And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust!
Apparently there has been some confusion and I need to clarify.....
Another TOOTH is gone--not the child, the TOOTH. Geesh. Have a little faith in me, peeps! :)
Friday, February 27, 2009
Another One Bites the Dust!
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust!
Apparently there has been some confusion and I need to clarify.....
Another TOOTH is gone--not the child, the TOOTH. Geesh. Have a little faith in me, peeps! :)
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Micah's Magic Writing
As you know, Micah started writing his name not too long ago. Since then, he has started this new "magic" writing. Here is an example.
He did that all by himself, and to be honest, I don't think he realized anything was different about it. When I said, "Oh, Micah--COOL!" He said, "Yeah, I wrote my name." But I think it's neat, especially because he did it without trying or thinking about it.
Here is something else he did the other day...
Now this is just a case of that I've never mentioned that there is "correct" way to line them up. He just put them in order and said, "Look, Mommy, I'm counting up to ten." And then counted what most of us would consider to be backwards, up to 10. At first I thought some of this might be because of his, at least partially, left-handedness, but after a brief search online (Google knows all) I found that some kids just write backwards and upside down at this age and it doesn't mean anything other than they can do it and it makes sense to them either way it's written. Also, after searching, I realized the counting thing was just because we'd never talked about what direction to do things. Ah well, I still think it's neat!
The boys were given light "savers" for Valentine's Day from their gramma and grampa. There's been many a battle around our house and though I tried to give Emilia her own light "saver" (a small flashlight), she still prefers the real thing. (DUH! Brothers' toys are ALWAYS better than hers!) So here she is fighting Micah...with the real thing, of course.
Last week we had some really beautiful weather. YEA!!! It was so nice to be able to go outside and play and run around and not be cold the whole time. So we spent most of the days out there enjoying the sunshine and warmth and wishing it would stay for awhile (it didn't, it's back in the 30's and 40's). We played lots of soccer and Emilia LOVED that. Not that she played, but she thought it was great fun to be held while we were running at each other and kicking the ball. She would kick her legs and flap her arms (or kick her arms and flap her legs, as I almost typed!) and squeal--it was really cute! The kids also busted out the sidewalk chalk and made these beautiful drawings on our driveway.
This is Josiah's and it is a kite holding a blue potato.
This is Micah's and it's a man with one arm and a tummy in his foot.
And this is Emilia after she sat and crawled through their drawings. :)
These were the other Valentine's Day treats we made. The kids didn't help as much with the making of these, though Josiah did help crumble the cake, but they were great helpers when it came to decorating!
These little cake balls are DELICIOUS and if you're interested in making them, you'll find the recipe here at Bakerella. There's lots of other yummy recipes there, too, if you're looking for something fun to bake!
Back to the decorating...these were Josiah's two best creations (in my opinion). The one on the left is a pink flower and the one on the right is just a swirly creation. The one on the far right is one of the many blobs Micah made. :)
And this was my favorite that Micah made--a little smiley face. I thought it was so cute!
And last, but certainly not least, I've got two videos for you. The first one is from yesterday and the second one was taped this morning. Enjoy!
He did that all by himself, and to be honest, I don't think he realized anything was different about it. When I said, "Oh, Micah--COOL!" He said, "Yeah, I wrote my name." But I think it's neat, especially because he did it without trying or thinking about it.
Here is something else he did the other day...
Now this is just a case of that I've never mentioned that there is "correct" way to line them up. He just put them in order and said, "Look, Mommy, I'm counting up to ten." And then counted what most of us would consider to be backwards, up to 10. At first I thought some of this might be because of his, at least partially, left-handedness, but after a brief search online (Google knows all) I found that some kids just write backwards and upside down at this age and it doesn't mean anything other than they can do it and it makes sense to them either way it's written. Also, after searching, I realized the counting thing was just because we'd never talked about what direction to do things. Ah well, I still think it's neat!
