Preschool Texting

Have you seen the commercial of the mom and daughter talking to each other in text abbreviations? They say things like: "IDK, just talking to my BFF" and "I'll tell you what is TISNF" For the last couple of days, I've been living in the preschool version of that. Josiah has decided to abbreviate everything. So I'll get requests like: "Can I have some more catch?" (translation: Can I have some more ketchup?) What about the sprinks? (What about the sprinkles?) "I dropped a goalph" (I dropped a goldfish) Thankfully the circumstances so far have provided a translation for me, but I can see him really latching on to all the abbreviated texting stuff and then I think I'm in trouble!

Micah has started learning his shapes. He likes to try to make them with his hands. He's really good with a triangle (pic below) and if you help he can make a mean rectangle. Circles stump him right now, at least in making them with his hands. It's like he wont relax his hands enough to curve. He also likes making different numbers with his hands. Ever since he learned 2 for his birthday, we've been doing all sorts of numbers with his fingers. Josiah really gets into it, too, because he has started adding so it usually starts with him asking "What's 2 plus 1" and then he adds it up to 3, holds up those fingers on his hand and then Micah wants to do it, too. One of his (Micah's) favorites right now is 6...it uses both hands and he can make the number "self." It doesn't always SOUND like he's saying six, but trust me, he is.


"They" always say better late than never, right? So that would explain the bunny house we decorated this morning. Oh, I know MOST people do these things around Easter, but I've always been a little off "most" people and "they" seem to have more influence on me than I'd like, so here is our beautifully decorated bunny house. They boys had a great time--they LOVE doing things like this. I think eating the candy helps add to the attraction, but thats just a guess.

Another Childhood Milestone

The boys reached a new level of childhood yesterday--they both got their first Pez dispenser. WHOA! I know, big stuff. Well, they were totally thrilled, not that they even knew what they were before they got them, but whatever. They decided that anything that spits out candy at the push of a button was an awesome thing to have...at least until the candy runs out and mommy wont refill it because she doesnt want to deal with sugar shocked kids. What a party pooper!

Can you read that? Josiah wrote it all by himself! He's written his name before by tracing something I've written or by writing his underneath what I've done, but this was purely, all him. GO JOSIAH!

MICAH TURNED TWO!

Happy Birthday to Micah! My little man turned two this week. How'd that happen?? We had a lot of fun on his birthday. He had just learned the week before to make the two with his fingers, so he had a great time showing everyone how old he was. That morning we decorated the cupcakes for his party. Both he and Josiah had fun putting those together--it was messy and we had to sample the ingredients...what could be better! That afternoon the boys got to play with grampa while gramma and I ran errands and for dinner we all ate at Louis', which, of course, was followed by cupcakes for dessert. Heres a pic of Micah licking his lips in anticipation!

After the cupcakes Micah had a few presents to open, one of which was his "Elefun" game. It was a big hit! I thought I had some pictures of the boys playing it on my camera, but I must have dreamed that. I'll take some to show you later.

On Saturday, Micah had his birthday party. We had nine little kids here for his art party--it was a ton of fun, even if the weather didn't cooperate and we were all crowded inside. The kids had a blast getting to paint on the "wall" and made all sorts of beautiful pictures.

All of the kids seemed to have a good time yesterday, but I think Micah's favorite was eating more cake! Check this out:

So all in all, I'd say the celebration was a success. Thanks to everyone who helped put it all together. I think sometimes I was more in the way with my crutches than anything, but oh well! I couldnt have done it without all the help so a big THANKS from me and Micah for all your hard work! I'll send some more photos on photoworks soon, so you can see more moments of fun!

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
Oprah Winfrey

The Apples and the Tree

I truly think that Micah is going to be one of those kids who always has some sort of cut, bump, scrape or other injury (hopefully none will be serious) because honestly, it is always something with him. Just when the scrape on his chin from falling into the stairs was healing, he scraped his knee, not once, but twice--the same knee, the same spot, two days in a row. Needless to say, the second was worse than the first because it basically just took off all the previously injured skin. ANYWAY...he has developed a strong attachment to one of my teddy bears, Pookah, and when he gets hurt (after I hold him and he screams for a minute) the first word out of his mouth is usually "Pookah." And he will hold Pookah and sit with Pookah and then he's good to go again! So here is a picture of Micah, his band-aid and Pookah. And yes, Pookah is also wearing a diaper.

Here's another photo for you...Look familiar? And I want you to know, this was all his idea! I didn't even plant a seed of the idea in him...at least not verbally!

If you cant tell, that's his fisher price camera and he's doing a self portrait. What a great idea! (for those of you who are not familiar with my picture taking, I probably have about 500 pictures of me with various other people that were taken like that) Ahh, my young photographer. I guess it's true what they say about the apple not falling far from the tree! Here's his picture. A bit washed out because that camera isn't good with close-ups, but he's working with what he's got!

And here's a picture he took all by himself of me and Micah. He seems to actually be getting the idea of taking a picture of something. Although his interests are very different from mine...he took a picture of the bottom of my crutches and of the people walking their dog on the street in front of our house, but hey--they were pictures of something!