I have heard that the video posts were causing difficulties on some computers because they took a long time to load. In order to counteract that, I’m including only the links this time. Let me know what you think of the change.
Joseph has learned to say “I’m sleepy now” from the book Grossmutti gave him. It’s his favorite bedtime book by far. And we love to hear him say “I’m sleepy now,” especially with his consonant inversion.
Joseph doesn’t always perform. Here Mommy tries to get him to say please for the camera.
He’s gained impressive skill at building blocks. Our favorite skill is his exclamation: “Nice tower!“ That’s why we’ve ended up with a few videos of Joseph with towers.
Another activity he’s taken to is doing dishes. Start running the water, and Joseph starts running, shoves his stool to the counter, and starts putting whatever’s next to the sink into the sink. Sometimes he makes me nervous, particularly when he fills large glasses with water one-handed – and I’m torn between teaching him caution and telling myself I shouldn’t worry over cheap IKEA glasses. At any rate, I want to sustain his enthusiasm for this chore.
Vivienne is much more of a sleepyhead than Joseph at her age. He’d pop up wide awake; she has more trouble waking up.
Joseph’s fascination with counting has spread to calendars and buttons. He also reads license plates everywhere – that’s geek cred for you right there.
Next to having discovered her hand, Vivienne also is learning to grip things, such as this ball.
We’ve posted similar videos before, but does watching a sleepy kid ever get old? This, however, is new: Joseph is starting to spin objects by himself.
Easter brought with it Joseph’s first serious exposure to chocolate. He likes his “Schoggi.”
Joseph plays peek-a-boo with Vivienne, and blows out candles, too.
The videos are roughly in chronological order, except for one of the “Nice tower” episodes.
Nice. Very nice. Thank you. (How did you slip the Schoggi past Mommy?
I like the change.
It was Easter – I believe Mommy was in on it. Our landlord put chocolate easter eggs out in the stairwell, so for a while Joseph always had to crawl upstairs past them, and kept remembering that he might perhaps get one after eating everything up. But now he seems to have forgotten, and one egg is still waiting, patiently, behind the crayon tin…
An architect in the making! Great videos. The new method works for me!
Sarah
The links are much much better for me, thanks. The Easter fairies brought Joseph so much chocolate that Bappe couldn’t eat it all, so Joseph got a few bites. Yes, I’ve relaxed on the no sugar rule, but don’t tell anyone, it’s a good excuse for keeping too many other people from giving him sugar.