Sunday, March 2, 2008

Nightime Activities


Will loves books! He loves to look at the pictures and turn the pages. His favorite thing to do these days is to hand us a book and then back his fanny into our laps. He signs more as soon as we finish a book, to make sure we get the message to keep going. His favorite books are the Fisher Price Little People flap books.

He has picked up quite a few new words. He can say shoe, ear, eye, ball, book, baby, balloon, da da, ma ma, bye bye, hi, dance, thank you, ba ba (bottle), cheese, uh oh, mmm (tasty), oo oo oo (sound of a monkey), and no. He can do the baby signs for no, more, cookie, bottle, bye bye, dog, and baby.

Will is pretty fearless. This picture is an impressive illustration of his daring prowess. I'm still not sure how he kept from falling and hurting himself here. He loves to climb up and down stairs all by himself. We tried to teach him to go down backwards to be safe, but he won't have any of it. He thinks he should go down the same way we do. Fortunately, his falls in this learning process have been minor. He can now go all the way down the stairs by himself without falling by holding on the rail and walking down like a grown-up.

5 comments:

Hillaryous said...

HOW FUN! We need to have him talk to us on the phone! :D I think I know the sign of all those, but not cookie! I need to learn that one from Will! He's getting so big! Fearless is right! WOW! He looks like a surfer to me! jk

love you all! xoxo
HiLL & Dwilly

THE SAWYER FAM said...

As a mommy, that picture of him on the car makes me very nervous. But hey props to Will for not falling off. And yeah, I know what you mean about daring children. As much of a wimp Mallory is, she's not too afraid of doing new things. But then when she hurts herself doing new things she wants me to come and rescue her and scold the wall or floor for hurting her. "Bad Floor." Anway, good to see all's well!

Hammels said...

Finally an action shot... kinda. He is so big, too bad we will miss him for easter.

Sarah J. said...

Oh the joys of your firstborn! Kennedy was the same way- totally stubborn and very independent at that age. We love the Fisher Price flip books too! (Well... at least Pieper does!)

Hillaryous said...

Thinking of you two while you're in EUROPE! Not jealous at all... :D HOW IS IT!!!!????? You have to post all the photos and tell us everything! Travel safely and have a blast!
xox love Hillary