Aileen
Enjoys coloring as long as you are sitting nearby for
company. If you get up and leave, she
shows her frustration by scribbling on the table.
Used to enjoy a banana at breakfast each morning but now has
tired of them. She is able to eat a bowl
of cereal and milk with a spoon like her big brother. Sometimes she gets frustrated if the cereal
falls off, so she lays the spoon aside and just uses her fingers. She can pick up her bowl and drink the rest
of the milk when finished with the cereal.
She has become a bit more of a picky eater. If the Cheerios are plain, rather than
honey-nut flavored, she whines. Beans
have never been something she would eat, although her brother likes them. If there is something she chooses not to eat,
she picks it off her plate and sets it over onto ours or off to the side. Meat is generally something that she refuses
to even taste unless it is sausage. She
must have a keen sense of smell because she comes running to the kitchen asking
for food once the aroma of the food wafts through the living room where she is
playing.
Does like to eat a lot of fruit – especially pears and apples
cut into thin slices
“bee bah” – be right back
“apeegoo?” – asking for apple juice
Aileen is now combining words (first recorded this on
1/2/14). She asked for “moh chee?” (more
cheese?)
“te too” – thank you
“balahlahluh” – banana
“co her?” – asking to color with crayons
She likes to eat her Cheerios snack out of her play tea
cups.
Aileen likes to sit on our laps and watch a TV show or kids
movie. She sits pretty still for a good
amount of time since she is so observant and seems to just quietly soak
everything in. If there is a scene where
a character is sad, she will say “Oh, noo….” as if she is sympathizing.
Music perks her up, and she likes to smile and bob up and
down to it.
The church nursery workers commented how Aileen is generally
happy and pleasant.
Her name, “Aileen Lane” means “light bearer from the narrow
road”. I pray that her life shines the
light of God’s love to others.
Avery
Invents video games in his mind. He declared, “I just downloaded a new game
for my eyes.”
Decorated Christmas cookies with his grandma and called them
his “Avery Delights”.
New interest in drawing inventions. “Oh no!
Here is another invention coming…” as he runs off to draw it.
Likes to make up words and ask them what they mean, like he
is testing whether or not his made up word is actually a real word.
He has been trying to spell and write down messages or
signs, and is interested in how he can sound out letters and spell a word all
by himself. He has tried to sound out
words from road signs, books and mail to us to guess whether he was correct.
Clint took Avery to watch at Taekwondo class to see if he
would be interested in joining. Avery
was a little timid at first and wanted to sit on his Dad’s lap, but was so
enamored with the forms that he was doing the punches and kicks along with the
class from the side where he was watching.
The instructor asked for a volunteer for a move, which he wasn’t getting
much response from the class – except for Avery. Avery had his hand up and was jumping eagerly
to be called upon (another student was chosen).
After the class, the instructor came over to talk to Clint about the
program. Avery wanted to impress the
instructor and said “Watch this kick!” (he performed the very best kick he knew
how to do). The instructor said, “That
would be a very good kick if the person was on the ground.”
Avery enjoys watching his Dad perform improvisational skits with
a group at his church for a kid’s night.
Clint is often in goofy roles on stage.
Avery comes home almost bragging to me how well his Dad did.
