I know... two posts in the same month let alone the same week! Take a moment to soak it all up . . .
Perhaps it's the eternal teacher in me (I taught special ed. for 7 years before Double Trouble arrived.) or just the dork who has always been interested in phases of learning and development, but I love to watch all of these new stages that the boys are flying through lately. These last few weeks have just blown me away with actually being able to have a pretty meaningful conversation with them. Albeit, the conversations are short and usually about tractors, trucks, or trains. (While we're touching on it, what is it with boys and transportation things? Has to be a natural inclination.) But come on, they are two-year-old boys. I expect a lot out of them, but I can't rush it too much, can I?
In addition to all the new dialogues at our house, the boys can now verbally spell their names. We just picked out a simple tune and the sing/spell their names. The really exciting thing for me was to see that they are developing left-to-right correspondence (teacher talk for looking at things from left to right) when looking at books and letters. (Okay, that even sounds way dorky to me, but it still is really exciting!) They are asking questions and, at times, answering their brother's question.
This is where the stay-at-home part becomes abundantly worth it! Those first few months of little interaction and repetitive tasks have blossomed into two bundles of energy with personalities and intelligence to boot! So incredibly blessed!
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