The boys were given light "savers" for Valentine's Day from their gramma and grampa. There's been many a battle around our house and though I tried to give Emilia her own light "saver" (a small flashlight), she still prefers the real thing. (DUH! Brothers' toys are ALWAYS better than hers!) So here she is fighting Micah...with the real thing, of course.
Last week we had some really beautiful weather. YEA!!! It was so nice to be able to go outside and play and run around and not be cold the whole time. So we spent most of the days out there enjoying the sunshine and warmth and wishing it would stay for awhile (it didn't, it's back in the 30's and 40's). We played lots of soccer and Emilia LOVED that. Not that she played, but she thought it was great fun to be held while we were running at each other and kicking the ball. She would kick her legs and flap her arms (or kick her arms and flap her legs, as I almost typed!) and squeal--it was really cute! The kids also busted out the sidewalk chalk and made these beautiful drawings on our driveway.
This is Josiah's and it is a kite holding a blue potato.
This is Micah's and it's a man with one arm and a tummy in his foot.
And this is Emilia after she sat and crawled through their drawings. :)
These were the other Valentine's Day treats we made. The kids didn't help as much with the making of these, though Josiah did help crumble the cake, but they were great helpers when it came to decorating!
These little cake balls are DELICIOUS and if you're interested in making them, you'll find the recipe here at Bakerella. There's lots of other yummy recipes there, too, if you're looking for something fun to bake!
Back to the decorating...these were Josiah's two best creations (in my opinion). The one on the left is a pink flower and the one on the right is just a swirly creation. The one on the far right is one of the many blobs Micah made. :)
And this was my favorite that Micah made--a little smiley face. I thought it was so cute!
And last, but certainly not least, I've got two videos for you. The first one is from yesterday and the second one was taped this morning. Enjoy!
Saturday, February 14, 2009
We're Back on the Grid!
Well, hello! We spent most of the last 3 days without power. Doesn't that sound fun? I'm soooo glad that it's back on and I hope it doesn't happen again...wishful thinking, but a girl can hope!
I've got a whole list of things to tell you about, so settle in for awhile, this could be my longest post yet.
My kids say the most random things sometimes. One day the boys were playing when all of a sudden Josiah yelled, "Check the bagpipes!" I wasn't sure I'd heard him correctly, but sure enough a few minutes later I heard him again, "Micah--Check the bagpipes!" I asked him what that meant and he said, "Oh, it's just something I say." ??? Oh, ok. Whatever.
Micah was making me food (pretend food, that is) the other day and announced that he was serving me "chewy chunk-o's." And what are chewy chunk-o's? Well, at least I got an answer to that one: melted Snickers with white dragon fire breath and something else that I forgot on top. He carried them like a pizza in one hand over his head and announced, "CHEWY CHUNK-O'S!"
I've told you before how Micah goes back and forth between writing with his right hand and his left hand, but today I have a picture for you.
One of these letters was written with his left hand. One was written with his right hand. Can you tell any difference between them? Want to take a guess at which hand wrote which? This picture will tell you the answer...
It's so funny to watch him writing or coloring because when he stops and is talking he's always playing with the marker, just passing it back and forth between his hands. Whichever hand is holding the marker at the end is the hand he writes with!
Josiah's reading and spelling skills are rapidly improving. The first night we were without power John and I were talking about what to do and I said we should build a F-I-R-E. Josiah yelled, "A FIRE! YES!! We should build a fire!" I was so busted. I'm going to have to come up with a new tactic...maybe spell everything backward? Or we could start on pig latin...
Emilia really loves playing the piano. As I've mentioned before, I don't let her play that much because she pounds on it so hard. Apparently, this has forced her to take matters into her own hands. This was the scene in the living room the other day. You'll notice I had tried to block off the piano...
Yes, she climbed up there all by herself. And yes, she climbed down all by herself. Guess I've got two climbers on my hands. Yipee (insert sarcasm).
