Today is Bethany’s second birthday. It really feels like just yesterday, or just last week, I was bringing her home from the hospital. Bethy is such an amazing girl. She has a very sweet personality, and she’s very bright.
Recently, I’ve been teaching her letters. She had been showing interest, so I took advantage of the opportunity. The thing is, she seems to really understand letters. We purchased a game on the XBox-flashcards. It displays numbers, letters, colors, shapes, etc like regular flashcards, and a voice names whatever is being displayed. I play this a couple times a week, and Bethy watches intently, repeating back each word. The other day she was repeating the letters, and when it got to Z, instead of saying Z she yelled “zebra!” (No, there was no pictures of zebras displayed). Yesterday I sat down with her, and went through a book ok letters, having her repeat the letter back to me. For the letter B, she said “B…baby!” Then C, “c…couch!” Again, no pictures, she is making the assocation between the letter and the sound, and I find this amazing. Maybe it’s average, but I think it’s amazing! =)
Today for her birthday, we had a fairly normal day. Dan is out of town for a business trip, so we’re waiting until Saturday to really celebrate. My sister-in-law sent her a jewelry box full of play jewelry, and she is so excited about it. She keeps wearing the jewelry and throwing it all over the floor. Everytime I try to put it back in the box she yells “no mommy! mine!”
I baked her a cake and my parents and my sister came over. She opened up one gift from my parents, and I bought her a very large balloon shaped like a cupcake. Her and Daniel have been fighting over it ever since I brought it home. Of course, he’s also adopted her play jewelry, and you’ll notice in the photos below, that sparkly necklaces look great with his Hulk t-shirt.
After we ate cake, the kids had an instant sugar rush, and went into super hyper mode. Daniel picked up an electrical cord (a short 3 foot one), and draped it over his shoulders and around the back of his neck, then he’d yell “ready! 1-2-3-4-5-6, GO!” and start pounding both ends of the cord on my canister vacuum cleaner. I’m assuming he was pretending each end of the cord was a drum stick. Bethy would then dance around, and slap her hands on her knees in rhythm to Daniel’s drum playing. (Talented kids I have)! Addison was really enjoying the music, and sat on the floor rocking to the beat. Whenever they stopped she also stopped and looked around, as if questioning where the music went. Then they’d start up again, and so would she, with a smile on her face.
And now for a few photos (Click on Thumbnail to view larger)!
