Taisei Buffet

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Remote Controls and Swamp Coolers

In the last two days, we've noticed two interesting observations made by Taisei.

1. Remote Controls
In recent days, we noticed that Taisei would say "wan-wan" (which means doggie) and hand us the DVD remote control. Could he really be asking for us to turn on the TV? We knew already that he would take the X11 remote light switch control and correctly point it at the lights. He would also take the TV and DVD remote controls and point them at the TV. But did he really know what everything was for?

Sure enough, that's what he wanted. He would hand us the TV remote control first, followed by the DVD remote control. He knew what he wanted! Today Wami put on some home-made DVDs, since he seems to enjoy looking at himself in the camcorder. When he saw those, he pushed the DVD remote towards her again and wanted her to do something. This was not what he wanted? Ok, fine. So we put on his regular show: Baby Einstein. We had never even noticed that the logo for the Baby Einstein company F.H.E. is a little doggie! Now, Taisei was happy. He recognized "his show" immediately.

He's watched this particular episode so many times, he can "quote" the babies that are in the show. Quote means he says "baabaabaa" at the same time the little girl does.

With this observation also came a realization that Taisei likes to watch TV! We are immediately going to limit his TV hours per day. So far, he watches an episode or two a day. Yikes. Any parents with TV advice?


2. Swamp Coolers
Every day, when it starts warming up in the morning, Wami goes to turn on the swamp cooler. Google it if you don't know what that is. They're popular in Utah. Well, this swamp cooler has it's own water source that we turn on and off every day so that we don't accidentally waste water. The routine is that Wami goes upstairs, reaches under the sink to turn the little knob, and the properly measures and deposits a cup below the know, since it has a small leak.

Today, put his head under the sink, just like Wami does. He reached for the knob and pretended to fiddle with it. Then he picked up the cup, measured straight down from the knob, deposited the cup in exactly the right position, and walked away. Hilarious! Maybe you have to be there to appreciate it. ;) Here it is for you to visualize.


New Words:
  • Hiro - points at Hiro and says it.
  • Mama - whenever mama walks away
  • Baba - sadly, this is very random and occasional
  • Baby - whenever he sees a baby, which is funny cuz isn't he a baby too?
  • No-no-no - uh-oh for us
  • Uh oh! - he overuses this, although it's a cute one

Foods of the week:
  • Kiwi
  • Blueberries
  • Corn on the cob!
  • Gyoza/Potstickers

posted by Jerin at 9:39 PM

5 comment(s):

Wow, Taisei is so smart. Those are cool stories.

It really doesn't seem like an hour or two of tv a day is too much though ... especially if it is educational?

By Blogger Esther, at 7/26/2007 10:41 AM  

Taisei- What a smart kid. It's amazing how one day they just pick up something new.

By Blogger LaReen, at 7/27/2007 8:49 PM  

wan-wan story reminded me of how evan called yogurt "baby" because of the picture of the baby on the yo-baby containers. cute little taisei :)

By Blogger Michelle, at 7/30/2007 10:53 AM  

Hm... you could hide the tv. That's what we do. Of course, it's a lot easier when all you have is a portable DVD player. I guess it would be pretty hard to hide your TV.

Taisei's doggy storry reminds me of Adele asking to see the puppies in the car. She wants us to always open the place where the DVD player would be if our Sienna had had one. You open it, and it's just an empty space. And she says "where's the puppies? Puppies go?" I haven't a clue. Maybe she watched a puppy movie in my friend's van? She ALWAYS does this.

By Blogger Aaron and Emily, at 7/31/2007 9:20 AM  

I am definitely not a parent with TV advice, but I did happen to read this article yesterday: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1650352,00.html?cnn=yes

Everything in moderation, right?

Hey, your below-the-sink cabinet looks like mine... cetaphil and costco TP! I totally appreciate that story about Taisei and the cup, he's so smart!

By Blogger Heckachan, at 8/09/2007 6:59 PM  

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