things are quite different around the rogers household lately. abby's reading ability has suddenly become about more than names. she can correctly identify many sight words, and is beginning to write quite well. she does sometimes spell her name YbbA, but we figure that'll pass pretty quickly.
we've made several new purchases in the last week or so (thanks, gigantic tax refund!): a temporary netflix subscription, a wireless router, and my baby, the asus eee pc. it's a netbook, which means a smaller laptop, but it does everything we need it to do, and it's pretty cute. i'm still deciding on a name for it...i'm leaning toward something obnoxiously cute/froofy. :)
this morning, brian told me about my birthday present. now, my birthday's not for another 2 months, but he couldn't hold it in any longer. on may 31, we'll be traveling to milwaukee's riverside theatre to see christopher guest, michael mckean, and harry shearer LIVE in concert. they'll be performing songs from spinal tap and mighty wind, though not in character. i'm insanely excited about this as christopher guest is my big celebrity crush, and i've been obsessing about him for approximately 10 years. squee!
22 March 2009
16 March 2009
16 months
ian is 16 months old today!
current skills: running, signing "all done", closing the gate, climbing up the stairs, understanding a LOT more words/requests.
current likes: screaming, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, paper, youtube, looking at family pictures, carrying around a sock, putting on shoes and socks
current dislikes: having face/nose/hands wiped, waiting for food, teething, being in a room with the door closed (doors must be OPEN!)
i haven't been terribly motivated to write lately, thus the sporadic blog entries. hopefully i'll get my blogging mojo back soon.
current skills: running, signing "all done", closing the gate, climbing up the stairs, understanding a LOT more words/requests.
current likes: screaming, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, paper, youtube, looking at family pictures, carrying around a sock, putting on shoes and socks
current dislikes: having face/nose/hands wiped, waiting for food, teething, being in a room with the door closed (doors must be OPEN!)
i haven't been terribly motivated to write lately, thus the sporadic blog entries. hopefully i'll get my blogging mojo back soon.
10 March 2009
gah
blah blah blah yeah yeah yeah.
i had a great oscar weekend in st louis with kim. we learned that "nectar" is not the same as "juice." :)
ian is going on 16 months now and is doing quite a few new things. he does a few animal sounds now: cow, dog, and snake. he continues to be a champion sleeper/napper/eater as well. we went to fish fry last friday with grandma and grandpa rogers, and learned that ian LOVES baked beans. this is not necessarily a good thing as the next day's diapers proved.
abby is well on her way to being a reader. i tried her out yesterday with some sight words and she knew several of them, which was kind of a surprise. we've been reading charlie and the chocolate factory for bedtime and it's been going well. she's enjoying the longer story. the majority of her play is imaginary stuff, and she's particularly enjoying assigning various roles to people, such as her desire for all of us to be a family of beluga whales.
blah. i'm boring today.
i had a great oscar weekend in st louis with kim. we learned that "nectar" is not the same as "juice." :)
ian is going on 16 months now and is doing quite a few new things. he does a few animal sounds now: cow, dog, and snake. he continues to be a champion sleeper/napper/eater as well. we went to fish fry last friday with grandma and grandpa rogers, and learned that ian LOVES baked beans. this is not necessarily a good thing as the next day's diapers proved.
abby is well on her way to being a reader. i tried her out yesterday with some sight words and she knew several of them, which was kind of a surprise. we've been reading charlie and the chocolate factory for bedtime and it's been going well. she's enjoying the longer story. the majority of her play is imaginary stuff, and she's particularly enjoying assigning various roles to people, such as her desire for all of us to be a family of beluga whales.
blah. i'm boring today.
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