Anna looking at Ben adoringly....
Cute, little chubser legs..
Friday, November 13, 2009
Blossoming Friendship
Ben is showing Anna the ropes on the exersaucer. Pressing the buttons and playing the tunes and then dancing for her. Already she is looking to him and already he is showing her the way..
Anna looking at Ben adoringly....
Cute, little chubser legs..
Anna looking at Ben adoringly....
Cute, little chubser legs..
A Woman On A Mission
Aren't these really cute leggings?!?(I will make no comment about the fact that she is falling out of her bouncy seat *achem*)
Ohh Are We Ever Falling Behind!!!
Well the title really says it all. I have a billion pictures (although there are a billion more moments that went unphotographed!!) to post with stories and tidbits and anecdotes from life, but I am not sure I will even get to all the things I wanted to post today.
I am remembering the time when Ben was Anna's age where every little movement and squeak was documented. Every milestone carefully notated. Not only are Anna's milestones not being properly notated but a few weeks ago I thought to myself, "hmmm, I think this is about the age that Anna should start rolling over. Huh...I wonder if she can." Sure enough I put her down on her belly and she rolled right over LOL...Don't ask me the date..I have no idea.
Time is flying by! The weeks just zip along one after the other and here we are in November already and no one told me!!
So I will do my best in updating everything I can think of!
Ben is 21months old and his language development is in full swing!! It is hysterical, adorable, and exhausting LOL...Everyday he says new things. Today it was, "Big Trains!" in reference to a dvd of Thomas. Then he was saying, "Big trains and big eyes!" Because, yup, Thomas has big eyes. He is learning animals sounds and can tell you on cue what sound a cat makes and a dog (pronounced dodgey) and today I taught him what sounds Anna makes: wahh wahh LOL..
His knowledge of the alphabet is getting better and better. He is now spelling out words whereever he sees them. He has no idea what the words are, but he can pick out all the letters. Several letters he knows the sound and a word that starts with that letter and most letters he can recognize upper and lower case.
Colors seem to completely elude him....although he loves saying "blue" and "poopull".
He is almost always very sweet to Anna. He loves to give her hugs and kisses and identify her body parts. He gets her her pacifier and her blanket or burper.
And his current favorite passtime is bouncing which always makes Anna smile.
Anna is my beauty queen and little darling!!!! She just is more beautiful everyday!!!!! Her smile is infectious and she is far from stingey with it!!
She is about 3.5 months old now and at her 3m pediatrician appt she was 10lbs! She can roll from her belly to her back and just about from her back to her belly....almost got it. She has been sleeping through the night like a champ since about 2 months.
She is totally a daddy's girl. She gives daddy the most giggles and smiles. She hates being cold. She has the most adorable fuzzy little head of hair when she is just bathed, but bathing is far from her favorite pastime. She loves her mobile and is almost, just about, maybe starting to take more regular naps.
I am remembering the time when Ben was Anna's age where every little movement and squeak was documented. Every milestone carefully notated. Not only are Anna's milestones not being properly notated but a few weeks ago I thought to myself, "hmmm, I think this is about the age that Anna should start rolling over. Huh...I wonder if she can." Sure enough I put her down on her belly and she rolled right over LOL...Don't ask me the date..I have no idea.
Time is flying by! The weeks just zip along one after the other and here we are in November already and no one told me!!
So I will do my best in updating everything I can think of!
Ben is 21months old and his language development is in full swing!! It is hysterical, adorable, and exhausting LOL...Everyday he says new things. Today it was, "Big Trains!" in reference to a dvd of Thomas. Then he was saying, "Big trains and big eyes!" Because, yup, Thomas has big eyes. He is learning animals sounds and can tell you on cue what sound a cat makes and a dog (pronounced dodgey) and today I taught him what sounds Anna makes: wahh wahh LOL..His knowledge of the alphabet is getting better and better. He is now spelling out words whereever he sees them. He has no idea what the words are, but he can pick out all the letters. Several letters he knows the sound and a word that starts with that letter and most letters he can recognize upper and lower case.
Colors seem to completely elude him....although he loves saying "blue" and "poopull".
He is almost always very sweet to Anna. He loves to give her hugs and kisses and identify her body parts. He gets her her pacifier and her blanket or burper.
