August 2010

This post is of nothing in particular. It's just a general update. Hence the topic is the month of the year.

Ryan went to his first circus show a couple of weekends ago. It was an acrobatic circus so there were no animals. He didn't enjoy the bits that were a bit slow but overall, I would say he liked the show. His favourite was the clowns. Again, I didn't get any photos as they didn't allow any photography in the tent.

I have some very good news to share. Some of you may remember that I said Ryan refuses to sleep by himself not long after he turned 1. In the last couple of years or so, one of us will always have to be sleeping with him. We had no idea when and how we can stop this ridiculous charade. Well... lo and behold... that day has finally arrived and he has been sleeping by himself for a week now. He was pretty good the first night but wanted to go back to the old way on the second and third nights. We said no and he has been pretty good since. He is still asking for us to go to sleep with him before he goes to bed every night but we always say no to him. I guess his philosopy is it never hurts to ask   :)

He had his Plunket check up last weekend and everything is looking good. The nurse said that he's a lovely boy and speaks really well. Oh, she also said he is a big boy but his weight and height are in proportion so it's fine.

What else... haircut! One of the things we don't like doing is taking him for a haircut as he hates it with a passion. We only go when it's really necessary and the weekend that has just past was one of those times. I asked if we should go as his hair looked silly and that he will be really handsome after a hair cut. He said no initially but agreed to it eventually as he wanted to look handsome. That was his exact words to me. We got to the hairdresser and he was good the whole time. It took quite a while as he didn't want to use the clippers but he was singing nursery rhymes to entertain himself. We kept chatting to him to keep his mind off it as well.

That is all the update I have for now. Most things are looking quite positive :)