August, 19 2011, Friday
Ronan played intro league baseball again this spring. This year his team was called the Lookouts after the local minor league team. Ronan's team was able to go see one of their games and to stand out on the field during the pledge of alligance. Ronan thinks that thte Lookouts are the greatest team now and wants to be one "always." He had fun playing at his own games as well and is looking forward to next season.
We missed the last couple of games because of our trip out west. Our whole family flew out to Oregon and met my parents for a wonderful week at the beach. The kids loved playing in the sand and water. We got up early to see the minus tides which Aurora did not apriciate until she had been on the beach for a little while. Ronan however would excert himself to appear happy and excited and prove that he liked waking up early. In a voice to chipper for the time of day, yet not chipper enough to completely cover his sleepiness he would thank us so much for waking him up and tell us how glad he was that we did.
We also visited my old home town where much is different, but some things never change. Ronan loved chasing the chickens and the goose loved chasing Ronan. We taught them the joys of sour grass and licorice root, unfortunately it was to early for berries. All three kids had so much fun playing with everyone. Aurora wants Korbin to come for her birthday and Ronan wants Ethan to come for his, so if they could just visit from October till December, that'd be great. January, 4 2011, Tuesday Christmas with children is so much fun. One of
the first things of the season was our towns Christmas parade. There were actually
snow flurries while there which was terribly exciting. The kids had never been
to a parade and had no idea what was going to happen. I myself had not been
to one in so long I'd forgotten about the candy that's thrown from the floats.
If only Christmas came first it would be a great way to get candy for Halloween.
We came home with enough for the whole neighborhood. A week or so later our church had it's Christmas
vespers. Ronan played "Oh, Come Little Children" and little Aurora
who used to be to shy to get her picture taken, got up with him and sang. No
sign of hesitation or indication that she didn't want to go through with it,
despite the fact that she'd never once remembered all the words during practice. After Ronan's birthday we got our Christmas tree.
Once we got it up and the lights on I unwrapped the decoration and handed them
to Ronan and Aurora to put on the tree. Wyatt watched for just a moment to get
the idea of what was going on and then he picked up a braided Christmas coaster
from the table, toddled over to the tree, pulled his arm back and heaved it
at the tree. The coaster stuck in the branches and Wyatt repeated until all
our coasters were on the Christmas tree. Feb 12, 2010
While at the store we got some Conversation Hearts
for Valentine's Day. Aurora wanted to know if they were for her. I told her
that they were for everyone to share. When we got home she pulled them out of
the bag and said, "These are for everybody so I'm taking them to my room." Jun 11, 2009 Ronan had his very first violin recital on the
last day of May. He was totally unphased by the people and didn't get nervous
at all. He has currently lost three baby teeth an grown back one adult tooth
of which he is very proud. Aurora has also grown another tooth, only seven more
to go. She is currently looking through the dictionary and telling me what letters
to type. She can count to 13 now. I have had to stop singing her to sleep because
she will sing along with me and then make requests. If I stop she'll just keep
singing by herself. Feb 18, 2009 Jan 5, 2009 Well things are calming down after our month away
from home. We had a wonderful time in the northwest with my family though it
did not turn out exactly as planned. Ronan's birthday was the 15th and the Sabbath
before, it began to snow at my parents. Just a little, but Ronan was thrilled
and decided to pray for snow for both his birthday and Christmas. As most of
you probably know Oregon and Washington got the worst snow storm they've had
in 40 years. Ronan has started Little Lambs as part of the
Adventurer club. Aurora usually tags along and I'm not sure who enjoys it more.
