Next we have one from way back in November (at the old apartment) when Sebastian made his very own spaceship.

Enjoy!

Children are tiny and we have a lot of ideas. Children have much better ideas than adults you know. When you’re an adult, you don’t have so many ideas.

He may be right.

So it’s been nearly a month since we’ve posted any photos, but in order to make up for it there are over 100 new photos up in the January & February 2008 galleries. There are quite a few from our recent trips to Santa Monica (last weekend), Rancho Cucamonga (this Saturday) and Long Beach (yesterday). Give ‘em a gander when you have time and enjoy…

On another Sebastian-related note: The other day while AM was on the phone with me (I was at work, as usual) he asked her, “Can I stop taking baths forever and just clean myself like a cat?” He then proceeded to go through the motions of feline-bathing… So far it’s been working okay…

a few minutes ago, sebastian started singing “this old man”, and then he stopped abruptly to ask me, “mama, how do you play knick knack?” i thought that was TOO FUNNY!i said i didn’t know how to play, and he said, “i don’t think it’s a real game”, and i agreed.

Yay! Christms is almost here and Sebastian is so very excited. He told us this morning that he’s “going to burst out of bed and run to the Christmas tree!” After years of getting my parents up at 4:30 AM every Christmas morning I think the payback is about to begin. Merry Christmas!

On our way to Pasadena we stopped at Union Station and Sebastian & I waited for AM to, uh, powder her nose, we looked at the “River Fountain, ” which is about ten feet long with water pouring into either end. The “river bed” is adorned with artifacts found at the site of “old Chinatown,” which is where they built Union Station itself. As we looked at all the stuff Sebastian let out an “ewwwww” and pointed at 2 cigarette butts at the bottom and said, “Yuck! Look, somebody put those things they use to shoot fire into their mouths in there!” It makes about as much sense as their real use, doesn’t it?

Today we’ll be decorating the tree and getting in the holiday spirit some more… If we head out we’ll be sure to bundle up because, like Ohio, we’re in the midst of a cold spell with a high of *gasp* 66! Real weenie-shrinking weather, let me tell you!

• “O-I-E-Y-O” This is what Sebastian wrote (by himself) on the shower door during his bath the other night. It took me a little while, but I finally realized that he was writing “Ohio”! With no help!
• After our trip to the Petersen Automotive Museum yesterday we stopped at Office Depot to look around. Sebastian positioned himself behind one of the executive-style desks and welcomed us into his office. “What can I do for you?” he asked AM, who said that she needed a raise. “Well, let’s make a deal,” he said. They went through the charade again and his reply changed to, “I’ll try to make that happen.” We have no idea where these came from as, honestly, we don’t speak that way nor do we play “office” frequently (or ever, as far as I know). Too funny.
• Sebastian asked AM yesterday how people are made. While we scrambled for an explanation suitable for a four-year-old he answered himself, saying, “I know how people are made. Someone put seeds in the ground, put dirt over them & patted it down & watered it. Then they started to grow.”

I’m sure that there is more, but those are the standouts from the past week or so. There are some new pictures up from the past 2 weeks, including Sebastian’s end-of-year recital at preschool and some really great cars from the aforementioned trip to the car museum yesterday. Enjoy!

• Yesternight.Sebastian used this when talking to AM last week about the previous night (“Remember when daddy did something funny yesternight?”) You can’t argue with the logic and I think it should be added to our lexicon.
• “…you know.” He’s been using this phrase a lot lately, tacking it onto the end of his statements: “There are a lot of marbles in there you know.”
• At breakfast yesterday Sebastian & I were sitting at the dining table and he saw his Chutes & Ladders game and asked if I’d like to play after we finished eating. “Do you prefer it?” he asked. “Prefer it to what?” I countered. “Do you prefer to play it?” I didn’t press the point further but was quite amused with his comment. He won, by the way.

More to come I’m sure – he’s picking up more & more each day!