Okay, I think I am addicted to blogging about Galen. I've been sick for the last 2 days so I haven't gone to work, giving me more time to play with Galen and do this blogging thing.
An update on Galen, he is in a new talking and curiosity phase. He has started the "why" questions. You know, where each answer to "why?" is followed with "why?". It's adorable. In one of the following videos, he does it a little but not to the glorious and persistent extent that he is fully capable of. I've been mulling over the "why?" phase that all children seem to go through. I pose a question, why does each child, at least in our North American culture, do the "why?" phase? We do not teach them to do this yet each child, upon embracing the gift of gab, partakes in the "why?" game. Interesting, I'm sure there is some fully funded, giant and ongoing research being conducted on the subject.
So as for the videos and photos; we had a ton of snow fall since Saturday night. At the house, we've probably received two and a half feet. Another storm is supposed to strike on Thursday (just awesome). So today I took a bunch of photos and film time to show everyone Galen and the ton of snow. Grandpa Bob, I'm sure you don't miss shovelling this from your driveway in Bluejay.
So here's a gem. Last Thursday, February 5, 2009, after bath time, Galen was having some "free body time". This is when he gets to run around for a few minutes naked or in his sleeping diaper. I was in the bathroom, tidying up and Galen was talking to himself about boots. When I walked into his room, he was proudly displaying himself in his diaper and red cowboy boots! We then decided to explore his other pairs of cowboy boots. He has a solid brown pair that are way too big and a tri-colored white-light brown-dark brown pair. All looked lovely with the diaper.
So came pajama time. Galen wanted to wear the brown pair to bed. I told him no, he got into his alien-themed, footed pajamas and we read bedtime stories and said goodnight. The next morning I wake him up to get ready for daycare. He's always quite groggy (not a morning person and tries to be quite the night owl). Galen is tightly cocooned in his blankets so getting him out is a birthing process each morning. I was drawing him out of his self-made womb; first the head, then the arms and waist, next the legs and cowboy boots! Mr. Galen, after we said goodnight, got up, turned on the lights, put those brown boots on and went back to bed, remembering to turn off the lights. Quite the sophisticated and stealthy move on his part. Well thought out and executed.The photo below is an example of Galen's sleeping style.
The footage below is just some evening and morning play with Galen and either me or Fred.
The front yard & driveway...
My gorgeous Galen being beamed by the sun...
After snow play, wild man hair!!
