Monday, April 25, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Shabbat Shalom
I think I forgot to post this movie earlier. Richie has started singing on his own and in response to songs, too. Lately he and I have been doing the ABC's where I sing one letter and he sings the next. It all started a few weeks ago when he start mumbling some words and intermittently shouting. After a few refrains, ML finally figured out he was singing one of his songs from Tot-Shabbat:
(GG: This is a movie with sound! Do I need to keep putting this instruction here when it's a movie or do you have it figured out?)
(GG: This is a movie with sound! Do I need to keep putting this instruction here when it's a movie or do you have it figured out?)
Friday, April 15, 2011
Catching up
Richie has become quite compassionate (read demanding) about sitting in the driver's seat of our car! And it doesn't matter how long he sits there, he never gets tired of it, and crys out every time you take him away. I have NO idea where he gets this from!
Just a cute pic of Richie running around in one of the local parks.
Can you say, "Super Star!" Richie, can.
Actually, I have no idea if he can say super star, but he probably can. He's started naming some of his toys. The alligator got named a couple of weeks ago. The triceratops was named when Mom bought him this week.
(GG, this is a movie!)
Yes, the alligator is Garellow. Much to our surprise, Richie named the triceratops XYZ!
Just a cute pic of Richie running around in one of the local parks.
Can you say, "Super Star!" Richie, can.
Actually, I have no idea if he can say super star, but he probably can. He's started naming some of his toys. The alligator got named a couple of weeks ago. The triceratops was named when Mom bought him this week.
(GG, this is a movie!)
Yes, the alligator is Garellow. Much to our surprise, Richie named the triceratops XYZ!
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Finally!
Yeah, yeah. I know, I'm behind. And this is only going to help a little!
Richie continues to talk-up a storm. Today he said his ABC's up to P in the right order! He's also counting and saying 3-4 word sentences with good frequency. "Please," is still the word he keeps forgetting. I'm sure I deserve that, somehow.
Toward the end of last month we trekked into DC for the Cherry Blossom festival. We took the metro into town, which worked better than what we tried last year, however, when I told the metro employee we wanted to go to the Jefferson memorial, she confused it for the Lincoln memorial. So, we stopped to him, too. But it made for a LOT of walking!
I think the pictures are pretty self explanatory. And, since I am sleepy, you'll have to make up your own captions, as needed. :-)
This is the first time Richie sat in a tree!
(GG, the following is a Movie!)
(GG, this is a movie, too. But it does not contain a Richie.)
Richie continues to talk-up a storm. Today he said his ABC's up to P in the right order! He's also counting and saying 3-4 word sentences with good frequency. "Please," is still the word he keeps forgetting. I'm sure I deserve that, somehow.
Toward the end of last month we trekked into DC for the Cherry Blossom festival. We took the metro into town, which worked better than what we tried last year, however, when I told the metro employee we wanted to go to the Jefferson memorial, she confused it for the Lincoln memorial. So, we stopped to him, too. But it made for a LOT of walking!
I think the pictures are pretty self explanatory. And, since I am sleepy, you'll have to make up your own captions, as needed. :-)
This is the first time Richie sat in a tree!
(GG, the following is a Movie!)
(GG, this is a movie, too. But it does not contain a Richie.)
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Pink-ink
I think I forgot to tell this most important story and post accompanying movie...GASP!
We'll start with one of my favorite new words! Richie has known many of the colors for quite some time, but has just started to verbalize them. (Actually, he's verbalizing virtually everything he hears even if we don't try to directly teach it to him. Like today after dinner he said, "Bib!" and tugged at his bib because he wanted it off.)
I think I've already mentioned Lellow, which was my fav for several weeks. Momma was teaching him other colors, too. Richie has a tendency to drop the last syllable, so when she taught him pink, she put particular emphasis on the hard 'k' at the end. This resulted in Richie saying, "Pink-ink!" In an effort to emulate the emphasis. That, is my new favorite Richie word! I make him say it over and over again! I have to because soon he's going to drop the -ink part. I really should take a movie of him saying it. I digress.
Richie and I went to the Science Center on the 12th to join in the egg drop contest! They provide you with a handful of materials and an egg in a plastic bag. We had to construct a device that would protect the egg as it fell three stories in the science center. As usually, we were late leaving the house and by the time we arrived, we (I) had a total of 10 minutes to construct such a device. I had access to: empty bottles, plastic bags, toilet paper and paper towel rolls, tape, yarn and packing peanuts. I remembered from Boy Scouts that you want to distribute the force along one of the ends of the egg and not the side. I immediately went for a paper towel roll, but it was not wide enough, so I cut a slit down the side and slid the egg in. Put take along the bottom and filled the tube with packing peanuts and taped the partially split tube up. Unlike most bags used as parachutes, I used the four corners of the bag with the yarn to attach the chute to the tube. Most people were just using the bag handles. Then, some tape around the top of the tube just to make sure the yarn stayed in the little holes I had made along the top of the tube. All of this in 10 minutes! Oh, and where was Richie you ask? (Especially since it was just the two of us?) Well, I did the only thing I could. I gave him a pair of scissors to play with so he'd stay next to me. He's not allowed to have them at home, so I know it would occupy him for a good amount of time and they were kid's scissors, so we was not likely to permanently injury himself. Thankfully, he did not cut his pants, which is what I was expecting him to do.
