>So, I’ve been playing with the movie making feature and the collage making feature of Picasa. It is so easy and really fun and fast. Here’s a collage of some photos from Evan’s fourth birthday….WAY late but, hey, they are here.
>Brothers September 22, 2010
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Right now Evan and Alec are very different people. Evan is mastering his fine motor skills and even writing, coloring mostly inside the lines and doing dot to dots.
Alec is still trying to master his gross motor skills. His arms are getting fairly accurate these days. And he is starting the very basics of fine motor skills. He opens and closes his little hands over and over again on anything he touches, blankets, toys, my side, my face…kind of scratching it to check it out.
Here he is trying to focus enough to get his arms to cooperate and get the toy off the table. He did manage to grab my soup at lunch the other day…we’ll have to be more careful.
But they will always be brothers…no matter their differences.
>Home Depot Project August 27, 2010
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We’ve been taking many trips to Lowe’s and/or Home Depot these days as Russ tries to finish the home improvement projects before the semester starts. Although, he seems to find new things to do every day. Hmmm.
One trip to Home Depot, they gave us this cute apron and a pencil box project kit for FREE. It sat around for awhile but then Russ helped him put it together and let him paint it with real house paint. I think he had a good time working on it. What do you think? http://www.youtube.com/get_player
>Mini-Golf August 26, 2010
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As the summer winds down I find myself trying to have as much fun with Evan as I can before he has to start school. I think he’ll have a ton of fun at school and be happily engaged doing lots of interesting things all day. But, I’ll miss him. (At least sometimes)
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So, I thought it would be fun to check out the new, and very beautiful, T-Burg Mini Golf up route 96. It was a bit hot and we were out at the hottest part of the day but he and his friend Cedar had a blast. They kept hitting that little ball until it made its way into the hole one way or another. Cedar, whose father is a hockey fan, used his excellent hockey stance and grip to his advantage. Evan had some rather interesting techniques but we all had fun.
>New Skills and Interests August 24, 2010
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Before Alec was born Evan had discovered legos in a big way. He got a set of the “little blocks” for Christmas and then he got sets for his birthday, for becoming a big brother and lots of other reasons. We liked having legos around almost as much as Evan did. They would keep him occupied for so long. He would even just read the instruction books over and over, turning the pages saying “bigger and bigger and bigger” as he pointed to each picture. Hopefully he’ll come back to the bricks again and again over the years but he’s just not into them right now.
Now, the “in” thing is puzzles. Lots and lots of puzzles. It took a little bit of coaching and doing them with him but now he can do all the puzzles you see here on his own.
Alec is also acquiring new skills. It seems that after a visit from his slightly older cousin Joel, he thought batting at and grabbing toys looked like fun. So, he’s been practicing. He does this intensely every morning, early in the morning.
I’ve also noticed that often now when he’s acting cranky he’s just bored. If we go outside or walk around the house he’s much more content then to be sitting in the living room or dining room AGAIN.
