2003-09-04-1:02 a.m.
three tomatoes
Ro boy and his great grandma (g.g.) spent about half an hour rolling/throwing three cherry tomatoes back and forth across the dining room table. Ro boy was laughing like a maniac. We got a lot of it on video. I made this little gif of a few MPEG frames.

Shake hands
At church, during greeting time, I was holding Ro boy as I shook hands with people. Something about it really struck his fancy. His face just lit up. Then, he'd frantically pull my hand and direct me toward who he wanted me to shake hands with next. After they shook hands with me, then he wanted to shake their hands too. So funny. He loved it. He would've done the whole church if greeting time were longer.

head banging
Ro boy started head banging again. He's taken tantruming to a new level. I think it's related to getting his molars in. Sigh. He's also not being as discretionary about the surfaces he chooses to bang on, so he's sporting an asphalt imprint on his forehead right now. It's really odd looking. It looks sort of like a birthmark rather than a bruise.

baby fu
At the museum, Ro boy was aggressive toward another kid for the first time but it was sooooo strange I don't think the other kid even interpreted Ro boy's acts as agressive although I think they were meant to be. I could tell Ro boy was stressing that this 4 year old was invading his territory. He suddenly did this weird little hand maneuver and brought his hand toward this kid's chest in slow motion. Then, he pulled his hand back fast and did an even weirder hand maneuver and went for the kid's shoulder but once again in slow motion. The boy sort of wandered off after that but I don't think it had anything to do with Ro boy's antics. I wonder if he's secretly watching kung fu theatre behind my back or something. It looked really martial arts like.

he speaks english
Ro boy is talking more. In the last week or so, he's said "I can do it", "Oh no", "What is this", "I do, I do", "No, I don't", "Yes, I do." However, he's still 99% jabber. It's weird to hear him speak perfectly enunciated English in complete sentences. Every time he does, I feel like I just dropped acid or took the blue pill or whatever analogy you want to use for being deeply shocked and having a surreal experience. Strangely enough, he's starting speech therapy this week for not talking but now I don't know if it's really necessary. His pediatrician thinks he's of "above average intelligence" but having control issues surrounding speech. The speech therapists gave him really low scores because he wouldn't do anything they wanted him to do, so they couldn't really tell if he didn't understand or if he was being uncooperative. I can't tell either. Sometimes, he seems so astute but other times I want to knock on his head and ask him if anybody's home.

mold
We got the mold results back on the house and they are REALLY BAD. It will require professional intervention. I'm not sure what we're going to do right now as the seller's realtor is on vacation and we have to see what the mold mitigator's think about the house and if it's a one time cleaning or a persistint problem. sigh.

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