These days, Jude and I spend a lot of time playing "fort". We drape a blanket over four chairs and have ourselves a good ol' time. We even share a nice, cool, imaginary drink when it's raining "outside". We then leave our little fort and go to the forest next door, also known as the daybed or the "spooooky forest" as Jude calls it. Sometimes we'll hide in our fort when we hear Kwang coming home. I'm not sure where he learned the word "spooky", but I have a feeling it's from an episode of Little Einsteins. It's the only show he watches everyday. It's a good show that has taught Jude musical terms like "fortissimo!" and "accelerando!", plants like the anemone, and animals like the "cwockydile". But I knew my sub-par, TV-allowing parenting would bite me in the butt one day. He's seen this episode many times, but since his vocabulary and understanding have expanded dramatically over the last month, so has his awareness of everything around him. Now he doesn't like to go to sleep at night alone even though we make him. The first time, we woke up to find him asleep on the floor next to us. It was the cutest but saddest thing. Now if he wakes up in the middle of the night, he'll come to our room to make sure we're in bed, and then head straight back to his room. I know it's silly, but the parent in me wishes I can protect him from everything scary or spooky he'll experience in life. You know, things like lowfat ice cream.
We ask Eli if he wants to play Fort with us, but the boy is always too busy talking on the phone.
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what an impressive vocabulary jude has!! that story about him sleeping on the floor next to you was both cute and sad, like you said. i'd love to chat on the phone with eli! how does he keep getting cuter and cuter?! i didn't think it was possible....
Aaww, that's actually sweet of Jude sleeping on your floor (I often find Sam next to our bed). He just feels safe and loved to be near you. It is so sad when your first child discovers fear :( But don't worry, in a couple of years he's gonna think all that "scary" stuff is so cool.
looks like eli has very important matters he's wheeling & dealing while jude is hiding out in his fort.
I LOOOVED playing fort! It's the best! My brother's version was a little more "creative". It involved hiding from acid rain and using playdoh as plastic explosives. But if you knew my brother, this would allllll make sense. And the whole spooky/scary thing? It's just a part of growing up. I used to make my mom check under the bed for snakes & monsters. I still make Brett check....j/k. I don't need to do that anymore. Because I sleep with a bball bat under my side of the bed. That's what grown-ups (ok, just me) do to ward against spookies.
what is it about forts??? the boys still love forts! and they have like mansion fort with our dining table! but then all the blankets and pillows imaginable come out! at jonathan's bday sleepover, all the boys slept in their fort. they loved it! but just have to say...who ends up cleaning up the mess?? yup, yup, yup...
ok, lisa...because seeing jude and eli's ever so cute cheeks is so much fun...i broke down and opened an account with xanga! (did you install a new security measure?) anyways, i love reading your entries and now i think of jude every time irreplaceable comes on the radio!!! :) can't wait to make it out to la one day to hear your little r&b singer LIVE!!
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