Chi said his first word! "More." We have been trying forever to get him to say more when he hands over his juice cup because usually he just shoves it in our laps and whines and cries until we get up and get the juice. He was so excited when we were all praising him that he just continued saying "more" which really sounds like "mmmmoore" but it works.
Technically he may have said mama and dada already, but he won't use them clearly. Let me explain. The only time he has said dada to Matt was one night when he wouldn't sleep and Chi knew Matt was really frustrated. Chi grinned at him and very sweetly said, "Dada." But he's never had a repeat performance. When I am not there he will say "Mamama" and it seems pretty clear that he's looking for me, but he won't say it in my presence. When we actually try to get him to say either for us, he just laughs and laughs. So we are very excited about "more."
And on to a Gabe story. Gabe was complaining to Matt that he wanted Chi out of their room because Chi was just going to take everything out and make a mess. Matt said, "And how is that any different from what you always do?" Gabe responded, "You got me there." (He really did very matter of factly say that; no changes to make a better story. The kid is beyond his years sometimes.)
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Bobo visited
There is a stuffed bear with a bag full of books and games that visits the kids in the preschool class, so Bobo was at our house this past week. It is kind of neat because he comes with a journal and every kid he visited drew pictures showing what they did with Bobo and the parents wrote in little explanation notes. Bobo's adventures with us included a trip to the library and playing trains with Gabe and Matt. Gabe also built him a bed with his Lincoln logs.
Both boys have stuffy noses, but Chi is much worse. His cough at night wasn't pleasant. He is a bit whiny, but for the most part he's just himself. Instead of hugs though I get lots of snot rubbed on me, which of course is nice. :)
Both boys have stuffy noses, but Chi is much worse. His cough at night wasn't pleasant. He is a bit whiny, but for the most part he's just himself. Instead of hugs though I get lots of snot rubbed on me, which of course is nice. :)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Needed a change
I just wanted something brighter, at least for awhile, so yes, you are still at the right blog. Feel free to let me know what you think. I can always change back.
Matt is stressed about job hunting. He is waiting to hear if he gets an interview at John Carroll; they are supposed to have narrowed it down to three people to interview in the beginning of this week. There is really no help in calming him down, other than him hearing something from the search committee.
Gabe went to see "Seussical" today with his class and really liked it. When they went to "Goodnight Moon" last month he fell asleep because it was so dark and quite. This really cracks Matt up. This time he informed me that he stayed awake the whole time. He is coming home talking about the kids in his class, a few in particular, so he seems to be fitting in now. I am going to help with the Valentine Party this Friday, so I'll get to see for myself what the class is like.
Chi still doesn't talk, but he babbles all the time. It's almost like he's pretending to talk. I think he knows he isn't making real words because he doesn't expect us to understand, but he moves his mouth and tongue and makes all these complicated noises. He also enjoys yelling when no one else is talking, especially in church. It is nice that he fills that void. :)
Boy are they lucky this MOPS meeting wasn't my first; I may have run away very far and fast. First, it was just boring. They were rushing us through planned activities so there was no time to just sit and talk. But the part that would have made me run was the special advertising segment. A woman came to try to get us involved in a new program called Apples of Gold. First of all, dumb name. The idea started out okay: a women mentoring group like quilt circles of old, a chance to get together and pass on wisdom, yada, yada, yada. A big part of this was going to be about teaching us to cook because apparently young women today just can't cook (excuse me?!) and we need to be taught to put that love into the meals we serve our families. The best part though is the Bible study that is going to teach us all about submitting to our husbands and serving our kids. Yeah, right. Oh, and then there is a celebration dinner where our husbands get to come and a male leader will take them aside and tell them all that we women learned. Matt loved that. He wants to do it just so he can mess with the other men's minds during that meeting. Ugh! Why? Can you tell I'm annoyed?
In all fairness, it's not a program that is related to MOPS itself, but the fact that they would be invited to pitch the program and so many woment there thought it was great kind of freaked me out a bit. On a happier note, it just occurred to me the other day that I can actually sign up for classes on Wednesdays now. I don't have to be at work, so I am going to take belly dancing. It doesn't start until the end of March though, but it will definitely be more fun excersing that way than the gym.
