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We spent New Years in CO with the ever-gracious Sladden family. “Baby Elsie” has now become part of Nio’s everyday vernacular, as in, “way-er is baby Elsie?” or, “weev GOT TO save baby Elsie.” The second phrase is strongly influenced by Go Diego, Go, in which all dialog is said as if it is followed [...]

When the “two” in Niko really shows, I like to sing him a song. It doesn’t improve his behavior, but it makes me feel better.

My name is Nicholas
I am two years old
This is mine
I want
No, no, NOOOO!
I can’t, I won’t
I neeeeeeeeeed it
I DON’T want
This is mine
No, no, NOOOO!

Given it is halfway through February I should probably get a Christmas post out…
Unlike last year, Niko definitely gets the concepts of presents (“pwesents”), but it is more about the act of opening the pwesent (and destroying the wrapping), and less about the actual gift. In retrospect we should have wrapped empty boxes. The best [...]