Two firsts...

It was a pouring rainy first day of daylight savings time. Drew decided today would be the best day to not nap, destroy my willpower, AND shove something up his nose for the first time. It happened at snacktime, when I made some popcorn for us. He found an unpopped kernel in his bowl, which of course I should have pulled out but apparently I failed to. All innocently, he asked, "Mommy, what is this?" and I told him what it was and that he wasn't to put it in his mouth and to give it to me. To his credit, he did not put it in his mouth. However, he immediately placed it ever so delicately into hsi left nostril, and then waited to see how I would handle it. I calmly pushed it out of his nose, threw is in the trash, and told him that if he ever, ever, ever shoved anything up his nose again I was taking away his toys. Calm heads did not prevail there.

Then, as I tucked him in, he said, "Mommy, I'm scared." I asked him what was scaring him, and he pointed to the closet. He informed me that there was a monster in there. I checked, showed him, and swore I would never let a monster in there. No threats this time. Apparently the beer I drank at dinner had diminished my propensity for flagrant threats which I would likely never keep.

Things Tucker will smear on himself - Sunday edition

Tucker is still fantastically awesome. Today has been an especially, um, tactile day, and here's a brief list of the stuff he's covered himself in so far...

1. banana
2. syrup
3. baby cereal/peaches
4. syrup again
5. french toast
6. baby spaghetti

It's all over his face, in his hair, etc. Incredibly adorable, but also sticky as the dickens. Good thing he loves the bath - I see one in his near future...