England day 8

John had a sleepover at his friend James' house, so the morning started off with just Christopher, Keats, and me. We took Keats for a walk in the morning. Christopher got very comfortable in the stroller...

Later we went to a birthday party for one of John's classmates at a gymnastics center in Anderson. It was pretty well organized and the big kids had a lot of fun. They swung (swang? swinged?) on rings...

Christopher had a pretty good time walking around and climbing...

There was a foam pit...

...that they could jump into...

England day 7

On Friday I had Christopher home all day because he woke up with a slight fever. He and I played some and went to the grocery store. He fell asleep on the way home... At 2:45 we got John and Henry off the bus and we all went to my office for a while (I have a lab that meets on Friday afternoons). While I was meeting with students, John and Henry put together two lego sets in my office......while Christopher watched Mighty Machines at my desk...

England day 5

When I pick Christopher up from school, he usually wants to go see the fish in his school's main office. Right now there are also polar bears and penguins...
Out in the hallway there are pictures on the wall. Christopher likes to stop and see his picture from pajama day...

England day 2

The Penna Men

While Juliet is in England, the boys and I are fending for ourselves. The adventure began with a birthday party for one of Christopher's friends at a gymnastics center in Easley...





For dinner that night we had hot dogs, mac & cheese, and corn on the cob...

Oh, and I caught John splaying a two-player wii game using both remotes.  He won.

Later, we listened to some music and danced before the bath...

Breakthrough!

Yesterday John went from reading as a chore to "I love reading!"
He has a series of small books (10 pages or so with just four words on each page) called "Bob Books." (Not Bob the Builder). We have been forcing him to read those to us occasionally during our nightly reading sessions, which he did begrudgingly. But last night he started reading them on his own, and he enjoyed it a lot more! Now he is blazing through the books, and tonight he read "Hop on Pop" to Christopher.

Hurray!

Typical Toddler Talk

Christopher is firmly in the toddler camp, and talking up a storm.

Here is what we hear most frequently:
"Mine"
"I need that."
"I do it."
"Come over here."
"Oh my."
"Oh my goodness."
"Where's John?" "Where's Daddy?" "Where's Mommy?"
"I see?"
"Here go, John." (Here you go, John)