caught in the act

we had our first sunday lunch of the year with babka (matej's mom). as usual there was yummy dessert -- honey cake. just as everyone was getting ready to leave, karol sneaked away. he was the first one to get dressed as usual. then, when everyone was busy dressing, there he was eating alex's honey cake.

poor alex was crying. we had to cut her eating short, because she was too sleepy and we needed to go. we packed new slices of the cake for her. however, she didn't know it and still thought karol was eating her cake. :D

caught in the act

the one and a half year old karol

updates on the one and a half year old karol. he weighs around 11kg (not gaining :-/, but eats a lot), and is 84cm tall.

his daily routine:
* wakes up around 6am and drinks his morning milk. most of the time goes back to sleep and wakes up around 7am.
* eats at least 5 times a day: breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner. sometimes there are in betweens with cookies or some fruits.
* takes milk and nap after lunch. nap time is from 45 minutes to 2 hours.
* takes a bath before going to sleep.
* drinks milk and goes to sleep around 7pm

serious drummer (at residencia de allego)

other things:
* likes to play with cars (or anything that has wheels or is turning), ate's kitchen, drums, xylophone, books and balls.
* watches tv from time to time. his favorite channel is bebe tv.
* likes to practice new skills by doing it over and over again (like climbing, sitting on chair by himself).

climbing up and down the steps practice run

* repeats a chosen word over and over again before going to bed.
* doesn't want to be by himself even when watching tv
* likes to play chasing and peek-a-boo games with ate
* wants to eat what we are eating even if he has his own food. even if it's the same food, still wants to take from my plate.
* four molars are showing, and upper left incisor is on the way

talking karol

karol's motor skills have been developing so fast that i didn't expect him to catch on his verbals so early. but, surprise! surprise! karol can, most of the time, communicate what he wants, with real words.

* favorite word is "ayaw" (filipino word meaning "i don't want")
* can say daddy, ata (ate, referring to big sister alex), mama/mame
* commands you to "come!" (pick him up), "watch!" (when he wants to watch tv), "sit!" (if he wants to sit somewhere with/without help)
* can sometimes put together words to make an intelligible phrase like "i don't want... outside" (he said this inside elevator knowing we are going out for walk, when he didn't even want to dress into his winter clothes)
* says "papa", "pasta" or "na na" (i figured it means in filipino "wala na," meaning no more food in his mouth) when he wants to eat
* says "uh-oh" when something falls (meaning him or his toys), sometimes even goes as far as to say "it fell down" (in baby gibberish, sorry i don't kow how to spell what he says)
* he can also say things which he likes or likes doing like: cook, star, book, sun, ball (boy), "choo-choo" (train), etc.

the car fanatic

* most favorite word is "car" (read: kay). really likes all sort of cars, toys or otherwise. sometimes it's the first word that comes out of his mouth when he wakes up in the morning. like, "is kay?" (read: where is car?) ;))
* likes it when i dress him in long sleeve shirt/sweater/jacket and says "is it?" (read:where is it?) referring to his hands
* lastly, he repeats everything that he hears

he has more words and phrases than i could write about. not to mention the pointing and other body language he uses to get us to do what he wants. he's simply amazing! and i'm the proud mame! :)

response to "karol, are you sleepy?" question