Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Catching up

I had big plans to keep your blog up to date... yeah that didn't quite happen. But here's an attempt to catch up as I renew my efforts.

You are in school now! Jefferson Nursery in the Sunset district on 23rd between Irving and Judah. It's for 3 to 5 year olds and you are just barely old enough to go. You are the youngest in your class, but according to your teacher Troy you like playing with the older more rambunctious kids. Overall you seem to really like it, including taking the bus each day. It was a comedy the first day as you were terrified of the bus, but no longer. You seem to have a couple friends including a cute little girl who likes you. I'm told that in general you are pretty well behaved, which I believe.

You weren't interested a few months ago, but now seen to love the California Academy of Sciences. They have a terrific aquarium and you are very good at identifying fish, in particular sharks and jellyfish. We spent quite a while with jellyfish :-) Rainforest and other exhibits were less interesting to you, but you really like to watch the fish.

Planes, cars and trains are of course the most interesting of all. You never miss a chance to point out a plane in the sky or a bus or train on the street. And then there is the moon, another favorite. I had a laugh the other night as we went inside the house at night and you said "good night, moon." We haven't read that book yet but it will be next on the list.

You are quite a dancer and are getting more and more into music. Before you took the bus and I drive you to school you would get in the car, point at the radio and proclaim "dance!" until I turned it on. Watching Smooth Criminal with you is awesome, you mimic the moves by Jackson including the impossible leaning forward. Awesome to watch.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Sounds have meaning

Well the various sounds are now turning into meaningful words and letters, even numbers.  We can cycle through the alphabet and after 'z' you know the tickling begins.  Saying 'z' starts by running away from me while laughing hysterically in anticipation :)  Same for '10' when counting.

You've also now discovered how to do the opposite of what I want you to do.  Going through the alphabet results in stopping and repeating 'f' when we get to 'g' - you look quite devilish and are clearly doing it on purpose... resulting in laughing as I keep repeating 'g' over and over again.

'Uh-oh' is now quite popular when dropping things as can be expected.  Another favorite: 'oh, baby' which I apparently said when you did something dangerous, now you say it all the time.  I'll have to watch my mouth.