Friday, February 4, 2011
Gingerbread House
GG and GrandDaddy made a sticker gingerbread house with Daniel this year. It was such a great group project. Daniel was very proud of the finished product.
Christmas Train 2010
We went on the New Hope Valley Railroad Santa Train this year. It was SO much fun. It was a cold and rainy day, but we sat in the caboose, which was covered and had a coal heater. Daniel loved it. Santa gave him a candy cane. Santa thought Daniel liked him, but really he liked the candy cane. :)
Astroknots
I wear a hooded zippered sweatshirt in the house usually to be warm. The hood has a drawstring on it that can be pulled pretty far down on either side. Daniel likes to pull the drawstring back and forth. We talked about how each end of the string has a knot on it, so that one end doesn't get lost up inside the hood when you pull on the other side.
Today he was playing with it and said, "What is this?" He was holding the string, so I absent-mindedly said, "That's the string." He said, "No, that's not what it's called." I said, "What do you mean?" He said, "It's an astronaut." I said, "I don't know what you are talking about. I think that is a string." He said, "No, this little part at the end. It's an astronaut." Then I got it. I said, "That part is called a 'knot.' An astronaut is a person in space."
Today he was playing with it and said, "What is this?" He was holding the string, so I absent-mindedly said, "That's the string." He said, "No, that's not what it's called." I said, "What do you mean?" He said, "It's an astronaut." I said, "I don't know what you are talking about. I think that is a string." He said, "No, this little part at the end. It's an astronaut." Then I got it. I said, "That part is called a 'knot.' An astronaut is a person in space."
General Update- R sounds, Time with David and Julie (Art Museum, Alligator Show)
"R" sounds came on Dec 27th at 3pm-
We were sitting at Rita's kitchen table playing with play-doh, and I realized Daniel was saying "This one is really hard" instead of "This on is weally hawd." I thought it might be years before he could do real "r" sounds, so I am very excited. Since then, he also has started saying "milk" instead of "mook." That happened around the last week of January.
Time with David and Julie-
Our friends from Chicago, David and Julie, visited us at the end of January. Daniel did two new things with them while they were here. First, he attended his first "adult" museum--a "walking and looking" museum. We went to the Ackland Art Museum on campus at UNC.I had very low expectations for the trip. I hoped Daniel could make it five minutes, then we could go to Kidzu while David and Julie finished looking. We talked about it a lot before we left, how we would be holding hands and using our eyes to look around at the artwork and walking from one painting or sculpture to the next. There would not be any kid's area or chance to touch any of the art. He wasn't really thrilled by the idea, but he wanted to be with David andJulie. He made it the whole time, about 30-40 minutes. I was really excited.
The next day we went to the Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. Daniel checked with me beforehand "Kids can touch stuff there, right? And there is playing?" I assured him there would be lots of touching and playing. The museum was great. One of the offerings was an alligator show. I think it lasted 20 minutes. You had to sit and listen to the program, then you got to touch the alligator at the end. Joseph wanted to try it (again, I was skeptical), but Daniel made it the whole time. (I'm actually the one who had to get up to go to the bathroom). Then, he got to touch the alligator at the end.
The "real" art museum and alligator show were two big milestones for Daniel. I was really happy that he could experience them! He is growing!
We were sitting at Rita's kitchen table playing with play-doh, and I realized Daniel was saying "This one is really hard" instead of "This on is weally hawd." I thought it might be years before he could do real "r" sounds, so I am very excited. Since then, he also has started saying "milk" instead of "mook." That happened around the last week of January.
Time with David and Julie-
Our friends from Chicago, David and Julie, visited us at the end of January. Daniel did two new things with them while they were here. First, he attended his first "adult" museum--a "walking and looking" museum. We went to the Ackland Art Museum on campus at UNC.I had very low expectations for the trip. I hoped Daniel could make it five minutes, then we could go to Kidzu while David and Julie finished looking. We talked about it a lot before we left, how we would be holding hands and using our eyes to look around at the artwork and walking from one painting or sculpture to the next. There would not be any kid's area or chance to touch any of the art. He wasn't really thrilled by the idea, but he wanted to be with David andJulie. He made it the whole time, about 30-40 minutes. I was really excited.
The next day we went to the Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. Daniel checked with me beforehand "Kids can touch stuff there, right? And there is playing?" I assured him there would be lots of touching and playing. The museum was great. One of the offerings was an alligator show. I think it lasted 20 minutes. You had to sit and listen to the program, then you got to touch the alligator at the end. Joseph wanted to try it (again, I was skeptical), but Daniel made it the whole time. (I'm actually the one who had to get up to go to the bathroom). Then, he got to touch the alligator at the end.
The "real" art museum and alligator show were two big milestones for Daniel. I was really happy that he could experience them! He is growing!
Friday, December 10, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Come, Betsy.
My friend Carrie stayed with us today. Daniel heard her call me "Betsy," so he's decided that's what he wants to use today. After Carrie and her boys left, Daniel called for me while he was in his "train."
"Come Betsy. Listen. I need to tell you some important thing. You can ride in this (train). You can come and be attached. You can ride in it ever you want for a long long time. You too big to really get in, but you can ride in it with me for a long, long time. You ready?"
"Come Betsy. Listen. I need to tell you some important thing. You can ride in this (train). You can come and be attached. You can ride in it ever you want for a long long time. You too big to really get in, but you can ride in it with me for a long, long time. You ready?"
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