Sunday, July 20, 2008

Bubble Gum

Right before Mia was born my mom came to help out because Mark had a "little" accident. She was spending a lot of time with Austin since I was extremely, miserably nine months pregnant and Mark was incapacitated. One of the special things that she decided to try to teach Austin was to blow bubbles with bubble gum. He was VERY interested in learning this fabulous skill, but having just turned two, it was a little more than he could handle. Of course, the bubble gum that he swallowed within seconds of putting it in his mouth, was often enough of a reward.

Last month Austin got to spend some more time with his Nana while we were down at my cousin's wedding. One of the first things that he wanted to do with her was blow bubbles.
She found some gum in her purse and they each began to moisten and chew the gum in preparation for some great bubbles. Austin watched intently as Nana went through the motions of blowing a bubble.

When he watched a couple times and still couldn't do it himself, he watched even more closely. You can't tell from the picture but he does try to make the appropriate movements with his mouth, but he just can't get his tongue behind the gum. If he did manage to blow a bubble he would definitely be a gum blowing prodigy since that is quite a skill for a 2.5 year old.

He asked Nana to blow bubbles until her jaws were hurting. He truly was studying the process.

Eventually, he gave up and found thrills in popping the bubbles.
He is still trying to figure the whole thing out, but in the meantime he is having a great time practicing.
"Gum pwease Mommy!"

5 comments:

Wendi said...

How cute is he?
Love that he is trying so hard to blow those bubbles.
Great idea to write about it and look back and remember all the fun later!

Leslie said...

Those are sweet photos!

Kim said...

How fun! He'll probably be a master bubble blower before you know it!!

Shannon (muzbeecrazy.com) said...

Hi just joined the Chester County Moms group and have been trying to visit the members' blogs. I love your design.
My 6 year old daughter has been practicing blowing bubbles. She's not quite there yet! Cute pictures!

Rach (Mommy Learns to Blog) said...

That's adorable! My daughter is almost 3 and a half and gum has yet to pass her lips. I fear for a nightmare experience so we just don't go there! BTW, your mom looks so young! I did a double-take, and looked back at your profile thinking it was you! She'd probably be one happy nana hearing that!