When we went to turn in our egg-protecting-contraption (which was far less of a contraption than many of the other contestants), we were asked to name it. I looked at Richie and said, "Should we name it Pink-ink?" The name was greeted with a big smile and a nod of the head. So, without further adieu, here is the maiden voyage of Pink-Ink!!!!!
We'll start with one of my favorite new words! Richie has known many of the colors for quite some time, but has just started to verbalize them. (Actually, he's verbalizing virtually everything he hears even if we don't try to directly teach it to him. Like today after dinner he said, "Bib!" and tugged at his bib because he wanted it off.)
I think I've already mentioned Lellow, which was my fav for several weeks. Momma was teaching him other colors, too. Richie has a tendency to drop the last syllable, so when she taught him pink, she put particular emphasis on the hard 'k' at the end. This resulted in Richie saying, "Pink-ink!" In an effort to emulate the emphasis. That, is my new favorite Richie word! I make him say it over and over again! I have to because soon he's going to drop the -ink part. I really should take a movie of him saying it. I digress.
Richie and I went to the Science Center on the 12th to join in the egg drop contest! They provide you with a handful of materials and an egg in a plastic bag. We had to construct a device that would protect the egg as it fell three stories in the science center. As usually, we were late leaving the house and by the time we arrived, we (I) had a total of 10 minutes to construct such a device. I had access to: empty bottles, plastic bags, toilet paper and paper towel rolls, tape, yarn and packing peanuts. I remembered from Boy Scouts that you want to distribute the force along one of the ends of the egg and not the side. I immediately went for a paper towel roll, but it was not wide enough, so I cut a slit down the side and slid the egg in. Put take along the bottom and filled the tube with packing peanuts and taped the partially split tube up. Unlike most bags used as parachutes, I used the four corners of the bag with the yarn to attach the chute to the tube. Most people were just using the bag handles. Then, some tape around the top of the tube just to make sure the yarn stayed in the little holes I had made along the top of the tube. All of this in 10 minutes! Oh, and where was Richie you ask? (Especially since it was just the two of us?) Well, I did the only thing I could. I gave him a pair of scissors to play with so he'd stay next to me. He's not allowed to have them at home, so I know it would occupy him for a good amount of time and they were kid's scissors, so we was not likely to permanently injury himself. Thankfully, he did not cut his pants, which is what I was expecting him to do.
When we went to turn in our egg-protecting-contraption (which was far less of a contraption than many of the other contestants), we were asked to name it. I looked at Richie and said, "Should we name it Pink-ink?" The name was greeted with a big smile and a nod of the head. So, without further adieu, here is the maiden voyage of Pink-Ink!!!!!
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Ha!
Richie continues to add enumerable words to his vocabulary! We have been practicing his full name to the point where he can say, "Rischi Cook Go-n-sky." He knows my name is, "Ellit" and his mom is "Marylee." (No wonder that one is the best.)
He was up late tonight, which was lucky for me because I got to see him after I finished my moonlighting. While playing around in bed I asked him what my first name was?
"Ellit."
"What is your moma's first name?"
"Marylee."
"What is your full name?"
No answer.
"Richie, what are your three names?"
........a short pause......"Rischi, Baby, Bicki."
Said with a big smile and an eruption of laughter from Moma and Gaga!
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Stuff
My family is finally starting to adopt Skype. Yes, a bunch of early adopters, it's true. My "older" sister got her first web camera and this is what she decided was appropriate for her first video conference. That's Oma off to the side!
The life of a scientists' child.
Richie was enjoying Shabbat with his play-set!
Yes, it's Mardi Gras season! We finally figured out what we're doing with the 50 pounds of beads we've been moving all over the country. We're going to donate them to the library! (It's bad luck to just throw them away...aparently)
He napped for two hours in this position!
I mentioned before the Richie's vocabulary has really exploded. Although he still refers to himself as, "Baby." He is able to say his full name...well, in babelish.
There was a Zydeco band that played at the library in celebration of Mardi Gras. Richie got to try out the violin afterward! He seemed to enjoy the music, although he did not dance nearly as much as we have seen him in the past. And there were two young adult women dancing all alone. Usually, he steps right in there!
The life of a scientists' child.
Richie was enjoying Shabbat with his play-set!
Yes, it's Mardi Gras season! We finally figured out what we're doing with the 50 pounds of beads we've been moving all over the country. We're going to donate them to the library! (It's bad luck to just throw them away...aparently)
He napped for two hours in this position!
I mentioned before the Richie's vocabulary has really exploded. Although he still refers to himself as, "Baby." He is able to say his full name...well, in babelish.
There was a Zydeco band that played at the library in celebration of Mardi Gras. Richie got to try out the violin afterward! He seemed to enjoy the music, although he did not dance nearly as much as we have seen him in the past. And there were two young adult women dancing all alone. Usually, he steps right in there!
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