New England Aquarium

Ryan's first time to the New England Aquarium. He had a blast! His favorites were the sharks and the penguins. We did buy Ryan a shark and peniguin finger puppet at the gift shop. It was very long wait. There was a line way out the door because it was school vacation week. Here is Ryan waiting patiently in line.
Dad and Ryan watching for some sharks. Ryan says "sharks".

There's the sharks.

"More penguins". That is what Ryan keep saying.

Ryan checking out the penguins again before we left.

Penguins

One and half years old 2/17/09

About Ryan James Martin at 18 months(He's doing the elephant noise in this picture)

Ryan is all over the place. He climbs everything and tries to run.

He says about 40-50 words, a couple new ones a day. I can't keep up.

Does puzzles and shape shorters by himself.

Ryan has been doing sign language since before he was 12 months. He does more, all done, thank you and please.

Knows some shapes and some colors.

One morning he woke Jeff and I up by crowing like a roaster.

He copies everything you say and do.

He likes to reenacts events (for example: if he falls down, he will show you how it happened).

He got his first big boy hair cut.

He had his first time out for doing something he knew he shouldn't do.

Ryan will either take one long nap or two short naps in a day.

Can use a spoon and uses a fork sometimes.

Walks upstairs with little help by himself.

He likes to help around the house.

He likes to give hugs.

He feeds his stuffed animals

Ryan can kick and throw a ball.

He knows his body parts.

Ryan can not sleep without his blue blanket his Grams got him

And can identify pictures in books.

He Loves:

music

bath time

going outside in any weather

playing with his dog

dancing

watching TV

going for walks

painting and coloring

making animal sounds

reading books

playing ball

brushing his hair

playing anything and everything

looking through magazines

and

blocks with Dad

Favorite TV shows:

Mickey Mouse, Baby Einstein, Sesame Street (especially Big Bird), and Winnie the Pooh

Favorite Foods:

pizza, kiwi, pasta, carrots, vanilla ice cream and chicken tenders

Ryan's dislikes:

car rides

Lima beans (he either gives them to Scrappy and sometimes Scrappy doesn't eat them either or hands them to me)

Not getting his way

And Teething

Camping In

Since it will not be warm for a while here in MA. We decided to make s'mores for our Camp In. To feel like we were out in the great outdoors (indoors). What is this again? Are you sure I will like it?
Ooh, Chocolate. Ryan says "Chocolate".

Okay, I do like it"More"

Sticky. "Stuck"

Why is this so sticky?

Painting with a brush

Ryan really enjoyed painting with a brush. Since we did this, he wants to paint with a brush everyday. He does little with his fingers and little with the brush too.

"Paint, paint, paint" "brush, brush, brush"

Mama, you said it was a brush

tastes like paint

"brush, brush, brush"

He looked like some of the teenagers with blue hair.

That was fun, let's do more!

"More"

Playing Ball

Ryan and Scrappy were playing ball with each other for a good 30 minutes.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!

Love, Ryan Laying around
Jumping for joy

"I Dont' Know"

My little Heart Breaker

Collage

Tuesday February 3rd, 2009

On yet another snowy day in MA, we decide to make a collage out of old Parent magazines. Ryan loves looking through them. I tell him what is on the page and occasionally he rips out the ones he likes. So, we took some of those pages and taped them on a big sheet of paper. (I couldn't find the glue, which is probably a good thing because what a mess that would have been. I know, what kind of teacher am I without glue in the house.) The part Ryan enjoyed the most besides the ripping the pages out of the magazines, was the tape. We went through three rolls of tape because he liked to take all the tape off the roll stick it together or stick it to everything else besides the paper. He had fun! The collage didn't last too long, maybe a couple hours if that. We taped a Goldfish picture onto it, well Ryan wanted some Goldfish. So, he ripped the picture off of the collage and brought it to the kitchen, telling me what he wanted to eat.Roll #1

Roll #2 "sticky tape"

"Wow, it sticks to everything"

"It even sticks to my pants" He did say "stuck, stuck".

I used the last roll of tape for the finished product.

HAT

Ryan opened the cabinet with the pots and pans the other day. Took out a pan cover. He was walking around the house with the cover on his head saying "Hat, Hat, Hat".