Well my son, there's a limit to how much I want you to be JUST like me!
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Puzzles!
I got Craig Jumpstart Kindergarten for his second birthday, thinking that it would probably not interest him for a while. But I wanted to try because he always surprises me with what he can do. I was also not too sure about it because I didn't know how much he'd have to do things like use the mouse... (which he has never before done) or the keyboard (which he loves to bang on but beyond that I don't have much hope).
I was totally surprised when he grabbed the mouse and after a few careful instructions started to insist "Mommy don't help Eggo."
At one point in the video you can see the mouse he's using and it's big even for my hand. His little hand would slip to the back and he'd be trying to click for all he was worth but no matter how hard he pushed on the BACK of the mouse it just didn't work. All things considered I think he did an AMAZING job of putting together these puzzles all on his own. (I never touched the mouse once. and i tried really hard not to remind him to click. :)
P.S. if there's a picture of my brother riding his bike before you play the video it's because that's the first video that I started to play with and well, for the life of me I can not get it to go away! So this really isn't his BMX video!
(we finally got smart and let him use K.C.'s laptop mouse which is a lot easier for him to control.)
I was totally surprised when he grabbed the mouse and after a few careful instructions started to insist "Mommy don't help Eggo."
At one point in the video you can see the mouse he's using and it's big even for my hand. His little hand would slip to the back and he'd be trying to click for all he was worth but no matter how hard he pushed on the BACK of the mouse it just didn't work. All things considered I think he did an AMAZING job of putting together these puzzles all on his own. (I never touched the mouse once. and i tried really hard not to remind him to click. :)
P.S. if there's a picture of my brother riding his bike before you play the video it's because that's the first video that I started to play with and well, for the life of me I can not get it to go away! So this really isn't his BMX video!
(we finally got smart and let him use K.C.'s laptop mouse which is a lot easier for him to control.)
Milestones
I've been terrible about reporting on Craig and his milestones. So I finally decided do a little update.
Jumping:
He started jumping and actually getting some air around 20 months
Articles of Faith:
We have a family tradition of singing to gather for mealtimes. As part of this tradition we decided to sing different articles of faith so that we could all become familiar with them.
Craig picked them up really fast and by the time he was 21 months old he could recite the first three very well.
Drawing:
His drawings have been getting more and more distinct and he draws very nice circles and faces (when he wants to:)
Talking:
I'm not sure how to measure this one. I certainly can not count all the words he knows. He talks non stop and can do a pretty good job of saying just about any word you ask him to.
He says "please don't" instead of 'No!' (this makes me very happy).
When I'm sitting down and he wants me to get up he'll say one of 2 things, either "Mommy stand up please!" or he'll grab my hand or foot and start pulling while singing the song from Winnie the Pooh where Pooh is stuck in Rabbit's door. "Keep heaving and hoeing and out the mama will going!"
On of my favorite things that he would say that he's already growing out of is "Please... Okay!"
It was absolutely adorable how he would smile and say it while dragging out the okay. And it was so cute of him to answer his own question. I miss it.
Reading:
He reads when he feels like it, and when he doesn't feel like it... good luck. But he's getting more and more words under his belt. Slowly but surly we'll win this battle.
Potty Training:
We tried that about a week ago. It went really good in that he seemed to understand everything I was telling him. He would answer every question correctly and tell me that he was only supposed to potty in "Eggo's toilet" ..... (as he stood there and peed his pants, not making one little effort to even move, let alone go to the toilet.)
I decided that since he didn't seem to be struggling with the concept he just needed to wait till he was ready to care about it. So we decided to wait for a while and try again.
Here's the doll that he 'taught' to go potty
(Notice how I had to draw Lightning McQueen on his pants?)
A very proud Eggo
And here he patiently sat.
Jumping:
He started jumping and actually getting some air around 20 months
Articles of Faith:
We have a family tradition of singing to gather for mealtimes. As part of this tradition we decided to sing different articles of faith so that we could all become familiar with them.
Craig picked them up really fast and by the time he was 21 months old he could recite the first three very well.
Drawing:
His drawings have been getting more and more distinct and he draws very nice circles and faces (when he wants to:)
Talking:
I'm not sure how to measure this one. I certainly can not count all the words he knows. He talks non stop and can do a pretty good job of saying just about any word you ask him to.
He says "please don't" instead of 'No!' (this makes me very happy).
When I'm sitting down and he wants me to get up he'll say one of 2 things, either "Mommy stand up please!" or he'll grab my hand or foot and start pulling while singing the song from Winnie the Pooh where Pooh is stuck in Rabbit's door. "Keep heaving and hoeing and out the mama will going!"
On of my favorite things that he would say that he's already growing out of is "Please... Okay!"
It was absolutely adorable how he would smile and say it while dragging out the okay. And it was so cute of him to answer his own question. I miss it.
Reading:
He reads when he feels like it, and when he doesn't feel like it... good luck. But he's getting more and more words under his belt. Slowly but surly we'll win this battle.
Potty Training:
We tried that about a week ago. It went really good in that he seemed to understand everything I was telling him. He would answer every question correctly and tell me that he was only supposed to potty in "Eggo's toilet" ..... (as he stood there and peed his pants, not making one little effort to even move, let alone go to the toilet.)
I decided that since he didn't seem to be struggling with the concept he just needed to wait till he was ready to care about it. So we decided to wait for a while and try again.
Here's the doll that he 'taught' to go potty(Notice how I had to draw Lightning McQueen on his pants?)
A very proud Eggo
And here he patiently sat.I wish he would have just decided to do it and taken off with it. And maybe I shouldn't have stopped but it just seemed so much better to have the whole situation be one that wasn't traumatic and terrible. I guess we'll see how it turns out.
A Thoughtful Prayer
So Craig has started saying his own prayers lately. It is quite fun to see what he comes up with! Usually I help him start and then regardless of what I prompt him to say he starts saying whatever comes to mind.
Criag's unaided prayer last night:
(Every line is followed by as pause as he waits for ME to say what he's just said)
Thankee for Eggo's diaper,
Thankee for balloons,
and for Mack's trailer,
and for Clark
and for Julia
and for Shannon
Thankee for Dinoco
and for Daddy!
I love to hear what's going though his mind! He always says something different and it's always a delightful surprise!
Criag's unaided prayer last night:
(Every line is followed by as pause as he waits for ME to say what he's just said)
Thankee for Eggo's diaper,
Thankee for balloons,
and for Mack's trailer,
and for Clark
and for Julia
and for Shannon
Thankee for Dinoco
and for Daddy!
I love to hear what's going though his mind! He always says something different and it's always a delightful surprise!
Friday, September 4, 2009
Growing Up
My little boy is growing up on me!
He's 2 years old! Wow how time does fly! We are so very happy to have such a wonderful, happy, smart, delightful boy! He makes everything so fun!
He's 2 years old! Wow how time does fly! We are so very happy to have such a wonderful, happy, smart, delightful boy! He makes everything so fun!
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Good news one, Good news All....
after a long and boring summer, with little of interest to report on......
Wanda's Back!
Stay tuned because I'm sure something truly amazing will be coming shortly. I can just feel it.
Stay tuned because I'm sure something truly amazing will be coming shortly. I can just feel it.
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