And his current favorite passtime is bouncing which always makes Anna smile.
Anna is my beauty queen and little darling!!!! She just is more beautiful everyday!!!!! Her smile is infectious and she is far from stingey with it!!She is about 3.5 months old now and at her 3m pediatrician appt she was 10lbs! She can roll from her belly to her back and just about from her back to her belly....almost got it. She has been sleeping through the night like a champ since about 2 months.
She is totally a daddy's girl. She gives daddy the most giggles and smiles. She hates being cold. She has the most adorable fuzzy little head of hair when she is just bathed, but bathing is far from her favorite pastime. She loves her mobile and is almost, just about, maybe starting to take more regular naps.
All Saint's Day
November 1st was the Feast of All Saints and at our church we have a big potluck party to celebrate. The children dress up as a saint and everyone has to guess who they are.
This year Benjamin was St. Maximilian Kolbe (pictured below). St. Maximilian died at Auschwitz where he was sent for hiding Jews and being a part of the Nazi resistance. He is considered a martyr because he offered to die in the place of a Jewish man who had a family.
Here is Ben in his costume. He drew the glasses on with eyeliner. I did a rather sloppy job here because it was just a trial and I wanted to be sure he would even let me do this without flipping out.
Thank you especially to Linda who helped us make this costume. We actually drew the black stripes on with markers LOL...not a fun project really. But his costume was a big hit for sure and people thought it was pretty creative.
Overall it was a lovely day learning and honoring the saints!
This year Benjamin was St. Maximilian Kolbe (pictured below). St. Maximilian died at Auschwitz where he was sent for hiding Jews and being a part of the Nazi resistance. He is considered a martyr because he offered to die in the place of a Jewish man who had a family.
Here is Ben in his costume. He drew the glasses on with eyeliner. I did a rather sloppy job here because it was just a trial and I wanted to be sure he would even let me do this without flipping out.
Thank you especially to Linda who helped us make this costume. We actually drew the black stripes on with markers LOL...not a fun project really. But his costume was a big hit for sure and people thought it was pretty creative.
Overall it was a lovely day learning and honoring the saints!Friday, October 16, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Crime Scene
The victim is a 2 month old female. It appears she was fed till drowsy and snuggled to sleep. Weapon found...a pacifier, containing the victim's prints..
Artwork
Benjamin and I have been working on learning how to color (I have realized that this is a learned skill and not something that just comes to you) and learning colors.
We are hit or miss with identifying colors accurately, but he LOVES saying "poopull".
We have toddler crayons and toddler markers.....he has been far more successful with the markers...
And we think he has a future either as Boy George or Jackson Pollack..
Ben's first independent work of art :)
We are hit or miss with identifying colors accurately, but he LOVES saying "poopull".
We have toddler crayons and toddler markers.....he has been far more successful with the markers...
And we think he has a future either as Boy George or Jackson Pollack..
Ben's first independent work of art :)We Had Kittens!
A few weeks ago our neighbor stopped over to let us know that there was a momma kitty who moved her four kittens under our shed. Animal Control was able to catch the momma, but would be back to try and get the kittens.
For days and days we would spot the kittens playing around our shed, but when anyone walked over they would hide under the shed.
The Animal Control guy seemed unable to catch them. So we took matters into our own hands.
Claudio managed to snag three of them which we named them: Dot, Spot, and Speckle. Dot and Spot had white fur just at the very tip of their tail and Speckle was the only one that wasn't totally black...he was speckley.
The next morning we were able to grab the fourth kitten. He was by far the cutest (with long hair!) and we named it Lucy (because it was eLUSive). The animal control guy picked them up to bring to the shelter. We hope they have been adopted!
For days and days we would spot the kittens playing around our shed, but when anyone walked over they would hide under the shed. 
The Animal Control guy seemed unable to catch them. So we took matters into our own hands.
Claudio managed to snag three of them which we named them: Dot, Spot, and Speckle. Dot and Spot had white fur just at the very tip of their tail and Speckle was the only one that wasn't totally black...he was speckley.
The next morning we were able to grab the fourth kitten. He was by far the cutest (with long hair!) and we named it Lucy (because it was eLUSive). The animal control guy picked them up to bring to the shelter. We hope they have been adopted!
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