Eating with a fork! A first

Class

This day Liam decided peanut butter in the hair was the new thing. So you know, I just went with it. Got it to spike up a bit. We get to our parent participation class to find that the sensory tub is filled with oats. So he kind if smelled like a cookie.
Changing subjects, he's leaving my side more. Goes and sits right in front of Teacher Julie during circle time. And even let her do the song Noble duke of York on her lap! Go Liam!

Doula? OB? Midwife? Nurse?

Seriously. She's not yet 5, but ask her what the placenta is for. Or how the food gets from the mom to the fetus. Or about menstruation. She will tell you. Want to know about the division of cells, or the difference between identical and fraternal twins? Or How about vaginal versus cesarean birth? Strangely, she has not yet asked how exactly the sperm gets from the papa into the mama's uterus. Ok, so I did kind of skip that part in the library book about sexual intercourse (i also skipped contraception and stds). I'll wait till she asks about it.
Pedro and I were watching The Cosby Show last night and Rudy got her period. Se was the last of the daughters and Clare was so excited for her little girl to be going through this change, but Rudy was reticent. Finally she got Rudy to talk and she said, "Mom, we were studying grammar and I got my period. Do you know how embarrassing that was?"

Pants

Liam just took his own pants off for the first time. Now, normally that would be a huge accomplishment but I think his biggest help there was the influence of...gravity! See, my skinny minny's pants just simply started to fall off. So he took it from there. Now his pants are around his neck like a scarf, his preferred way of wearing them.