Thursday, October 27, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
How We Screwed Up Our Kid - Part 1: "Tucking in"
I think we'll start a new series here, called "How we screwed up our kid". The first installment is just a quick snapshot from this morning when we learned how to tuck in our clothes. Right now, we'll allow it in the house, but not in public.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Summer 2011 Videos
We haven't been good about uploading videos recently. So, for our 150th post, I present to you three videos from the last few months.
Audrey's play has always been somewhat timid but she has gotten quite a bit more physical the last few months. She is now jumping on a trampoline, going down slides, intentionally falling down on an air mattress, and playing tag, or "catch daddy" in the house. I think somersaults helped start the ball rolling. Here is her first "gymnastics":
Along with her language explosion, she is also much more interactive with music. She has always had her favorite songs but just recently started singing along. Now, more often than not, a good chunk of our dinner time is spent listening to her perform her favorite songs. We also managed to catch her singing the "big finish" of happy birthday - something that thoroughly entertained us through the August/September birthday season:
We are constantly amazed how much of her books she has memorized. Take any of her dozens of favorite books, stop reading at a critical passage, and she can normally finish the sentence for you. Recently, however, she started doing it on her own. So lastly, here is Audrey "reading" a few selected passages from "Are You My Mother?" while we tried to covertly catch it on camera.
Audrey's play has always been somewhat timid but she has gotten quite a bit more physical the last few months. She is now jumping on a trampoline, going down slides, intentionally falling down on an air mattress, and playing tag, or "catch daddy" in the house. I think somersaults helped start the ball rolling. Here is her first "gymnastics":
Along with her language explosion, she is also much more interactive with music. She has always had her favorite songs but just recently started singing along. Now, more often than not, a good chunk of our dinner time is spent listening to her perform her favorite songs. We also managed to catch her singing the "big finish" of happy birthday - something that thoroughly entertained us through the August/September birthday season:
We are constantly amazed how much of her books she has memorized. Take any of her dozens of favorite books, stop reading at a critical passage, and she can normally finish the sentence for you. Recently, however, she started doing it on her own. So lastly, here is Audrey "reading" a few selected passages from "Are You My Mother?" while we tried to covertly catch it on camera.
Friday, October 7, 2011
The Sweetest Dog
You came into our family when I was already in college and even though I only lived with you for a few short summers, you always greeted me like a best friend when I walked through the door.
But you were truly my mom's dog. You followed her from room to room, happily greeted her when she came home, played daily games about coming back inside, and kept each other company.
From surgeries to being kicked out onto the deck to skin problems to having your ears tugged at by little children, you put up with so much and only gave us love in return.
You didn't have many tricks up your sleeve--no flipping bones off your nose or howling when we sing, but anyone who spent more than five minutes with you knew you as just one thing: the sweetest dog.
Goodbye Romy. We loved you very much and will miss you dearly.
But you were truly my mom's dog. You followed her from room to room, happily greeted her when she came home, played daily games about coming back inside, and kept each other company.
From surgeries to being kicked out onto the deck to skin problems to having your ears tugged at by little children, you put up with so much and only gave us love in return.
You didn't have many tricks up your sleeve--no flipping bones off your nose or howling when we sing, but anyone who spent more than five minutes with you knew you as just one thing: the sweetest dog.
Goodbye Romy. We loved you very much and will miss you dearly.
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