One great thing about having a terrible memory is that I don't remember at what age our kids, or our friends' kids, did anything. There's no comparison here, and I can be amazed with child development all over again. It really fascinates me. And, of course, I always watch and think my children are brilliant. Here are some new developments...
Jake - Since I mentioned it at his 4-month well check, there hasn't been any evidence of Jake rolling over. Today, though, he rolled over at least 4 times. Each time I missed it, but nobody was in the room to help him, so there was no denying it. He can definitely roll back to front now. He's also reached a thigh circumference big enough to get stuck in his bumbo seat. When I pick him up, I have to give him a little shake to get it to fall off his bottom.
Ellie - Ellie is showing a little bit of interest in potty training! We had a day at home, so I let her wear panties on a whim. She had a few accidents, but was willing to go to the potty when I asked her to. The next day we were out and about, so I just had her in a diaper. She asked twice to go to the potty, and kept her diaper dry (not clean, but dry) most of the day. I think when she decided to do it, she'll figure it out pretty quickly.
Eve - Eve actually took Ellie to the potty several times! She is such a good helper! She also has started some reading exercises. On a whim (I seem to be having lots of these), I started writing word roots on an erasable board, telling her how they sounded, then adding a letter to the beginning. She LOVED the game and was so very proud that she was starting to read. A few days ago I wrote John's popcorn words on note cards for her. She either knows or can sound out more than half of them already! John has enjoyed helping her with the game and trying to teach her to read (between the two of them, I've almost got this house running itself :) ). I also tested her on her letter recognition, and she knew them all except lowercase "q". Awesome!
John - On a comical note, John is coming home with things he's learned on the bus that are just slightly wrong, which makes it cute rather than a problem. He asked Eve, "Do you know how to spell I-C-U-P?" rather than, "Do you know how to spell i-cup?" and getting her to spell it. He also came home singing, "I'm sixty and I know it" rather than "I'm sexy and I know it". I did have to put a stop to that one when Ellie started repeating it and it sounded like the real words.
John is studying 3-D shapes in school. He's learned most of them before. I was drawing them on the driveway one day last week. He looked at them a few seconds, and can now draw a cube, cone, cylinder, and pyramid free-hand. That was shocking to me!
John is also reading amazingly well now. He's supposed to read or be read to 20 minutes a day.
One last thing, although I wasn't able to post the video. Today we went to the playground and there was a girl playing on a bar that had had gymnastics training before. By the end of our time, John was climbing so that his knees were over the bar, dropping down so he was upside down, grabbing the upright support bars, then flipping over backwards and landing on his feet. If you ever wondered why I have so many gray hairs coming in...
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