Happily pounding away
Last night Micah got out of bed after bedtime (shocker). He's really developing his creativity in coming up with excuses. Last night was a doozy. I mean, this kid knows how to work the system! Here's what he said, "Daddy, when I said it earlier I said it mean, so, I love you, Dad." (cute sideways grin) I mean, really. What do you say to that?? Workin' us over at the young age of 3. I can only imagine the fun that's yet to come.
I'm happy to tell you that Emilia has enough hair to wear a clippie in it. She's still kinda bald, but she at least seems to be growing some hair these days.
And here she is modeling Nana's glasses for us.
Oops! They started to slip!
And last but certainly not least, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
The recipe for these tasty treats is here
Lots of love from Micah and Josiah
and Emilia
and the unpictured Rebekah and John. :)
I've got a whole list of things to tell you about, so settle in for awhile, this could be my longest post yet.
My kids say the most random things sometimes. One day the boys were playing when all of a sudden Josiah yelled, "Check the bagpipes!" I wasn't sure I'd heard him correctly, but sure enough a few minutes later I heard him again, "Micah--Check the bagpipes!" I asked him what that meant and he said, "Oh, it's just something I say." ??? Oh, ok. Whatever.
Micah was making me food (pretend food, that is) the other day and announced that he was serving me "chewy chunk-o's." And what are chewy chunk-o's? Well, at least I got an answer to that one: melted Snickers with white dragon fire breath and something else that I forgot on top. He carried them like a pizza in one hand over his head and announced, "CHEWY CHUNK-O'S!"
I've told you before how Micah goes back and forth between writing with his right hand and his left hand, but today I have a picture for you.
One of these letters was written with his left hand. One was written with his right hand. Can you tell any difference between them? Want to take a guess at which hand wrote which? This picture will tell you the answer...
It's so funny to watch him writing or coloring because when he stops and is talking he's always playing with the marker, just passing it back and forth between his hands. Whichever hand is holding the marker at the end is the hand he writes with!
Josiah's reading and spelling skills are rapidly improving. The first night we were without power John and I were talking about what to do and I said we should build a F-I-R-E. Josiah yelled, "A FIRE! YES!! We should build a fire!" I was so busted. I'm going to have to come up with a new tactic...maybe spell everything backward? Or we could start on pig latin...
Emilia really loves playing the piano. As I've mentioned before, I don't let her play that much because she pounds on it so hard. Apparently, this has forced her to take matters into her own hands. This was the scene in the living room the other day. You'll notice I had tried to block off the piano...
Yes, she climbed up there all by herself. And yes, she climbed down all by herself. Guess I've got two climbers on my hands. Yipee (insert sarcasm).
Happily pounding away
Last night Micah got out of bed after bedtime (shocker). He's really developing his creativity in coming up with excuses. Last night was a doozy. I mean, this kid knows how to work the system! Here's what he said, "Daddy, when I said it earlier I said it mean, so, I love you, Dad." (cute sideways grin) I mean, really. What do you say to that?? Workin' us over at the young age of 3. I can only imagine the fun that's yet to come.
I'm happy to tell you that Emilia has enough hair to wear a clippie in it. She's still kinda bald, but she at least seems to be growing some hair these days.
And here she is modeling Nana's glasses for us.
Oops! They started to slip!
And last but certainly not least, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
The recipe for these tasty treats is here
Lots of love from Micah and Josiah
and Emilia
and the unpictured Rebekah and John. :)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
The Difference Between You and Me
Josiah and I were talking about the difference between kids and and adults. Well, more accurately, I was asking him about what he saw as the difference between kids and adults. First he said, "I'm a kid and you're an adult." I tried to be more specific. I asked, "In terms of what we do during the day, what is different about kids and adults?" He said, "Adults are big and I'm little." I tried to re-word the question, "What is different about what I do during the day and what you do during the day?" He said, "I play and you sleep all day."
What world is he living in?!??
What world is he living in?!??
Monday, February 9, 2009
25 Random Things About Josiah
I'm totally stealing this idea from my friend Angela who thought to take the current Facebook thing and write one for each of her kids. What a great idea! Here are Josiah's:
1. Josiah is mostly a typical first-born. He is bossy and wants to be in charge...of everything. Including what's for dinner.
