Whichever Holiday You Celebrate...

...enjoy.

Voice to Text

Morgan lets Jasper play with his phone when he's putting him to bed - mean mommy does not - and frequently lets him use the voice to text feature to send me gchats. Tonight's real live transcription follows.

No you take the dog
No you go away
No wants the real blanket
Daddy loves jasper very much
Jasper is super cool
That's funny
That's funny hello
Thanks
Hello no that's funny
I love you jess for dodge
Jasper I love you
I love you
Now let me press the buttons
Tfjj:-) nf
Opú
Love you
No you open that I wanna push those buttons
No you open mass
Actually isn't he leanne
Talk to him
Hey open the bottom hello
No open the buttons
I want the buttons now
No buttons
No those buttons
Ah ah ah ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha plus I love you I love you I write you a poem in a way I'm here now are you like my phone I think your phone too
Ooh ooh and I can't understand you
I love you jasper thanks for the hug
Game
You need a game on
Do you need a game on my phone
King on my phone which game ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo more game is there
That's funny that make you laugh kanye for me hello
I need you to turn the phone turn the phone yeah lakers okay yeah
Hello turn the phone
Who owns fluffy pillow she's slow sure is a cute little boy you have a nice nose yahoo google
You do you have your
Do you have your ice cream truck do you have your school bus what else do you have who you are turned off the water heaters
I love you jest greek you love me mommy jasper sorry I let mommy I love you mommy I love you mom yeah you love daddy I love you I love you just for you make me super happy make me super happy me super happy
Hello ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh poop mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm hello yahoo

Give a kid a camera...

On tonight's ride home, I let Jasper take pictures using my camera. Apart from a fixation with wanting to take a picture of my head, he managed to snap some of his favorite parts of the ride.

Engines!


Brutalism


BART station


East Bay truck stop


Big white thing


Entering the tunnel approaching Lake Merritt


Saw tooth roof


Coliseum

This is what two looks like.

(A narrative with photos)

Jasper turned two today. I know, right?! He spent the day with Grandma and Aunt Hatt; they went to the Academy of Science. He bounced off walls, apparently.

We let Jasper choose dinner tonight. He chose pizza, because it meant he got to sing the pizza song. (Peeee-zza! Bum bum bum! Peeee-zza! Bum bum bum!) And we got him a strawberry cupcake for dessert. The boy doesn't eat dessert usually. He seemed to like it...


Cupcake?


Cupcake!


Cuuupcaaaake....

The world will soon be ready to receive your talents.*

His talent? Coolness.

*Jasper's 22 month birthday fortune cookie. Happy 22 months, cookie.

Some stuff

I'm apparently a really bad blogger. Here we celebrated Jasper's 21 month birthday on Tuesday, and nary an update.

So, some random things about that awesome kid.

In the last month, he has grown over an inch. In one month!! Weedlet.

Morrissey is currently his favorite thing in the world. As soon as he spots Mo, he runs after him shouting "Mo! Mo!" Poor cat.

BART rides have become a little hit or miss. Either he'll be delightful and charming, flirting his head off, or he'll start a series of ear piercing shrieks that sound a little like a coach's whistle, causing people to plug their ears and switch cars.

He drives every - stuff animals, cheddar goldfish, tupperware lids - like a train. "Choo choo!"

He doesn't want me to read to him anymore. He'll hold the book and he'll turn the pages, thankyouverymuchmamamama.

He's picking up words like crazy right now. (Gotta start watching your mouth, mamamama.)

He maybe identifies a little too much with the dog:

Why People on BART Think I'm Crazy

(my commentary to Jasper as we emerge from the Transbay Tube)

Hello, sky!

Hello, shipping containers!

Hello, railroad tracks!

Hello, at-ats!

Hello, freeway!

Hello, warehouse with corrugated fiberglass windows!

Hello, trucks!

Hello, parking lot!

Hello, Brutalist post office built after the redevelopment agency tore down houses with an Army tank!

Hello, trees!

Hello, beautiful kid!