My baby is growing up. He turned 10 months old this week and to celebrate he learned how to pull himself up to standing. He did it for the first time in Istanbul (more about that later) in his crib at the hotel. Now he gets frustrated when he can't pull himself up. These past two months he has learned to go from laying to sitting and does a mean army crawl. He can say Mama and Dad and "Ba" which we think means Auburn. He will give you five. He had his first haircut last month (okay, Simon cut a little off the sides). He has had some awful teething going on, but he still has his toothless grin. Thank heavens for Dentinox during the nights. He gets into everything. Auburn will tell me "Conley's getting into trouble". He loves his blanket, books and toys. He loves knocking over towers of blocks. He dances anytime he hears music. He will eat anything. He hate putting winter stuff on, but likes going for walks in the stroller.
Auburn has been asking me to teach her to read. So, I decided to try and just see what would happen. She just barely turned four and I didn't want to push her, but she was excited so we started. I am also not a fan of German Kindergarten (preschool here) and I know that she needed some extra stimulation. Thank heavens for the internet and a knowledgeable sister-in-law. We have been doing word family crafts, a sight word caterpillar and working on phonics. There are so many wonderful resources out there to make learning to read fun. She is really reading now and loves it. She picks up books and reads the words she knows and asks us for the ones she doesn't know. She is sounding words out and totally amazes me. Right now she will read to anyone that will sit down with her. reading to Uncle Seth and Conley This is a common scene at our house, and makes me so happy.
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