Sawyer goes to the dentist!

Sawyer got his 11 teeth checked out today, and even let Solange, the hygenist polish them. The hygenist was great with him, she showed him how to brush a stuffed frog's teeth, and read a truck book with him, before having him sit on my lap. She showed him all her tools, and even let him push the buttons to make the chair go up and down, which he promptly broke and we had to be moved to another chair. :) His second favorite dentist toy was the water sprayer. She would polish his teeth and then ask if he wanted water. He would say yes and then do the sign for more! While waiting for the dentist, Solange blew bubbles for him using only her hands and lots of soap. By the time the dentist arrived he was done sitting still. He barely let her get a look at his teeth, but overall he did great! I don't think I could have asked him to be any more patient.

On our way home with a new toothbrush, toy boat, and a balloon from the dentist!

"Pace peas"

Sawyer has brought home his first phrase from school. Space Please! But it comes out "pace peas". It is so cute. This morning he climbed up in the chair next to me and start to push me out and say "pace peas". He has done it at least 3 times today. It's hilarious.

Maybe a Chef or a Professor?

So if Sawyer's early interests are any indication of his future career. I think we have a Chef or Professor on our hands. The two things our little guy does more than anything else is "cook" in our kitchen or his. He especially loves all sizes of pots and pans. Or getting to use any of Papa's kitchen toys.

When Sawyer is not cooking he is reading. He likes to read a lot. Yesterday we spent two hours reading. He is especially attached to books with trucks, dogs, or his French book where you identify objects in the scene (really just one page in this one, the one about a kitchen.) He generally likes to sit right next to Hani or I, or sit on our lap, but recently he has started multi-tasking.

All this reading and his recent habit of walking with his hands behind his back makes me visualize a professor walking at the front of the classroom looking over his students working hard on an exam. Cooking and reading take up about 80% of the time he is not eating or sleeping, but he also seems to really like to dance to music, play drums with his dad, and do puzzles. It will be interesting to see how these interests develop over the next few years.

Walking and Talking. Welcome to the Toddler room at school!

Sawyer's vocabulary exploded this month. When the doctor asked at his 18 month appointment how many words he uses, I said 10. Hani thought it was closer to 20. We decided to count over the next day and it was more like 35 plus 10 signs. Holy cow, my boy is talking. He has also given up the stroller and has started to go for walks with me. On our first walk we went about 10 blocks, or about 20-30 minutes. At one point during our walk he heard music and stopped and looked around. He kept asking "where?" It was a wind chime on someone's porch. He spent the next 5 minutes swaying and clapping to the chimes. When the wind would stop he would sign/say "more". It was so cute.

It's got to be the move into the toddler room at school that has brought on so many changes!