So the website has finally been updated. Pictures have been updated from August 2008 through February 2009. If you are curious be sure to go through all the albums, there have been updates everywhere. I have posted updates on Rowan and Liam’s pages to include their most recent information. Now I think I need to sleep… zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Mar 202009
Mar 202009
Rowan has realized that one of his teeth has started to come loose. According to the dentist it will probably will stay in for another 6 to 9 months (if he doesn’t play with it too much). Anyone want to lay bets on whether or not he will play with it? (didn’t we all though). I guess this just means that we have to prepare for the arrival of the tooth fairy.
Rowan’s reading and writing are really starting to improve. His teachers keep telling us how well he has been doing. He often comes home with achievement badges (for hard working, paying attention, helping to clean up, etc..). His teachers are already talking about how much they are going to miss him when he starts kindergarten. Speaking of which, we have registered for kindergarten. We will hopefully know by the end of April which kindergarten he has gotten into. Our first choice is the school closest to us called Barkstall. It is a balanced calendar school so if he gets in classes start in July.
Rowan loves his new swimming classes. He is learning how to front float, back float, freestyle, and back stroke. Of course he made new friends in class right away. I guess I don’t have to worry about him making new friends in new situations. He takes after his father in that.
Of course all is not perfect on the Rowan front (when is it ever). He likes to get up and watch TV in the morning when he knows he is not allowed. This often leads to his TV privileges being revoked all together for a couple of days. He really loves to see just how far he can push things. Then he gets really upset when the consequences hit. Though as far as Rowan goes, what else is new…..
His new favorite show is the Electric Company. He loves to watch it, go to their website, play the games there, etc… Of the shows he watches this at least is one of the better ones.
Mar 182009
Liam has been walking since December, but really started to get the hang of it in January. Since then nothing seems to be safe. If he can reach it (and he reach seems to be increasing daily), he will open it, play with it, rip it apart, etc… The edges of the kitchen counter are no longer safe. If I cease to pay attention for a minute, invariably the next thing out of my mouth is, “Liam what have you gotten into now?”. I fear it is just a matter of time before he starts trying to climb to the top of the refrigerator. ack!
He is active, curious, loves to be tickled, go for walks (and be chased), play with anything that has buttons (especially phones and computer keyboards), look at books, and pretty much anything that doesn’t require sitting still.
We started swim classes a couple of weeks ago. Mostly at this stage we are getting used to being in the pool. The skill that we work on in class are kicking, blowing bubbles, front floating, back floating, going under water, and getting into the pool. David and I switch off weeks on who gets to get in the water with Liam. The last week of his first swim session, we got to go down the big water slide at the pool. Liam loved it, and I had fun too.
Today for the first time, Liam gave me a kiss after I prompted for a kiss (instead of me just giving him kisses). Needless to say I am still smiling about it.