There’s only so much computer time, much less blog time and it looks like 7-thanks have taken over bullet updates. I’ll try to catch up a bite at a time. Here are notes on Joseph over the past month or so.
Nov. 11th: We had our first frost! (Okay, that’s not about Joseph, but I wrote it on his sheet so in it goes.)
20th: Joseph says “mama” when he the Grandma bit.
25th: Joseph knows upper case “I, S, W, M, O” and can place many letters in his wooden alphabet puzzle that Tante Anita gave him. He signs ‘G’.
Dec. 4th: Joseph no longer calls both of us “mama” but can say and sign “Bappe” and “Mama” correctly. He takes great pleasure in this and sometimes says and signs them over and over in succession. He does the same with “yes” and “no” (though he doesn’t sign them) and it’s terribly cute because “no” is a sweet word. It’s “nein” that really means “no” to him.
12th: Looking at some mammal bits I had spread on the floor to keep him busy, Joseph said “Caracal” (sounds like Karkal), “horse” (hs), “otter,” and more. This were retired bits, though not long retired.
21st: Joseph had croup again in the night, but this time I knew about the cold air trick and I stayed calm so Joseph recovered well and though he needed extra care in the night he would return to sleep after some rocking. We’re all sick, but not as sick as we could be. Here’s hoping we’re well by Christmas!
23rd: Joseph helped me make dream cookies, taking the formed dough balls I gave him, dipping them in sugar and handing them back to me. He did a very good job obeying and at the end he got to eat one. Oops, he’s up from his nap now, but I should add that he’s very good with the upper case alphabet. He can do most of his puzzle and knows most of the letters. Even if I write them out on a piece of paper he can identify more than half (though he says oddities like “ba” for “Z” because Z is for zebra).
