falling asleep at dinner

once dominic falls asleep, he's really asleep. it's very hard to wake him up. on the other hand, he rarely falls asleep anywhere but in his bed. sometimes in the car, but i've never seen him fall asleep at the table, even when he was a baby.

but the other day at dinner, i commented that he was looking so tired. then he kinda curled up in his chair, and the next thing i knew, he was asleep! an hour and a half before bedtime! mathias carried him downstairs and i put on his pajamas. he woke up a little bit but fell right back asleep. and then he slept all night! he slept from 6pm to 7am. it's like some kind of world record. and no sign of him being sick. he was in a great mood the next day.

dominic's questions

i love that he does this and that he's so curious, and i even love answering the questions... but sometimes, just sometimes... i would like to have a five minute vacation from questions.

what does fire come from? what do leaves come from?


is my blood orange? are my bones green? (...no, i want them to be green!)


what is the fridge made of? can we take it apart to see?

so sweet

birthday princess

zoe turned one! she is such a sweetheart and had two fun parties. here are a few pictures...

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take a picture!

dominic wants a picture taken of everything he makes: 

he actually made this truck by himself:

"look dude!"

recent funny quotes by dominic

at breakfast, dominic holding up his foot with an owie on it to show zoe:


look dude! 


on exiting a public washroom, passing a muslim woman in full hijab (very loud):

 is that guy cold?


on finding the right lego piece for a truck:


yeah baby! 


when zoe is brought into wherever he is:


hey pretty girl... hey pretty girl...

growing up

 the other day, mathias says to dominic, "well, i guess you're potty-trained now, huh?" to which dominic looked very puzzed. {what? potty? train? where's a train?} so i said, "it means you don't have to wear a diaper anymore. you're growing up!" later that evening, mathias was getting dominic ready for bed and went to get a diaper for him. "no, papa," dominic says, "i'm growing up!"