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)