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Mon, Mar 24, 2008 4:30 PM
Just a couple things I wanted to record...

Matthew has such a hearty appetite. He's been holding his spoon and feeding himself since he's been about 8 months old. He's gotten so good at eating that now when he is finished with his first bowl, he will pull over the big bowl and serve himself another helping. I cannot imagine how he will eat as a teenager if he is eating like this already.

Isaac asked today if he could go "sploring". I didnt understand what he meant so I asked him to describe and say again. He said, "You know exploring, when you go walking somewhere where there is no sidewalk". That's now my new official definition of the word...

We've been making more of an effort to talk with Matthew. We noticed that since he plays so independently, he wasn't getting spoken to that much and his vocabulary really leveled off. In just a week and a half, I have noticed him making an effort to repeat more words so I am very encouraged by that

Isaac and I made some lemonade (his favorite drink) and when I gave him his sippy cup he told me he would be back as soon as he finished it so I could "lefty loosey" it for him and add some more, then he would like me to "righty tighty" it again. He's also been watching too many commercials. He recommended a cream he saw on TV that he thought would work well to make my skin soft. Hmm - I have got to work on his compliment delivery.

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U. Don & A. Karen: You will have to come to Tucson and go

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Sun, Mar 9, 2008 10:04 AM
My apologies for not bragging about my boys often enough like a good Mama. And since this is the only "scrapbook" I have I really need to update much more often -so that is my goal.

It's Sunday morning and we are playing hookey from church. Isaac has a cough, I have a bad sinus headache and Rick just doesnt feel well. We have all been sick on and off for about 6 weeks. Isaac has missed 5 karate classes and 2 days of school (and considering he only goes 2 days a week, that's a lot!) Matthew is just recovering from a bad cold and cough that lasted a month. Anyway... we are on the mend.

Matthew is starting to talk more, though in general he seems to be the strong, silent type. He will repeat a word if you prompt him, but doesnt have a ton of words he says on his own. One notable exception is his love of the song, "This is the day the Lord has made". He LOVES this song, and will sing the line This is the day!! at the top of his lungs. At bedtime, it is the only song he wants sung to him. WHen we try to sing another song, he yells, "Dis is de daaaaaaay!" at the top of his lungs until we switch and sing that song. Then he goes back to being quiet Matthew.

He still insists on having his book and puzzle time in the mornings and after naps. He will hapily sit in his crib for half hour or more (well, we insist he gets out after half hour, who knows how long he would stay) and he reads his books and does puzzles and listens to music.

He is also a button pusher extraordinaire. His button pushing to find out how things work goes beyond regular curiousity. He is obsessed with it and goes after the TV, VCR, CD player, dishwasher, computer every chance he gets. We've had to buy guards for the TV and VCR or we would never be able to sit and watch a show in peace. Before we got them, Isaac would get so frustrated as Matthew constantly changed channels, and turned the TV on and off. We would hear him yell, "ALERT! ALERT! Baby on the loose!!! (Of course in his 4 year old voice it sounds like "Awert, awert! Baby on de woose"

Isaac is doing great. He loves school and begged to go 4 days next year, so we have decided to go ahead with that as he really is ready for school. One thing that amazes us about Isaac is his vocabulary. He picks up the most interesting words (and knows what they mean). This morning he asked me if I had an entourage! After I picked up my eyes and put them back in my head I asked him if he knew what it meant and he said it was a group of people that travels with you and hangs around you. He made the observation the other day that he didnt think numbers ever ended. I wish I could remember them all, because he constantly comes up with this stuff. Oh another I just remembered is when he thinks something tastes bad, he says it tastes like skunk!

Isaac is reading simple words but I have been very laid back about teaching him to read much because he expects that he should suddenly be able to read all kinds of words and gets very frustrated and cries when he can't. He is very much a perfectionist in some areas and can't understand why his body won't do the things he wants it to do. A few months ago he wanted to learn to draw an airplane and he couldnt get it just how he pictured it should be. He spent hours frustrated and crying (but still trying) until he made a plane he could live with. It's so hard for him sometimes when he learns new things because he wants it to be perfect immediately. My mother said I did some of the same things so he gets it honestly, but bcause of this we really try to not put pressure on achievment. He does it to himself enough.

We had a great snow storm last week (March 7th). It was the first real snow storm since we have been in Texas. We had a great time. Our entire street came out for a snowball fight (includng the adults!) and there was a snowman in every yard. Both boys really loved the snow, especially Isaac who built the snowman, made a snow angel, and pelted the neigbours with snowballs. (See our album for pictures)

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