Callie - sitting up

Callie can finally get to the sitting position from any other position. :) She's been so close for weeks, but never could quite get there.

She sat up by herself for the first time on Christmas Day. :) (She's been sitting up since she was 6 months old, but now she can get herself in the sitting position from laying down).

Callie had an OT appointment today. The therapist was pleased with her progress. She said Callie's shoulder muscles are still a little tight and her hip/thigh muscles could be a little stronger. She gave us some exercises to do at home. She actually discouraged the cruising at this point - she wants Callie to crawl so her hip/leg muscles can improve. Yeah - tell that to Callie! HA! She LOVES to stand up and pulls herself up on anything she can get her hands on.

Emma loves to stand, too, but she doesn't pull herself up as much as Callie does. Emma gets about half way up and decides she needs help. :) However, Emma seems to be much more mobile than Callie - Emma attempts to crawl (she actually looks like an inchworm).

Marriage Proposal and Cruising!

We were watching a show on tv last night and someone mentioned getting married. Well, Josh says, "Oh, now they're going to get a baby". He said you get married and then "get" a baby. :)

So, DH asked him how many babies he was going to have! :) Josh then tells us he's going to marry his sisters. I explained to him he couldn't do that, so he said, "Then, I'm going to marry you, mommy!". I couldn't argue with that one.

The girls can't be kept down any longer. They both love to stand...they both can pull themselves up to standing if the circumstances are right (they do better in the crib than anywhere).

Well, if you stand them up, they're beyond tickled...and then, they're off! They cruise around the couch a little bit and around their toybox (which isn't good). We found out the toy basket isn't strong enough to support them. :( Emma took a tumble when the basket moved...she hit her cheek on the table leg and she got quite the little bruise. She cried a little bit, but then wanted to be right back at it.

The girls love it when I get down in the floor - they think I'm a jungle gym. They crawl and climb all over me. :)

My Career

Interesting - since my BS is in Sociology (was going to go into Social Work - not a software developer).

Your Career Type: Social

You are helpful, friendly, and trustworthy. Your talents lie in teaching, nursing, giving information, and solving social problems. You would make an excellent: Counselor - Dental Hygienist - Librarian Nurse - Parole Officer - Personal Trainer Physical Therapist - Social Worker - Teacher The worst career options for your are realistic careers, like truck driver or farmer.

What's Your Ideal Career?

IQ Quiz again

Okay - I am just not a logical person, huh? Actually, in math class, I always hated word problems...I guess I still do. HA

I'm getting better at General Knowledge, though. :)

Your IQ Is 120

Your Logical Intelligence is Below Average Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Exceptional

A Quick and Dirty IQ Test

IQ Test

You know, I shouldn't have done this on Monday morning when I didn't sleep well the night before. HA

Your IQ Is 105

Your Logical Intelligence is Below Average Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Above Average Your General Knowledge is Average

A Quick and Dirty IQ Test

Josh's Christmas Program

His pre-school Christmas Program was Saturday. All of the classes did something (from the 2's on up). Josh's class did a little thing from the Polar Express. They all wore pj's - too cute!! They came in like they were on the train. They sang Hot Chocolate (kind of) and then Santa Claus is Coming to Town. Josh and his friend, Nick, were both pretty silly while they were singing.

It was really neat because this year, Josh didn't get one bit afraid of being in the program. Last year, when I dropped him off, he didn't want to stay back in the back with his friends. He didn't want to do the program (although, he did and did a fabulous job). This year, he didn't care if I was around or not. HA!

I tried to take some pictures of the 3 kids in front of the Christmas tree...impossible to get all 3 to cooperate! This is as close as I came to all of them looking at the camera...Emma doesn't seem to be too happy about it, but at least she's looking up. Callie's my poser and loves the camera. :) If you want to see the whole "series" of shots, click the link at the top of the page (go to Lots of Pictures of Me/2005...I think it's under the Christmas Program link).

Callie Stood on her own!!

Callie stood on her own last night for 5-10 seconds!! That's a long time when you don't expect them to stand at all!

We were playing and I stood her up and let go and she stayed there! She had the most petrified and excited look on her face. Whenever she's doing something where she doesn't feel overly comfortable, this look of pure panic comes across her face. At the same time, you can tell she's excited (smiling and making noises).

I wish I had gotten a picture of her, but my camera batteries were dead. :(
She did this a couple of times. Phil and Josh were at church when Callie did this, so he didn't get to see her at first, but she did it again after they got home!!

Josh was so excited, too. He kept giving Callie hugs and saying, "Good job, Callie!!!". :)

Josh and Scissors

I went to pick Josh up yesterday and his card was turned to Blue (bad)...
His teacher told me that Josh and his friends got some scissors, hid under the table and cut their hair.

I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry. Luckily, Josh did NOT cut his hair too much - you can't even tell it. His friend did a much better job at cutting his hair. He had a big chunk taken out of it. The boys did admit that they cut their own hair, not each others (thank goodness).
I talked to his main teacher this morning. They do have safety scissors in their art center and the kids are daily reminded of the rules...you ONLY use the scissors at the art center table and only cut paper, etc. They're trying to teach them responsibility since they'll have access to that kind of thing in kindergarten.

I had a hard time getting too made at Josh since the scissors were accessible. We did have a nice long talk about scissor safety, not taking things when he wasn't suppose to and no cutting hair!
He told me that his hair was getting too long and he needed to cut it. :sgrin He had just had a haircut on Saturday! I told him the only person that should be cutting his hair is Miss Claire (the gal that cuts his hair).