I'll Sign Myself In!

Josiah goes to school in the afternoon 4 days a week. When I drop him off I am required to walk him to the door and sign him in. Being the Mr. Independent that he is, he would much prefer to just jump out the car while it is still moving and run in all by himself. Today because it was so cold I sat in the car until the very last minute before getting out and taking him in. While waiting in the car we had a conversation that just tickled me.
He said, "Mom, just let me go by myself today." I told him that I had to sign the book to say that I dropped him off. Josiah replied, "I can sign myself in." So I said that he would need to write my name. He says, "You mean I would have to write Teresa?" "Yes!" I said. He thought for a while and I could tell he was problem solving this little dilemma he had. "How about if I just write MOM? That's also your name right?" he said.
Unfortunately for him I still had to walk him to the door and sign him in. He was a little disappointed that I didn't go for his plan. My little boy is growing up. He doesn't want me to walk him to the door anymore. Isn't that supposed to happen a long time from now. He is only 4 after all.

A FunProject

Every week Josiah gets an allowance that he has to divide up between 3 banks - A is giving, B is saving and C is spending. We use the ABC Learning Bank by Crown Financial Ministries. On Sundays he takes his giving amount and gives it to church. He has saved up about $15 combined in his B and C banks. Anyway while we were out at Michael's today he decided that he just had to spend some money. I had already said I wasn't going to buy anything for him today so he declares, "I have my own money, Mom! Can I pay you back when we get home?" I agreed. Josiah bought a $1 build it yourself biplane. It is a kit that comes with all the wooden pieces, the glue and paint to complete the project. While Naomi took her nap we played Candy Land, Sequence for Kids and then he made his airplane. Here are pictures of the finished project

On Your Mark...

A couple months ago we rent the Wii game Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games. It was the best thing we have done in a long time. Josiah can be kind of lazy sometimes and doesn't like to do anything that requires any energy. After playing this game for a week and decided that running and jumping were the best thing in the world. This is how Josiah and Naomi spend many eveing while Greg and I watch on and cheer for them. The next olympians? What do you think?

Merry Christmas

Christmas Preparation

My Little Elves

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She's going to be a Movie Star

As many of you know Naomi gets speech therapy every other week from Laura Mize her speech therapist. She has been doing very well, but I will save that for another entry on her progress. Laura called last week and asked if it would be OK for her to film Naomi for her 4th video that she is shooting (it will be out soon). Teach me to Talk vol 1 is already available at Teachmetotalk.com (Laura's website). Video 2 and 3 will be released very soon and then the video Naomi along with other children will be in will be released after that.

Friday morning Naomi and I went to the church where they were shooting so that Naomi could record her few minute of fame. Since being therapy Naomi has starting talking a lot, but there is this strange thing that happens when she is around Laura. She reverts to all signing and very little spoken word. That is exactly what she did Friday. It was kind of funny since she had jabbered away all morning until Laura asked her to talk. Laura said she got some footage that is usable. We had fun and hopefully soon we can see the finished product. Laura's website is teachmetotalk.com where she has all kinds of helpful resources for parents.