Friday, February 15, 2013

Friday, February 15, 2013

Shit is about to change around here. Some things Micah has started doing in the last week or so? 

Repeating any word I ask him to say. 
Naming letters, specifically he can identify the letters A and D. Sort of.
Coloring, both in books and on walls.
Climbing on everything.
Sorting everything. He has a set of empty drawers near his toys that he uses to sort toys (and cds and magnets and anything else he finds) into. Things go in one drawer and then out and into another drawer. He's only smashed his fingers once.
He is actually asking for things. He's asked to have his diaper changed a couple times. He asks to go play the drums in the basement.
Temper tantrums. Full on temper tantrums.
Pointing to the eyes/nose/mouth/hands of characters in books and naming the thing he's pointing at.
Asking us to read books: walking over to us, handing us a book, saying "boo," and then climbing into our lap, putting his thumb in his mouth, and waiting for us to start reading.
Singing twinkle twinkle little star with us.
Climbing onto the sofa to look out the front window.

Right now he is hand feeding Kaya the dog food she didn't finish last night. It's in her dog bowl on top of her crate, and he's taking out one piece at a time and dropping it into the crate for her. And also laughing his head off because apparently, it's hilarious.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Last night, Micah walked over to me and pulled on my pants, so I followed him. He walked to the door to the foyer and tried to open it, so I opened it for him. He sometimes does this when he's ready for bed and when I open the door, he walks over and starts climbing the stairs and then walks into his room. Not last night. Last night, he walked into the foyer, grabbed one of his snow boots and handed it to me. I put it on him and he grabbed the other boot and handed it to me as well. So I put that one on him. Then he grabbed his winter hat and handed it to me. I put that on him too. He grabbed his winter jacket. I put that on him. Then he reached for me to pick him up and when I did, he pointed to the front door. So I took him on the porch and sat in the swing with him and we just swung for about 15 minutes. Completely quietly. It was really nice and I have no idea where it came from. He's never done anything like that before and he actually is almost incapable of walking in those bulky snow boots so he generally protests putting them on. As an aside, it was about 40 degrees out so all that gear wasn't needed anyway!