Samara's Moments for the Month:
- Gifts - We may have discovered her love language - gifts. She is always wanting to give gifts, money or artwork to people because they are doing a great job, they are her friend or any other reason. It truly makes her heart happy to give.
- Morrill Hall - she was okay with all the bones and taxidermy. The dinosaurs that they had made to look lifelike got to her though. The eyes of the pterodactyl, ostrich like dinosaur and the T. Rex type carnivore were too much! I had to hold her and carry her out of the room.
- Mid August Jeff found a toad and a small gardener snake for her to keep as pets. She loves having them, holds them at every chance she gets and helps Daddy catch crickets to feed them. Mommy is hands off on these pets.
- She saw an ad for some Skechers brand shoes on TV that she wanted to have for the new school year. We got some shoes at Target that were apparently close enough, she was so happy with them and said it felt like you are walking on little trampolines (which is what the ad showed I guess). She was so excited about them and calls them her Skechers.
- I drove her to school her first day and got to walk her into her classroom. For the trip home, she got to ride the bus and when she jumped off the bus, she said her day was "Awesome awesome awesome!" She seemed to love every part of it, start to finish. She had friends already (though she didn't remember their names yet). And she also relayed to all of us the classroom rules. She said there was one part she didn't like about kindergarten: "There was one part of kindergarten I don't like. Whoever is listening gets to be a helper." The teacher chooses from that are being most quiet it sounds like. Day Two she got all the way to purple on the behavior scale, so she got a sucker. She was so very proud of herself! I'm so proud of her for taking this new experience in stride, making friends and being excited about learning new things.
- She went to a Build-A-Bear party for a friend. All the other girls chose to make hot pink bears with little dresses. She chose a soft, tan bunny and didn't want an outfit because "bunnies don't wear clothes". On the little birth certificate, she named the bunny, "Mud". Of so individual my Samara, love it! She later that day renamed the bunny "Honey Bunny" (with the last name Mud), after a bunny we caught and released last summer.
Kalum's Moments for the Month:
- Beginning of August he seemed to really take to coloring, and doing it well, within the lines! He requests constant affirmation of how good he's doing. "Mom, isn't the dinosaur tail looking great?" This new passion also involves coloring on other things, the table, wall and himself - we'll have to focus his efforts more I think.
- One morning he opened the bathroom door while I was taking a shower in the morning, but then went away. I assumed he went back to his bedroom to wait for his alarm clock to turn green (wake up time). I come out of the shower brushing my teeth to get dressed and he jumps up from under my bed covers and says, "Boo!" I jumped for sure! he got his reaction and was so proud that he was quiet while he waited (that is usually his downfall during hide and seek games).
- Even though he declares himself a big kid, he still climbs up in my lap when he sees it open. Also, every once in a while he says, "I just love you Mom." And then continues playing or reading a book, etc.
- He was so excited to see the dinosaur bones at Morrill Hall! He liked them all, except the leg bone of the T. Rex by the full size stegosaurus was a little much. He wouldn't get too close for a picture. I totally get it, Mommy had to "put her brave on" as I'm not a fan of big skeletons or lifelike creatures either as a grown up (forget about it as a kid!!)
- Once Kindergarten started, Kalum asked quite a few times where Samara was or when we were going to get her. He was so disappointed on the second day of school when we walked to the bus stop and then she just got on the bus and he rode his bike home with me and Wesson in the stroller. The first Monday of school, Mom spent two hours playing Legos (duplos) with Kalum. We made At-At Walkers galore, but this cannot go on for days on end, we must find another activity!
- Late August he got to meet preschool teacher, Mrs. DeVries, at his home visit. He warned up pretty quickly (and we tried to have Samara not overtake the conversation). He was so excited that she left him his own school bag and bible with his name on it and...homework! He wanted to start right then, but we were able to persuade him that waiting until the next morning would be better. Hope he maintains this enthusiasm for school work! :)
- Talking with Kalum about what he'll do when he's a grown up... Apparently his future includes finding a wife wherever she wants to meet him, being a daddy, working on houses to make enough money for his 14 kids, he'll live in Omaha (kind of by JJ's house), we can have him over for lunch sometimes, going to big church and when his monster truck gets rusty he'll take it to Midas.
- By the end of the month, he's writing his name on all artwork. He gets all the letters in the right order, just some of the letters are upside down.
Wesson's Milestones for the Month:
- At the beginning of the month he had a Wednesday where his voice was kind of raspy and he was a little more whiny than usual, even took two naps. Thursday he slept in until 9AM then was even more clingy. Fell asleep on Mommy for two naps, was able to put him into his crib for the second. Woke up after later nap and had fever and shakes. He threw up four times in a row (of course, after cleaning him up each time) and sipped some water. His fever only got up to 99-100 each day, except right before he threw up. He started pulling on his ear and whining if we touched it on Sunday. Off to Dr on Monday and definitely a left ear infection. Such different symptoms than the other two kids when they had ear infections!
- Will sort through a stack of board books to find his current favorites - Baby faces peekaboo book and plan book with textured pages.
- Aug 21st - showed him how to go down the stairs bump, bump on his rump and he actually gave it a try this time. Would smile proudly after each bump!
- No longer a fan of peanut butter toast. Loves grapes! Even started saying "gway". We know it doesn't necessarily mean grape, just a new sound. ;) Likes sweet potatoes with peas and spinach and spaghetti sauce with noodles. Pancakes, eggs and hash browns along with other finger foods.
- August 23rd - Wesson walks! He can stand for a bit then take a few steps. Then goes down to crawling again. Also likes to walk with dinosaur walker toy and crawl around pushing toy cars around.
- Aug 25th - got a cold that he recovered from quickly, just a couple rough nights of waking up.
- Tooth #5 is in! Aug 26th, a couple more rough nights and crabbier days.
- By the end of the month, he gives Mommy a hug upon request! Melt my heart little guy. Now just trying to get him to hug other people, say Daddy maybe?!
Here's the link to view the photos from August!:
https://goo.gl/photos/YGtxzLuP8ES6JAwo6
September will bring the start of fall, preschool, MOPS and more DRG progress!
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