Tonight in the car, Thomas said "Mommy" for the first time. (He says Mama, normally.) I praised him and Joanna said, "He said Mommy! He can Learn! Yay Thomas!
Joanna is such a sweet and thoughtful girl! She is growing up!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Thomas ABCs and 234s
A few days ago, Thomas has started recognizing some letters! He was playing with my orange exercise ball and stopped, pointed at the b and said "b", pointed at the o and said "o", and pointed at the e and said "e"!
Last night, he counted fish toys in the bathtub, "2, 3, 4." Then he'd move them around and count them again, "2, 3, 4... Yay!"
Tonight out at dinner, I drew T on a paper and he pointed to it and said "T". I drew the other letters I knew he recognized before and he pointed to each and called out the names, "B, O, E, T. B, O, E, T."
I'm really proud!
Last night, he counted fish toys in the bathtub, "2, 3, 4." Then he'd move them around and count them again, "2, 3, 4... Yay!"
Tonight out at dinner, I drew T on a paper and he pointed to it and said "T". I drew the other letters I knew he recognized before and he pointed to each and called out the names, "B, O, E, T. B, O, E, T."
I'm really proud!
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Saturday!
This was a nice Saturday with my family. I was pretty worn out and the unusual 6 am wake up call from Joanna didn't sound good at all! :-) Jason slept in this morning and then this afternoon he took the kids shopping and to lunch, so I could be lazy for a while. We enjoyed a nice dinner together and played with the kids. Ahh!
Friday, June 3, 2011
Changing Jobs
I'm changing jobs. It's exciting and sad at the same time. Leaving my job was very sad on my last day. In fact, the last several days before that as I wrapped up and closed up and cleaned up I choked up a time or two. I will miss seeing my friends daily.
I love you and trust you, God!
I love you and trust you, God!
Thomas Counts to Ten!
During our vacation Thomas learned how to count to ten. We walked up three sets of stairs to and from our apartment, so we counted each stair out loud. Joanna helped count too. Thomas said "YAY" as we got to the top or bottom of each set of stairs. Thomas joined in and now he can count, with some prompting, to ten, sometimes even through eleven and twelve, but there is usually a big "YAY" to stop the counting.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Happy Easter
Happy Easter! This is the best holiday of the year. I'm so glad that we celebrate Jesus Christ's resurrection!
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Bubbles
Today, after we ate dinner, I took the kids outside and we played with bubbles. It was FUN. I blew bubbles and had them all over the place. Thomas kept saying "Whoah!" really loudly and running after the one bubble that stayed in the air the longest. Joanna helped blow bubbles too. She held the wand up to Thomas' mouth, but instead of blowing he attempted to eat it.
Joanna has been feeding the dogs. She carries the food all the way across the yard and dumps it into the dish. Today, there was some rain left in the bowl and I didn't walk all the way out with her this time. The dogs had a little "gravy" tonight. They didn't mind. It gave me a good opportunity to tell her that we like to make sure the bowl is clean first!
Thomas likes to get into the dog food and pick pieces out and throw them on the ground. Joanna liked the same thing at that age. It is funny how they are interested in the same things at similar age. Today, this was not that funny because I figured out the dogs bowl had water in it when I caught up with Thomas in the dog dish. Ew. He had dog food gravy on his hand!
It's not that I wasn't paying attention! Joanna can say "Watch this, Mommy!" and I turn my head and Thomas is off doing something else in 10 seconds. These kids are like lighting bolts.
Joanna's been doing a lot of the attention getting lately. She asks us to watch something she is doing such as hopping on one foot and jumping over things or tossing a ball. It's just something new and she wants us to see!
Thomas is starting to be really specific about things he wants. He can grab a banana off the counter by himself. He either beats it to a pulp or bites into it if you don't find him in time! He points to foods on our shelf that he wants to eat. He goes for the cups when he is thirsty. Or, of anyone's cup is near he goes for it. He loves this show "Little Einsteins" a series of cartoons made by the same producers of "Baby Einstein" movies. He gets engrossed in an episode You can't pull him away from it. I stop the DVD right after an episode ends or another one will start! He gets upset if you tear him away from it! It is a great show, but like anything...moderation must be applied!
Joanna has been feeding the dogs. She carries the food all the way across the yard and dumps it into the dish. Today, there was some rain left in the bowl and I didn't walk all the way out with her this time. The dogs had a little "gravy" tonight. They didn't mind. It gave me a good opportunity to tell her that we like to make sure the bowl is clean first!
Thomas likes to get into the dog food and pick pieces out and throw them on the ground. Joanna liked the same thing at that age. It is funny how they are interested in the same things at similar age. Today, this was not that funny because I figured out the dogs bowl had water in it when I caught up with Thomas in the dog dish. Ew. He had dog food gravy on his hand!
It's not that I wasn't paying attention! Joanna can say "Watch this, Mommy!" and I turn my head and Thomas is off doing something else in 10 seconds. These kids are like lighting bolts.
Joanna's been doing a lot of the attention getting lately. She asks us to watch something she is doing such as hopping on one foot and jumping over things or tossing a ball. It's just something new and she wants us to see!
Thomas is starting to be really specific about things he wants. He can grab a banana off the counter by himself. He either beats it to a pulp or bites into it if you don't find him in time! He points to foods on our shelf that he wants to eat. He goes for the cups when he is thirsty. Or, of anyone's cup is near he goes for it. He loves this show "Little Einsteins" a series of cartoons made by the same producers of "Baby Einstein" movies. He gets engrossed in an episode You can't pull him away from it. I stop the DVD right after an episode ends or another one will start! He gets upset if you tear him away from it! It is a great show, but like anything...moderation must be applied!
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