So I've come across pictures here and there of Josiah as a baby that just look so much like Lydia. I'm sure there are more, but here's a cute comparison. ha ha- definitely two peas outta the same pod. Enjoy :)
Friday, May 1, 2009
Family Resemblance
So I've come across pictures here and there of Josiah as a baby that just look so much like Lydia. I'm sure there are more, but here's a cute comparison. ha ha- definitely two peas outta the same pod. Enjoy :)
The Weekends
I LOVE the weekends. Well, I mean, who doesn't? But, Michael used to work on the weekends... so now that he has a regular Mon-Fri job, the weekends are just so much better and more special. Every Saturday morning as a family we have scrambled cheesy eggs and pancakes- mostly chocolate chip pancakes! Recently however, Josiah and Daddy have been calling them "mud pies with flies" ha ha. The first time this originated, it was really funny because Michael was just trying to play "pretend" with him but when he said, "What do you want for breakfast Josiah? How about some mud pies with flies!" Josiah broke down in tears and cried, "NOooooooo daaaaddddyyy... I want the pancakes with chooocoolaattee chiiipppss... waaahhhh" ha ha ha. What a kid. So, once that mis-understanding was cleared up, now they laugh and joke about it all the time.
I'm so proud of Josiah. In our (homeschool) preschool time each morning (when Lydia is napping- very convienant!) he is just blowing me away. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, since he's got his Daddy's brains :) Still, I'm just very impressed. Once I see him remember something or do something that's remarkable for his age, I think, "Hmm... I wonder if I could teach him ...this yet?" and when I try, WOW he's just doing amazing. Since I know you want the specific update NANA ;o) ...Right now he can write (well- trace) his name almost perfectly and does a pretty good job writing it himself too. He can recognize almost all the letters and tell you their sounds. He's starting to point out letters everywhere we go, and even recognize and READ (yup- read!) a few words! He is also learning to identify numbers, 1-10 and he's doing great at it. He can count to 20 and is learning the "greater than- less than" concept. Once he gets that down I can start with addition. In his own words (which he used to say at about 15-18 months and it was so cute!) ... "YAY JOSIAH!"
In other news, I found the Christian bookstore today, which is convienantly located right around the corner from our house, we could probably walk there on a nice day. It's really nice and the kids were so good for me this morning while we were there. BUT BEST OF ALL... they have school materials! I mean it's not a really great homeschool resource, but they do have some great educational stuff and I found an adorable book- it's like a VBS (vacation bible school) book with crafts and projects to do all through the summer- YAYYY!!!!! SO- since I didn't really want to stop schooling for three months, but also feel my son should get to ENJOY summer... we're going to focus on religion all summer and just dabble with the usual letters/numbers etc. I want to do lots of "field trips" in the nice weather, the zoo, the harbor, the science center, etc. YAY! I'm so excited for this warmer weather to come and stay.
Well, I'm off to finish up some cleaning. Our great friends Jess, Brian, Leah and Megan are coming tomorrow and we couldn't be MORE excited!!! See you guys later!
I'm so proud of Josiah. In our (homeschool) preschool time each morning (when Lydia is napping- very convienant!) he is just blowing me away. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, since he's got his Daddy's brains :) Still, I'm just very impressed. Once I see him remember something or do something that's remarkable for his age, I think, "Hmm... I wonder if I could teach him ...this yet?" and when I try, WOW he's just doing amazing. Since I know you want the specific update NANA ;o) ...Right now he can write (well- trace) his name almost perfectly and does a pretty good job writing it himself too. He can recognize almost all the letters and tell you their sounds. He's starting to point out letters everywhere we go, and even recognize and READ (yup- read!) a few words! He is also learning to identify numbers, 1-10 and he's doing great at it. He can count to 20 and is learning the "greater than- less than" concept. Once he gets that down I can start with addition. In his own words (which he used to say at about 15-18 months and it was so cute!) ... "YAY JOSIAH!"
In other news, I found the Christian bookstore today, which is convienantly located right around the corner from our house, we could probably walk there on a nice day. It's really nice and the kids were so good for me this morning while we were there. BUT BEST OF ALL... they have school materials! I mean it's not a really great homeschool resource, but they do have some great educational stuff and I found an adorable book- it's like a VBS (vacation bible school) book with crafts and projects to do all through the summer- YAYYY!!!!! SO- since I didn't really want to stop schooling for three months, but also feel my son should get to ENJOY summer... we're going to focus on religion all summer and just dabble with the usual letters/numbers etc. I want to do lots of "field trips" in the nice weather, the zoo, the harbor, the science center, etc. YAY! I'm so excited for this warmer weather to come and stay.
Well, I'm off to finish up some cleaning. Our great friends Jess, Brian, Leah and Megan are coming tomorrow and we couldn't be MORE excited!!! See you guys later!
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Too much PHOTO-FUN!!!
So I found an online site (thanks to Parents magazine where I read about it) that lets you upload and edit your photos for FREE- and then save them to your computer!! Too great!! it's called picnik.com if you want to try it out yourself. I edited a great picture of Josiah today (probably for upcoming birthday party invites)and then played around and made a fun little collage...
enjoy! :)
enjoy! :)
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Sibling Love
This was just absolutely TOO cute not to post. See the love and fun on these two faces? (this first one is the BEST) You can't help but love it... Josiah and Lydia are SO close, they are so sweet and have so much fun together. Lydia's finally at an age where, although we still have to remind and encourage and then--continue REMINDING-- Josiah to "be gentle" she's pretty tough and durable and able to really "play" with her brother. The lastest funny thing they do together is that Josiah will walk/stand/lay/sit near her and she reaches out to grab his feet/toes and it cracks him up.
