This has been an absolutely HUGE week for our little family. Normally I try not to brag too much but I just can't help it -- that's how monumental our week has been.
JACK
Jack this week demonstrated some incredible math skills. He walked Luke and I through multiplication tables and explained what multiplication means. Truthfully we aren't certain where he picked this up. Luke has mentioned basic multiplication before (using on 2x3) but he's never mentioned the numbers Jack was using. Also this week Jack decided to school us all on his knowledge of early America and the history of the flag -- now we've all been "taught" about Betsy Ross, the 13 colonies and George Washington. Finally, Jack is studying currency this week in school so before carpool one day we were working on some basic addition. Jack couldn't remember the difference in a penny and a nickel so he flipped the coins over and READ the value of each. He's been reading simple words ever since.
SAM
Sam woke up Tuesday morning and declared he was ready for underwear. I doubted it but complied with his request. He made it through the morning with no accidents but still I doubted. Then he made it dry through nap time. Still I doubted we were really doing this. Finally about 4pm, after a day of no accidents I was convinced Sam was actually going to potty-train. Luke brought home pull-ups for night time that evening and we haven't looked back since! Sam has only had 2 accidents in 4 days (one was totally my fault), is dry throughout the entire night and all through nap time. He can tell us when he needs to go and can basically go by himself (he needs a little help aiming). The entire process happened so dramatically fast that it seems as if a switch was flipped.
GRACE
Not to be outdone by her brothers, Little Miss rolled over front to back last night. We actually have never seen the roll -- she rolls in her sleep and wakes up oh so unhappy. We find a flipped over baby in her crib. Luke had to flip her at least once last night. Also -- apparently she talks alot...at least that was the comment the pediatrician made today. Finally Grace turned 4 months old. Technically she wouldn't be 4 months until the 30th but that day doesn't come in February so...not sure what to do there. Grace had her well-baby appointment today and she is 13lbs 12oz (up 4oz since Monday of this week!), 23.75" and had a head circumference of 16". She is meeting if not surpassing all her developmental milestones (the rolling and talking pushed her over the edge!).
Finally I, with the help and understanding of Luke, was able to, along with my business partners, launch Tot2Tot, LLC. See the post below for it's details.
Whew...what a week!
1 comment:
Yay, Grace and Sam on their milestones. Jack must be a genius. Although I hope his teacher taught him that Betsy Ross did NOT make the first flag. It was a story made up by her grandson. She did play a role in the Revolution by sewing flags but it was actually created by a woman in North Carolina. :) I can't pass up an opportunity to correct misinformation that we continue to teach in schools.
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