Down the steps

He must have learned this at school...

Grounds for Sculpture

We visited Grounds for Sculpture with our friends Sylvie, Suzanne and Jonathan. Vaughn was not as interested in the sculptures as he was the stream. There was a waterfall and a bridge overlooking 'Monet's Garden'. Vaughn would have plunged into the water had Mommy not been holding onto both hands. He was dipping his toes into the water from the bridge.

18 months

Vaughn turned 18 months on Tuesday. We visited "G" and "GG" in Virginia last weekend. We also got to see our friends Meg and Maeve.

Vaughn had a stomach bug when we got home...not fun for anyone! (Special thanks to Daddy for doing TWO loads of laundry at 10 pm after arriving home on the red-eye from California at 6 am and playing in a golf tournament all afternoon!) Expect the unexpected :)

He is clearly not feeling well in this picture -- taken on a camera phone on the way home from the doctor's office. He has been out of daycare for 3 days, but we anticipate that he will go back tomorrow. When asked if he misses his friend Nicholas, he nods his head 'yes'. According to the teachers whenever music starts playing, Vaughn and Nicholas immediately stop what they are doing and start dancing.

Dinner time

The first 3 weeks of daycare have been an adventure. Vaughn brought home two daycare diseases and gave them to Mommy (which is why there have not been any posts since his first day!) Thankfully, everyone is on the mend now.

Vaughn has been labeled as 'mischievous' by his teachers. While all of his classmates were gathered around a teacher singing a song, Vaughn was trying to take the broom from another teacher who was trying to clean. The teachers showed me the barricade of chairs they have to stack in the bathroom doorway...in honor of Vaughn. He goes into the bathroom and plays with the soap dispenser. When told 'No' he smirks.

We were also informed that he is 'hitting' the other children. Actually, we think it is more of an affectionate tap (because he does the same thing to the dog), but he is a very strong child. Something else to work on!!

Drama King

One of Vaughn's teachers commented that he is "so dramatic". Mommy informed her that Vaughn's Daddy was a drama major in college. She replied, "Well that explains a lot! The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree!"

Applesauce

Who needs a spoon?? Without a doubt Vaughn learned this technique from his Daddy. Every morning Arron feeds Vaughn cereal and yogurt. If Vaughn doesn't finish the yogurt, Arron "drinks" what is left in the container.

1st day of school!

Daddy was appointed as the dropper-offer for Vaughn this morning at daycare. Vaughn surprised us all! He clung to Daddy's leg for about 30 seconds and then walked into his room, picked up 2 toy cars and shared one with Miss Rose. Daddy took that opportunity to leave.

Mommy picked up Vaughn in the afternoon. He looked right at her as she walked in the room, yelled 'Da-Da' (which is his generic term to address all adults) and then ran to the other side of the room. The teachers said he was so good all day. However, he was not interested in eating lunch or drinking milk.

He ate graham crackers all the way home and then consumed 30 ounces of milk in 3 hours! We are now in the market for a dairy cow...Unfortunately, Mommy neglected to bring home the sacred Sleepy Giraffe, which is spending the night in Vaughn's cubby at school. Sleepy #2 did not arrive via UPS today and the poor attempts at substitutes were (not suprisingly) shunned.