Aug 23, 2008 Jul 25, 2008 Our whole family went swimming yesterday evening
and Aurora also is doing well. She is learning how to balance herself in her
lifejacket and will let go of us for a couple of seconds until she tips. Aurora has started saying a few words; ball, without
the l's of course, eye, and apple, also without the l. During a conversation at supper Ronan tells us
"You know who's really funny? The Irish." When Lonny and I laughed
he continued as if to explain, "Uncle Paul told me that." Ronan spent time with his uncle learning to play
soccer and now calls it football. Aurora started using the sign language we've
been teaching her as well as trying to say a few words. She has also become
expert at going down stairs as well as up. From Dublin we went to Killarny, Dingle, Rosslare,
and Galway. The country is very beautiful and the children travel pretty well.
We did occassionally stop to see an old church or a castle, and let the kids
run around a bit. Ronan is turning into quite the backseat driver and is very
insistant in his instructions to "Turn right here, da." "Go slow
around the corners." Da, we want to go that way." "You're doing
good, da." "Stay on the left, THE LEFT, THE LEFT!!!" Oh wait
that last one was me. Actually having already driven in Scotland a few years
ago Lonny Along with the churches and castles we saw the
Book of Kells, the hill of Tara, sheep, cows, miles of stone wall, thatch roofed
cottages, people harvesting peat moss, islands and the Cliffs of Moher, which
Lonny insists on calling the Cliffs of Insanity. The kids also got to go to
the Dublin Zoo and had a great time watching the monkeys watch them. They were both very good on the plane, pretty good
on the drive home and once we got unloaded what did Aurora do but climb into
her car seat. She's been trying to go somewhere ever since. I'll tell you though,
it is so much easier taking care of kids when you're at home. Me: Ronan what's in your mouth? May 2, 2008 Apr 17, 2008 Apr 8, 2008 While we were staying with our friend in Virginia
we were driving back to her place on a road that went through a tunnel and under
a number of bridges. Ronan likes tunnels and asked if there were going to be
any more. Becky tried to pass of a bridge as a tunnel. Ronan didn't fall for
it but every time we went under a bridge she would tell him it was a tunnel,
only Becky would pick a fight with a 4 year old. Ronan would tell her over and
over, "You're wong Becky." "You're very not right." When
I tried to interject he told me, "I'm trying to make Becky how she's supposed
to be." He finally told her "If you keep this up Becky, everyone will
call you silly." He than proceeded to make up a song about "Silly
Becky." Friday we got lost going to Arlington Cemetery.
We saw the changing of the guard. Ronan is very interested in anyone with guns
or swords and had lots of questions. Aurora thought it was a great place to
run all by herself. Often, now, when we try to hold her hand she pulls her hand
out of reach and laughs at us while she trots away. Lonny went into DC for some
tickets and got lost, driving home he got lost again. Sabbath we had a picnic and went to a nature center.
Ronan was fasinated by the exhibits and expecially the kids room, Aurora tried
to run off. Sunday our friend, Becky, came with us to the
Zoo. She knew how to get there, in fact we’d driven right past it with
her on the way to her church the day before. We got lost. Ronan enjoyed seeing
all the animals, expecially the pigeons at the picnic area. Aurora discovered
that my feet stop every time her feet stop. After leaving the zoo, we got lost
going to Johnny Rockets for supper. Monday we packed up loaded the car and drove into
DC. We drove around till we found a parking place that was acually in the District
and then walked with our tickets to the White House Easter Egg Roll. Ronan’s
favorite thing was the people dressed up like various characters that he’s
never heard of. He also enjoyed the magic show, egg hunt, and animal table,
where he got to pet an alligator. Aurora slept through quite a bit, but she
caught on to the egg roll right away and very determindly kept pushing hers
forward. Ronan, on his first try, flung his egg about three rows over and two
thirds of the way to the finish line. We saw George Bush, the father, and had
the Sectretary of Commerse read to our children. He said it was the best thibg
he’d done all week. Of course it was Monday morning. We got back to our
car ok, got changed, got some food from the ice chest, and got lost getting
out of town. After returning Becky’s keys to her at her work, we got lost
