Sunday, November 8, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
First Day of Kindergarden!!
Kade was so excited about his first full day of Kindergarden! Dan and I were happy for him too of course, but it is still hard to see our little guy get on that great big bus and ride away! Here he is, complete with his new backpack, ready to jump on that bus!
Kade is so smart and sweet! He is super talkative so the house is going to be a lot quieter. At least, until Avram starts to fill in the gap. He has already started talking more. He did not quite know what to make of Kade leaving or being gone so long. This morning Kade jumped out of bed as soon as his alarm rang, got himself all dressed and appeared at our door. Here he is heading out to the bus stop.
We have really treasured our time home with Kade. It has not always been easy to limit our work in order to have one of us home with him. But it was SO worth it. We can't ever replace all those times spent just hanging out together.
Here comes that bus!! It's really time!!
We have really treasured our time home with Kade. It has not always been easy to limit our work in order to have one of us home with him. But it was SO worth it. We can't ever replace all those times spent just hanging out together.
Good bye sweet guy!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Avram's in Bloom!!
Spring is in it's full glory and is transitioning into summer. The days are getting longer, with twilight stretching off into the horizon. All of the perennials have made their debut, awakening underground and sending up tender shoots on which the rabbits like to nibble. The tulips are spent, their thick leaves beginning to wilt, the blossoms having dropped away two weeks ago. The bright, showy annuals have gone in and they are a splash of color among the sea of green. The trees are bushy and thick with bright green leaves.
This Spring has also really brought on the blossoming of Avram. He turned two April 7th and shortly after, we retired his "nuk" and he made a rapid transition from baby to toddler! I really thought that getting rid of the pacifier would be hard and painful. However, I followed my SIL Karen's advice and I took it while he watched and cut the tip off. I handed it back to him - he looked at it strangly and said "all done", handing it back to me. Of course, while we can never find one when we need one, he managed to find 3 of them, apparently hidden away in some mystery spots.
As soon as it was gone, his language exploded! We weren't worried but we did remark that he really did not talk very much. He had started a few phrases - "I wan a bite, I wan a sip, I wan a piece" but was certainly not talking like Kade was at his age. Now, all of a sudden, he repeats everything and talks all day. He is in love with trains and walks around the house all day carrying them - "my twain! my twain!" "I wanna look window" He saw a bunny outside of the window one day and now he has been searching for him since "my bunny!!, I wan my bunny!" When you sing him a song, he just beams! He gets this huge, silly smile with little curled up lips, big grinny teeth and chunky cheeks. He still loves his "blanky" and cries a really sad, tearful cry if he happens to find himself out of the house tired and without his dear blanket.
Kade just "graduated" from pre-school. I am really trying to spend as much time with him as possible before he goes off to school... for like the next 20+ years! Sometimes the sacrifices we have made to be home with them is hard but you just can't replace this time! He is hyper at times but ever charming and intelligent. He is loved by all of his friends who are always happy to see him. He loves his family dearly, especially all of his cousins. Loren and his family came to visit this weekend and he insisted on sitting down by the mailbox on the curve just waiting for them to arrive. He is looking forward to the new adventures that kindergarden will bring. We are still contemplating private school, mostly so we can keep him in half days and have the other half to enjoy his company. However, the cost might be prohibitive, I guess we'll see. For now, we will keep tabs of every cheery smile, funny joke and silly laugh!
This Spring has also really brought on the blossoming of Avram. He turned two April 7th and shortly after, we retired his "nuk" and he made a rapid transition from baby to toddler! I really thought that getting rid of the pacifier would be hard and painful. However, I followed my SIL Karen's advice and I took it while he watched and cut the tip off. I handed it back to him - he looked at it strangly and said "all done", handing it back to me. Of course, while we can never find one when we need one, he managed to find 3 of them, apparently hidden away in some mystery spots.
As soon as it was gone, his language exploded! We weren't worried but we did remark that he really did not talk very much. He had started a few phrases - "I wan a bite, I wan a sip, I wan a piece" but was certainly not talking like Kade was at his age. Now, all of a sudden, he repeats everything and talks all day. He is in love with trains and walks around the house all day carrying them - "my twain! my twain!" "I wanna look window" He saw a bunny outside of the window one day and now he has been searching for him since "my bunny!!, I wan my bunny!" When you sing him a song, he just beams! He gets this huge, silly smile with little curled up lips, big grinny teeth and chunky cheeks. He still loves his "blanky" and cries a really sad, tearful cry if he happens to find himself out of the house tired and without his dear blanket.
