Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Reggie is 1.75

Reggie is 21 months old! He is a 33lb. ball of energy. Everything he does is with gusto!

In the past few months, he has definitely moved from being "the baby" to being one of the trio. His expressive and receptive language has been explosive. He often speaks in 3-4 word sentences. He does not let his gross motor skills slow him down in the slightest, and while he is constantly on high-speed tumbling and crashing into things, he is so tough it barely phases him. His fine motor skills are emerging - he feeds himself with a fork or spoon and has started to show interest in coloring and play dough. In the above picture, he is eating a very sticky rice crispie bar.

One of Reggie's favorite things to do is go to the "a-nound" [playground] and go on the "wing" [swing] and "side" [slide].

Last week, he figured out how to undress himself. He found it so amusing, he would take his pants off wherever we happened to be when the urge struck him! (And then laugh hysterically at my embarrassment!) One of the cutest things he says right now is "more lunch please" whenever he wants more of any kind of food, at any meal, and then he hands me his plate. Reggie loves to eat his way right through our grocery budget.
Reggie often sings to himself throughout the day. He catches onto songs very quickly. He also likes to watch Yo Gabba Gabba! and The Wiggles. Everything that is green or resembles a football is "packers" and Reggie is also fascinated with animals, in particular, the cow.


What a fun age - what a fun little boy!

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

quote of day

(First, a follow-up story to the previous post. The day after Lydia proclaimed that Reggie was "black", out of curiosity, I nonchalantly asked Lydia what color Reggie was. She responded "green". I was helping the kids get their pjs on and, yep, Reggie was wearing a green top! So, I asked Lydia what color Brett was (he had his shirt off). Lydia responded, "naked". Lydia also had her shirt off and she also said that her "color" was "naked". So interesting because it was very consistent with the theory of race awareness development presented in this book.)

Today's quote is brought to you by Brett. He was getting ready for school and I always have him "try" to use the bathroom before he gets on the bus. He didn't "go", so he said, "It's all gone, peepee."

I asked the logical question: "Where did it go?"

"In my tummy."

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

quote of the day

Lydia has made great progress in her color recognition. For example, today she exclaimed,

"Reggie's black! Reggie's black!"

Monday, May 2, 2011

ten things about toddlers

1. They have no concept of time.



2. They are always reorganizing their environment. 3. They are raw emotion.


4. They want to be independent.


5. But they also want to hold on to some securities from their infancy.


6. They are little sponges absorbing all the information around them.


7. They want to control their environment.



8. There is no sense in using a logical argument to convince them of something.


9. They will go to extreme measures to get your attention.


10. When there's more than one, your best bet is to keep everything equal.


(I'm guessing this same list would basically apply to teenagers.)