Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Phoebe's cutting her first tooth!
Woohoo, Phoebe! One of her bottom teeth is cutting through and you could hear it tink against her spoon this morning!
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
A link I forgot to mention
If you have some time to send care packages to our troops on a monthly basis and write letters, nothing depressing, on a weekly basis, then visit www.soldiersangels.org. You fill out a short form, someone emails you back with some info on an individual soldier and go on from there.
One point this group makes is not to expect your soldier to be able to write back. There are some items you're encouraged NOT to send ever or at certain times of the year, but I signed up in July and have received some letters from my soldier. I will tell you that the soldiers who sign up could definitely use items from back home because some of the places they're stationed simply don't get much without our help. And they are extremely grateful. Making a new friend is the best reason to get involved!
One point this group makes is not to expect your soldier to be able to write back. There are some items you're encouraged NOT to send ever or at certain times of the year, but I signed up in July and have received some letters from my soldier. I will tell you that the soldiers who sign up could definitely use items from back home because some of the places they're stationed simply don't get much without our help. And they are extremely grateful. Making a new friend is the best reason to get involved!
What Paul's been up to
Paul's doing what he loves most-playing with his cars. He holds some long conversations with them once Phoebe's down for her morning nap. Meanwhile, he'll help us sort laundry, feed Phoebe finger foods and her bottle, and have her chase him everywhere that's not blocked off. He just volunteered to do my errands for me then tells me, "don't drive me insane, Mommy." Isn't that my job though?
He's taking gymnastics once a week for an hour at a time. The group's 2 1/2 to 3yr olds, 3 girls, 3 boys, and let's just say that Paul loves to draw attention to himself. He does somersaults pretty well but we just have to keep him from doing them off of the sofa at home! The instructor motivates them with stamps if they do well following directions that day. If Miss Lee asks Paul to imagine eating something or act like an animal, his thoughts are about eating cars and acting like a cat.
He likes to do some coloring, but it takes some pushing to have him draw shapes. He'd rather I watch him draw than do it on his own and show it to me afterward.
I think Paul's finally convinced that Phoebe's girly ride on toy isn't as cool as the red tricycle he got for his birthday. Until he gets frustrated with pedaling over the deck floor.
Aside from having a 24hr bug that knocked him out for a day last week, he's been doing great.
He's taking gymnastics once a week for an hour at a time. The group's 2 1/2 to 3yr olds, 3 girls, 3 boys, and let's just say that Paul loves to draw attention to himself. He does somersaults pretty well but we just have to keep him from doing them off of the sofa at home! The instructor motivates them with stamps if they do well following directions that day. If Miss Lee asks Paul to imagine eating something or act like an animal, his thoughts are about eating cars and acting like a cat.
He likes to do some coloring, but it takes some pushing to have him draw shapes. He'd rather I watch him draw than do it on his own and show it to me afterward.
I think Paul's finally convinced that Phoebe's girly ride on toy isn't as cool as the red tricycle he got for his birthday. Until he gets frustrated with pedaling over the deck floor.
Aside from having a 24hr bug that knocked him out for a day last week, he's been doing great.
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