tv with him (other than sports) so it must have been a treat. It's really just the city, a little boy, the balloon, and music. He's so cultured.

Watch out--they spit!

Up and At 'Em

Way to jump up and greet the day, bud. These were taken over TWENTY minutes. Usually he pops right up, smiling, as if he had never been asleep at all...so this was hilarious to me. And also painful, because I also just wanted to go back to sleep myself. But we had to get up to "go to school and play with our teachers and friends!"

NOPE.

Wait, what?

Oh. You.

Fine.

Little Leprechaun

Happy St. Patrick's Day to you and yours!

(it's a little hard to tell, but his pants are green...)

First Zoo Trip!

His favorite things were the animal crackers, other children, flamingos, walking, and fish. 

Also, I'm pretty sure he thought the elephants were giant dogs. 

Tiny Bellhop

Goodnight Moon

We had a little bit of an ice event here on Sunday night, so C and I spent the night at Doc & Jules's house. They have a generator, so we thought that was the safest option as a night (or more) at home without power would be dicey. Adventures are fun until everyone is freezing and bored and cranky.

We packed up a bag with all the important bedtime items: sleep sack, Taggies, lotion, and even our own copy of Goodnight Moon (red balloon). I knew there were probably 4 copies over at the g-'rents' house, but couldn't risk it.

Turned out I needn't have worried, because he went straight to a stack of books in his room there, toppled it, and immediately pulled out the resident copy. And turned to his favorite page.

The boy knows what he likes.

For the record, everything was fine. The power did go out at the big house, but he was a trooper overnight and the generator powers a couple rooms--enough to make it workable without a problem. We did not lose power at home, so our gamble was a little off...but I guess better safe than sorry. Overall, I think it was good to do, because he was a little wide-eyed at the whole same-routine-different-room bedtime gig, and it's probably good to mix it up every now and again so he learns to flex. 

The ice is mostly gone now, but it's cold and I am o.ver.it.