Thursday, March 29, 2012
You are loved...
And will be missed. Your great-grandkids were lucky to meet you. Your grandkids were lucky to live their lives with you. Your stories will continue to be told. I know you will be smiling down at us and singing to us from heaven. I love you, Grandpa.
Friday, March 16, 2012
I think I have the only kid...
who loves going to the doctor's office so much that she is literally counting down until she turns 3 because that means she gets to go again.
And then there was the time she had a full on, drop to the floor tantrum because she didn't want to leave the eye doctor.
I will just be thankful it isn't the opposite!
And then there was the time she had a full on, drop to the floor tantrum because she didn't want to leave the eye doctor.
I will just be thankful it isn't the opposite!
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
11 Months!
I am a bit late in this post, but Laurel celebrated 11 months by coming down with RSV/bronchiolitis, an ear infection and hand, foot and mouth disease all at the same time. It was a rough time for us all, but she seems to have finally recovered... and the rash around her mouth is finally gone.
Getting her to sit still for a picture is near impossible these days, but after many, many tries we finally managed a good one.
- She is doing well in her new class, although it is taking her a little time to warm up to her new teachers, she really loved her old ones. She gets to see Maya out the window everyday and I am told she gets really excited to see her.
- She practically runs along the furniture and does really well walking behind her push toys. I caught her trying to stand up from the seated position without holding onto anything this week.
- She loves be upside down, which makes carrying her a bit dangerous. You never know when she is going to throw herself backwards.
- She doesn't have the same patience or attention span for books as her sister, so most of what we read her are the books with textures that you touch on each page. I was watching her read the other day and realized she now reads all books by rubbing her hand on each page... textures or not.
- She yells at us when we take away something she wants. And she wants everything Maya has.
- We have been working on sign language, and she has mastered "all done". Although, I am not sure she fully comprehends the appropriate time to use it.
- She continues to be a good eater and a crappy sleeper. Pretty much the exact opposite of Maya. The only food she had refused is hummus, and although she slept through the night a couple weeks before getting sick and has slept through the night again the last couple nights now that she has recovered, I have no faith it will continue.
- Still NO teeth!!!
- I love that she is incredibly opinionated, I love that with anyone other than us she is bashful yet at the same time gives huge smiles, I love that I don't have to make a separate meal for her, and I love her big gummy smiles while she is dancing away.
Getting her to sit still for a picture is near impossible these days, but after many, many tries we finally managed a good one.
- She is doing well in her new class, although it is taking her a little time to warm up to her new teachers, she really loved her old ones. She gets to see Maya out the window everyday and I am told she gets really excited to see her.
- She practically runs along the furniture and does really well walking behind her push toys. I caught her trying to stand up from the seated position without holding onto anything this week.
- She loves be upside down, which makes carrying her a bit dangerous. You never know when she is going to throw herself backwards.
- She doesn't have the same patience or attention span for books as her sister, so most of what we read her are the books with textures that you touch on each page. I was watching her read the other day and realized she now reads all books by rubbing her hand on each page... textures or not.
- She yells at us when we take away something she wants. And she wants everything Maya has.
- We have been working on sign language, and she has mastered "all done". Although, I am not sure she fully comprehends the appropriate time to use it.
- She continues to be a good eater and a crappy sleeper. Pretty much the exact opposite of Maya. The only food she had refused is hummus, and although she slept through the night a couple weeks before getting sick and has slept through the night again the last couple nights now that she has recovered, I have no faith it will continue.
- Still NO teeth!!!
- I love that she is incredibly opinionated, I love that with anyone other than us she is bashful yet at the same time gives huge smiles, I love that I don't have to make a separate meal for her, and I love her big gummy smiles while she is dancing away.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Opinions
It was time for a new lunch box, after more than a year of daily use it was time to retire the old one. I let Maya pick her own and to my surprise she chose dinosaurs. No amount of persuading would convince her to pick my favorite, the really cute (and girly) owl. She is so proud of her choice and went around to show it to all her friends and her teachers this morning. I love that she has her own opinions and that they are a bit different from the norm. I love that she picks out dinosaur lunch boxes and books from the library and chooses to be a rocket ship for halloween while at the same time loves to wear pretty dresses so she can spin while dancing and brings out all the brushes and hair clips to do my hair.
Also, my new favorite Maya phrase... when talking about something that is not for kids, "that is for growing ups and teachers."
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Sisterly love
While learning about Valentine's day, Maya's teachers asked each kid in her class who they loved. All the kids responded Mommy or Daddy, except Maya who said Laurel.
She and another little girl in her class like to play with baby dolls and Maya has started to say that her baby doll is Laurel and she spends a lot of her play time taking care of her.
Laurel is transitioning into her new class this month, and her new room has windows that face out to the outdoor play area. According to Maya's teachers, she loves to watch Laurel in her new class while Maya's class is outside. Laurel will come up to the window to wave and smile at them.
Laurel is too young to fully understand what a great big sister she has, but I know one day she will figure out just how lucky she is.
She and another little girl in her class like to play with baby dolls and Maya has started to say that her baby doll is Laurel and she spends a lot of her play time taking care of her.