again an then headed on our way home. After a flat tire and a bent spare we
made it home at three o’clock this morning. I'm really writing now to tell about Ronan, of
course. A while back we were at Lonny's parents playing "Duck, Duck, Goose"
and Ronan was "it" which he loves. He was going around the circle
touching people's heads, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, and just
when we're all begining to wonder if he's forgotten how to play he grins real
big and says, "It's never going to be goose." Sep 18, 2007 Aug 11, 2007 Aug 8, 2007 On our way back home, in an effort to keep Aurora
happy we gave her Ronan's sippy cup. It's the kind with a straw and she was
able to figure it out. We also started giving her Cheerios which enthrawled
her to no end. If she's holding on to something she is able to stand up for
about ten seconds before her legs give out. She loves watching her brother and
he's started telling us anytime we tell him not to do something, "But Aurora
likes it." What better excuse can there be. May 7, 2007 Apr 26, 2007 While at the museum they watched a video that showed
how the cars were made including the robots that put the cars together. When
they left the museum they saw people working on the landscaping and Ronan asked
if they were robots. Ronan's really big on keeping people safe. The
past few weeks when Lonny comes home Ronan will wrap his arms around my legs
and say that da's a dragon, and he's a knight and he'll keep me safe. Today
I asked if Aurora and I were damsels in distress. he looked at me for a second
and then said "you're a dansel, and I'm a dansel, and Aurora's de dress." Apr 13, 2007 Feb 14, 2007 Just to let you know this blog will primarily be
to keep relatives, and anyone else who doesn't become completely bored, updated
on the doings and sayings of my two little ones.
Ronan has started to read. He has read the first three chapters of our Dick
and Jane book entirely by himself as well as well as a few little other things.
He has also been taking violin for about a month and a half and is doing pretty
well.
Aurora loves to practice with him and gives a little extra incentive since he's
very competitive. She goes around singing alot. Her favorite song is "Jesus
Loves You." She gets her me's and you's mixed up, though not as much as
Ronan did. Her absolute favorite thing to do is draw. She'll scribble a bit,
then say "that Ronan," "that Da," and on and on.
This changed many of our plans and I'm sorry we did not get to see everyone
we might otherwise have seen, but we had so much fun in the snow. The children
could barely walk in it, especially Aurora who's legs were shorter than the
snow.
Last week we celebrated Aurora turning two. She had a ladybug cake and poor Ronan
was so anxious to get one of the licorice stick legs, only to find out that he
doesn't really like licorice. Aurora is saying more and more everyday and has
learned how to open doors which is both helpful and troublesome. Ronan says things
like, "I'm excedingly hungry," and "My stomach is begging for food."I
also just discovered that Aurora can count to four.
Ronan has entered the stage where he puts everything in his pockets. One day he
told us not to look in his pocket so of course we figured maybe we'd better see
what he had. Lonny reached in to see but unfortunately for him Ronan had gotten
ahold of my sewing pins. Aurora on the other hand has started putting things in
her ears. So far just in the outside so it hasn't been troublesome but I'm hoping
this doesn't continue.
It's been awhile since I've written but not for lack of stories. I wish I could
get them all down before I forget.
Aurora is saying a few more words and using a few more signs. She is showing
more and more personality all the time. Anything round is a ball, any fruit
is an apple, and anything interesting is "mine." She refuses to part
with her toothbrush and sometimes at supper she climbs down from her highchair
to dance with the music. The rest of us get dinner and a show.
Ronan also enjoys music and has started playing around on our piano. He was
able to show me all the C's. Sometimes I'll have a song stuck in my head and
then Ronan will walk by singing the same song and I'm not sure if I gave it
to him or he gave it to me.
He has also started hiding things under his bead. I've found a candycane, a
sucker, the peanut butter and the honey, a can opener, a kitchen knife, a box
of Life, a grapefruit knife, the cinnamon sugar, and one of those poky things
you stab in the ends of corn on the cob. I thing he had plans to open a restaraunt.
