At 19 months old, Ryder's favorite words now seem to be "no" and "mine". He will say "no" in a tone of voice that suggests that whatever I am telling/asking him to do is completely absurd. He also tells the dogs "no, no, no" if they come too close to him while he's eating something. The word "mine" suddenly popped up in his vocabulary, and he's been using it A LOT in the past few days. Apparently Ryder is sponsoring the Olympics: when we watch volleyball, the ball is "mine"; all of the bicycles during the cycling race are "mine". Andrew and I have decided that nothing in the house belongs to us anymore; we're just borrowing things from Ryder. :)
Our little barista
Ryder insists on helping Daddy make coffee every day, and his favorite part is grinding the beans (with the help of Daddy and a step-stool of course). Ryder has observed Andrew's love for coffee and will even say "Daddy-O" when he sees a Starbuck's logo!
Aunt Ali came to play!
Alison came for a visit over the weekend, and Ryder was thrilled to have her here. They chased each other around the house, had tickling "fights", and played outside. Alison brought Ryder an adorable alligator towel that's designed like a cape, and they took turns wearing it and running around the house.
Ryder the alligator
loving some tickle time with Ali
Playdough!
We bought Ryder his first little container of play dough (and a Cars placemat) to see how he would like it. I dug out a star-shaped cookie cutter that I have and let Ryder do some experimenting. He did really well and didn't eat any...at least this time!
opening the container very carefully
"Wow, this stuff is pretty cool!"
A new discovery
Ryder found out that if he drags his stool over to the refrigerator, he can reach the magical ice dispenser. Fortunately I was standing only a few feet away and was able to press the lock button before ice cubes started shooting out everywhere!
what a look of longing!
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