Naim can build a tower with four empty canisters of Carnation Instant Breakfast Drink and knock it down.
Naim can shake his head, "no," but only when he is sitting in his highchair. If he does it anywhere else, he loses balance and falls over.
Naim can say, "Dah!" with enough nuance that you know whether he is saying Duck, Dad, Dog, or Done.
Naim can stand for about ten seconds or more, but only when he forgets to hold on to something. As soon as he remembers, he can't stand anymore.
Naim can ask me questions, make proclamations, and make thoughtful commentary all with his varied and expressive phrasing and chaining of two letter words consisting of one consonant and one vowel.
Naim can walk at at least 4 mph or faster, pushing his mother's hands forward so hard that he is practically leaning forward at a 45 degree angle with his own momentum.
Naim can turn around and head the other direction when he walks like this to the end of the room and back without losing speed.
Naim can eat bananas, blueberries, crackers and peanut butter, Cheerio's, peas, peaches, and toast without these foods having even hit the blender.
Naim can crawl up my lap, to my shoulder, and up the back of the couch, but he can't get back down.
Naim can crawl up a flight of stairs just to do it, then wants his mother to carry him back down so he can do it all over again.
Naim can stick out his tongue and blow raspberries, and then laugh when he spits on you.
Naim can open up the DVD player and CD player and take discs out and put them back in.
Naim can then push every button until his desired outcome occurs, which is usually playing said disc and turning up the volume to VERY LOUD.
Naim can distinguish between our 8 lb., four legged, black dog and our 8 lb., 4 legged, black cat. He can say "KA!" and "DAW!" when he sees them. He also can point and scold them when they get on the table.
Naim can dance, if you want to call it dancing. You would want to call it the cutest thing you ever saw.
Naim can lift his hand up into finger spelling position and finger spell (in his own way) through the alphabet song.
Naim knows when I say the Pat-a-Cake rhyme that it's time to clap.
Naim can take all of his clothes out of the dresser drawer and put all of his blocks in instead.
Naim can take clothes out of the hamper and put them in the diaper garbage.
Naim can drag pots and lids out of the kitchen cupboards and match lids to said pots.
Naim can wipe his tray on his high chair with a washcloth, and then spit the 4 remaining cheerios he had hiding in his mouth back out on it.
Naim can empty the bottom rung of the dishwasher, even when the dishes are still dirty.
Naim can pull out clothes from the clothes drying faster than I can grab and fold them, and then hand them to me from off the floor where he dumped them.
Naim can pick up individual pieces of cat food and drop them in the water dish, just to watch them expand.
Naim can show me his toes, if I remind him where they are first.
Naim can kiss me back if I kiss him first; if you count a big, open mouthed slob-fest a kiss, which I do.
Naim can give me a hug, which usually consists of him collapsing on my shoulder so I can do all the work.
Naim can try my patience to the extent that I have to walk away for a few minutes because Naim CAN'T lay still for even a millisecond to get his diaper changed.
Naim can let me know in no uncertain terms that bedtime wasn't his idea in the first place, even though he's dead tired from doing all these things that Naim can do.
Five minutes later, Naim can be a little sleeping angel.
*Aaron can produce gargantuan volumes of snot and rub it all over me while sitting on my lap all day as we watch Naim do what Naim can do. Aaron is a bit indisposed this week, but we'll let him have his blog day when he feels better and Naim is the one blowing snot all over me.
naim is darn cute. i could picture that busy little boy flying back and forth throughout your house at top speed doing all the things Naim can do.
Posted by: instamom | February 03, 2006 at 04:48 PM
What an accomplished busy boy! You certainly have your hands full! :D I await the report on Aaron!
Posted by: cluttergirl | February 14, 2006 at 08:51 AM