When Daddy's Away.....

When Daddy's away, Mommy and Tater will play!!!!  

Dave went to a Bible study on Monday night, so while Tater and I were playing, I figured that I'd take a few pictures.  

First, we looked at books.  He loves this book because of the animals.  He taps each page and of course, calls each one a "gog", his word for dog.  One day, he'll learn the names of the animals.  

We read some more books about numbers.  Gotta teach them early, right?  

(This is the kindergarten teacher coming out in me.)  

Back to our animal book, which was actually part of Dave's 1st Father's Day present.  The book is titled I Love My Daddy Because...

This is Tater in the midst of saying "Yeah".  

Next, we moved onto his wire and bead toy.  Notice the tongue sticking out.  Can you say total concentration???  

Time for some gross motor development:  His tractor, which, just this week, he learned how to get on and off of all by himself.  He's also learned how to move it forward.  

A book is in the way!  Solution:  Run it over!!!

More bead fun.  

Tater:  You can do gross motor with this, too.  Right, Mom?  

Me:  Yes, Tater, you are crazy strong and can use your super arm muscles to carry your toy.  

More books.  A zoo book this time.  

I think he looks like a teacher reading to his class in this one.  

Gotta work out the brain, too, with some puzzles.  

Tater:  Puzzles work better when you sit on them, right?  

Tater:  What???  I can't eat the puzzles???  

Gotta chew on the ear of his learning puppy.  

So big!!

Tater:  Look, Mom!  I can use the puzzle pieces as musical instruments and bang them together.  I'm so smart that I figured this out all on my own.  

Me:  Okay, Tater, you've been doing it for almost 10 minutes now.  I think it's time to put the puzzles away before Mommy gets a huge headache.  

Sometimes, you just have to blow some spit bubbles for fun.