Wednesday, September 12, 2012

15.5 months

Jack,

This past weekend you signed "please" to daddy and me when you wanted more bites of my oatmeal! We are so proud of you!!! You have recently started at Children's Hour Academy where you are making all kinds of new friends, have two teachers, eat snacks and lunch, take a nap, play, sing, dance and learn!  We are sure you picked up this new sign in your first week there.  Your first month of "curriculum" is all about bugs and you've begun to bring home some of your first art work. :) 

Right now you definitely favor dogs!  You sign the ASL word for "dog" every time you see or hear one.  You usually spot them from afar and are signing "dog" before I see it!  You even signed "dog" last night after you bath when you say the pug on my t-shirt.  So observant!

You loved trying macaroon cookies the other week, and they were a favorite for a bit. We make you banana and blueberry pancakes ahead and freeze them so we can get them on your tray first thing in the morning because you do not appreciate much lag time between wake up and breakfast.  Pretty much NO lag time.

By far your favorite pastime is exploring outside.  By the time you were really mobile this spring the weather was fairly steady in the warm/dry department and you spent A LOT of time in the backyard and new parks this summer.  You seem to enjoy the idea of not being contained and having so much to see/hear/touch/run to!

You have also begun to utter some "words" that we can decipher when you are also holding or are near the objects you're speaking about.  I think your vocabulary so far includes: car, dog, duck, "eeee" for binky, ball, dada, mama, and hi.

We love you.  A lot.  To the moon and back!