Landon Update

So this post is a day late...but it's really difficult to update the blog on the weekend...especially now that Landon seems to have fully embraced his (early) terrible twos.

So without further ado, here is this month's Landon Update:

Words

1. Mama
2. Dada
3. Kitty! 
4. Baba (bottle)
5. Ball
6. Bird
7. Car
8. Cookie
9. Book
10. Uh-oh!
11. Bye-bye!
12. Papa (for Pop-Pop)
13. Cracker
14. Duck
15. Clock
16. Gaga (Grammie)
17. Boo!
18. Apple 
19. Ta-da!! 
20. Starr (for Grammie's girl poodle)
21. Tickle-tickle
22. Thank you! 
23. Truck
24. BaBOOM! (Still trying to figure out exactly what this means. He says it to fans, airplanes and in general, whenever he feels like it)
25. oh, no! (too adorable - this comes out as, "No-no!")
26. Where did it go? (Wit goo?)
27. Where is the kitty? (Wee kitty?)
28. Tractor
29. Daddy (Brian now has two names...)
30. keys
31. Meow 
32. Bang

We're still working on motorcycle (it's coming out exactly like truck). I'm also trying to teach him "Trick or Treat!" by Halloween. He says it back every once in a while, but he's not consistent yet. 

He also understands a lot of phrases including: shut the door, peek a boo, sit down!, give me a kiss/hug, outside, do you want some milk?, come here, give that to Mommy (or Daddy, or Grammie, or Papa), take that to Mommy, no!, give me a hug, where's the kitty?, get a book

FAVORITES

TV Show - Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, Sesame Street, The Big Bang Theory (he LOVES that jingle!) 
Songs/Jingles - He LOVES music in general, and gets excited whenever our iPhones start playing music. Among his favorites are: Big Bang Theory theme, "We Buy Any Car" jingle, the Hot Dog Dance, No Matter What, Simple Man 

Food - the boy loves food, so this category is difficult. He loves any and all fruit, yogurt, crackers, animal crackers, gold fish, turkey, chicken, hot dogs, fruit snacks, and macaroni, but I think his favorite, hands down, is spaghetti and garlic bread! 
Thing at the park - slides - especially if he can go down himself! Merry-Go-Round. Swings 

Animal - a kitty! Although he also loves to watch birds and squirrels too, and he is always up for petting a puppy. 

Game - boo, being chased, trucks, his shapes, chasing the kitty, steal the phone or remote control 

Books - On the Night You Were Born, Mr. Brown Can Moo, Ladybug's Lesson 

NEW THINGS 

Saying, "BaBOOM!" 
Coloring every day 
"Reading" to himself or Mom/Dad 

Walking around and "talking" on the phone...typically to Dada. 

October-fun!

I'm too little to enjoy Oktoberfest...but I'm big enough to enjoy October-fun! Mom took me to a pumpkin patch this weekend, and I. Had. A. Ball.

Not only did I get to pick TWO pumpkins, but I had my first hay ride. (The tractor that pulled the wagon was sooo big! At first I didn't even want to look at pumpkins because I was so excited by the tractor.) I met a baby pig (it tried to bit Mom!), went in a hay maze, played in the Kiddie Korral and rode a big kitty. Actually, Mom says I rode a pony. Whatever. I know a kitty when I see one, and that was a big kitty!

The Kiddie Korral was lots of fun! They had a HUGE tunnel! Mom says I was a tunnel hog because I wouldn't let the other kids in, but really, I just wanted them to play with me!

Then, I played in the corn crib. So. Much. Fun! There were so many trucks and buckets, I couldn't stay in one place! I stole a bucket from a bigger kid, and Mom told me to give it back. I didn't want to, but then I saw the trucks again, so it was OK. 

Next, Mom took me on the hayride to the pumpkin patch. As soon as we got in the wagon, I ran to the front to stare at the tractor. Then Mom sat me in the hay to take some pictures. I wasn't sure I liked the feeling of hay on me...it's itchy. 

Then we made it the pumpkin patch itself. At first I thought it was a field of balls and started yelling, "Ball! Ball!" but Mom said they weren't balls. So then I thought they might be big apples, so I kept saying, "Bapple! Bapple!" Finally, Mom explained they were pumpkins. That's hard to say, so I just kept saying "Bapple" instead.  

Mom said I could pick out one pumpkin for me and one for Dad, but I had to be able to carry the one I picked out for myself. I found one I really, really liked...

...I tried to pick it up, but it was too heavy.

 So I pushed it over.

Workplace woes

Typically, I try to limit my posts to gush on and on about how adorable Landon is (for the record, he's beyond cute) or what funny things he's done lately (he thinks making me put a colander on my is the funniest thing in the world), etc., etc.

But today, I'm dumbfounded. I've encountered a situation that I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I mean, in general, humans are perplexing creatures. Someone is always doing something that you simply don't get.

But today's incident truly boggles my mind.

I went into the kitchen at work today to heat up soup for lunch. I walked to the microwave and saw that someone else was using it. Ok, not a problem - in an office setting, it's not an unexpected occurrence for someone else to beat you to the microwave, especially when you office is as small as ours, and there are only eight employees.

What was unexpected was the amount of time the person expected to tie up the (only) microwave: the timer was set for 28 minutes.

Yes, you read that correctly.

When I first looked at the countdown, I thought I mis-read the readout and that it really said 2.5 minutes. Nope. It was definitely 28 minutes.

Aside from the first question that popped into my mind - what the HELL is this person making for lunch that takes 28 minutes to microwave?!? - I also have to ask: What is with people? Who uses a communal microwave for that long, without at least giving people a warning - especially when there is only one microwave for all staff to share? If it had been me, I would have walked around the office and let everyone know that I was going to hijack the microwave for a while and to feel free to use it if they wanted to heat their lunches up first, since it would be in use for so long.

Jeez.