Willem read to us a non-Bob book for the first time this week. He's been reading to us most nights and out of the blue he picked Llama llama misses Mama. It was late and we were all worn out and I started to encourage him to pick a Bob book but he was all excited to read the book he chose. Much to our surprise, he read us half the book that night with little trouble. He sounded out the words and with a little help was able to read it quite well. Cannot believe our baby is reading. He's been able to sound out basic words for awhile now but the words he was reading were far more difficult than what he has been reading to us. We'll be driving in the car and he'll say, "why does that car say jeep on it?" or "what does that sign say"-tried explaining a bankruptcy signed today, a bit confusing. I can't wait for the world to open up to him as he is able to read more and more. He's so inquisitive and is loving to read the Magic School Bus books and Magic Tree House series. Just wish we had more time in the day to read with him. Am glad he'll be able to quench his thirst for books on his own soon so he can read as much as he desires.
Another 1st... Riding camels
We went to the zoo two weeks ago and when we got to the camel area both kids asked to ride them. Up until now they've been very scared of them and paid them little attention. Not this time. They got right onto the camel with Jason and rode around as though they'd done it many times before. Two weeks later Julie and Rachel took them to the zoo and away they rode again. They are getting so brave!
Ellie now has an affinity for high heels. I find this pretty funny because I never wear them and she doesn't have any. While I was nursing Audrey the other day, Ellie found our step stoop and brought it over to my closet door. She proceeded to climb onto it and pull out a pair of heels from my shoe rack(from my working days). Then away she went clomping around the house with her new find. I wonder how long she'd been admiring those heels. She clearly had been thinking about doing this for awhile. Since she found them she's been taking them down most days to walk around the house in.
Audrey has become a scooter. We lay her on her back on a mat and next thing we know she's on her stomach and halfway off the mat and turned a different direction. She seems to prefer her tummy (darn the back is best research). Not a fan of sitting up in the Bumbo but loves the bouncy seat still. Grandma gave her a bath with the kids the other day and she seemed to enjoy it. Just got her bath seat out and plan to try it out next week. We tried the exersaucer but she's not quite stable enough yet.
Another funny happening as of late. Yesterday riding in the car with Ellie and Audrey I hear Ellie say, "stop Audrey, too loud, you hurting my ears." I hadn't heard Audrey say a thing. So Ellie repeats herself a few minutes later and I ask her what Audrey is saying. She says, "She's making kissing noises with her lips Mommy." A bit of a stretch for being a loud noise, especially coming from our child who usually knows only one tone and it is not quiet. Ellie is still enamored by Audrey at times but rivalry has definitely kicked in. She'd like to be held most anytime I need to nurse or care for Audrey, especially in the afternoons. As long as I'm not tending to audrey she's all about nurturing her but if I'm there she wants all the attention. Totally understandable, we are all still adjusting. Dinner time is our big challenge right now as we have a rule that the kids can't sit in my lap or they would both be in my lap each night. Well Audrey usually needs to be held at that time because it's her tired/grumpy time. That is not faring well. Not sure how that's going to work on the nights when I'm alone with the three of them. 5-7 is still the roughest time of the day for everyone, hoping that gets easier when Audrey starts being in the high chair and eating solids herself. We'll see....
