In the last week or so, Jacob has become quite the little storyteller. Sometimes it makes sense, and sometimes it's a bunch of random sentences all strung together, but it's always entertaining. It started with him repeating a bunch of warnings we've given him when he's standing on something that he shouldn't. "Be careful...don't fall...you'll get hurt...then you cry." He will climb up somewhere just so he can say this. We figure at least he's hearing us and it's sinking in, even if he doesn't actually listen.
From there, he started narrating familiar routines. If I said we were getting ready to go to class, he would talk about going to the gym, and playing with cars, and washing hands, and having snack. He has told us the things he does to get ready for bedtime, or what he's going to do when he goes upstairs.
We got a dusting of snow on Saturday. Jacob was looking out the window, admiring the snow. He noted that it was on the grass and at the park. On Sunday, most of it had melted and he was asking where the snow went. He saw puddles outside and said something about how there was snow at the park but now it was all gone.
We're hoping he'll do some of his storytelling while we're visiting all the family this week. It's just so cute that we want everyone to hear it!
Monday, November 24, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Back to His Roots
Jacob got a new haircut today. This is the shortest it's been since we've been getting it cut. It's easier to see this in person, but this new haircut looks very similar to his early days hairstyle. I like Spike 2.0.
We had pictures taken 2 weeks ago for our Christmas cards. If you were inside my pregnant brain, it would make perfect sense to you that I scheduled pictures before the haircut.
I like this one, as if he's showing us how pretty he is.
We had pictures taken 2 weeks ago for our Christmas cards. If you were inside my pregnant brain, it would make perfect sense to you that I scheduled pictures before the haircut.
I like this one, as if he's showing us how pretty he is.
Now I Know My ABCs
I'm playing catch-up. I didn't realize that it's been almost a month since the last post.
The biggest news from the past month is that Jacob knows his letters! It started off with just a couple (O and Y), and then he added a few more. Suddenly, in what seemed to be overnight, he knew almost all of them. He has an alphabet puzzle that he really likes to use in showing off his new knowledge. He loves to tell us which letters to draw on his doodle toys (Aqua and Magna). When we go shopping, he reads the letters on the building. The one thing he doesn't know yet is the alphabet song, but I'm sure that will come someday. He still confuses some of the letters that look similar, but he's figuring them out quickly. For awhile, he would tilt his head and call a Z an N, but now he calls it a 2. I'm not sure if that's a step in the right direction, but it's pretty funny. We are very, very proud of his letter accomplishment.
Jacob had a very busy Halloween. He wore his costume several times, yet we had trouble getting a picture of him wearing it. Either he wouldn't wear the hat, or he wouldn't stand still. We attended 3 Halloween parties, plus took him trick-or-treating for the first time. He caught on very quickly that when he rang the doorbell, someone would come to give him candy. After a few stops, he started pointing out things he could see in people's houses--like stairs, a dog, or a TV. It was pretty cute. We only went to about 10 houses on our block, but he came home with a bucket full of treats.
Jacob at the MOMS Club Halloween party, not cheating at the bean bag toss game
Sitting with his friend, Scarlett the fairy princess
Oh, so that's what his costume is! He's Curious George!
Curious George with his bucket, ready to trick-or-treat
Jacob's first-ever trick-or-treat stop, the neighbors across the street
Counting his loot at the end of the night. He may have sampled some, too.
The biggest news from the past month is that Jacob knows his letters! It started off with just a couple (O and Y), and then he added a few more. Suddenly, in what seemed to be overnight, he knew almost all of them. He has an alphabet puzzle that he really likes to use in showing off his new knowledge. He loves to tell us which letters to draw on his doodle toys (Aqua and Magna). When we go shopping, he reads the letters on the building. The one thing he doesn't know yet is the alphabet song, but I'm sure that will come someday. He still confuses some of the letters that look similar, but he's figuring them out quickly. For awhile, he would tilt his head and call a Z an N, but now he calls it a 2. I'm not sure if that's a step in the right direction, but it's pretty funny. We are very, very proud of his letter accomplishment.
Jacob had a very busy Halloween. He wore his costume several times, yet we had trouble getting a picture of him wearing it. Either he wouldn't wear the hat, or he wouldn't stand still. We attended 3 Halloween parties, plus took him trick-or-treating for the first time. He caught on very quickly that when he rang the doorbell, someone would come to give him candy. After a few stops, he started pointing out things he could see in people's houses--like stairs, a dog, or a TV. It was pretty cute. We only went to about 10 houses on our block, but he came home with a bucket full of treats.
Jacob at the MOMS Club Halloween party, not cheating at the bean bag toss game Sitting with his friend, Scarlett the fairy princess Oh, so that's what his costume is! He's Curious George! Curious George with his bucket, ready to trick-or-treat Jacob's first-ever trick-or-treat stop, the neighbors across the street Counting his loot at the end of the night. He may have sampled some, too.
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