Avery
Likes for his daddy to read him a chapter from Beverly
Cleary books (a favorite is The Mouse and the Motorcycle) at night.
Got really excited when we bought him new superhero
underwear and sometimes announces what pair he is wearing for the day.
Draws “NO NO” signs and tapes them to the couch so that
Aileen won’t climb up on them.
Tries to draw scoreboards with backwards numbers to keep
score when he is playing a pretend game.
He will even add levels.
Draws make believe video games out on to paper, and uses his
finger to trace his way through his video game avoiding the obstacles and “jumping”
up to grab the gold medals for extra points.
Sometimes tries to write out sentences spelling words as he
sounds them out. He wrote the word for
weed by spelling it “wiid” (like the Wii video game).
He wanted Aileen to wear her “headbone” (headband).
Sometimes we have Avery help us cook. On one occasion, we were teaching him how to
make French toast. He decided he needed
to add a “secret ingredient” to it, so he blew kisses into the mixture to “make
it special, even though kisses weren’t in the recipe”.
Avery, noticing that his mother’s eyes looked tired
commented “Mommy, did you know that your eye has roots?” as he pointed to the
red blood vessels.
Loves for his mom to scratch his back.
His aunt was treating him to a bowl of ice cream, and she
was about to put whipping cream on top and asked him to “say when” (meaning to
let her know when to stop applying the whipping cream). Avery misunderstood and excitedly shouted “NOW!”
Avery’s aunt was making conversation with him and knew that
he was a big fan on Mickey Mouse and Lightning McQueen, so she asked him which
one he liked better. Avery, a little
indignant at the question of choosing between his loyal favorites, said “Well,
let me ask YOU a question. Which one of
your DOGS do you like better?”
Likes to chew gum and keep his mouth busy.
Made his mom a get well soon card in Sunday School without
anyone prompting him to do so.
Gives his mom a “kiss hug” every night, and sometimes does
it double if he is afraid he has missed a night.
Found an origami book and asked his mom to make him an
animal. He of course, picked out a
spider (the hardest one in the entire book).
Then he carefully positioned it places to try to scare her with it.
His older cousins sometimes give him hand-me-down shirts, and
he loves the idea that he gets to wear them and be like them.
Tries to identify with his dad by announcing all the teams
that he likes, which are also his dad’s favorites.
Aileen
Now sits in a booster seat
Now uses a plate and can drink from a variety of sippy cups.
Can sometimes drink water by herself from a babyfood jar
(held like a cup).
Has all of her baby teeth now except her second molars and
cuspids.
Can imitate our funny faces and is expressive when she is in
a playful mood. She is still shy around
strangers, however.
Gets jealous if she sees her mom or dad holding another
child.
Runs around the house on her tip toes.
Here hair is long enough now that it has perfect little
ringlets at the ends.
Tries to drink the bath water.
Tries to say “shoe” and runs to point to them if she wants
to go somewhere.” Tries to put on her
own shoes, but still takes them off everytime she sits in the van.
Points to the window and says “go” because she loves being
outside.
Likes to playfully hide behind the couch and giggle when we
go looking for her.
Shakes her head to feel her hair swish back and forth
Turns all her legos right side up, as if she is picky on
what side they are facing.
Folds her hands when we pray before meals
When the phone rings, she runs to find her toy phone. She will pick it up and try to make
singsong beeping noises while touching
the buttons as if she is dialing a number.
Aileen also will bring the phone up to her ear to listen, or she will
place it against Avery’s ear. Avery
laughs and enjoys that she is interacting with him.
“emo” = Elmo (she recognizes this character from her books)
Points to the door and says “Go?”. She gets frustrated that she cannot turn the
doorknob handle to let herself out.
Says “baby”
Tries to say “kitty cat” and points happily to the TV screen
or book if she sees one. She seems to
like other fuzzy or farmyard animals too.
Hugs her stuffed animals and says “awwwww” in a motherly
voice and sways them back and forth.
Tries to say “thank you”
Loves to climb, especially on the kitchen chairs. She would love to climb on top of the table
to reach food, but we stop her before she gets a chance. That doesn’t stop her from repeatedly trying.
Pulls on the table placemats to scoot the object she wants
closer to her grasp. When Avery is not
watching his food or drink carefully, she has pulled his placemat up from
underneath him spilling everything onto the floor.
Can say “ball” and loves to drop toy balls through the net
of her toy basketball hoop. Sometimes
she will laugh and clap for herself and then look to us to do the same.
Loves to eat and will pull out a chair from the table, climb
up into her booster seat and point to the sink or cabinets to beckon for food
or drink.
Starts dropping food from her plate onto the floor to signal
to us she is bored and finished with her meal.