Ronan just finished two weeks of swimming lessons. He no longer cries when he
gets his face wet and if he has his mask on might be persuaded to go all the
way under. He is swimming very well with a life jacket or kick board and can
even make it a foot or so all on his own.
They gave Ronan a bite size candy bar with his swimming certificate. He'd never
had a candy bar before and thought it was wonderful. Whenever someone would
ask him about swimming he would tell them all about his candy bar.
Aurora is also saying more and more words: up, buble, apple, and uh oh. While
I was peeling peaches for supper tonight we had a lengthy conversation. She
points and says "abble." I say, "This is a peach." "Abble."
"No Aurora, it's not an apple it's a peach." She shakes her head,
"Abble." "Peach." "Abble." "Peach."
How do children get to be such know-it-alls?
I hope everyone had as fun a 4th of July as we did. Collegedale had their fireworks
on the 3rd which might a good thing since I'm not sure Ronan could have lasted
another day. There is a local orchestra who plays every year. They had an excellent
selection of music, complete with the firing of a civil war canon. Aurora watched
the fireworks with rapt atention for about ten minutes and then decided she just
wanted to go to sleep. Even though we left a little early she was asleep by the
time we got to the car.
We spent the Fouth with numerous friends and did a craft with all the children
that left glitter not only all over the kids but all over the living room.
We have returned from our three weeks in Ireland. We went to see, according to
Ronan, "Uncle Paul, and Aunt Alita, and the other Ronans." Being a fairly
common name in Ireland we did meet another Ronan, a young father with a Ronan
of his own. Our Ronan also got to sit in the cockpit of our plane when we landed
in Dublin.
adjusted very quickly.
This is an actual conversation I have had with Ronan more than once while playing
outside.
Ronan: (takes it out) Look, see.
Me: Ronan don't put anything in your mouth unless you know it's not poisonous.
Ronan: It's not poisonous.
Me: How do you know?
Ronan: I ate one before.
Lonny got me a Roomba today. You know one of those little round vacuum cleaners
that go by themselves. So now instead of vacuuming I can start it up and use
the precious time to perch on the furniture and watch it bumb its way around
the room.
Ronan and Aurora were quite facinated with the Roomba. I think we have a new
family activity, we can even include the cat.
At the end of worship a while back, Ronan pulled the Bible onto his lap, opened
it up and said he was going to read. Fortunately I had pen and paper handy and
was able to write as he read, in a very official voice. "Here's a teacup,
and you may drink the hot chocolate out of it, and you may have these peaches,
and you may have lots of candy. chapter 10.
Ronan is in that questioning stage. What's in vitamin C? Why did God make birds
so small? Does fire burn up air? Those are the easy ones. It makes me wonder
what questions I asked when I was little and how my answers will affect his
view of the world. Of course most of the time I find myself telling him, "I
don't know, Ronan, Maybe we can look it up." How do they think of these
things?
We have had a very fun, very tiring, and very long weekend. We left late Thursday
morning and drove to a friends place in Arlington, Virginia. This would normally
take about 8 hours, but with changing diapers, letting the kids get some excercise,
and getting lost it was about 11.
Aurora has four teeth now and has said "doggy." She has tried saying
other things but this is the first she actually succeeded. She loves to give Ronan
hugs and is learning to give kisses. She is such an independant little thing,
it's kind of a shock after Ronan. It is fun to see all the ways they differ and
are similar.
Feb 29, 2008
Aurora cut one of her top teeth yesterday giving her a grand total of three. It's
amazing how well she's been able too eat. She has started to run away from me,
grinning ear to ear, when she has something she shouldn't, and then she'll stop
look back at me and giggle. Any time she sees me carrying a laundry basket she
will grab hold of it, guide it to the floor and then climb in. She loves to go
for rides.
