Month: February 2012

I believe Ajax is in the midst of a growth spurt.  Not only is he eating a ton, he is exceptionally tired and yet, not sleeping well at night.  During the day he has had boundless energy and is talking up a storm.  I also think he has a bit of a cold.

On Saturday I took him to the mall and let him play on the little play scape for about 40 minutes.  He decided to run, nonstop, and do running jumps over all the various obstacles.  He finally came up to me and said he was ready to leave and asked for his drink and snack, which I gladly provided as I did some leisurely browsing.   Saturday came and went, Dave finished the masonry work on the basement steps and painted them, and I cleaned out the closets and pantry.   On Sunday my parent’s came over to visit for a bit and even took Ajax out for an hour, which let Dave and I get some last minute house projects done.   Apparently the Super Bowl is also in progress, but I’m not watching it.

We meet with a realtor on Wednesday to see about the market prospects for our home.  In preparation for the meeting the realtor sent us some comps for our area and to say they were depressing would be a great understatement.   We are realistic, given the crippled real estate market and depressed economy, about selling our home, but are trying to stay somewhat optimistic.   (As a side note: Forbes ranked Detroit, MI as the 4th most miserable city in America… awesome).

Ajax resting on the couch watching Cars.

I’m not quite sure where Ajax has picked up the concept of the super hero.  At home he doesn’t watch Batman or Superman, we’re primarily a Thomas the Train or Bob the Builder home.   Maybe he sees it at the sitters?   I’m not sure, but his Super Ajax routine has certainly expanded over the last few nights.  Now it involves daring rescues, tunnels, and helping with all sorts of things around the house.

On a general update note, Ajax is doing well.  He is not congested or stuffy, but I’m still not sure if that is due to the lack of dairy.  lol.  I guess I’m not sure what this experiment on my child has proven yet.   He can say almost the entire alphabet though he doesn’t like us to sing it.   He’s eating very well and is possibly in a growth spurt.   I couldn’t drag him away from the guacamole tonight and he inhaled his spaghetti yesterday.   He’s still doing excellent with the potty.

We are having a time though with some bad language.   He started calling people – filthy murderers – for some reason and we could not figure out where he heard it.  The sitter finally said, it’s from Toy Story!  Go figure.  We’re primarily doing time outs and if he gets really rambunctious we’ve been taking favorite tractors away.   We’ll keep working on it, but based on his language he doesn’t understand the words he’s using, he just has a sense that they get a rise out of the adults, so we’re trying very hard not to get too frustrated.  It is difficult though, especially when Ajax asks, well Dad, can i say foooot?  Well Dad, is fooot a bad word?  Darn kid.