Cherry picking is less fun than dandelion picking

"Mamie m'apprend des mots a distance"

"Sidney is a neat eater."

That is to say, "it's neat the designs you make on your face with your
food."

Ohhh la la le gateau

Miam miam

Zoooooom!

A few minor hat adjustments

Chapeau. Tete.

Nap time is... reading time!?

 

 

 

Sidney works the register

Nathan hard at work at his new desk

Scooters anyone?

On the muni

Alex

Second subject. A little less patient.

Street portraits part II

Street Portraits

Embarcadaro 5 minutes

Nathan's role playing

Tonight, Nathan and I read "In the town all year round," a great book of illustrations. About halfway through, Nathan said he wanted to read to me and Cocoa (a "dog" stuffed animal that Nathan sometimes calls his cat...).

"Now, what do you see on this page, Cocoa?" Nathan asked. He would then go on to point on a few things and explain them at length.

A few pages in, Nathan picked up Cocoa's head and replied to himself, "I see a bicycle" he said in a pretend "Cocoa" voice.

"Ahh that's wonderful my baby" Nathan said back to Cocoa, affectionately.

"This is for the bugs don't come. Because of the nounous."

Overheard

Nathan: "I'm making a cake for Maman, Mami, Papi." "I like Mami she's nice."

Sidney expanding comprehension

I'm seeing lots of little connections being made and light-bulbs go off in Sidney's head over the past few days. He is connecting many more "things" with words, and he is thrilled! Really giddy with excitement...

Tonight we were reading Creature ABC and we were going through all of the animals. When it comes to trying new words Sidney is about as timid as they come. He HATES not saying a word perfectly. If you try to help him pronounce a long word by walking through it with him, he gets all "listless, small and soft" and responds with a random whisper... (it's very cute)

However, tonight he was letting me help him with pronunciation, and was trying to say new things. Eventually he even started prompting me to help him. "Por cu pine."

His favorite page tonight was one he already knew; "Lion!" he would yell. He would then change the page, only to change it back and scream "Lion!" again in an even more surprised tone.

Nathan's mural (en gros)

Nathan's mural

"Cheese"

Snoozin in the beemer