October 16, 2008
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Several months ago Jamie started stubbornly staring at the ground
whenever we talked to him, so we would “helpfully” put our hand
underneath his chin and guide his head upward to make eye contact.
This tactic quickly became less than successful because Jamie would
continue to perniciously stare at the ceiling, door, or anything else
but us. We moved on to more effective means of communication, but
Jamie on the other hand, thought it would be a useful tool to for him
to employ instead. So now, whenever I’m doing something, whether it’s
washing the dishes or reading, Jamie will come up to me and grab my
chin toward him with a stern “Look here young lady…” expression. It
gets annoying very quickly and I obviously wanted to nip this new trick
in the bud. Why is bad behavior so hard to break and good behavior so
easy to ruin? (that’s mostly rhetorical)
We’ve been teaching him to put his hand on our shoulder or arm when he
needs something from us. Need help putting his shoes on? No chin
yanking, while screeching like a banshee. Wants more milk in his cup?
He can get my attention politely (he is quite capable of saying
“please”). Yesterday we were playing outside and overcome
momentarily by a surge of motherly emotion, I affectionately tousled
Jamie’s hair. He looked up at me and firmly guided my hand to his
shoulder and said “shoulder please”.
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He’s currently at that age where he likes to figure everything out and
do it himself. Quite recently this infatuation has led him to my
beloved D200. I really should find a less expensive camera for him to
learn on, but so far he been doing great with my big camera *gulp* even
if it is a little heavy for him. This was taken by Jamie and is apparently what I look like
from his point of view. I swear I’m not always glaring at him.
Comments (8)
LOL! That entire post is hilarious
. I was wondering if one of those recent pics in the Jaime album on FB was a self portrait 
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Love him so much already… not to sound like a stalker or anything. Gosh, this kid has great comedic value. Stick it out, Ez… he’ll be a great comedian. He clearly knows what to do to manipulate human emotions!
Love all the pictures! Your boys are so cute. How are you guys doing? It’s been way too long!
haha, that’s hysterical! you are looking quite calm for having your youngster holding your camera. i’m impressed. i hope you have good insurance on it?
lol–Jamie sounds so hilarious. And I think you look a lot like a brunette Scarlett Johansson (or however her last name is spelled) in that picture. Maybe that’s because I just watched Scoop last night. Anyway–you remind me of her in that movie.
Yay! Jamie smiled for a picture
. Maybe his hate for the camera is diminishing. That is a pretty dang good picture he took. Love the outfit btw. Your expression is hilarious.
I totally agree about the Scarlett Johansen thing I was about to post that before I saw Joy beat me to it.
I think Logan and Jamie may be behavior/personality twins. Everytime you write about Jamie I think of something Logan does/has done just like it
you, dearest Ez, are such a great mother… oh, and j’adore the vest you’re wearing.