Kade just "graduated" from pre-school. I am really trying to spend as much time with him as possible before he goes off to school... for like the next 20+ years! Sometimes the sacrifices we have made to be home with them is hard but you just can't replace this time! He is hyper at times but ever charming and intelligent. He is loved by all of his friends who are always happy to see him. He loves his family dearly, especially all of his cousins. Loren and his family came to visit this weekend and he insisted on sitting down by the mailbox on the curve just waiting for them to arrive. He is looking forward to the new adventures that kindergarden will bring. We are still contemplating private school, mostly so we can keep him in half days and have the other half to enjoy his company. However, the cost might be prohibitive, I guess we'll see. For now, we will keep tabs of every cheery smile, funny joke and silly laugh!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
A Pinch of Spring
Today was a pretty interesting day weather wise. Besides the fact that it has been way too cold for the last two weeks, it was a great little intro to Spring. The day was beautiful and sunny, almost 60 degrees. Really lovely but a tad windy. I have to say that I am grateful that we have had an extremely sunny fall and winter. We had very few overcast days which always feels better. While the days are still short, they have started to get longer. It is not too fun to walk out of work to a dark evening sky. But now there is still light, be it an orange glow and the sun has not yet set when I get home.
After mom's group and lunch out, we returned home to find that we could see green grass on about 50% of our lawn, the other 50% still hidden under mounds of snow. The roof is finally free of snow and exposed areas are starting to dry out. Since we live near the bottom of a very large hill, a river of melted snow water was pouring down the curb gutters out front, boring through the covered snow to make underground rivers eventually reaching drains. Both boys instantly ran down to check it out. They quickly became pretty soaked in ice cold water as they tried to create dams and locks to divert the water. Little Avram was just delighted to splash and trudge through the river. Of course, it did not last long. The shining sun was not enough to keep the cold out of little fingers and toes. After drying out and putting Avram down for a nap, Kade and I went back out - this time properly attired in tall rubber boots. We had fun floating little boats made of pieces of broken plastic through the hidden streams and watching them slide out at the other end of the snowbanks. Kade was so exhausted when we came back in that he skipped his usual long - book-snack-potty-story-bed-hig-kiss-another hug-another kiss routine and put himself down for a nap with just a smooch!
The warmth makes me itch to get back in the garden! We have already signed up for the CSA share again, this time for more, basically every weekend we are in town. Plus the fruit share and we are going to try the coffee delivery this time too. We have truly learned to eat seasonally and I am trying to adhere to that now. It is a bit hard to pass up those cucumbers or other summer vegetables but the fact that they are on the shelf means they certainly can not be local! So we are buying a lot of spinach and winter greens.
It is hard to believe that Avram will be 2 in less than 2 months. Crazy. He is really a joy and a handful. It is not that he is naughty, because he really isn't. He listens to what you say, he understands and obeys "no" it is just that he is SO busy! He is constantly on the move! He loves to explore and he loves toys with lots of small pieces. He loves to take them out one by one, arrange them, put them back. He still is not saying a whole lot but uses the following sentances a lot "I want some", "I want a bite", "I want a sip" and I was really suprised by "I want a hot dog" the other day! As you can see, he loves to eat and he will likely be a foodie like me. :)
After mom's group and lunch out, we returned home to find that we could see green grass on about 50% of our lawn, the other 50% still hidden under mounds of snow. The roof is finally free of snow and exposed areas are starting to dry out. Since we live near the bottom of a very large hill, a river of melted snow water was pouring down the curb gutters out front, boring through the covered snow to make underground rivers eventually reaching drains. Both boys instantly ran down to check it out. They quickly became pretty soaked in ice cold water as they tried to create dams and locks to divert the water. Little Avram was just delighted to splash and trudge through the river. Of course, it did not last long. The shining sun was not enough to keep the cold out of little fingers and toes. After drying out and putting Avram down for a nap, Kade and I went back out - this time properly attired in tall rubber boots. We had fun floating little boats made of pieces of broken plastic through the hidden streams and watching them slide out at the other end of the snowbanks. Kade was so exhausted when we came back in that he skipped his usual long - book-snack-potty-story-bed-hig-kiss-another hug-another kiss routine and put himself down for a nap with just a smooch!
The warmth makes me itch to get back in the garden! We have already signed up for the CSA share again, this time for more, basically every weekend we are in town. Plus the fruit share and we are going to try the coffee delivery this time too. We have truly learned to eat seasonally and I am trying to adhere to that now. It is a bit hard to pass up those cucumbers or other summer vegetables but the fact that they are on the shelf means they certainly can not be local! So we are buying a lot of spinach and winter greens.
It is hard to believe that Avram will be 2 in less than 2 months. Crazy. He is really a joy and a handful. It is not that he is naughty, because he really isn't. He listens to what you say, he understands and obeys "no" it is just that he is SO busy! He is constantly on the move! He loves to explore and he loves toys with lots of small pieces. He loves to take them out one by one, arrange them, put them back. He still is not saying a whole lot but uses the following sentances a lot "I want some", "I want a bite", "I want a sip" and I was really suprised by "I want a hot dog" the other day! As you can see, he loves to eat and he will likely be a foodie like me. :)
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