Whining Animals

Jared learned how to communicate "no" to us. Rather than learn the word "no" like most kids, he has decided to shake his head violently to indicate no. I tried to pick him up after dinner and got the violent shaking of the head until I stepped back. He points to mom and says "eh! eh!". Translation: I don't want dad to pick me up. I want mom to pick me up.

Alex picked up some bricks out back and wanted to get paid (at a penny a brick). Of course, offered him his 39 cents as an assortment of coins, but he wanted them in all pennies. I brought out a bunch of coins and explained the difference between them, but he continued to insist on having all pennies. I suspect that with most things Alex plays with, I'll be finding pennies all over the house.