Ari has become so vocal lately! My favorite is hearing him start to sing songs. His favorites are “I am a Child of God,” “Wheels on the Bus,” and “Snowman.” Here’s a video of Ari playing with dad and then our rendition of “Once there was a snowman.” Please forgive our pjs and bedhair:)
Crayon roll-see Jenn's blog for directions http://somebrightideas.blogspot.com/
Burp cloths-when you wash them the edges get the rag look for a pattern see http://homemadebyjill.blogspot.com/2008/01/burp-cloth-tutorial.html
For Pete's b-day I made him and Ari matching felt tool belts. Didn't have a pattern but they turned out cute. More pics to come:)
This weekend we celebrated Pete’s 28th birthday. On Friday I tried to surprise him and bring in an ice cream cake to school, but he figured me out. It was still delicious. It’s amazing how many people came out of the woodwork 5pm on a Friday when we said “cake!”
Sharing cake with Daddy at school
Then yesterday we had the family over for dinner and strawberry shortcake. Ari did really well with his little cousin Alice. Mostly he just ignored her with all the attention he was getting from his uncles, but he did pat her little curls and gave her her pacifier when she dropped it. Maybe he’ll be okay with a new little baby after all.
Ari giving Alice a puppet show
Ari sure has been taking his grumpy pill lately….and taking it out on everyone around him. This morning I tried to go to a sewing group where all the moms brought their kids thinking they’d play and we could sew. We hadn’t even started yet and Ari pushed two of the kids down reverting them to tears. This is something that has just started this week. We tried to have a little Family Night lesson on being kind and saying sorry but is hasn’t sunk in yet I suppose. He shows no remorse and still won’t say “sorry.” He repeats most other words I say so I don’t get why he won’t say this one! So today I took Ari outside and tried to explain he needed to play nicely or we’d go home. We go back in and I watch him the first thing he does is push a boy down into a playcenter. The boy even had his back turned; it wasn’t that he had a toy Ari wanted or anything. Well we left of course but maybe that’s what Ari wanted…mom all to himself! He’s had a couple of rough days in general throwing tantrums over the littlest things and last night he woke up several times saying, “Mom? Mom?” The other moms tell me this is natural, all the kids go through it…any ideas?
No not Australia, Ari learned about the letter U and under this week at the library and came home with some new ideas. Do you think he knows what under means now?
As many of you may know every Saturday Jen drives up to American Fork to participate in the American Fork Orchestra. This means that Saturdays are a special time for Ari and I as we get to spend time doing things together. Some days we go for walks or hikes, others we will stay in and play and eat goldfish crackers until we have no desire to see fish. Most days we enjoy eating our “One” together (that’s Ari’s word for his gummy vitamin). And then there are days like today. Where we get to make stuff. Take for example the Tool Bouquet from today. Nothing says “I love and support you, yet still respect your man-hood” like a beautiful arrangement of philips, flat, and torx screwdrivers. Coming soon in drill bits and drivers…
If he looks tired we’re getting teeth and have been up since 4 AM.
Maybe its because winter hit us again but I was feeling like a change this morning. With the earthquakes going on I decided to “earthquake proof” Ari’s room. I took down any glass picture frames around his bed that could potentially fall on him. Ari is really into animals right now so I hung up his quilt his grandma (Pete’s mom) made him and some hangings I had just chillin in a box. He has spent so much time jumping on his bed today and pointing out all his favorite animals. Here’s what it looks like now:
the front
the back (with a list of what to find)
I got this idea from the gals in my complex and adapted it to what I thought Ari would like. Sunday was the test and he loved seeing things appear and then we’d point out other things in the beads to him. I think he’ll like it even more as he gets older. It was a fun two-day project if you want to do one too!
