Chase's Journey

Monday, August 12, 2013

August Has Arrived!



Despite it being my least favorite time of year, we've kept busy and tried to keep balance... easier said than done! I looked back through the last couple weeks of photos and realized a) there aren't many for once, b) many are of food challenges/accomplishments as we play with our Master Chef challenges, and c) most of the photos that do exist of the kids are of them getting into trouble. So... with that, I'll try to share the few good ones I have :) 



Chase at Calvin's 3rd birthday party!


 The kiddos as part of the "Facepainting Extravaganza" we did for Aunt Julz' portfolio building... nothing like 20+ kids over for a few hours running around like nut cases... very... long... day... !!!!



Chase deciding that my looking away for 60 seconds was a great opportunity to grab his oatmeal for himself... this stuff is AWFUL to clean up! 

And the lovely, ungrateful bug Kaely with her complaining about summer... One more week until school is back in!

Chase has been running through the house now (literally), and takes great pride in helping with dusting, vacuuming, putting away dishes, and especially throwing away trash (and things that aren't really trash)- including his "stinky" diapers (as he says the whole way to the trash). More and more he insists on self-feeding, or feeding others- like the dogs and fish- which can be messy, but he's getting pretty good at it. I realize how much he understands now, and well, it's kind of scary!

His newer words and phrases (in addition to the list from 2 months ago) include:
-grapes (one of my favs for some reason- it's just so cute/funny the way he says it)
-apples
-drink (close enough)
-crackers
-cookies (Dave's fav word that he says- he gets so excited over cookies!)
-food (fish food, dog food, just plain FOOD!)
-book 
-key
-kitty
-duck
-bear
-chicken
-(insert animal sounds for horse, pig, chicken, sheep, bird, spraying sound for spray bottles (zssstt, zssst) or snoring for sleep)
-baby (this is also said in a whiny voice as his way of asking to be picked up and carried around like a baby)
-"good girl" 
-sit/sit down (most of this relates to the dogs)
-up/down
-eyes
-ears
-feet
-teeth
-shoes
-brush (comes out like... I'm not sure what- but it's regarding brushing his teeth)
-Daddy! (sounds different from before- now he says it with humor)
-"Where-did-it-go?" (I need to get this on video to get the sound of how he says it)
-Whats'up
-yuck/gross/stinky (all of the above- of which he cries "STINKY!" in public after he has a dirty diaper)
-milk (comes out as 'gilk')
-light (comes out as 'gight')

On that note I have realized lately that he does not pronounce "L, M, or N"- hence, no "mommy"- so "milk" is "gilk" and "No" is "bow"... kind of backwards on what most kids do, but he also uses a lot of "F, S, TH," etc. So it balances out in my mind.  I know I'm missing other phrases, but it's late and my brain has stopped working :) 

He still favors his left hand with eating or different activities- but uses his right hand a lot too. Who knows (and who cares? Honestly)! But it may help explain how he does things in a different manner and on his own schedule. LOL, I'm sure I'll be seeking answers to that puzzling thing for many years to come. 

To say the last couple weeks have been challenging would be an understatement, but what is our life without a little wrench or two to add to the mix? At the end of the day we can't complain too much... but when we have that first morning of cool air in the fall return while everyone is in school and we are back on some sort of schedule again? Well, it will be a wonderful, wonderful day!