Matt is stressed about job hunting. He is waiting to hear if he gets an interview at John Carroll; they are supposed to have narrowed it down to three people to interview in the beginning of this week. There is really no help in calming him down, other than him hearing something from the search committee.
Gabe went to see "Seussical" today with his class and really liked it. When they went to "Goodnight Moon" last month he fell asleep because it was so dark and quite. This really cracks Matt up. This time he informed me that he stayed awake the whole time. He is coming home talking about the kids in his class, a few in particular, so he seems to be fitting in now. I am going to help with the Valentine Party this Friday, so I'll get to see for myself what the class is like.
Chi still doesn't talk, but he babbles all the time. It's almost like he's pretending to talk. I think he knows he isn't making real words because he doesn't expect us to understand, but he moves his mouth and tongue and makes all these complicated noises. He also enjoys yelling when no one else is talking, especially in church. It is nice that he fills that void. :)
Boy are they lucky this MOPS meeting wasn't my first; I may have run away very far and fast. First, it was just boring. They were rushing us through planned activities so there was no time to just sit and talk. But the part that would have made me run was the special advertising segment. A woman came to try to get us involved in a new program called Apples of Gold. First of all, dumb name. The idea started out okay: a women mentoring group like quilt circles of old, a chance to get together and pass on wisdom, yada, yada, yada. A big part of this was going to be about teaching us to cook because apparently young women today just can't cook (excuse me?!) and we need to be taught to put that love into the meals we serve our families. The best part though is the Bible study that is going to teach us all about submitting to our husbands and serving our kids. Yeah, right. Oh, and then there is a celebration dinner where our husbands get to come and a male leader will take them aside and tell them all that we women learned. Matt loved that. He wants to do it just so he can mess with the other men's minds during that meeting. Ugh! Why? Can you tell I'm annoyed?
In all fairness, it's not a program that is related to MOPS itself, but the fact that they would be invited to pitch the program and so many woment there thought it was great kind of freaked me out a bit. On a happier note, it just occurred to me the other day that I can actually sign up for classes on Wednesdays now. I don't have to be at work, so I am going to take belly dancing. It doesn't start until the end of March though, but it will definitely be more fun excersing that way than the gym.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Theology of a four year old
We were sitting in the drive thru at DQ and Matt said he thought the sign was advertising a 14 pound burger (I assume it was 1/4 pound burger, but I never saw it). Gabe at first didn't understand what was wrong with a 14 pound burger, so Matt explained how big that would be. So Matt said, "So, I could never eat a burger that big." And Gabe replied, "No, that would be too big." Silence, then, "But Jesus probably could."
Monday, February 2, 2009
Can't think of anything funny, but...
Gabe has been doing somewhat better. We are just applying consistency with timeouts, when he goes ballistic he goes straight into the shower, and I also make sure that I carve out time for just the two of us when Chi is taking a nap. It's not that he never talks back or throws fits, but they have been managable.
We did take Chi's one year pictures. We like so many that we are having trouble narrowing it down, but we will soon have prints made. He has a third tooth! And a fourth that is almost through. Because of that he hasn't slept really well this week and he's been clingy, but that will all pass I'm sure.
Matt is enjoying his work. I guess the project he took over has already done more in this last month than it had in at least a year. So the people he's supposed to work with on it are really happy about that.
I have things finally organized. Now that that is done, I am hoping to do a little more drawing or even painting. It's a bit hard to do because of the boys, but now that things have a place, it will be easier to take things out in the evening and put them away again. Other than that, I have been working out every other night. Our complex has a fitness center and I am enjoying it overall. I sometimes find the treadmill kind of boring, but I feel good for having gone.
We did take Chi's one year pictures. We like so many that we are having trouble narrowing it down, but we will soon have prints made. He has a third tooth! And a fourth that is almost through. Because of that he hasn't slept really well this week and he's been clingy, but that will all pass I'm sure.
Matt is enjoying his work. I guess the project he took over has already done more in this last month than it had in at least a year. So the people he's supposed to work with on it are really happy about that.
I have things finally organized. Now that that is done, I am hoping to do a little more drawing or even painting. It's a bit hard to do because of the boys, but now that things have a place, it will be easier to take things out in the evening and put them away again. Other than that, I have been working out every other night. Our complex has a fitness center and I am enjoying it overall. I sometimes find the treadmill kind of boring, but I feel good for having gone.
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