MacHaffie Kids

Reasoning

February 16, 2008

The boys are reasoning a lot more. You can see them trying to figure things out. We bought a new remote control for the TV. Owen figured out how to work it by himself.

The boys are starting to recognize a few letters and words. Andy recognizes “A” and “O”. Both boys recognize their names when we write them on the stickers at Gymboree. They are starting to make the association between “this is something written on the page” and “this is the word that daddy is saying”. And they both recognize the page in Berenstain Bears where Papa Bear says “OUCH!” (it’s the only word on that page).

New words: fantastic, awesome, aikido, Ikea (they can distinguish these words now–the main difference in pronunciation is the “do” at the end of aikido). Andy still pops up with “tiny invaders” every so often. “money”–mostly quarters for an occasional video game, but they’re also figuring out that money can buy them things.

They just purchased a new playset with their Valentine’s money. They were very excited.

For cousin Tim: the boys now know that a fire engine carries its own water, and a fire truck doesn’t.

We’ve found that we can get the boys to go to sleep early and sleep through the night. It only takes: 2 hours of preschool (MOPS, once every other week). An hour of climbing at Burger King on the play structure. Digging in the dirt (I mean helping mommy and daddy plant) for an hour. 45 minutes of Gymboree.

This fall, the boys will start a regular preschool. They are going to Tigard Playschool, just down the street from us. They will go M, W, F for 2.5 hours each day. It looks like a good program. They also have an indoor gym that Nancy and the boys can use on rainy days, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The snow in the pictures below is from our trip to the coast–the rest stop at mile 28 had snow.

Pictures
Owen playing with blocks at Gymboree