So I have been very behind and eager to update. I can’t believe that in less than 3 months, Daniel will be two years old! I have so much to talk about!
My little man has such good manors. He says please if asks for more of something like a cookie or an M&M and when he says please he puts his hands up to his chin to make it hard to say no lol. He asks for a napkin if his hands gets dirty from eating and wash and dry his hands and wipes his own face clean. When he eats a banana he will take the banana peel and throw it way in the trash on his own. He will throw garbage in the trash with out asking him. He will enter a room and turn on the light switch and close the door behind him, and turn off the light when leaving a room and close the door as well. And best of all, if he spills anything on the floor; juice, food, lotion =) he will walk to grab the napkin roll, tear off a piece, place the roll on the table, wipe up the mess and walk over and throw the napkin in the trash with out me even saying a thing. Sometime I even walk in the room and he is cleaning up a spill.
He is learning how to count! This is very exciting. A month ago when learning the numbers, he started by counting up to three when throwing a ball. However he uses his own words. “uh, oou, eeee!” then he would throw the ball over hand, which by the way he has a very good arm, throws very hard and far for a little guy! So David started counting with him when they warm up his milk in the microwave. They would count down the time till the microwave beeps. You can hear them clear across the other room. So funny! =) I have been showing how to count with his hands as well. Daniel can tell you if he wants (1) one piece of candy and that he is going to be (2) two years old by using his fingers and words. Well, while we were visiting his grandmother, we asked his to count to three and throw something and instead he put his and up and counted 1,2,3 with his fingers and have been doing this ever since! He knows for certain, 1,2,3,4 & 5.
I have also been working with him his alphabet to correspond with the YBCR. It is all in preparation for real preschool curriculum. He Should be graduated from prep preschool in July and ready for the real stuff by August. =) After reading several positive mommy reviews of the Leap Frog Letter Factory DVD I bought it for Daniel and he loves it! it teaches the phonetic sounds of each letter in the alphabet. He can say at least 20 of the sounds. I ask him what the ‘D’ says all the time because that his name. He will sound out the sounds if you ask him, it is amazing! I truly think this is helping him learn to read as well. He looks at words in a way like he really knows what they say. It is weird to see him interact with something after I think he read certain words. For instance, he knows for sure ‘power, volume, on, off, play, open, close. The reason, for example, is that no matter where we are he can use anyones TV, DVD player, the Wii and almost any electronic appliance. He can turn it, off, turn up th volume, all by looking at the buttons words I think. Not by process of elimination. He memorized the whole word. It is really cool!
So learning colors is an interesting thing to teach. I am using skittles as my teaching tools haha. We don’t eat candy all the time don’t worry! lol haha I put one skittle in each hand and ask him to grab a certain color skittle. He gets it about 85 % of the time, the other times he isn’t paying attention and just trying to grab both skittles! It is a fun little game.
Daniel is very independent lately. He want no help doing anything. He can do it all himself. And going up the stairs is scary, I catch him half way up sometimes. =/ And Daddy is his favorite person in the world. He asks for daddy all day and wants daddy to take him on a bike ride. My big boy is doing well with potty training. His abuelita bought a potty chair for her house and he goes there more than at home. He even asked for the potty while driving on our vacation and went in the restroom at Zaxby’s in North Carolina, #1 and #2!! Woohoo! Oh and he also is in his big boy toddler bed with Transformers sheets!
Daniel really like certain types of books latley. Only learning types like the YBCR and Brainy Baby books. He really loves the Leap Frog Letter Factory DVD as well as Veggie Tales and SpongeBob of course and YBCR and also Richard Scarry’s Best Learning Video Ever!
Well there is a bunch more to talk about, but Daniel wants to play up stairs.
Up next I am planning his birthday =) I am a proud mommy.
Hugs and luv!
Amy and Daniel!