Feb 19, 2008
I wrote a blog awhile back about the nice new minivan that Lonny got me. It was
all about how much the kids like it and how nice it is to drive after my old car
that made me feel like I was in the Wonderful One-hoss Shay in "The Deacon's
Masterpiece" by Oliver Wendell Holmes, just before it fell apart. Anyhow
when I tried to post it there was some sort of error and now nobody gets to read
it. Just so you know, I got a new minivan.
Jan 17, 2008
It actually snowed here. Not much of course, and it's all gone now, but there
was enough to play in. Ronan asked me if the snow had been in the refridgerator
in heaven. He got over his aversion to 15, 16, and 17, and can now count to
39.
Aurora is understanding more of what we say everyday and has started using signs.
The kids play together so well and it is such fun watching them.
Jan 1, 2008
Christmas is over and everyone has returned home. Aurora is no longer shy and
clinging and has returned to roaming the house. She likes to get stuff out of
the refridgerator and take it to the table, or the living room, or the laundry
room. Mostly the table, though this morning she took maccaroni and cheese to
Lonny. His first breakfast in bed from the children.
Ronan misses the constant attention that comes with so many doting relatives
and often tells me that he needs someone. As most of you probably know Ronan
was quite sick on Christmas day. Now that he's feeling better we have been having
great fun with all our, I mean his, new toys. Aunt Lorissa will be glad to know
that although when he unwrapped his new camera he said "I don't want to
open it ever," he did later request to open it and has carried it everywhere
taking pictures.
Happy New Year!
Ronan turned four yesterday. They sang to him at Sabbath school and then he left
cradle roll and went to kindergarten. He changed Sabbath schools for the first
time and is no longer with Aurora. It amazes me how big he's getting, already.
After church we came home and had tortellini with alfredo sauce as Ronan had requested.
Every relative in the vicinity came over for supper and a carrot cake train, and
of course gifts. So many gifts. It looked like Christmas, toys and paper everywhere,
I can only imagine what Christmas will be like.
Nov 28, 2007
We drove up to Maryland on Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving with Lonny's extended
family. On Friday Aurora figured out the whole walking thing which she is very
happy about.
We went to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum on Sunday and after five hours
Ronan still did not want to leave. Every plane he's seen since he is sure is from
there.
Oct 31, 2007
Aurora took a step all by herself last night. She'll be walking before long.
Oct 27, 2007
Aurora cut her first tooth today. She is now one year old and I'm sure Ronan enjoyed
her birthday more than she did. He helped me make her birthday cake during which
time he told me, "I love love frosting." One love just wasn't enough.
He also helped Aurora open her presents and play with them after.
Oct 17, 2007
Aurora has started crawling up stairs. She hates her baths now because she just
wants to stand up and this makes things difficult. Ronan gets as close to her
face as he can and tells her loudly. "You have to sit down because it's wet
and you'll fall." He tries to be so helpful.
Aurora claps now, it's so fun to watch.
Ronan was very hyper when bed time came around,so in order to use up some energy
Lonny was going to run around the house with him. When he told Ronan the plan
Ronan asked "Will you carry me?"
Sep 17, 2007
Standing up is Aurora's favorite thing to do. She will pull herself up on anything
that is nearby, then she will try to balance, let go with one hand and then
let go with the other for as long as she can, then she just laughs and laughs
like there's nothing funnier than a baby standing up.
She is walking pretty good if she's hanging onto someone's hands and she cruises
around the furniture alot now. She only crawls in order to get to something
so she can stand.
Aug 29, 2007
Aurora crawled today!
Aug 28, 2007
Aurora stands all by herself for a couple of seconds and has even started trying
to step while holding onto something. She goes around very quickly on her stomach
but we're still waiting for her to crawl.
Ronan sang upfront in church today while all the children were comming up for
childrens story. He was supposed to sing "Onward Christian Soldiers"
but once he got up there he didn't want to and sang "Jesus Loves Me"
instead.
