They call it "Ahh-ing". Here they are in the giant fig tree:
Going down the slide together:
Playing with new Star Wars figurine Hanukkah presents:
An entire collection having a pajama day at Elijah and Nathan's house:
Witness the spectacle:
Friday, December 30, 2011
brothers
In trees in Palm Park:
They call it "Ahh-ing". Here they are in the giant fig tree:
Going down the slide together:
Playing with new Star Wars figurine Hanukkah presents:
An entire collection having a pajama day at Elijah and Nathan's house:
Witness the spectacle:
They call it "Ahh-ing". Here they are in the giant fig tree:
Going down the slide together:
Playing with new Star Wars figurine Hanukkah presents:
An entire collection having a pajama day at Elijah and Nathan's house:
Witness the spectacle:
Ventura iconic winter scenes
Driftwood collecting at the beach:
The annual Harbor Lights Festival, complete with Santa in a sleigh, hot chocolate and full moon:
The annual Harbor Lights Festival, complete with Santa in a sleigh, hot chocolate and full moon:
motor control
Micah continues to be as devoted and talented an artist as ever. This dreidel that he colored in at a pre-Hanukkah Torah School class hardly shows his passion:
Our little bitty Levi is finally starting to show similar interest and control. Observe his concentration as he carefully colors a menorah at the same class:
Levi has also taken to embellishing Micah's discarded drawings.
That's not the only area in which he's proven greater control. Levi has resisted pooping outside of diapers for the last few months, so I decided that when his school ended and the long winter break began we would go diaper-free cold turkey. He's gone entire break so far without wearing a day-time diaper and has even earned a new set of big-boy underwear for his progress. He began by asking us for a diaper when he had to go and, when we refused to give him one, chose to hold it in rather than use the potty. We kept this up, curious to see how long it would last. A few memorable accidents and some determined diaper-begging later, Levi has grown accostomed to-- nay, enamored with-- pooping on the potty. Good boy.
Levi's not the only one mastering new sphyncters: Micah has taught himself how to whistle!
Our little bitty Levi is finally starting to show similar interest and control. Observe his concentration as he carefully colors a menorah at the same class:
Levi has also taken to embellishing Micah's discarded drawings.
That's not the only area in which he's proven greater control. Levi has resisted pooping outside of diapers for the last few months, so I decided that when his school ended and the long winter break began we would go diaper-free cold turkey. He's gone entire break so far without wearing a day-time diaper and has even earned a new set of big-boy underwear for his progress. He began by asking us for a diaper when he had to go and, when we refused to give him one, chose to hold it in rather than use the potty. We kept this up, curious to see how long it would last. A few memorable accidents and some determined diaper-begging later, Levi has grown accostomed to-- nay, enamored with-- pooping on the potty. Good boy.
Levi's not the only one mastering new sphyncters: Micah has taught himself how to whistle!
Winter Pageant
Levi "performed" in his Montessori school's winter pageant this year. I'll admit, he did better at 2 and 1/2 than his older brother did at that age. Whereas Micah was left to wander, confused off the stage, Levi took his protective shy stance while corralled into the center by older classmates:
Here he is pre-performance in his finery:
And here "singing" "Here Stands a Lovely Christmas Tree":
Here he is pre-performance in his finery:
And here "singing" "Here Stands a Lovely Christmas Tree":
Thursday, December 08, 2011
things that come out of Levi's mouth
...besides drool, that is. Levi is quite a talker and he says some very interesting/cute things.
-When Amy is calling out to Micah around the house, she'll sometimes use a sing-song voice and include his middle name: "Micah Forest!...Micah Forest!..." Levi must have picked up on this, because we heard him calling her: "Mama Forest!...Mama Forest!..."
-If we are trying to get the boys' attention when they are engrossed in play, we'll come into the room and say, "Boys!" So when Levi wants our attention, he's been known to come into the room and say, "Boys!"
-Levi does not like getting his hair wet in the bath/shower and having the water run into his eyes. When we insist on washing his hair, he'll warn as he gets increasingly upset with, "I'm going to cry! I'm going to cry," and then, "I'm crying!" as he finally breaks down into tears. Of course, he's still working on some of his phonetics, so "cry" often sounds like "fry".
-"C'mon, baby!" He must have picked this up from school. He even used it once when struggling to stab some pasta with his fork, when a frustrated "c'mon" would be entirely appropriate. But after a pause, he added in the "baby!"
"C'mon baby!"
-He very excitedly talks about the new pet turtle at his school and adorably mangles her name, Turtleena.
-He talks about his friend Zerek from school, and Morgandy ("Wardy" or "Wardandy"), much in the way Micah at that age would come home talking about Tova ("I give Tova huggies")
-The little potato figure sitting on the logo of the nearby futon store (The Couch Potato) looks like Humpty Dumpty to Levi and causes him to burst out with his version of the verse: "Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, all the King's horses and...(garbled, comic syllables that vaguely resemble the last line)!"
-At some point, when he wanted to do something after dinner, when it was already dark out, he must have registered our response that it was "too late" to do it. So now when he notices (impending) darkness outside he'll remark that "it's (almost) too late." He also says inquisitively, "it's too late?", seeking confirmation, or defensively, "it's not too late!"
-Finally, every once-in-a-while he surprises us with the clarity and sophistication of his language. He left the dinner table toward the direction of Amy in the bathroom, saying, "I'm going to see Mama," before pausing and looking back at me with, "I will be right back."
-When Amy is calling out to Micah around the house, she'll sometimes use a sing-song voice and include his middle name: "Micah Forest!...Micah Forest!..." Levi must have picked up on this, because we heard him calling her: "Mama Forest!...Mama Forest!..."
-If we are trying to get the boys' attention when they are engrossed in play, we'll come into the room and say, "Boys!" So when Levi wants our attention, he's been known to come into the room and say, "Boys!"
-Levi does not like getting his hair wet in the bath/shower and having the water run into his eyes. When we insist on washing his hair, he'll warn as he gets increasingly upset with, "I'm going to cry! I'm going to cry," and then, "I'm crying!" as he finally breaks down into tears. Of course, he's still working on some of his phonetics, so "cry" often sounds like "fry".
-"C'mon, baby!" He must have picked this up from school. He even used it once when struggling to stab some pasta with his fork, when a frustrated "c'mon" would be entirely appropriate. But after a pause, he added in the "baby!"
"C'mon baby!"
-He very excitedly talks about the new pet turtle at his school and adorably mangles her name, Turtleena.
-He talks about his friend Zerek from school, and Morgandy ("Wardy" or "Wardandy"), much in the way Micah at that age would come home talking about Tova ("I give Tova huggies")
-The little potato figure sitting on the logo of the nearby futon store (The Couch Potato) looks like Humpty Dumpty to Levi and causes him to burst out with his version of the verse: "Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, all the King's horses and...(garbled, comic syllables that vaguely resemble the last line)!"
-At some point, when he wanted to do something after dinner, when it was already dark out, he must have registered our response that it was "too late" to do it. So now when he notices (impending) darkness outside he'll remark that "it's (almost) too late." He also says inquisitively, "it's too late?", seeking confirmation, or defensively, "it's not too late!"
-Finally, every once-in-a-while he surprises us with the clarity and sophistication of his language. He left the dinner table toward the direction of Amy in the bathroom, saying, "I'm going to see Mama," before pausing and looking back at me with, "I will be right back."
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