Ever since Nonna was here, Andrew and I have been getting out the guitar almost every day and both of us practice. Andrew seems to be learning faster than I am, though. At one point during his "song", he even "changes chords". Watch closely!
Our YUPPY (Young Urban Professional Something Something) son.If you can explain this, I'd greatly appreciate it. (Yes, those are cups from the kitchen.)
Hammy smile. We finally saved the crust from Andrew's special bread so that he can feed the ducks himself. (He tries to eat the other bread.) He loved it! This is a pic to make Nonna and Papa proud. Andrew is digging into an In-and-Out burger. This is the first out food that Andrew has ever eaten. We called their customer service line to find out the allergy info and determined he could eat a plain burger protein-style (wrapped in lettuce) with fries. First he would only eat the fries. Then he moved on to the lettuce. Before we knew it, he finished off the whole burger! He's hooked!
This is Andrew's toddler bed. He thinks it's pretty cool, but not cool enough to sleep on yet. Little man puckering up for a kiss. A few weeks ago, Carolyn, and her daughter, Lauren, came over for the day. I hardly ever get to see Carolyn anymore so it was AWESOME to spend a whole day together. Here are the two kids playing by the pool. Aren't they adorable?! I love this pic of Andrew just because he looks like a Baywatch lifeguard. Watch out David Hasselhoff! (Okay, I was going to put a picture of Hasselhoff here, but ewwwwwwwwwwwwww! I guess I'll at least put the link. Scroll down a bit on the page.)
This is special for Papa. He remembers JUST who you are! Don't you worry.
I think Andrew gets a little too excited and wants to skip right to the end sometimes.
Gabe and I have discussed that people pretend to talk like babies and say cute made-up words, but "real" baby "made-up" words are the best! This is "Elmo."
"Water."
We just got back from our all-church summer retreat. We had a lot of fun. We had an ongoing contest throughout the whole retreat. All 5 teams that lost had to do a punishment made up by the winning team. They chose butt-writing this sentence: "Boo hoo. We lost a lot to the ultimate Victors [the winner's team name] :) !" I think I actually left some of the sentence out, but if you're wondering what "butt-writing" is (like I was), watch this clip. It was unanimous that Norman (above) was the best writer. :)
1. Vocabulary- As my big sis, Sara, pointed out in her comment on my last Sylvester post, she has an excellent vocab... Could it be from this book???
Excerpt #1: "The lion... went away confused, perplexed, puzzled, and bewildered." Wow. How many times do you read words like that in a children's book?
Excerpt #2: "You can imagine the scene that followed- the embraces, the kisses, the questions, the answers, the loving looks, and the fond exclamations!" Isn't that better than, "They were happy to see each other and gave each other a big hug"?
I've learned with Andrew that you always have to be expanding their vocab. I caught myself once about to call the coffee table, "the table where your toys are" because he didn't know the word, "coffee table", but then I realized that's how he learned the words he does know. He didn't know any words in the beginning. That's why I love this book. It teaches Andrew new words and reminds me of words that I should be using more often around him.
2. Donkeys- "While popular in Cantonese cuisine, they are not often found in Washington DC!" Just kidding... But if any of you can tell me where that quote comes from, I'll be quite proud of you! Anyway, donkeys never get written about. Why not? What's wrong with donkeys? Is it because of the sad, depressed picture that A. A. Milne gives us with Eeyore? Poor donkeys. Sylvester is really paving the way for them! Donkeys of the world, unite under your four-legged leader, Sylvester!!!
I realize that I haven't even told you the plot of the book, but I will soon. Stay tuned!
Today during Gabe's sermon, he brought up "going the second mile", etc. I thought it was an interesting conversation between him and the congregation...
Gabe: What does Jesus say to do when someone slaps you? Congregation: Turn the other cheek. Gabe: What does Jesus say to do when someone makes you carry their things for one mile? Cong.: Go another mile. Gabe: So if someone were to steal your iPod, what do you do? Cong.: [Pause] Gabe: Give them your laptop! Cong.: (Horrific gasps and cries) Not my iPod! But I NEED my laptop!
Interesting when put into modern terms, isn't it???
Spaghetti!!!
Our YUPPY (Young Urban Professional Something Something) son.
If you can explain this, I'd greatly appreciate it. (Yes, those are cups from the kitchen.)
Hammy smile.
We finally saved the crust from Andrew's special bread so that he can feed the ducks himself. (He tries to eat the other bread.) He loved it!
This is a pic to make Nonna and Papa proud. Andrew is digging into an In-and-Out burger.
This is the first out food that Andrew has ever eaten. We called their customer service line to find out the allergy info and determined he could eat a plain burger protein-style (wrapped in lettuce) with fries. First he would only eat the fries. Then he moved on to the lettuce. Before we knew it, he finished off the whole burger! He's hooked!
This is Andrew's toddler bed. He thinks it's pretty cool, but not cool enough to sleep on yet.
Little man puckering up for a kiss.
A few weeks ago, Carolyn, and her daughter, Lauren, came over for the day. I hardly ever get to see Carolyn anymore so it was AWESOME to spend a whole day together. Here are the two kids playing by the pool.
Aren't they adorable?!
I love this pic of Andrew just because he looks like a Baywatch lifeguard. Watch out David Hasselhoff! (Okay, I was going to put a picture of Hasselhoff here, but ewwwwwwwwwwwwww! I guess I'll at least put the link. Scroll down a bit on the page.)
