Much of the time was spent downstairs where I was doing laundry and getting ready for his birthday party in a week. I also wrapped his present and unwrapped the one from Grandma & Pappa, from Christmas--a tricycle. He was very impatient during the assembly. Let me attest that it is very difficult to put one of those together with an injured index finger and an energetic, easily frustrated 2yr old climbing all over you and constantly trying to ride it. It finally got together though. He still quite can't reach the pedals, but likes scooting it around. One great thing this morning was that for the first time he let me know that he wanted me to change his diaper! I couldn't understand the words he used, but I got the gist of it, and unlike virtually every other time in which he cries and squirms, he laid there quietly while I took care of (his) business. It's good that he's showing the first signs of being ready for potty training, but *I'm* certainly not ready. Pretty clueless, actually. I also wish he had a male role model in this respect. I don't exactly feel comfortable asking any of my men friends "hey, do you think you could pee in front of my son?"
Elias was eager for his nap today, and slept over 3 hours! I myself slept deeply about half of that, before rousing myself for some housework. Hope he's not getting sick. However, he was in a much better mood this afternoon, although the weather had turned hot and muggy.
We played outside a little. I tried to take pictures but met the usual obstacle that he rushes to my side of the camera when he sees it, asking to look at pictures of himself. I resorted to holding him and pointing the camera from arm's length back in his general direction; some of those actually look OK. I lament that I can't better record his antics before he grows out of them; I just have to do what I can. Here's a couple YouTube clips from today.
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