Ian & Flynn: Learning everyday

I guess we just never know how much our kids know. Ian has surprised me with new words this week that we had not taught him! He said, "clock", "sky", "washcloth" and "crying". He will often point to the sky and say "plane" when he hears one overhead, but today he said "sky", too! While we were at the store the other day another child was bawling in the next isle and Ian pointed that way and said, "crying". I couldn't believe it! He says that one a lot, when he sees someone sad on TV or in a book. His new favorite character is Cookie Monster. He has a set of Seasame Street books (thanks Pat!) with the characters face on the cover. He handed me the Cookie Monster book and I said, Is that Cookie Monster? and he put his hands to his mouth and said "yum, yum, yum, yum" like Cookie Monster gobbling up cookies! I laughed so hard! We didn't teach him that, either! So we bought him a Cookie Monster doll at Target today. He's getting more and more into books. We can point out objects in the story and he can tell us what they are. Last night I pointed out kids eating ice cream and he leaned over and licked the page! Haha!

He's getting really good at climbing the equipment at the parks. He used to need a hand, but not anymore!! He likes to grab our hand and guide us where he wants us to go explore. We visited a new play-place this week called Play Boutique, walking didtance from our house. It's a 5000 sq ft indoor play space for kids 0-5 with anything a kid could want to play with. Ian liked the mini ambulance you could scoot around in with a siren. He kept looking at the roof where the lights were, but alas, they didn't light up. The were several playhouses to play house in and Ian cooked me a meal and washed his hands afterward! He pushed around a toy lawnmower and liked the toy cars on a wooden track. It was awesome to just let him run wild and find what was interesting to him. We are preparing his little 10 gallon fish tank for some fish; the water is almost cycled and ready. The light on top makes and excellent night light and he jsut loves fish. We will pick some out in a few days! Stay tuned for pics of that.