Fun Times

The below is a random compilation of pictures from my phone over the last couple of weeks that I wanted to make sure were captured.

 Reid very happy with himself after he made it through the barricade I had created for him to stay out of the bathroom.  Oops!  I guess crawling under was not accounted for in my plan.

 Micah watching his show after nap time, and Reid joining in.  We moved the ottoman close to the couch to keep Reid away from the actual iPad so as not to bother big brother and his show. 

 Reid has started talking a little, as well as waving bye-bye, and this is a video that captures a little of those fun stages he's encountering.

Micah and I have been enjoying some alone time, with me making an effort to spend a bit of concentrated time with him...one day this week we did puzzles and hot chocolate.  yum-my!  Funny, the first time we did hot chocolate was watching Polar Express, so when I first mentioned having hot chocolate as our "snack" Micah went searching for the movie, haha.  I was impressed with the work he made and effort he put forth in putting these puzzles together, as they were definitely the hardest puzzles we've worked on together.

"Mmm, mmm delicious!"

Reid taking advantage of big brother sleeping and mom giving him some alone time :)

Our other activity we worked on this week was with our numbers.  Micah had to count the number of beans in the plastic eggs and then find the right plate to accompany them.  Numbers 1-10 weren't a challenge for him, so I moved on to numbers 11-20...he did pretty well with those, but definitely needs more help with all of those numbers. 

Micah really enjoyed our focused activities this past week, and I'm wanting to do better about giving him that concentrated time moving forward.  I committed myself to being more diligent about working with Micah and creating activities for him.  Since we decided against preschool for next year, I want to try my best to bring that learning experience here in our home.  I know I can't provide the social experience for him, but I can work on activities that challenge his little brain and help to keep him from getting bored.  We'll see how realistic it is moving forward, but if I can come up with a few activities and then pick a couple each week to do, I'm hoping it will keep Micah busy and learning, and thus give Reid a break from big brother's wrath :)