Izzy has learned and mastered Go Fish. We started playing right before Christmas, and she is into it. She doesn’t like losing though, neither does Joe. They both want to play, a lot. Joe played this morning before school. When Izzy plays, they tend to team up now. I’m happy Read more…
Izzy and Joe have had a busy week. They opened presents for what felt like 4 days straight. I don’t even know what we have at this point. One thing is clear, Joe likes to cheat. The kid finds ways in every game to try to bend the rules, or Read more…
Joe had his “Christmas Concert” today at daycare. They sang 8 songs, including one in Mandarin. Joe knew them all, and was enthusiastic. He was so happy that Marny and I were there. It was really cool, I was sorry Anna missed it. He also loves to just sing the Read more…
We had a great week of Thanksgiving. So many things to be thankful for. We made our pilgrimage to Uncle Brian’s estate in Fredericksburg, where we ran the 5k amongst other things. Uncle P is the runaway favorite uncle/aunt in my opinion. He played with Joe and Izzy for hours Read more…
Izzy has begun to read. It’s pretty cool to watch her progression. It’s really clicked in the last week. She’s able to sound out basic 3 letter words and is starting to recognize certain words. She started really not being able to do it well at all, but her confidence Read more…
Izzy and I went to the Panthers v. Texans game last Sunday. I’m not sure how much she liked it, but she did sleep the whole way home and until 7 pm, after which she was awake until about 11 pm. She really wanted her face painted, which we did, Read more…
Today was Sunday, and after church we went to get some pumpkins. Of course, Izzy picked out the biggest pumpkin there ($23), and Joe picked out one not much smaller ($17). I picked out a yellow one and Anna already had one at home. After that we went to the Read more…
Joe and I wen to Idlewild park yesterday, and he played with me. Afterwards, there was a guy in the parking lot – Michael – who had a boatload of used discs. Jackpot. I hadn’t bought any discs in a while, and I really only try to buy used things Read more…
I got to go to Izzy’s gymnastics the other night because Joe got sick and couldn’t go in the Y. I’m glad I did because I wanted to see it. That said, I don’t think Izzy’s future is in gymnastics. Her favorite thing was the uneven bars, where you hold Read more…
This morning, I dropped Joe off at daycare (that’s our thing now), he asked me for a hug, then one more hug, then he went and started playing in his class. That was a big deal, because we’ve been having to have his teacher hold him while I leave. We Read more…