Avery
Does a hilarious impression of “teeth fish”.
Quadruple knots his shoes, but needs us to unknot them daily. I keep my fingernails a little longer for
this purpose.
Doesn’t want to read Shel Silverstein’s “The Giving Tree”
because he thinks it is way too sad because the tree seems to be taken
advantage of.
Interested in hierarchies, and likes to imagine how things “evolve”. For example, we have different sizes of
kitchen spoons, and he was trying to decide which one is “best” and “most
powerful”.
Like a puppy, Avery is extremely playful and affectionate. He absolutely eats it up when I’m playful
back or laugh at his silliness. If I
laugh, he gets encouraged to amp it up more.
He is a masking tape king.
There is almost always something marked out on the floor, taped up in
his room, or some creation he is using masking tape to build. We buy rolls just for him to keep in his
room.
Avery enjoys reading, especially humor books. Lately, you can occasionally hear him
laughing out loud from his room now that he is reading a Garfield comic book.
He is so much fun to watch a comedy movie with, even though
he talks through most of it and you basically can’t hear the dialogue. We watched “Elf” as a family and laughed at
Avery laughing so hard that there was a rare moment of silence. It’s probably that we will be hearing Avery
insert quotes from the movie throughout Christmas break.
Aileen
Considerate for her age.
She will try to help me pick up or hand me things without me having to
ask her. She also offers compliments
often and freely.
She has a gentle touch.
I noticed how she will set down objects carefully with good control.
Except for throwing away her empty candy wrappers, she is
neat when she eats and will wipe up spills on her own initiative.
When we have playdates with other kids, Aileen will
sometimes need to be by herself for bit due to her introverted personality.
When talking about her eye crusty one morning, she
commented, “A big crystal wants to come out.”
Says sweet prayers in a soft-spoken, whispery voice.
Prefers her socks inside out because of the seams.
Walks on her tip toes
Likes going to the bank so that the teller offers her a
sucker.
Enjoys being pampered at the hair salon when she gets a
trim. We give her a sucker and she sits
fairly still watching everyone’s move listening in to their conversations. The stylist will sometimes even curl her
hair.
Knows basic shapes
Can draw lines and rough circles
Identifies colors well.
She can even express if something is a light or dark shade of a color.
Afraid that daddy is going to hurt Avery when play wresting,
she will shout out, “Daddy!! Not too
tight!!!” Even though so small, she is
still protective of her big brother.
Throws a tantrum if we do not let her set the bowls and
spoons out for breakfast cereal in the mornings. She finds two fancy “flower spoons” and gives
them to the girls in the house.
Colors well for her age and attempts to stay in the lines.
Shows empathy well.
When she sees someone upset, it’s almost like she feels what she thinks
they upset person is feeling.
She also has a budding sense of humor, teasing and laughing,
doing silly things playfully to get a laugh.
Can visually identify numbers and count to 20
Visually identifies upper and lowercase alphabet letters,
can match them together and verbally make the phonetic sounds most of the time.
2 months before her birthday, she can complete a 45 piece
puzzle without help.
Can zip zippers and button buttons mostly on her own.
Can be a tease, flirty and coy
Enjoys the classic claymation Ruldolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, but was terrified by the abominable snow monster.
