Letters and Numbers

Micah is officially counting to ten! It's very cute, and he does a really good job with it on a regular basis. The only problem, however, is that he almost always starts with the number three. :) What's really cool, though, is watching him point to objects and count them one at a time. He gets the whole counting concept. He is also trying to sing the alphabet, which is cool, and does a pretty good job with that, too. (When I say a pretty good job, I mean that I can figure out what he's saying because I'm his mom...) His newest thing to learn is shapes, and he's starting to recognize some of the basic ones. Hooray for learning!

FOr some reason, he's been pretty anti-veggie lately, which makes for some interesting meal times. It's hard to believe he's almost two, though. In the past week he has started to walk down the stairs by holding the railing and doing it like a big kid. Micah also slept in a sleeping bag for the first time last week. We stayed at my parents house, and the kids slept in the guest room together. The only real problem was that both of the kids needed to poop right after I put them to bed, so that was a bit disruptive, but after a few minutes Micah settled down and they both went to sleep. Also, after wanting to play for a few minutes at Nanny's house, they both went to sleep pretty readily in their sleeping bags. Granted Micah was out of his sleeping bag and on the floor in the morning, but there were no problems. NO MORE PACK AND PLAY!!!

I've been working a little bit with math with Alexis, and she has started wtih some sight words, and I have a small list of some things I want to review with her this summer. And then she's off to preschool in the fall. It seems so weird, although it's a little less odd since she'll only be gone two mornings a week. I think she's really going to love it, though.

They've also been having a ton of fun with everyone visiting the past few weeks. It has been VERY busy around here recently, mostly being able to see old friends from Lee. The kids fall in love with everyone, which is pretty awesome, and it's great to have kids who are so friendly and engaging with strangers. It's also VERY cool that on this Monday morning the kids are roaming around the house together. Alex is leading Micah in a very cool way (not bossy at all right now) around the house and encouraging him to play with her. This means that I just got to exercise and am now typing this blog post out without worrying about kids. Very cool.