We are so very lucky to have a special family member to take care of our baby while we work! That special someone is Pat, one of my mother-in-laws. Anderson has learned so much from her, and we definitely think she could come out of "retirement" to teach more kids! But just grandkids for now, she says. Everyday at Mammaw's School, she fills out a sheet of the activities Anderson did that day. Here are some of my favorites over the past year.
10-12-10: Swang in the swing. Madison pushed me. Laid on mat looking all around.
10-19-10: Yelling/talking, making all kinds of noises
10-21-10: Hugged on white teddy bear. Grabbing toys to shake. Looking at self in mirror.
10-25-10: Played in Bumbo. Wore witch's hat. Couldn't see good with hat over eyes. Pushing feet against my hand to move body on floor.
11-5-10: Talking, said sounds "dada" and "N." Sitting up holding angel. Hitting xylophone with hands. Smiling at himself in mirror.
11-29-10: Playing tamborine and shaking egg shakers. Took off circles from stacker. Pulling to stand up holding onto fingers. Pushing himself forward in walker.
11-30-10: Sitting up and took his sock off and chewed on it. Watching a fire burn in fireplace.
12-1-10: Tasted puzzle piece #1, held it, and shook it. Listened to books and Christmas music.
12-2-10: Chewing on ABC's while listening to alphabet letters and sounds.
12-7-10: Taking toys out of box and turned box over. Trying to get up on knees while on tummy.
12-15-10: Making more sounds with mouth- even patting mouth when making sounds. Feeling Christmas tree branch, reaching for ornament.
1-4-11: Turned his name puzzle over and chewed on the letter "A." Grabbing a book, holding it up high looking at it. Turned pages too.
1-5-11: Grabbing Madison's book. She was sitting right next to him. She told him "no."
1-7-11: Untied my shoe and played with the string. Tried using crayons and markers on paper. Went from sitting to on his belly. Popping bubbles; reaching out to get them.
1-18-11: Shaking small moraccas and tamborine. Wanted to chew on tamborine. Took shapes off puzzle. Driving his car making all kinds of noises. Hitting pegs with hammer.
1-25-10: Scooting backwards on knees and belly, then got himself in a corner.
1-27-10: Stood up by train table, holding on to train and beating it on the table. Taking out cars from box and rolling them. Rolled over from back to stomach and back to back.
2-8-11: Took out all of the toys from box. On his belly scooting to reach other toys. Put crayons in his mouth after coloring on paper. I'd take it out of his mouth and he'd put it back and laugh.
2-17-11: Touching big stuffed giraffe. Sitting on Radio Rocket, holding onto handles and pushed and moved it using his feet. Pushing button on Marshall's US map toy.
2-18-11: Pulled himself to standing in a laundry basket. Took musical instruments out of box, shaking, beating, hitting, and tasting them.
2-22-11: smelling a bag of coffee (wanted to put it in his mouth more than smelling)
2-23-11: Rolling/chewing on cars on floor mat. Getting puppets from box and tried taking it off my hand. Taking puzzle shape pieces out of puzzle, turned it over and over until he hit his head, cried, and that stopped the play.
2-28-11: Crawling/scooting after crayon that kept rolling away from him. Looking and reaching for balloon. Getting musical instruments out of box and playing and chewing on them.
3-1-11: Excitedly watched bubbles and reaching out to pop them. Listening to and grabbing books being read to him. Reaching for big pillow with balls- it rolled from him.
3-8-11: Watched, listened, and smelled popcorn. Did not get to eat or touch. Pushing walker all around kitchen with his feet. Crawled over to train table, he reached up and pulled up to standing at table.
3-10-11: Crawled through tunnel to get his book. Sat up from crawling position. Reaching for calendar board and took one thumbtack off.
3-12-11: Listened to tape of household sounds. Looked and chewed on color ice cream cones and tops. Outside-crawled off the blanket onto the ground, moving the pinestraw out of the way. Got his first goose egg on head- standing up by train table and fell down and bumped his head.
3-30-11: Very vocal/loud today. Talking about all things, telling us about it. Wearing different hats, taking them off just as quickly. Taking off numbers/shapes on clock.
3-31-11: Crawling out of school room into den, looking back at me, laughing, and crawling away. Listening to music. Loves seeing CD spin around.
4-1-11: Throwing circles and wached them roll on kitchen floor. Trying to bite on end of bat, but he couldn't get it to his mouth. Taking off hats I put on him. Outside in car, pushing it backwards and hitting horn.
4-12-11: Taking blocks out of box and pushing them off fireplace hearth. Crawling out of den to kitchen. Turned off light switch and watched light come on when Pappaw turned it on.
4-17-11: Pushing rocket, walking beside it, pulled up seat. Getting ball rolled to him. He'd throw it; it rolled and he'd go after it. Pushing school bus on floor.
4-25-11: Rolling toilet paper down. Clapping hands with puzzle pieces in his hands. In Pappaw's "jail."
5-3-11: Clapping hands when I said "yeah!" and clapped for Marshall. Talking in echo microphone. Outside in walker, running it everywhere, over toes, KiKi, and into the mulch.
5-4-11: Stood alone after taking a toy off the shelf holding onto toy and just stood there for a few seconds. Rolling a truck back and forth to me and crawling after it.
5-12-11: Trying to get the remote control from Pappaw. Throwing ball to me and rolling it back to me. Climbing and standing up in green swing with Mammaw holding onto bars on side and back.