2. He loves cooking shows. Rachael Ray and Paula Deen are his favorites. He's even started saying "Yum-O!" and "Delish!"
3. He pretends to have his own Food Network show when he's playing with play-doh. He's says things like, "You're watching Josiah on Food Network. I'm making a pizza cake and right now I'm just going to sprinkle these on top. Maybe you don't want to make your sprinkles so big, but that's just the way I do it because my grandma always made her sprinkles big like that." I have over 20 minutes of "Josiah on Food Network" on video. :)
4. That I remember, he's never had a favorite color. He can't choose. He TRIES. But ends up saying, "My favorite is blue...and orange...and green...and red...and yellow...and black...and I like them all!"
5. He likes to play games but HATES to lose.
6. He really wants to learn to play chess.
7. He also wants to learn to play the guitar.
8. He likes to read and be read to. I read "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" out loud to him and Micah and couple weeks ago. I really think Josiah would have sat and listened to the whole thing in one sitting. He has an AMAZING attention span.
9. His favorite TV show is Ruff Ruffman on PBS and he gets upset if he misses it, even though he's seen them all already.
10. He is a perfectionist and does not believe in going to plan B. He wrote a letter to his cousin Brooke the other day and INSISTED on rewriting the entire thing because the last word wouldn't fit on the same line as the rest of the sentence. (I read these to Josiah and after this one I had to explain the concept of plan B but then he said, "Yeah, I really like plan A.")
11. He prefers gummy treats over chocolate.
12. He's always challenging himself to learn something new, from whistling to blowing bubbles to standing on his head.
13. One of his favorite breakfast foods is oatmeal. He's not picky about flavoring, but some kind of fruit is usually a first choice.
14. He says he doesn't like mushrooms, but when he eats them without realizing they are mushrooms, he says they're yummy.
15. He likes to play sports--any sports, really. I think he likes that it's active, it's competitive and someone has to play it with him.
16. He's got a big heart for God and is starting to ask lots of questions about being baptized.
17. He's a big fan of music. He likes to listen to it, or if it is not on he will sing songs to himself. Sometimes he'll ask you to sing with him, but other times if you try to sing along he'll tell you you're interrupting him.
18. He has an incredible imagination! He has created an entire imaginary family for himself, Jujah and Fahvey are sister and brother, respectively, and they vary in age depending on the activity, but Fahvey is always the oldest (even older than Josiah). Palucy is ther mom and they live on a farm. No one knows their dad, but he's 40 years old and lives far, far away.
19. One of his favorite things to do is ride his bike. He will stay outside for hours on his bike having pretend races with Jujah and Fahvey or other pretend adventures. He's pretended to be the Wicked Witch of the West, Power Rangers, SpiderMan, monsters...all kinds of things. I even think that on his bike is his favorite place to be. He's always liked his bike, but since he's been riding "2 wheels" (without training wheels) he likes it even more.
20. He's got a great sense of humor and it overrules almost everything. When he gets upset about having to go to plan B (see #10) he'll get over it almost instantaneously if you can get him to laugh about something.
21. He's incredibly smart, and likes being smart because he likes knowing the answers. He will argue passionately about things that are blatantly wrong, just to be the one to know the answer.
22. He can have a lot of self-doubt and need lots of praise and encouragement to feel confident. (I think it's because he's a perfectionist and therefore thinks he's done it wrong if he can't do it on the first try.)
23. He is a people person. One of the most effective punishments for him is to remove him from where everyone is. That being said, every now and then he goes off to his room and spends an hour or more there just playing by himself.
24. He has two scars on his head (hidden by his hair). One from falling into the TV stand when he was 2 and one from a brick falling on his head when he was 3.
25. He's a great helper. He helps in the kitchen, picks up Emilia's toys, helps me clean the floors, the windows, the bathrooms, pretty much anything I'm doing he wants to help and be part of it all.
**BONUS** He understands and correctly uses sarcasm.
1. Josiah is mostly a typical first-born. He is bossy and wants to be in charge...of everything. Including what's for dinner.
