Where Has Fall Gone?

Fall has been a busy season for us and I haven't kept up with the blog.  I'm going to do a quick catch up and try to get back on track!!

9/09
Jasper is:  32 pounds and 38 1/2 inches tall!


As Josh and Jasper approached a train track on the way to daycare, Jasper said, “What are those men doing?”  Josh told him they were fixing the tracks.  Jasper thought about it and then said, “I don’t want the train to hit those men!”  How thoughtful J  We’re seeing him really develop some critical thinking.  He’s considering cause and effect.  He asks ‘why?’ ALL the time now.  We try to give him thorough explanations, but after several ‘whys’ in one conversation, I said, “because.”  He said, “What’s because mean?”  I said, “it means as a result of”  He said, “what’s that mean?”  I said, “something happened to cause something else – there’s a cause and then an effect.”  He said, “oh”


At daycare, Jasper made a footprint picture.  It was blue paint on yellow paper.  When we went to his cubby to get the artwork before we left, he said, “That’s not my picture.  My feet are blue.”  I tried to explain that blue feet plus yellow paper equaled green feet.  He looked at me like I was crazy and said, “No, Mommy, my feet are BLUE!”  I tried to explain it again, and I think he sort of believed me.  


10/09

Prepared all month for his Halloween Party!  Jasper had a great time buying favors, decorations, goodies and crafts.  He enjoyed making invitations and then actually decorating and preparing for the party.  He had 7 friends come to his party and they had a great time.  It was very cute to see all of them in their costumes.  They did a ghost craft, played a few games and had snacks.  


We visited the pumpkin patch and carved a pumpkin together.   We made a scarecrow out of some of Jasper's old clothes.


Jasper dressed as a pirate for Halloween and enjoyed his GENEROUS grandparents when he visited all of them the day before Halloween.  On actual Halloween, he dressed as a fireman and stayed home to pass out candy to 'twick or tweaters.'


Japser loves his pets and has begun playing with Herman more.  Around Halloween, Jasper began calling Herman a 'haunted creature.'

Working on Jasper's tummy troubles.  He saw the doctor and has been on a Miralax/Metamuscil regimen.  We're back in pullups for the time being, but he still pees in the potty.  In fact one day at Walmart, he announced he had to pee, so we hurried to the bathroom.  In the full women's restroom, he said, "Mommy, I have a lot of pee in my penis!"  I tried not to laugh, and had to agree with him!


11/09 


Jasper is: 33.8 pounds 39 inches!!

Jasper loves dinosaurs and enjoys the PBS show 'Dinosaur Train' where he's learning a lot.  He told us that a dinosaur that eats plants and trees is a herbavore.  He can identify several dinosaurs including stegosaurus, brontosaurus, tyranasourus rex.  He told me one day as he was pretending to dig that he was a paleontologist.

Jasper knows all capital letters by sight, some lower case (mostly the ones that resemble the captials and a few others) and he knows most letter sounds.  He can come up with words that start with certain letter and vice versa.

Earlier this month he rhymed!!  He was asked what rhymed with cat and he said rat and mat.

He continues to SING!  Jasper makes up own songs including the tune and words.  A lot of times the words even rhyme.  He likes to play or pretend to play drums, guitar, horns,  He also likes to dance.

His memory continues to amaze us.  About a month ago in church the message was about the burning bush and there was a picture of it on a screen in the front of the church.  He was intrigued.  This morning, the pastor mentioned the burning bush, and Jasper began craning his neck looking for the screen and picture.

He loves to draw and make crafts.  He will tell us what he's drawing.  He can make rough faces, shapes

He pretends to write and read.

Jasper recently discovered he LOVES everything.  He will often say, "I do love helping Mommy!"

He likes to help wtih 'recipes' (we made buckeyes recently and he enjoyed the whole process)

Jasper enjoys helping wash dishes especially using the sprayer and lots of bubbles.  He actually does a decent job of rinsing things before I put them in the dishwasher.

He enjoys helping daddy outside and in the garage.  Last week we raked leaves and he loved taking a 'leaf ride' in the trailer.  Today, he and Josh built a bird feeder and painted it.  (Jasper's color choices were bright green and orange!)