Laurel is transitioning into her new class this month, and her new room has windows that face out to the outdoor play area. According to Maya's teachers, she loves to watch Laurel in her new class while Maya's class is outside. Laurel will come up to the window to wave and smile at them.
Laurel is too young to fully understand what a great big sister she has, but I know one day she will figure out just how lucky she is.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
How do you know...
you are a parent?
While out on a date to celebrate your anniversary, without even thinking, your husband asks if you know which way the bathrooms are because he has to go "potty".
HA.
Maya-isms
Maya's language and comprehension has absolutely exploded these days. She is constantly asking questions, she tells stories, she sings songs and just generally likes to talk. I think some of my favorite moments are the conversations we have on our drive to daycare. Here is a glimpse into our chats:
Maya: Excuse me.
Me: What happened?
Maya: I burped in my bottom.
This is her own made up term for tooting and I admit I laughed for long time the first time she said it.
Maya: Mommy, you are my mommy and my friend.
Me: Yes, Maya.
Maya: Daddy is my daddy and my friend.
Me: Yes, Maya
Maya: Laurel is my sister and my friend.
Me: Yes, Maya
Maya: Benett is my cousin and my friend.
This continues on as she lists each and every person in our family.
As she was getting tucked in bed, she popped up and asked if she could have a baby in her belly... um, no, and I am thankful she was satisfied with that answer. Not quite ready for that conversation yet!
She has started to make up words as she talks, so sometimes it is difficult to understand what she is saying. You have to weed through the made up words and pick out all the real ones. Her favorite is to add, "gump" to the ends of words... particularly Daddy, which has now become Daddy-Gump. She finds this quite humorous and laughs and says, "I am making up words!".
If she can't figure out what she is trying to say (sometimes her mind works faster than her mouth), she will pause and say, "I don't know the word".
Some favorite phrases include, "I very like it", "I got an idea" and "that's silly".
If she isn't talking she is singing. And I love to hear what words she hears in the song...
- sticky, sticky 'gumblegum'
- puff the magic dragon lived by the sea and a man called hollalee (this is the extent of the song for her and gets repeated over and over again)
- ring around the rosy, pocka pocka rosy
She even made up her own song... M-A-Y-A that spells Maya... On continual repeat.
She is very into matching and rhyming and says, "it's like the same" when she figures out something matches or rhymes. And only with Maya's pronunciation do octopus and applesauce rhyme.
She came out of the bathroom with her pants still down holding a baby wipe on her back and proudly declared that she "is a Superman". Then flew down the hallway.
She has moved up to the 3 year old preschool room, and despite my hesitation since she is young and small, she is absolutely thriving. Even in the short month and a half she has been in it I have seen huge steps forward in expressing herself, especially about what she needs and how she is feeling. The other morning she woke up early and walked around saying that she was "in a grumpy mood". I was glad for the warning :-)
I am loving this age and am amazed at the full conversations I can have with her. I can only imagine what is going on in her head.
Her new teachers take pictures throughout the day and occasionally email them to us... here are a couple of Maya at school.
Maya: Excuse me.
Me: What happened?
Maya: I burped in my bottom.
This is her own made up term for tooting and I admit I laughed for long time the first time she said it.
Maya: Mommy, you are my mommy and my friend.
Me: Yes, Maya.
Maya: Daddy is my daddy and my friend.
Me: Yes, Maya
Maya: Laurel is my sister and my friend.
Me: Yes, Maya
Maya: Benett is my cousin and my friend.
This continues on as she lists each and every person in our family.
As she was getting tucked in bed, she popped up and asked if she could have a baby in her belly... um, no, and I am thankful she was satisfied with that answer. Not quite ready for that conversation yet!
She has started to make up words as she talks, so sometimes it is difficult to understand what she is saying. You have to weed through the made up words and pick out all the real ones. Her favorite is to add, "gump" to the ends of words... particularly Daddy, which has now become Daddy-Gump. She finds this quite humorous and laughs and says, "I am making up words!".
If she can't figure out what she is trying to say (sometimes her mind works faster than her mouth), she will pause and say, "I don't know the word".
Some favorite phrases include, "I very like it", "I got an idea" and "that's silly".
If she isn't talking she is singing. And I love to hear what words she hears in the song...
- sticky, sticky 'gumblegum'
- puff the magic dragon lived by the sea and a man called hollalee (this is the extent of the song for her and gets repeated over and over again)
- ring around the rosy, pocka pocka rosy
She even made up her own song... M-A-Y-A that spells Maya... On continual repeat.
She is very into matching and rhyming and says, "it's like the same" when she figures out something matches or rhymes. And only with Maya's pronunciation do octopus and applesauce rhyme.
She came out of the bathroom with her pants still down holding a baby wipe on her back and proudly declared that she "is a Superman". Then flew down the hallway.
She has moved up to the 3 year old preschool room, and despite my hesitation since she is young and small, she is absolutely thriving. Even in the short month and a half she has been in it I have seen huge steps forward in expressing herself, especially about what she needs and how she is feeling. The other morning she woke up early and walked around saying that she was "in a grumpy mood". I was glad for the warning :-)
I am loving this age and am amazed at the full conversations I can have with her. I can only imagine what is going on in her head.
Her new teachers take pictures throughout the day and occasionally email them to us... here are a couple of Maya at school.
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