Today I found out that Jeremiah knows his letters! I know a couple of kids his age that know the alphabet already and I tried to start teaching him earlier but didn't really push it until he showed more of an interest. I thought he only knew a few letters, but was surprised to learn he knew much more than I thought. He has that leap frog gadget that sticks onto the refrigerator & teaches you how to say each letter & what it sounds like. There's also a button that plays the whole alphabet (which he used to press all the time w/out it finishing the whole alphabet!) He actually has 2 here at home & 1 at grandma marie's house, so he plays with it often. I also bought Thomas the Train letter flashcards which he also loves. Anyway, I guess I'm so surprised he knows his letters because everytime I play with him & try to teach him the letters he gets bored w/ it and goes to play with his trains. Anyway, he recognized the "m" the other day & said "m" and today after dinner he was playing w/ the letters and I thought I'd quiz him. Low & behold he knew practically all of them! He got maybe 2 or 3 wrong, but we still praised him for trying. He still pronounces some of them wrong, but I'm sure w/ practice and at the rate he's learning, he'll get it in no time. I'm so proud of him & you could tell he was proud of himself because everytime we exclaimed "yay" he smiled & laughed.
Jeremiah is also starting to tell me "I love you" more often!!! He used to say it very rarely...usually after I'd tickle it out of him, but now he says it everytime I say it to him! What a joy that is & my heart skips a beat every time he tells me "I love you."
His little sister Emma has some new tricks up her sleeve too! She already mastered giving 5 and I recently introduced giving kisses. It didn't really take more than a day or two cause everytime I gave her a kiss I'd say "kiss" first. Now when I say kiss she plops a wet one on my face and then smiles and laughs. I love it! I've been working on clapping but have noticed her belly gets in the way. LOL. She's also starting to lift herself up more to cruise around the couches. It seems as though she likes standing better than sitting...which might help the belly situation! haha. As much as I make fun of her belly, I absolutely love her chubbiness right now..so squeazably soft! LOL
Can't wait for what new "trick" tomorrow brings!!!
so cute! tricks are the best! miss you guys.
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