Preschool Starts Tomorrow

• We had a parent meeting for Mica's preschool tonight.
• Mica starts school tomorrow.
• He's really excited, and didn't want to leave tonight.
• Isaak and Elijah enjoyed playing with Daddy in the nursery.
• Mica's field trips for this year are to go to the Dinosaur Exhibit at the Fontelle Forest, a play at the Rose Theater, the Circus and they will go to the other church campus to play on their new playground equipment once it is all built.

Another Shirt I Won

• I just won a $25 gift certificate from Ju Ju Beane Boutique.
• My favorite section on their site is their organic clothing.
• I got the unisex shirt for Isaak. I figure that I can put a plain long sleeve shirt under this during the cold months. I love natural looking or bright clothing.
• No winnings for Mica lately. Just in Isaak's size.
• I won this through My Wee View.

Doctor Coming Up

• Mica and Isaak have their doctor appointment on Thurs. this week. That reminds me I need to tell my parent's I'll be picking them up early. My mind still thinks that Travis has them on Thurs and Fri. The joys of teaching, and schedules changing.
• I've been writing down a list of questions this time. I just knew I'd forget something.
• I'm going to talk to the doctor about Isaak's bow legged hang ups, Mica's poor muscle skills in his hand's, the couple of flu shots they are supposed to get and more on tummy issues.
• Mica hasn't had any tummy issues for awhile, but when he gets them it's constant. I'd like to know what the doc thinks. I have the same problems. I think it's linked to stress. Looking back to last fall, Mica had a fairly new brother that had gotten out of the hospital with meningitis, so Mommy wasn't around for a week for the birth and a week when Isaak was sick. Then he started preschool. Stressful, probably.
• I also started a tally of all the words Isaak can say. He's up to 15, but like any kid his age he doesn't say them when you want him to. It's like a couple words over and over again this day, then the next day he focuses on a different word. His vocabulary is growing though. I love how he's really starting to mimic too. He was actually trying to baby sing The Itsy Bitsy Spider, so cute! I don't know if he'd do it again. It's all in the age.
• Through Mica's tongue stuff and actually seeing a speech therapist; I've learned that as long as you know they can say a word and it sounds similar it's considered a word that they know. Even animal sounds are considered words. Mica spoke way over his level (better then Isaak); he really didn't need a speech therapist at all. Doctor's thought of Mica's tongue stuff as a mystery, so they treated him for awhile. It's better to be safe then sorry.
• "Mica" and "Isaak" will probably be some of the last words Isaak says. The "Ca" sound is one of the last sounds they pick up. Mica said, "Dock" for clock for a long time.

Banana Smash

• Isaak was more into smashing the banana inbetween his fingers this morning then he was eating the pieces.
• Stinker!

Isaak is Taking Over Our Bed!

• We're not a fan of co-sleeping! I just sleep better knowing that my son is safe in his crib.
• But...Isaak has been waking up early lately! Like 4:30 AM early. I take him into bed with us, then he falls back asleep. It's so close to the time to get up; I usually don't bother taking him back into his crib.
• If it's anytime before that, he goes back into his crib.
• Isaak sleeps longer usually, but it's just been the last week or so that he'd been waking up so early.

Bad Manners

• Daddy was showing Isaak how to blow bubbles in his soda.
• Isaak thought it was hilarious! I had to remind Daddy that what he was teaching him was bad manners. At least they were having fun.

Isaak Drunk

• He's not really drunk, but he was crawling and walking like he was.
• Isaak didn't take an afternoon nap, and his coordination was off.

Say Ball!

• Mommy said, "Isaak say ball!"
• Isaak said, "Bahh."

Isaak Hangin Out

Happy Birthday Daddy!

• I got him a Nemomatic book.
• It's full of robots! Really cool work that a guy we went to school with (Nemo) makes.
• I also got him a "Grumpy" shirt. Travis like character shirts, and Mica has fun picking them out with me. This one is Grumpy from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It looks close to the one featured, but not the same shirt.