My Experiences as a Father... April 5 to May 4, 2001 (24th month)

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Friday, May 4, 2001 - Maeve's Second Birthday
Maeve got an ice cream cake for her birthday this year.  She kept replying, "Maeve" whenever we asked whose birthday it was.  She also kept asking us to sing Happy Birthday to her again.  Nanny Carol even called to sing to her.
 

Wednesday, May 2, 2001
Maeve likes to pull the blanket over her head and "hide" from Jill and I.  Tonight Maeve did that and I said, "Whose feet are these sticking out from this blanket?"  Maeve stayed covered and replied, "Hadley's".  Her sister is still almost 3 months from being born, and Maeve is already blaming things on her.
 

Sunday, April 29, 2001
Somehow Maeve got the idea that the new baby should be called Hadley.  Jill has been asking Maeve what she thinks of different baby names.  Hadley doesn't even meet the initial criteria.  I don't know where it came from, and I think we have other better choices.  But Maeve has really gotten stuck on Hadley.  We ask Maeve if we should use another name, and Maeve says, "Hadley better".  Maeve is even trying to get us to set a plate for Hadley at the dinner table.  Jill's Senior High Sunday school class thinks this is funny.  They keep asking Maeve how Hadley is doing, and other questions about Hadley.
 

Thursday, April 26, 2001
I heard a story on the radio about The Blind Boys of Alabama who have been singing gospel music since 1939.  They have a new CD, The Spirit of the Century, with Amazing Grace sung to the tune of "House of the Rising Sun" by The Animals.  I bought the CD this weekend, and we've been playing it a bit.  It would be impressive if Maeve would learn this tune, become a missionary to Africa, and have the entire continent playing "House of the Rising Sun".
 

Tuesday, April 24, 2001
Jill was reading a book and Maeve asked if there were any babies in it.  Jill said no.  Maeve held up her hands and said, "Wait".  She went to get baby pictures for Jill to put in her book.
 

Saturday, April 21, 2001
Maeve has a bear made of vinyl and matching clothes for playing with in the tub.  A few months ago, one of the bear's arms broke off.  I told Maeve that we couldn't fix it, so we threw away the arm.  Tonight Maeve took the bear to Jill and told Jill to fix the broken arm.  Jill said she couldn't, because we didn't have the arm.  Then Maeve grunted and strained, tore off the other arm and told Jill to fix it.  Rather than have an armless bear, Jill decided to tape the arm back on.
 

Thursday, April 19, 2001
I found the bathroom rugs in the hallway today.  There were washcloths on the bathroom floor.  Jill said that Maeve decided the washcloths were better bathroom rugs than the regular rugs.
 

Tuesday, April 17, 2001
I found a pink flamingo lawn ornament in a store today for $2.69.  The thought of having a pink flamingo on Jill's lawn was so absurd that I just had to get it.  Jill went to the store, and Maeve and I went out to put it up in the front yard.  We were back in the house and ran to the window when we saw Jill coming in.  Jill stopped in the driveway and was pointing to it while looking at us.  She said our neighbors are going to love us.
 

Sunday, April 15, 2001 Easter
Maeve participated in the Easter egg hunt at church today.  I thought it would be a good idea to practice, so Maeve would be able to trounce everyone else.  Yesterday Maeve and I bought 24 eggs.  I spread them around the lawn and in the bushes of a school in town.  Maeve did a great job of finding them all.

Today I found that my training exercises were not realistic enough to have been very helpful.  Each child had a 10 egg limit, until everyone had found 10, and then it was a free-for-all.  My training exercises had been outside, with Maeve alone, using empty eggs.  Because of the rain, the Easter egg hunt today was help indoors.  There were lots of clueless kids staggering around, which distracted Maeve.  The eggs also had candy in them.  Maeve would pick up two at once, but instead of putting them in the basket like we had practiced, she would walk around shaking them.

Still, she did well.  She was one of the first to get her 10 eggs, which had more candy than she can eat in a month.
 

Saturday, April 14, 2001
Maeve puts food on her fork, holds it out to Jill and says, "Mom".  It looks to me like she wants Jill to eat it.  Jill has seen this before, so she isn't so easily convinced.  She asks Maeve if she can eat it.  Maeve replies, "No.  Maeve's."  Then Maeve eats it.  Apparently Maeve considers it her food, even though she offered it to Jill.  Jill said that Maeve gets very upset if she actually eats it.  Maeve will say, "Back" and Jill will have to explain how she can't give it back.
 

Thursday, April 12, 2001
Jill told Maeve that they were going to the bank before coming to have dinner with me at work.  Maeve replied, "No money!"  I've trained her well!
 

Monday, April 9, 2001
Maeve is saying "Amen" after reading books now.
 

Thursday, April 5, 2001
I said that Maeve wants to feed her doll at the dinner table.  Now she has tried to feed the the baby in Mom's belly by putting food in Jill's belly button.

Maeve also tries to tickle the new baby.  She will put her finger in Jill's belly button and say, "Tickle, tickle, tickle".
 


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