I just have to take this time, on Mother's Day, to say how much I love my sweet kids and how special they made Mother's Day for me.
It started on Thursday with Mother's Tea at Arya's preschool. She had been so excited about me coming and hearing the song that she had been learning. They had such a nice event planned for us. When we arrived, we went into the art room, which had tables set with tissue paper flowers as centerpieces, place cards for each child and their mom, along with brownies (that the kids had made) and pink lemonade.
Mrs. Foley called each child up, one by one, and read what they had said about why they love their mommy. Arya said, "I love my mommy because...she plays with me. She takes me to the frog pond. She made me a Pablo cake." It was so sweet. :)
Next the class sang a song for us. Here is a video of the song:
Since I didn't get the very beginning and since it is a little hard to hear, here are the words:
Mommy, Mommy, let me say,
I love you in every way.
I love you for all you do.
I love you for being you.
Mommy, Mommy, let me say,
Have a happy Mother's Day!
(The other night she sang the song for Grandma Carol and Grandma Ruthie too, and just changed the words to "Grandma, Grandma, let me say...")
Anyway, since Thursday, Arya has been so excited for the real Mother's Day to come. She made me a beautiful card with flowers, butterflies, and kitties. She also picked me lots of flowers from the yard. She made a special craft that she saw on a Caillou cartoon. She cut flower shapes out of different colored papers and put pipe cleaners through the centers to make stems. She made a vase full of them and put them on the table for me at lunch time. So sweet!! She even made me a surprise sand castle in her sandbox, which she said was especially for Mother's Day. Wow, I felt loved by my sweet little girl!! :) And I'm sure that Alex loves me too, he just hasn't learned how to do crafts yet to show me. :)
Monday, May 10, 2010
Sunday, May 9, 2010
What Alex is saying these days...
Alex has been learning lots of new words in the last few weeks. He has been saying "dada" for daddy for a long time, and finally started saying "mama" a few months back. (He seemed to think it was funny when I would point to myself and say 'Who is this?' to reply, 'dada.') I totally think he knew what he was doing too!!
He has been saying Arya since around the last week of March/first week of April. He says "dada" and "Arya" much more than "mama"!!
In the past few weeks he has started pointing to things he wants. He has also started saying "hot," and when he says it, he holds out his hand and then pulls it back quickly, as if he is touching something hot. The funny thing is that this week he has started saying all sorts of things are "hot", like the light switch, the milk in a cup, or even my arm. I've been trying to let him touch cold things like the gallon of milk from the fridge while I tell him "cold", but he still says "hot" when he touches it! I think he really likes being able to say words that we say though. So cute.
Another fun word he uses is "hide" or "hiding". He loves peek-a-boo, and Arya loves hide-and-seek, so he gets to use these new words often.
Alex loves to watch the birds and squirrels out the window in the living room, and he's been saying "buh" for bird for some time. In the last week and a half or so it has turned into "bur" though...only missing the "d"!
He is definitely understanding a lot of what we tell him. He loves to do high fives, clap his hands, wave hi (which he's been able to say for a good while now) and bye (he says "dah" when he does this - not sure why??), when asked. He also likes us to sing The Itsy Bitsy Spider, while he does motions for the spider and the rain. He will respond to the following requests:
close the door
sit down
come
bring me the ____
give me the ____
There are probably a good number more, but these are the ones I'm thinking of right now.
Today he was walking out of the room and he had taken off one of his shoes and left it in Rajeev's closet, where he was playing. I asked him where he was going and where his shoe was. He came back into the room and went and got his shoe from the closet to show me. It is so much fun to see him learning so much and communicating what he is thinking.
He has been saying Arya since around the last week of March/first week of April. He says "dada" and "Arya" much more than "mama"!!
In the past few weeks he has started pointing to things he wants. He has also started saying "hot," and when he says it, he holds out his hand and then pulls it back quickly, as if he is touching something hot. The funny thing is that this week he has started saying all sorts of things are "hot", like the light switch, the milk in a cup, or even my arm. I've been trying to let him touch cold things like the gallon of milk from the fridge while I tell him "cold", but he still says "hot" when he touches it! I think he really likes being able to say words that we say though. So cute.
Another fun word he uses is "hide" or "hiding". He loves peek-a-boo, and Arya loves hide-and-seek, so he gets to use these new words often.
Alex loves to watch the birds and squirrels out the window in the living room, and he's been saying "buh" for bird for some time. In the last week and a half or so it has turned into "bur" though...only missing the "d"!
He is definitely understanding a lot of what we tell him. He loves to do high fives, clap his hands, wave hi (which he's been able to say for a good while now) and bye (he says "dah" when he does this - not sure why??), when asked. He also likes us to sing The Itsy Bitsy Spider, while he does motions for the spider and the rain. He will respond to the following requests:
close the door
sit down
come
bring me the ____
give me the ____
There are probably a good number more, but these are the ones I'm thinking of right now.
Today he was walking out of the room and he had taken off one of his shoes and left it in Rajeev's closet, where he was playing. I asked him where he was going and where his shoe was. He came back into the room and went and got his shoe from the closet to show me. It is so much fun to see him learning so much and communicating what he is thinking.
Alex's Clogged Tear Duct
Alex had an appointment last week with a pediatric ophthalmologist, who examined him to see what needs to be done about his clogged tear duct in his right eye. He has had problems since he was just a few days old, and they just seem to linger. Because the duct is blocked, the tears and normal bacteria in the eye that normally drain through the tear ducts into the nose, aren't able to drain properly. His eye is often teary, and gooey discharge sometimes makes his eyelashes stick together. His eye will get really red and sometimes swollen, and sometimes his cheek is dry or red due to the constant tears. (Click on the following link for a little more about the condition from the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus.)
Having a blocked tear duct is very common in babies, but 90% of the cases clear up on their own by during the first year. Well, unfortunately, Alex's tear duct doesn't show signs of getting better on its own.
The ophthalmologist is recommending that he have a procedure done to open the tear duct. They will insert a probe into the duct, and place a tiny tube inside the duct to help hold it open while it heals properly. It will stay in for 6 months. Sounds awful to me. I hate to think of him having to have eye surgery, and to be under anesthesia when he is so small. But the doctors seem to think that the problem will only get harder to correct with time, but if they do the procedure now, there is a very high success rate. It should be able to take care of the problem and prevent him from having to worry about it for years to come.
So, it looks like this is what we'll have to do. I still have to schedule the date, but it will probably be taking place in the near future. Please keep my sweet little boy in your prayers that things will go smoothly.
Having a blocked tear duct is very common in babies, but 90% of the cases clear up on their own by during the first year. Well, unfortunately, Alex's tear duct doesn't show signs of getting better on its own.
The ophthalmologist is recommending that he have a procedure done to open the tear duct. They will insert a probe into the duct, and place a tiny tube inside the duct to help hold it open while it heals properly. It will stay in for 6 months. Sounds awful to me. I hate to think of him having to have eye surgery, and to be under anesthesia when he is so small. But the doctors seem to think that the problem will only get harder to correct with time, but if they do the procedure now, there is a very high success rate. It should be able to take care of the problem and prevent him from having to worry about it for years to come.
So, it looks like this is what we'll have to do. I still have to schedule the date, but it will probably be taking place in the near future. Please keep my sweet little boy in your prayers that things will go smoothly.
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