zero years old
- Doctors - Jim
- broken shoulder in delivery
- grabbing the needle from the doctor
- eating 1/2 a bean from a burrito
- riding in the sling
being carried up the back stairs - stopping to look at birds & the sky
- keeping food in his cheeks
- being able to stand up under the dining room table
- not chewing his cashews thoroughly and having them poop out the next day
one year old
- telling his first joke in sign language - Heather
- "more fire" from his birthday
- coming home from his first visit too the zoo having seen the BIG elephant
- "these are wibbly pig's presents"
- looking at rocks and giving them names
two years old
- feeding the ants at the union building - Heather
- getting the bean bag chair?
- holding alicia's hand so she'd be brave for getting her hair shaved off
- shouting "go indians go" at a giants game
three years old
- how many grownups? - Noemi
- beets beets beets
- riding his big wheel in the back yard
- no more sippy cups
finding the turtle pond & going for sushi and pearl tea
four years old
- locking Jim in Noemi's room - Jim
- learning to make coffee
- baking banana cake
five years old
Despereaux & "perfidy" - Alicia
- mouse and the motorcycle
- making oobleck
- baking cookies
playing memory, kapla blocks, pattern blocks & geomags
- lots and lots of great art. especially as gifts
six years old
- road trip to texas - Jim
- learning to ride a bicycle
- building the paper airplane launcher out of k'nex