We'll see how funny it is when she's crawling off to grab his cars...hmmm... :)
Regardless, boy how they love eachother. It makes me feel so sorry for only children! :) Enjoy!
Sweet Old Dress- Sweet New Baby
So I woke up this morning with a cold. Actually, I had the feeling something fishy was up when last night all the sudden before bed I kept needing to blow my nose. Then I woke up this morning with sinus pressure all over my face and a sore throat. EW! I'm hoping it just gets better and not any worse before it gets better. I'm getting sick of colds, where's the healthy days and warm weather? I'm really looking forward to nice WARM weather so I can feel good and get outside and get moving with the kids.
Michael is SUPER busy at work this week... he's giving some classes ... and now my mind is going blank and don't remember exactly what for- but he's been up early and out the door extra early to do so and he's pretty wiped. I'm hoping he doesn't catch this cold because that would just make things even more difficult for him.
We finally got our couch and loveseat downstairs! The first time I said it was coming, it actually didn't come... we ordered brown and the manufacturer sent over the black... so they had to fix that error and then deliver OURS so... long story short, now the right ones came and are here! The delivery guys were in and out and very kind, and also came just before anyone's nap time, which is what every stay-at-home Mom loves :) No noise and banging around at nap times!
They look great but I think we might move them around a bit and see how we like them best... I don't know. Michael likes them where they are, they are comfy and durable which I love, but they seem MUCH bigger in our house than in the showroom! So they are kinda taking up the whole downstairs. But... this may also have something to do with the fact that we had NO furniture down there for two weeks so that probably made the room seem much "bigger" too! :)
Well... not much new to report. Josiah has been napping long naps again lately, so I wouldn't be surprised if he's two inches taller next month- watch out! Lydia is doing great. Still no teeth, I'm wondering when they will come, and she's starting to sit with one leg bent backwards (does this make sense?) it's hard to describe but she grabs stuff and spins herself around and I think crawling may be coming VERY soon... uh oh...
And because no post is really all that great without a cute photo... here's a picture of Lydia in a dress that her great-grandma Helen Faber- my Grandmother, made for her very first great-granddaughter Alison. Just too cute! precious heirloom I think! (she made the dress and matching bloomers, I put the red turtleneck under it and tights because Lydia is already wearing this size but it's not warm enough weather to wear JUST the dress!) I'm hoping she still fits it as it warms up. Anyway, I remember seeing Alison in this dress, and actually, in the other one that was just like this but yellow that she made... wobbling outside my grandma's house in the grass when she was maybe just 1 year old. Now she's going to have her first Holy Communion soon... where has the time gone!?
Michael is SUPER busy at work this week... he's giving some classes ... and now my mind is going blank and don't remember exactly what for- but he's been up early and out the door extra early to do so and he's pretty wiped. I'm hoping he doesn't catch this cold because that would just make things even more difficult for him.
We finally got our couch and loveseat downstairs! The first time I said it was coming, it actually didn't come... we ordered brown and the manufacturer sent over the black... so they had to fix that error and then deliver OURS so... long story short, now the right ones came and are here! The delivery guys were in and out and very kind, and also came just before anyone's nap time, which is what every stay-at-home Mom loves :) No noise and banging around at nap times!
They look great but I think we might move them around a bit and see how we like them best... I don't know. Michael likes them where they are, they are comfy and durable which I love, but they seem MUCH bigger in our house than in the showroom! So they are kinda taking up the whole downstairs. But... this may also have something to do with the fact that we had NO furniture down there for two weeks so that probably made the room seem much "bigger" too! :)
Well... not much new to report. Josiah has been napping long naps again lately, so I wouldn't be surprised if he's two inches taller next month- watch out! Lydia is doing great. Still no teeth, I'm wondering when they will come, and she's starting to sit with one leg bent backwards (does this make sense?) it's hard to describe but she grabs stuff and spins herself around and I think crawling may be coming VERY soon... uh oh...
And because no post is really all that great without a cute photo... here's a picture of Lydia in a dress that her great-grandma Helen Faber- my Grandmother, made for her very first great-granddaughter Alison. Just too cute! precious heirloom I think! (she made the dress and matching bloomers, I put the red turtleneck under it and tights because Lydia is already wearing this size but it's not warm enough weather to wear JUST the dress!) I'm hoping she still fits it as it warms up. Anyway, I remember seeing Alison in this dress, and actually, in the other one that was just like this but yellow that she made... wobbling outside my grandma's house in the grass when she was maybe just 1 year old. Now she's going to have her first Holy Communion soon... where has the time gone!?
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Lydia's First Hairclip!
Oh my gosh I almost forgot to post this... I know, I know, this may seem silly but to me- not so! I'm SO excited for all the little girly things, hair clips, dresses, doll babies... so now that Lydia's hair actually can hold a hair clip? Oh my I had a ball. She's my own personal doll baby! She does NOT like me sticking things on her head or in her hair (to be expected I guess) but it was just too cute to resist. Enjoy!
Little Miss Charming...
This is Lydia's classic, "oh, I know I'm beautiful" little grin... it's so cute! (don't mind the baby food on her face... she knows she's charming anyway!)
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