Aurora has figured out how to scootch forward and is quite mobile but still
no crawling. She does however randomly jabber "da" and "mama"
though there is no evidence she knows what they mean. She started swimming lessons
yesterday and did really well, she kicked all by herself and everything.
Ronan has just recently finnished his swimming lessons. He did well too, though
he doesn't like getting his face wet and therefore protested going down the
slide every day.
Jul 18, 2007
Just a quick note to tell you that Aurora has taken a couple steps while holding
onto us, and she has pulled herself into a standing position all by herself.
Jul 10, 2007
Our whole family was in my room when bedtime came. Lonny was standing with his
back toward the door and told Ronan to head upstairs. Ronan walked passed him
and slipped in the closet, closing the door before either of us noticed. Lonny
was almost to the stairs before I heard noises from the closet and called him
back. Ronan thought it was histerical.
Oh, be warned, Ronan wants to give everyone a baby for Christmas.
Jul 6, 2007
On the 4th of July we went to Gatlinburg to se a civil war reenactment and now
Ronan's favorite game is reenacting the reenactment. We also went to the aquarium
where Ronan got Lonny to buy him a toy that not only makes noise but that is
full of candy. I have spent a great deal of time since listening to the dolphin,
which he has named "Salty Tree because it's so big," and listening
to him say "Can I please have one? I just want to eat them all. PLEEEAAASE!
Jun 24, 2007
My mom brought Lonny a new set of Legos that he was actually letting Ronan watch
him play with. It was a castle set and Lonny told Ronan that the knight needed
a name. Ronan wanted to call him King Bo. Lonny explained that since he was
a knight he should be called "Sir" something. Ronan promptly said
"servant," so now Lonny's knight is called Sir Vant.
Aurora has started pulling her knees up under her from time to time so crawling
is just around the corner. She has also grown to long for her baby bath.
Ronan is greatly enjoying having his grandparents visiting and passed the time
in church giving Grandpa a new hair style. I am also enjoying them being here
because I get to sleep in. Not only that, when I finish nursing the baby after
supper, my kitchen is clean. It's like magic.
Jun 7, 2007
We went on a week long vacation with most of Lonny's family and have just gotten
back today. We didn't go very far because it was just a partial vacation for some
and they came for the weekend or whenever they were off work.
We hadn't gotten very far down the road when Ronan told Lonny's mom, who was driving,"Remember
to stay on the road."
We went to a Country Inn and Petting Zoo. Ronan loved it. There was goats and
llamas, chickens and peacocks. We got to go on a hay ride, which is kinda weird
in the summer, and the kids got to ride on a pony. There was a little playground
and a river with a swimming hole. It was a great place for children and Ronan
wanted to stay there "forever."
May 19, 2007
I remember with longing the days when Ronan was shy. Today at the end of Sabbath
School he told everyone the story of "the Little Engine that Could."
Fortunately it's a small class.
May 18, 2007
We gave Aurora some solid food Wednesday, and I use the term solid loosely, it's
like rice water. Anyhow she seemed to like it cause she ate alot even though she
had recently nursed. She kept grabing the spoon and shoving it in her mouth.
Lonny has been trying to get Ronan to say "I'm a real pirate" but Ronan
always says "I'm a real parrot" instead.
May 11, 2007
Ronan told us yesterday that he had silly germs and that they made him silly.
Something sure is. He asked me this evening what time it was outside. When I told
him it was 6:28 he said "Wow, that's cold."
Aurora is starting to scoot around on her stomach backwards.
During Ronan's quiet time the other day he wanted to look at the photo album
with all his baby pictures. I cautioned him not to bend the pages and then left
it for him to look at. When I went to let him get up he had rearranged all the
pictures so they were completely out of order and none of the captions matched
up.
On Sabbath Ronan went out to the car before the rest of us were quite ready
and by the time we got out there he had mud slashed all up and down the front
of his pants.
