Today was a rather interesting day.  Paul took Paulchen out to ride his bike.  Paulchen isn't any good at riding his bike, but he gets very excited over the idea and it was nice for him to be out with Da.

Tonight however, wasn't quite so pleasant.  I was on the phone with my father and bent over to pick up some of Paulchen's mess.  He was sticking his head in my butt, which was annoying, but silly, so I really didn't mind.  Then suddenly I felt a shooting, stinging pain under my left butt cheek.  I swore loudly into my father's ear on the phone, which surprised him and then yelled at my husband.  I kept telling him to smack his son, but he didn't get it.  He kept asking me why, so I told him Paulchen bit me.  Then he kept asking me where.  When I finally told him, he sat down on the floor, hugging our son and convulsing in a fit of laughter.

When Paul took a look at the bite, he told me Paulchen actually broke skin and we cleaned it out.  It's upsetting that he didn't pop Paulchen on the bottom, but sat there and laughed with him.  That won't help in the future, as Paulchen probably thinks it's funny to bite so hard.

Posted by sportell0 at 8:33 PM CET

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I did a review of the alphabet with Paulchen today, up to the letter "L".  I asked him what each of the letters "said".  He got the phonics correct on almost every letter.  I am very proud of him.

Later in the day we took Paulchen bowling.  He LOVED it.  We didn't get bumpers put in the lanes, but they had a rack that you place the ball on and the child pushes it to roll down the lane.  Paulcehn was very excited every time the pins fell down.  He even had a strike once, but the computer jammed up and we had to redo that frame, so it didn't register.  He also loved to run back to the ball return and watch as the bowling balls came back.  It was really cute.

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Well, it seems Ava is trying to assert her independance just as much as her brother now.  She does very well with the sipper cup, so we keep one of water, out for her.

Today, I placed the cup on the chair next to me and Ava came over to play and drink.  At one point she placed the cup on the computer and I moved it and said "No".  While her cup is pretty leak-proof, I didn't want to take the chance that it would leak and damage the computer.  Ava lookde right at me and smiled, then placed the cup right back on the computer.  She and I moved the cup back and forth between the chair and the computer a few times, before I moved the cup further away and she became tired of the game.  It was very frustrating, as she knew exactly what she was doing, the little goof.

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Paulchen has taken over my kitchen.  it's a simple fact.  He will no longer let me do the baking, he has to do it.  Today, when I set about to make chocolate chip cookies, he let me in on his intentions.  I finished pouring the dry ingredients into one bowl with Paulchen's help and was about to whisk them together.  As I placed my hand over the whisk, I expected Paulchen to do the same.  Instead, he pushed my hand away and said, "No Mommy, no no."  I tried again and the response was the same.  He wasn't sharp with me, but the tone was more of an admonishment.  Then he set about whisking the ingredients.

Fortunately, while he was working on the dry ingredients, I was able to work on the moist ingredients.  But later, when all the ingredients were mixed together and we added the chips, again, I was not allowed to even help.  It was very frustrating.  But it was so cute as well.

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It seems Paulchen is now the one to give out orders around this house and will argue that fact with me.  Ava was playing with a computer mouse, but the computer it was attached to, was off.  Well, Paulchen was not pleased with her behavior.

He very emphatically ordered her to put the mouse back on the computer desk and told me that as well.  It went something like this... "No Ava, no!  No mouse Ava!"  Then he would slam his pointer finger on the desk where he wanted her to put the mouse.  When I tried to tell him it was okay, he even more forcefully told us where that mouse had to go.

Yeesh!  Here I thought I was the boss.  It turns out it is Paulchen and I better start listening to him.

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