Avery
He is at a stage where he is obsessed with a “Donkey Kong
Country Returns” video game he received for Christmas. Whether you are interested or not, Avery will
tell you about the latest level he unlocked and about barrels, bananas, puzzle
pieces, etc… Avery laughed and told me
that he overheard some of his girl classmates whisper “All Avery talks about is
Donkey Kong”.
Avery began taking Tae Kwon Do lessons with his Dad. It was a chance for Clint to spend time with
him during a very busy work season and to give them both a common interest and
exercise to share. He learned that it is
not respectful to “salute” his instructor.
Our little boy told us, “Do you know something I’ve always
wanted to do? I’ve always wanted to come
in you and Daddy’s bedroom in the morning before you wake up and jump up and
down on the bed saying ‘Wake Up! Wake Up!”
Each afternoon, Avery has been reading some of his TAG books
to us, without the pen, to earn Lego pieces.
We’ve bought a set and have told him that he can earn pieces to build
with for each book he completes reading to us.
When the set is complete, he may have it as his own. So far, Avery has enjoyed reading over ten
books to complete a set.
2/22/14 – Avery’s first loose tooth! We were watching 101 Dalmatians together when Avery walked over and said with a grin
“Feel this! It’s loose!” He was so proud to be a “big boy” by having a
loose tooth like other kids in his class.
He even was excited to brush his teeth that night to see what it felt
like. He and his Dad had just read Double Fudge in which one of the
characters talked about getting money from the tooth fairy for lost teeth. This book had peaked his interest in losing
teeth to where he was anticipating the day when it would finally happen. The next morning, Avery excitedly told
everyone (his teachers, the greeters, complete strangers, etc…) about his tooth.
Aileen
She became upset after a bath when she first noticed her
wrinkled fingers (from playing for a longer period in the bath water) because
she did not understand what was going on with her hands.
It was cute to watch her fascination with worms on a wet
sidewalk after a rain.
Aileen wants me to kiss her “boo boos” and “ouchies”, then
sings “Thank you!” afterwards.
Avery and Aileen were riding in the wagon for a walk around
the block together. It had snowed
earlier this season and that day the snow had finally melted. Aileen, with a puzzled look on her face,
looked down at the ground and asked “Snow?”
A little while later, she looked up, smiled and pointed at the white
clouds in the sky and exclaimed “Snow!” as if the snow had just floated from
the ground back up to the sky.
It’s sweet to see her petite little hand safely grip my
finger when we cross a parking lot.
The musically sweet sound of Aileen’s voice saying “Hi
there!” to people we meet in the store usually makes others smile.
