Daley Ponderings | April 2005

Jonathan Stuff

April 20 - Completely screwed on the parmesean cheese lid (empty jar.)
April 22 - "chalk"
April 25 - Tripped while dancing on the couch and landed on the coffee table - nasty bruise by his eye. But thank God, his eye is fine. It looks like he was in a fight...
April 26 - "basket" , "dark", signed "mommy"
April 27 - Said, "Daddy? down down, truck." When I said, "you want me to come downstairs and play trucks with you?" he said and signed "please."
Successfully put most shapes into the tupperware shape sorter. At first, he would only put them in if he saw the right hole. After I showed him how to look, he would pick it up and find the hole. The only shape he wouldn't do was the pie piece.

Posted by Heather Daley on April 27, 2005, 8:41 am | Read 2578 times | Comments (1)
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Daddy

On Saturday while we were hanging around on CMU campus for Carnival, Jonathan signed "Daddy." (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on April 19, 2005, 8:08 am | Read 2037 times | Comments (1)
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Yet Another Delay

When I said a year ago that maybe Jonathan would be in college by the time this was all done, I was joking, but apparently, it might come true. (More)

Posted by Jon Daley on April 18, 2005, 11:37 am | Read 2849 times | Comments (0)
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More and More

April 16 - "buzz" like a bee, "thank you" !! what a thrill for Mommy - and he's been consistently saying it when we give him things, "whoa" for slipping or similar. Unscrewed the toothpaste cap.

April 17 - "cheerio" with perfect pronuncation, "people", "bonk" (and repeatedly bonking his head on a metal railing...), "roll" (the napkin ring rolls nicely on the dining room table.) Third haircut - looks more and more like a little boy instead of a baby.

Posted by Heather Daley on April 18, 2005, 8:47 am | Read 2316 times | Comments (1)
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Repetition and Memorization

I can now recite in their entirety from memory:
Miss Spider's Tea Party
Dr.Seuss's ABC
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
and maybe Sandra Boynton's A to Z, though I haven't tested myself on that one yet.

Posted by Heather Daley on April 15, 2005, 9:38 am | Read 2376 times | Comments (3)
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Current Vocabulary List

Sometimes it's hard to tell exactly when he says something, or to remember to write it down. So I've compiled a list of the words Jonathan can say. Maybe I'll even post comments as he adds words. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on April 15, 2005, 9:25 am | Read 2943 times | Comments (6)
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New Words

April 8 - "three" So he can count "one, two, three" now, but often will still stop at two.

April 10 - "grass" (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on April 15, 2005, 9:11 am | Read 2343 times | Comments (0)
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Kisses and Sneezes

The other night when it was time to say, "good night" to Daddy, Jonathan kept leaning over for kisses, and once even pursed his lips the right way! (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on April 8, 2005, 9:08 am | Read 2009 times | Comments (0)
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More Animal Sounds

Jonathan's animal sound repertoire has increased to:
"ee-ee" Monkey
"moo-moo" Cow
"hoo-oo" Owl
"pphht" Elephant
"wuff-wuff" Dog
"eow" Cat
whispery sounds - like Dr.Seuss "soft soft whisper of a butterfly"
"sss" Snake
"ba" Sheep

Posted by Heather Daley on April 7, 2005, 10:46 pm | Read 3577 times | Comments (0)
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Porch Door, Knock Knock, Whistling

Jonathan can now open the porch door (going from inside to outside) all by himself! He was so happy with the accomplishment, he did it over and over. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on April 7, 2005, 10:41 pm | Read 3236 times | Comments (0)
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Power Wheels Lil' Quad

We have a neighbor a few doors down who is almost the same age as Jonathan. Today Justin and his mom and Jonathan and I were outside playing at the same time. Justin has a little Power Wheels vehicle that is designed for kids under three. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on April 7, 2005, 10:36 pm | Read 2827 times | Comments (0)
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Oiling the Coding Gears

Jon has me working on some stuff for Lime Daley so he has time for his other projects. For the most part, changing settings has a user-friendly interface that I can do pretty easily. However, there are some code things "in the background." (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on April 7, 2005, 10:31 pm | Read 2623 times | Comments (0)
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Helping Is Fun

I mentioned before that Jonathan likes to take the clothes out of the dryer and put them in the laundry basket. Now he likes to put the wet clothes in the dryer if I take them out of the washer and hand them to him. His favorite part, though, is pressing the button to start the dryer. He can't do that by himself, but I lift him up. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on April 5, 2005, 3:08 pm | Read 2158 times | Comments (0)
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Cute Things

On March 31, Jonathan was playing with his little people. He put a girl on one of the circus cars so that she was lying down, said, "night night" and put his head down on the coffee table. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on April 5, 2005, 8:39 am | Read 2100 times | Comments (1)
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Bits Update

Jonathan continues to love the butterflies. We're almost finished with Van Gogh. We started some mammals, which he likes, too. He likes geography as long as I don't spend too much time on it. We finished with states a while back, did continents, and are now working on countries in Africa. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on April 5, 2005, 8:10 am | Read 2053 times | Comments (0)
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