Thursday, July 21, 2011

Faith 2 Years 9 Months




Faith has been more challenging than normal the past couple of weeks. She continues pushing the boundaries, trying to assert her power. Regardless of how consistent we are and the consequences we give her, the behavior doesn't seem to change. She gets herself so worked up that she will sometimes scream for 2 hours.

Until Faith was about 18 months old I said she was so much easier than Bryce. Now she is so much more difficult than Bryce ever was in terms of being head strong and throwing fits.

Her intelligence seems to match her stubbornness. She is so bright and her vocabulary continues to amaze me. The other day I asked her if she wanted to play a game with Bryce and I. She responded by saying, "not particularly." What 2 1/2 year old uses language like this?

Faith has really been enjoying using Bryce's new V-Reader that he got for his birthday. If she keeps playing with it she'll be reading by age 4.

She is still into her babies. She is also liking play-doh, coloring, being outside on the swing set and playing games (Zingo Bingo is her favorite).

Friday, July 1, 2011

Bryce 5 Years Old






For the past couple of weeks Bryce has had fabulous behavior. He is so excited to be turning 5.

I've always told him that when he turned 5 he could chew gum. When I gave him his first piece I told him not to swallow it. The poor guy didn't understand me and was saving up all the spit in his mouth, afraid to swallow until he finally asked me if it was okay to swallow just the spit.

He is still very into dinosaurs.

For his birthday, we went to see Cars 2 in 3D, out to Fresh Choice for dinner, to the Disney store, and finally home to open presents. It was a wonderful way to celebrate his big day.

At his 5 year check he was 44 inches, which is the 90-95% and 43 pounds. Dr. Wold said he is doing great.

Bryce's 5 year old pictures








My friend Elise took Bryce's 5 year old pictures. The pictures were taken at her house.