A Whole Lot of Learning

So much has been going on the last week I'm not really sure where to start. John is at the age, where everything we do through out the day is a learning experience. We have been spending a half hour a day Monday-Friday specifically working on educational material. The last few days he has been practicing his cutting skills.
as well as learning to write his name and alphabet. And I'm proud to admit he wrote his name for the first time the other day with out tracing it! We have also been working on life skills. For example I have recently started letting him help me in the kitchen.
I'll let him do some mixing, and have him set the table, and help clear it once we are done, or I'll have him help put the dishes away. I believe it's important that he learn his way around the kitchen. There may come a time when he's out on his own, mom wont be cooking for him every night, and if he's not yet married I want to be confident that he can cook and clean for himself, whether he does or not we will see. Or even when he is married I would like to think that he'll be the type of man to help out around the house. Chances are he and his future wife will both be working outside the house, and if that's the case then I believe he should share in the house hold responsibilities. Your welcome future daughter in law :)
It seems a switch has gone off recently in Audrey's little mind too. Just with in the last few days she has really started talking more clearly, and trying to use more words. I'm happy to see that her vocabulary is finally starting to progress, but I'm fearful once she starts there will be no stopping her. It wont be long before I start searching for a universal remote that has a mute button that works on children. She has also recently learned to jump. . John got a trampoline for his birthday, that we have set up in his bedroom. Until recently Audrey would get in and bounce a little, or sit in there and want John to jump so she could bounce around. Just the other day though she actually jumped up in the air herself, and of course landed on her bottom, but she was still very excited about her accomplishment, and now that's all she wants to do. I have to admit though, she has a very good teacher.











Audrey also started using a spoon this week. She has been self feeding with her fingers and even a fork for some time now. But the spoon proved to bit a bit more tricky, until recently. Just the other day she ate a entire bowl of cereal on her own.

Overall we have had a very productive week. We even moved everyone one into new beds, but I will save that for another post. So today we let go of our schedule and just had some fun. John & Audrey had a friend come play for a few hours, and nothing makes them happier.