Thursday, April 28, 2011
Blue
Ryker blew my mind with blue today! I bought him a book of colors the other day because I wanted to start working with him. We went through the book a couple of times yesterday and he kept going back to the blue page. I finally got him to say the word blue and I thought that was pretty impressive. Later in the day, I called mom to tell her and try to get him to say blue to her. When I asked him he got up, went over to his toolbox toy and slapped the blue peg down and looked at me. I couldn't believe it! I wasn't trying to get him to recognize it anywhere other than the book. I know it wasn't a fluke because I've gotten him to do it several times since then. The kid's a genius! :)
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Hi-Yah!
The kids stayed with mom and dad for a few days (Ryker a few more than Cole; more on that later). While Ryker was there, he learned how to become the Karate Kid with Uncle Kory. Today we were in his room and I was hanging up clothes. Ryker was walking around with one leg in the air saying hi-yah! Then later while I was feeding Cole, he was making Cole kick him while he said hi-yah. He is so funny!
Cole came home early because all he did was scream while he was there. He holds his breath when he screams and sometimes would turn blue before we were able to make him catch his breath. I hope he grows out of that soon!
Ryker also started putting his hands on his hips while he was at Grandma's. I can't imagine where he got that from :) I picked him up yesterday and he was at the garage with mom and I was loading up everything in the car. When I started walking towards them, he was making motion for me to leave. And boy did he cry when we did leave! He wanted to stay at Grandma's :(
The day I dropped the kids off, we were all sitting on the back porch and I asked Ryker if he wanted to go home with me or stay at Grandma's. He came over to me, pushed me out of the chair and climbed in. Then he started waving bye. I guess I got my answer!
New words this past week: go, Cole
Now for some old business :)
For a while now, when Matt is home for dinner, we all sit at the table to eat. Whenever we're done, we read a chapter or so from the Bible. Ryker knows the routine. When HE is done eating, he asks to get down and stands in front of the cabinet where the Bibles are until I pick him up for him to get out the Bible. He sometimes grunts when Matt is finished reading so he'll read more.
We have also been having him put a dollar in the collection plate. Don't give him his dollar too early because he is ready to put it in as soon as you hand him the dollar. I'm so proud of him when he drops the money in the plate. I imagine it makes God smile too. That thought warms my heart :)
Cole came home early because all he did was scream while he was there. He holds his breath when he screams and sometimes would turn blue before we were able to make him catch his breath. I hope he grows out of that soon!
Ryker also started putting his hands on his hips while he was at Grandma's. I can't imagine where he got that from :) I picked him up yesterday and he was at the garage with mom and I was loading up everything in the car. When I started walking towards them, he was making motion for me to leave. And boy did he cry when we did leave! He wanted to stay at Grandma's :(
The day I dropped the kids off, we were all sitting on the back porch and I asked Ryker if he wanted to go home with me or stay at Grandma's. He came over to me, pushed me out of the chair and climbed in. Then he started waving bye. I guess I got my answer!
New words this past week: go, Cole
Now for some old business :)
For a while now, when Matt is home for dinner, we all sit at the table to eat. Whenever we're done, we read a chapter or so from the Bible. Ryker knows the routine. When HE is done eating, he asks to get down and stands in front of the cabinet where the Bibles are until I pick him up for him to get out the Bible. He sometimes grunts when Matt is finished reading so he'll read more.
We have also been having him put a dollar in the collection plate. Don't give him his dollar too early because he is ready to put it in as soon as you hand him the dollar. I'm so proud of him when he drops the money in the plate. I imagine it makes God smile too. That thought warms my heart :)
Friday, April 1, 2011
Pretty Flowers
This is potentially going to be long because I thought of a few other things that aren't necessarily current but something I want to remember :)
We'll start with current first:
Cole rolled over this morning! He got up super early and never went back to sleep. When Matt left for work, I hoped he would fall back to sleep if he was in bed with me, so we moved from the couch to the bed. He was talking and cooing and turned to his side. I scooted over to give him more room to see what he would do and lo and behold he rolled over! He tried to continue a log roll but couldn't make it from tummy to back. I'm sure that won't be long!
While Cole napped in the swing, Ryker and I were outside. I was sitting at the picnic table and Ryker was off playing. I had my head in my lap because I was tired and usually Ryker comes over and thinks I'm playing peep-eye. Today he stood beside me and grunted. When I looked up, he handed me a flower. It made my day! Then when he saw my reaction, he went and picked the rest of the flowers he could find. I put one behind my ear so he spent the rest of his time trying to put them in my hair. He's a sweet boy!
Yesterday we put out bird seed in the feeder. Ryker has really enjoyed watching the birds. Every once in a while a few would come feed while we were outside. If he noticed, he'd go towards them and of course they'd fly away. He'd have this look on his face like, I just want to be your friend! Yeah right. Those birds are smarter than that :)
Two old tricks that Ryker does is You're So Smart and Where's God? Mom taught him the smart trick. Whenever you tell him or say that he's smart, he puts both pointer fingers to the sides of his head. It's hilarious, until he goes to school and does it. When you ask him where God is, he'll point up. It warms my heart to see that!
We'll start with current first:
Cole rolled over this morning! He got up super early and never went back to sleep. When Matt left for work, I hoped he would fall back to sleep if he was in bed with me, so we moved from the couch to the bed. He was talking and cooing and turned to his side. I scooted over to give him more room to see what he would do and lo and behold he rolled over! He tried to continue a log roll but couldn't make it from tummy to back. I'm sure that won't be long!
While Cole napped in the swing, Ryker and I were outside. I was sitting at the picnic table and Ryker was off playing. I had my head in my lap because I was tired and usually Ryker comes over and thinks I'm playing peep-eye. Today he stood beside me and grunted. When I looked up, he handed me a flower. It made my day! Then when he saw my reaction, he went and picked the rest of the flowers he could find. I put one behind my ear so he spent the rest of his time trying to put them in my hair. He's a sweet boy!
Yesterday we put out bird seed in the feeder. Ryker has really enjoyed watching the birds. Every once in a while a few would come feed while we were outside. If he noticed, he'd go towards them and of course they'd fly away. He'd have this look on his face like, I just want to be your friend! Yeah right. Those birds are smarter than that :)
Two old tricks that Ryker does is You're So Smart and Where's God? Mom taught him the smart trick. Whenever you tell him or say that he's smart, he puts both pointer fingers to the sides of his head. It's hilarious, until he goes to school and does it. When you ask him where God is, he'll point up. It warms my heart to see that!
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