I Spy

A couple weeks ago one of Seb's teachers caught him using a spoon at lunch so she snapped some pictures  to document it for me.  I realized I hadn't checked his camera in a long, long time, so it was time to take a peek!

I spy with my blue eyes...

At this age, daycare = lots of free play.  It looks like Seb makes good use of the room and all the various toys.  I'm not at all surprised to see he surrounded himself with yellow balls in the ball pit.

They do a winter developmental evaluation and one of the things noted on Seb's was that he loves to take all of the dollies and blankets out of the crib, climb in himself, play for a bit, climb out, and return all the dollies and blankets.  I wish the 'clean up' aspect applied at home.  But I love his methodical approach to this activity.

Most of the sensory activities involve edible items since it's inevitable that it will end up in somebodies mouth at some point.  It looks like we had perfect timing with his Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown shirt and this sensory activity.  It cracked me up to see pumpkin all over the other little boys face...and Seb's holding and playing with the spoon.  That's my future little chef!

Seb has a xylophone at home too and he's a pro at bang, bang, banging away on it.  We should teach him he can play music and sing at the same time.  Maybe it'll take the intensity of the banging down a level or two.  Hmm...on second thought, bang away all you want at school, I don't mind.  :)  We'll work on nice hands when you use the xylophone at home.

I've earned my new parent badge in sand play the hard way.  Now I know to check shoes, pockets and pant cuffs BEFORE we get home if they've been playing in the sand pit.  It also has to be brushed out of his hair too because, apparently, playing in the sand involves lots and lots of aerial acrobatics (the sand, not Seb).  I'm not sure which was worse, the sand from the pant cuff dumping into the car seat at the end of the day, or the excess sand in the shoes getting into the entry way carpet.  Luckily, it doesn't appear he has discovered he could eat sand if he so desired.

We noticed a trend in a lot of the pictures, Seb has a best friend!  I asked his teachers and they said he gets excited when she gets dropped off and one day they asked him if Sophia was his best friend and he nodded and said "yes."  I think it's so cute to see them in all the pictures together.  However...with his recent bad biting behavior, I really hope he's not biting her.  Sebastian, that's no way to treat your friends!

And here's yogurt-gate!  The conversation that inspired me to grab our camera and see what the little man has been up to.  Great job with the spoon!  I even love his little yogurt mustache.  :)

We filled out an intent form for next year.  At the end of the school year my little man will be moving from the infant room to the toddler room.  My sweet boy is growing up so fast!

18-months