2. He loves cooking shows. Rachael Ray and Paula Deen are his favorites. He's even started saying "Yum-O!" and "Delish!"
3. He pretends to have his own Food Network show when he's playing with play-doh. He's says things like, "You're watching Josiah on Food Network. I'm making a pizza cake and right now I'm just going to sprinkle these on top. Maybe you don't want to make your sprinkles so big, but that's just the way I do it because my grandma always made her sprinkles big like that." I have over 20 minutes of "Josiah on Food Network" on video. :)
4. That I remember, he's never had a favorite color. He can't choose. He TRIES. But ends up saying, "My favorite is blue...and orange...and green...and red...and yellow...and black...and I like them all!"
5. He likes to play games but HATES to lose.
6. He really wants to learn to play chess.
7. He also wants to learn to play the guitar.
8. He likes to read and be read to. I read "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" out loud to him and Micah and couple weeks ago. I really think Josiah would have sat and listened to the whole thing in one sitting. He has an AMAZING attention span.
9. His favorite TV show is Ruff Ruffman on PBS and he gets upset if he misses it, even though he's seen them all already.
10. He is a perfectionist and does not believe in going to plan B. He wrote a letter to his cousin Brooke the other day and INSISTED on rewriting the entire thing because the last word wouldn't fit on the same line as the rest of the sentence. (I read these to Josiah and after this one I had to explain the concept of plan B but then he said, "Yeah, I really like plan A.")
11. He prefers gummy treats over chocolate.
12. He's always challenging himself to learn something new, from whistling to blowing bubbles to standing on his head.
13. One of his favorite breakfast foods is oatmeal. He's not picky about flavoring, but some kind of fruit is usually a first choice.
14. He says he doesn't like mushrooms, but when he eats them without realizing they are mushrooms, he says they're yummy.
15. He likes to play sports--any sports, really. I think he likes that it's active, it's competitive and someone has to play it with him.
16. He's got a big heart for God and is starting to ask lots of questions about being baptized.
17. He's a big fan of music. He likes to listen to it, or if it is not on he will sing songs to himself. Sometimes he'll ask you to sing with him, but other times if you try to sing along he'll tell you you're interrupting him.
18. He has an incredible imagination! He has created an entire imaginary family for himself, Jujah and Fahvey are sister and brother, respectively, and they vary in age depending on the activity, but Fahvey is always the oldest (even older than Josiah). Palucy is ther mom and they live on a farm. No one knows their dad, but he's 40 years old and lives far, far away.
19. One of his favorite things to do is ride his bike. He will stay outside for hours on his bike having pretend races with Jujah and Fahvey or other pretend adventures. He's pretended to be the Wicked Witch of the West, Power Rangers, SpiderMan, monsters...all kinds of things. I even think that on his bike is his favorite place to be. He's always liked his bike, but since he's been riding "2 wheels" (without training wheels) he likes it even more.
20. He's got a great sense of humor and it overrules almost everything. When he gets upset about having to go to plan B (see #10) he'll get over it almost instantaneously if you can get him to laugh about something.
21. He's incredibly smart, and likes being smart because he likes knowing the answers. He will argue passionately about things that are blatantly wrong, just to be the one to know the answer.
22. He can have a lot of self-doubt and need lots of praise and encouragement to feel confident. (I think it's because he's a perfectionist and therefore thinks he's done it wrong if he can't do it on the first try.)
23. He is a people person. One of the most effective punishments for him is to remove him from where everyone is. That being said, every now and then he goes off to his room and spends an hour or more there just playing by himself.
24. He has two scars on his head (hidden by his hair). One from falling into the TV stand when he was 2 and one from a brick falling on his head when he was 3.
25. He's a great helper. He helps in the kitchen, picks up Emilia's toys, helps me clean the floors, the windows, the bathrooms, pretty much anything I'm doing he wants to help and be part of it all.
**BONUS** He understands and correctly uses sarcasm.
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