Pumpkin Pie

I took the boys to speech for John this morning.  They are working on getting John to pronounce the words he already knows very clearly.  He does "baby-talk" right now, so the hope is this would help eliminate that.  While we were there, Stephen was cooing up a storm!  It was very sweet to see Stephen want to be so involved in the conversation.  :)

This afternoon, John and I made a pumpkin pie while Stephen took a nap.  John loves to help with any cooking/baking he can get his paws into!  I wasn't sure if he would actually like the finished product or not... but.... he LOVED IT!!!!  I think it is his new favorite food. 

Airplane Watching with Grandma Mitty

Thursdays I nanny and it is my mom's day off work... we didn't plan well!  On Thursdays, after nannying I take the boys to watch airplanes on Post Road. 

 Today we picked up my mom to come with us.  We tried to sit on the hood like we did in the summer- but it was TOO windy and cold!  My mom brought fresh-from-the-oven-hot sugar cookies and juice boxes for when we were watching planes.  YUMMY

While watching the planes, we realized John and Stephen do not have a toy airplane.  So, we ventured to Target and found 3!  This was his new spoon- it was a hit at first, then he went back to the good old hands...

Thanks Grandma for our new toys!!! :D

I have been meaning to keep a running list of John's vocabulary... To date these are the words he can say:

Ma-Ma, Da-Da, Nana, No, Pa-Pa, Be-Be (baby), Purple, Bean, Bye-Bye, HI, Pee-Pee, more (kind of?)

I think that is where we are at... there was a day when he would say, "No way momma!!"  But, we can't get him to ever say it anymore... 

He started speech this week, so we will see how he progresses!!  I am very excited to see how he will keep picking up new words now!

John's Art and ECFE

John has been going to ECFE for about 6 weeks now.  He loves his classmates and all of the art projects he has been doing.  School has so many new toys and things to discover!  John has been doing really well 'seperating' from me for that part of class.  I was impressed at how well he did! :)
Every week they do a different book, art project, and theme.  This week was sensory themed- which is right up John's alley!  They had musical instruments out, lemon grass to pound with a hammer and then smell, a sand table and the list goes on.  A fun week for all of the kids!~

Here is John sporting his cherry nose!  Another thing they had for the kids to play with was smelly markers.  John loved the cherry (red) one... as you can see. :D

Here is John with his spin art plate, letter "J" picture, and his "bumpy" painting.  (AND Podo Bear ended up next to him for the picture!)  -I won't expand on Podo, but for those of you who know, know how sweet this is. :)

November 2, 2010

 

We are proud to be Americans!

When dad  got home from work, we all went to vote.  It is important to us that the boys came with.  We want to teach them how important it is to participate in an election!  I have to say, John thought the the stickers were fabulous.  At his age, he will do almost anything for a good old sticker. 
A cute story:  After we went voting, we stopped at Target and as we walking up and down the grocery aisles John wanted EVERY red "I VOTED" sticker he saw.  He knew he was apart of something, he knew the red stickers meant something special.  John is one proud American!

Halloween

We had a great Halloween!

It was fun to do an open house, next time we will have to pick a more family-friendly time!  It was hard for people to drive over during prime-trick-or-treating-time!  But, nice to hang out with our family and friends who did venture! 
I even had past students stop by!  Thanks Cy and Izzy!!  It was so nice to catch up with you! :)

John was going to be a Lion... but he wanted to be just like his dad more!  So, since Ryan was wearing a jersey, John wanted to also. 

Ryan teaching John how to show of your muscles!  haha  John would not do it for the picture last night, but right now as we are looking at these pictures, he is showing off his muscles!  His veins are popping out of his neck! haha  He makes his dad proud!

Kelli, Dan and little Stephen! 

Kelli and Dan made yummy pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting to share. They even left a few at our house... I had one for breakfast with my coffee.  Aah, I love fall foods!! Maybe, just maybe, I can get the recipe from these two....  we shall see....

Nana was a peanut butter cup and so was Auntie Lauren! John and Ryan's favorite candy!  Yesterday morning I came downstairs to make the boys breakfast- well- John and Ryan looked at me like I was crazy when I offered to make eggs- They had already helped themselves to Peanut Butter Cups!  Ryan said, "It's Halloween!! Candy all day!"    OOKAYYY...  :)

Grandma Mitty and Stephen.  Stephen did a great job enjoying being a froggy!  He was so cute in his costume and did lots of talking with his sweet raspy voice. 

Ryan and Papa Joe.  Enjoying a few brews by the fire-  It was the perfect night for a fire.

We hope you all  had a safe and sugary Halloween!  What were you/your kids for Halloween?  I love to get good ideas... thinking about next year already.  :)