Snow day

We had snow when we woke up last Friday morning! The forecast was calling for afternoon ice, so 800 schools in our area closed including Vaughn's/excluding Princeton. (Mommy and Daddy played hookie from work.) We made a Native American snowman and had a pitching contest with snowballs to see who could hit the tree the most times.

Vaughn's language has really exploded. He counts to 15, sometimes substituting the word "da-da" for 3. We thought his teachers may be counting with his class, but that is not the case. It seems he is learning from his friends on Sesame Street. He is in the 'no' phase, but it is more like Nooooooooooooo! It's like the sound a bell curve would make...if a bell curve made a sound.

Vaughn & Catie

Catie came to visit for one night on her way to NYC. Vaughn would only eat his pizza on the couch next to Catie...we washed all cushion/pillow covers the next day!

Haircut

It was time...his hair was long enough to put into pig tails!

This was an exciting week at day care. The school hosted a nature program for all of the classes. Vaughn and his classmates were visited by a skunk, a bunny, an owl, and a turtle. When we picked up Vaughn at the end of the day, his teacher declared that he was "intrepid". We didn't even want to know the story behind that one.

Bad Habits

It seems as though Vaughn has picked up a bad habit (that is also illegal in the state of NJ). No comment on the perceived source of the habit...Mommy was in the kitchen making dinner and heard silence, therefore becoming alarmed. Vaughn had located a cell phone (donated to his toy chest) and made his way over to his truck. He was obviously in a hurry to make the call because he left his door wide open! As Mommy quietly watched from the kitchen, she observed Vaughn dialing numbers before he held the phone up to his ear and had a full conversation with "someone" on the other end. Once he discovered he was being watched, Mommy asked who Vaughn was talking to and he replied, "Dad-dy!"

Super Bowl

Mommy made a football cake to take to a Super Bowl party. Vaughn decided to help ice the cake. He stuck his finger in the vanilla, tried it and said, "Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!"


So, then he tried the chocolate and had the same reaction.
Once it turned into a vicious obsession, we took the icing from him. We'll say he was less than pleased. However, doesn't he look cute in his sweater vest that Great-Grandmother Vivian knitted for Daddy over 30 years ago?? It's hard to even notice the tears!!