Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Puzzle Extraordinaire
Sierra got a few puzzles for Christmas and is LOVING them!!!
She was a bit overwhelmed at first because there is no board as a guide - these are free standing floor puzzles. We started doing them with her, explaining how to match colors, lines and edge pieces...
And now she's doing them completely on her own!! She amazes me!
There is a set of 12 piece puzzles - 4 different ones: dog, fish, bird and kitty. She will do them over and over. Seriously for like 40 min she would do all 4 puzzles, then take them apart and do them again.. And repeat. She isn't typically one to play by herself for too long, so this too is amazing.
She is almost (just needs help with this one part) able to do a 24 piece one "all all by mysef!!!".
we are so proud of her :)
She was a bit overwhelmed at first because there is no board as a guide - these are free standing floor puzzles. We started doing them with her, explaining how to match colors, lines and edge pieces...
And now she's doing them completely on her own!! She amazes me!
There is a set of 12 piece puzzles - 4 different ones: dog, fish, bird and kitty. She will do them over and over. Seriously for like 40 min she would do all 4 puzzles, then take them apart and do them again.. And repeat. She isn't typically one to play by herself for too long, so this too is amazing.
She is almost (just needs help with this one part) able to do a 24 piece one "all all by mysef!!!".
we are so proud of her :)
Monday, January 23, 2012
Sierra's sweet sweet heart
We have many tough moments with our spirited strong-willed child, but we also have many sweet sweet moments that I want to remember more...
* any time I say "ouch", she rushes over and asks "what hurts, Mommy?" ... "oh, ok, I kiss it for you"
* when she thinks we're sad (or we're pretending to be) she comes over to give a big hug or gently caresses our arm saying "it's ok Mommy, it's ok" in the sweetest voice
* when she's excited to see someone: "I see Abuela and give her a biiig hug and a kiss and a toepee toepee and make her happyyy!"
* after I asked her if she wanted to draw, she started caressing my arm lightly and sweetly said "it's ok Mommy, we do something else to make you happy" (I was not sad about drawing and I don't say that to her, so I'm not sure where her comment came from but it was sweet how she said it)
* doing a puzzle, "don't worry, Mommy, we do the fish so you'll be happy, okay Mommy?!"
* she asks me to sing "Jesus loves me" to Reid before I put him down to nap, and she sings too :)
* Sierra and LaLa saw a photo in a magazine of a little boy with cleft lip. LaLa told her we needed to pray for God to heal him. She carried around the picture for awhile and then folded her hands and said we needed to pray - she asked each of us to pray. She went first "Dear God, make baby better". Sooo sweet. I told her that God heard her prayer and she said "yeah"
* "I'm so proud of you, Mommy" while working on a puzzle
* "good job yittle baby!" as Reid crawls
* "it's okay yittle boy, it's okay", patting Reid's back as he cries
* "that's a great idea, Mommy!" (she says this often - apparently I have a lot of great ideas :)
* any time I say "ouch", she rushes over and asks "what hurts, Mommy?" ... "oh, ok, I kiss it for you"
* when she thinks we're sad (or we're pretending to be) she comes over to give a big hug or gently caresses our arm saying "it's ok Mommy, it's ok" in the sweetest voice
* when she's excited to see someone: "I see Abuela and give her a biiig hug and a kiss and a toepee toepee and make her happyyy!"
* after I asked her if she wanted to draw, she started caressing my arm lightly and sweetly said "it's ok Mommy, we do something else to make you happy" (I was not sad about drawing and I don't say that to her, so I'm not sure where her comment came from but it was sweet how she said it)
* doing a puzzle, "don't worry, Mommy, we do the fish so you'll be happy, okay Mommy?!"
* she asks me to sing "Jesus loves me" to Reid before I put him down to nap, and she sings too :)
* Sierra and LaLa saw a photo in a magazine of a little boy with cleft lip. LaLa told her we needed to pray for God to heal him. She carried around the picture for awhile and then folded her hands and said we needed to pray - she asked each of us to pray. She went first "Dear God, make baby better". Sooo sweet. I told her that God heard her prayer and she said "yeah"
* "I'm so proud of you, Mommy" while working on a puzzle
* "good job yittle baby!" as Reid crawls
* "it's okay yittle boy, it's okay", patting Reid's back as he cries
* "that's a great idea, Mommy!" (she says this often - apparently I have a lot of great ideas :)
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Teething frenzy
4 new teeth coming in right now between the two kids - 2 each, just broken through
...might help explain the extra fussiness around here!
...might help explain the extra fussiness around here!
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Goo's house
The last few days, Sierra has been talking about "Goo's house". She keeps saying "we need to go to Goo's house, ok Mommy?".
I've tried telling her that our house is Goo's house but it doesn't work. She has been very persistent about this and today got upset that we weren't going. So I started telling her that I don't know where his house is. And she replies "we need to look for it. See if the door's open. We need to go to Goo's house!".
No amount of subject changing or diversion is working here! I tried building a house/fort for him but that didn't cut it. She said we had to get in the car to find it.
Finally I said we could drive around and look for it, but warned we may not find it since I don't know where it is. she was excited about this. Well, after a long tough day, Kyle graciously offered to drive her and Goo. As soon as they came home, Sierra announced that they didn't find Goo's house and we have to keep looking.
She is very serious about this and isn't giving up!!!
Any tips??!?!?
I've tried telling her that our house is Goo's house but it doesn't work. She has been very persistent about this and today got upset that we weren't going. So I started telling her that I don't know where his house is. And she replies "we need to look for it. See if the door's open. We need to go to Goo's house!".
No amount of subject changing or diversion is working here! I tried building a house/fort for him but that didn't cut it. She said we had to get in the car to find it.
Finally I said we could drive around and look for it, but warned we may not find it since I don't know where it is. she was excited about this. Well, after a long tough day, Kyle graciously offered to drive her and Goo. As soon as they came home, Sierra announced that they didn't find Goo's house and we have to keep looking.
She is very serious about this and isn't giving up!!!
Any tips??!?!?
BOY oh boy
Reid LOVES toy cars, balls, cups, anything that rolls. They can entertain him for a long time, especially now that he's crawling. He chases them all over the house.
I love it because Sierra was never really into balls. It's so fun to have a different experience with a boy.
... But I don't think I'll be saying that when he is really into bugs!
I love it because Sierra was never really into balls. It's so fun to have a different experience with a boy.
... But I don't think I'll be saying that when he is really into bugs!
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