Lonny took Ronan to the BMW museum this past weekend and when they were about
to leave I gave Ronan a hug and told him I would miss him. He told me not to
worry that Aurora would keep me safe.
Ronan was able to find Easter eggs all by himself this year. It was amazing
the the change from last Easter when we had to point out each egg to him. He
can now recognize his own name when it's written as well as the word "baby."
He's starting to recognize some lower case letters pretty consistantly.
I trimmed Ronan's hair the other day and while I was sweeping up he went to
play in my room. He hadn't been in there long we he suddenly burst out crying
as loud as he could. I ran in there and he was standing in front of the mirror
saying as best he could through his tears, "I want it long, I want it long."
I tried to tell him it would grow back but he wanted it long "now."
I hadn't cut off much more than an inch.
Aurora is geting very difficult to hold while we eat. She grabs at whatever
she can reach getting food all over her fingers and has just about flung my
plate on the floor a number of times.
Mar 31, 2007
Well Aurora rolled onto her back today.
Ronan has come up with a new favorite way to eat bread. He eats all the crust
off than wads it up in a ball and takes little bites out of it. When I asked
him where he learned to do that and he said President George W. Bush taught
him. Where was I?
We went to a lake and played this afternoon and when we put Ronan to bed he
showed us his hand and said it hurt. Lonny ended up taking nine itty bitty splinters
out of it and Ronan didn't cry or protest or anything. I think it bothered me
more than him. It's a pretty extreme way to get out of goig to bed.
Mar 26, 2007
Aurora rolled onto her stomach today. I thought she'd roll onto her back first
cause that's what Ronan did but when she's on her stomach she doesn't try to
roll over, she just tries to crawl.
Mar 15, 2007
Aurora sat up completely unsuported today.
Ronan told us that "Aurora is the best girl on the world."
Mar 3, 2007
Aurora can sit up now if only briefly, she also tries to grab things and move
them around but her arm control is not that great. Things are starting to go
in her mouth though.
Ronan is getting to be actually helpful. He will pick stuff up for me which
is wonderful and likes to help in the kitchen. He amuses Aurora pretty well
and has gotten somewhat protective of her.
Lonny took both kids with him to gas up the car and apparently Ronan kept instructing
him on how to take care of the baby.
Happy Valentine's Day everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful day. Ronan has
been wanting those little Conversation Heart candies ever since last Valentine's
Day so he has looked forward to this day with great anticipation.
Ronan can count up to 14 now and while he's playing with his toys we do simple
addition and subtraction, putting some toys away and getting more out. He also
loves singing the alphabet song though he almost always leaves out m. Ronan
has two little toy trains that are just alike except that one says Bill on the
side and one says Ben. Ronan has learned to tell them apart by reading their
names!
Feb 5, 2007
The pastors wife at the church we go to used to work with Lonny. This past Sabbath
the pastor was telling a story and told how you couldn't trust his wife with
secrets and that Lonny knew this from working with her. Well I'm thankful everyone
was already laughing at this point or more people would have heard Ronan pipe
up quite loudly, "I know that, too!" Why couldn't I have shy children?
I have been reminded to announce that Aurora can roll onto her side now.
Feb 1, 2007
It actually snowed here last night. We played outside all morning. We even had
enough to build small snowmen. After watching her brother destroy our largest
snowman Aurora drifted off to sleep while Ronan and I made snow angels and winding
roads all though the yard. I'm proud to say that without any prompting Ronan
asked for Christmas music. Yay, for snow and Christmas music!
Jan 26, 2007
Aurora, of course is not doing to much these days though she can hold her head
up reasonably well and she acts like she's teething. Ronan however keeps us
quite entertained. The other night we asked him if he was ready to go to bed
and he told us, "I'm getting rid of my bed." The night before he couldn't
sleep because there was a komodo dragon in his room. I can see how that might
be frightening.