Facial recognition

Tonight I needed to distract Jonathan for a few minutes. I thought it would be fun to show him a picture on the computer. So I used Google to search for images, hoping to find a picture of, I don't know, Mickey Mouse. I thought maybe I could explain who Mickey was and what his purpose is in our lives.

But no explanation was necessary.

I was on the search results page when I heard Jonathan get very excited and say, "Mick!" Apparently he already knows. :-) (FYI Jonathan is nearly 17 months old.)

Cans! Num Num Num!

Last time I got out the crayons, Jonathan got very excited and shouted "CANS! Num num num!" (translation: crayons! yummy!) He is my only child who enjoys art time, if for the wrong reasons (he eats the supplies, in case you were wondering.) Jimmy and Amelia hate drawing, writing, and coloring. Does anyone have tips on how to encourage these activities or make them fun for kids?

Jonny's post

Jonny has been very chatty lately, speaking one word sentences and especially the word "MA!" which now means everything (help, more, Mom, and anything else urgent.) Yesterday he said his first sentence. I was trying unsucessfully to buckle him into his carseat and he was sucessfully fighting me off. "DONE!" he shouted over and over, meaning that he was done being in the car and wanted to get out. Finally in shear desparation, he shouted in his angriest 1 year old voice "I AM ALL DONE!" It was very clear. I was surprised.
Today he put a few words together again. "Bye, Jimmy" he said as the school bus drove away this morning.

Amelia's Post

Amelia has joined the primary this year and is very happy to be a Sunbeam. She loves the singing time and brings a lot of energy to the class.

She wants me to type a song she made up it is called "the room of thee"

I will be kind today and i will be all that i can be my earthly home unto thee for sins for forgiveness I will weakness I will sin and obey and then obey holy spirit father of for the kind you say to me thee to parents kind and dear help us find the way oh when all that he must do for living child of gray juice.

*This is not as easy to remember as one Jimmy made up one day that he had the "urp disease"
"this is the throw up place, the United States- bock bock bock!"

Jimmy's Post

Jimmy has been unusually helpful lately. In fact, his school teacher called to tell me what a "good citizen" he has been.
Monday was a school holiday- the floating holiday reserved for snow days that don't come. I didn't set any alarms hoping that the kids and I could sleep in. At 8:15, I heard the vacuum cleaner going. (I was surprised to sleep in that late!) I went upstairs to find Jimmy and Amelia vacuuming up yogurt. Jimmy decided I needed a break that day and so he gave everyone a breakfast of yogurt and bread. Jonny took off running with his yogurt and got it all over the carpet and the slide in the living room. I had to keep from laughing at the mess and their attempt to clean it up. Sometimes it really is the thought that counts.