DAY FIVE: You know, it's fun to wake up each morning and hear Isaac ask, "So what are we going to do to help someone today?" So today started off with a trip to the nearby Barnes & Noble-- we've never just gone to sit and read. So Isaac picked up a book immediately upon entering, so we sat and read it and Beau grabbed nearby books to look at.
Of course had to play with the train table...
And decided that today was the day we were going to start focusing on really encouraging Isaac to learn to read. So we picked up some books and he has already read it three times today. Well, I shouldn't say "he read it" because he has basically memorized the pages -- so we're going to work at teaching him HOW to read it.
Following Barnes & Noble (which was a lot of fun) I told Isaac that we were going 'Dollar Store Shopping.' I told him he had $5 to spend however he wanted. So he picked an FBI kit (which he wore all afternoon and on our evening walk), a baseball bat and ball, a shark to play with in the tub, a jump rope and some jolly ranchers. Beau got a squishy ball.
After lunch and a baby shower, we came home and wrote letters to people. Again, he got to choose who to write letters to. We picked up stickers the other day and he told me what he wanted to say on the letters and I wrote it word-for-word ...
And yes, he even wanted to write one for our dog, Yaggy.
We were spoiled to have Dad home this afternoon so as soon as we mailed our letters (and may I just make note because I wanted to remember this tidbit of info, while Isaac and I walked to the mailbox, I asked if he'd hold my hand. Initially he said, "no mom!" and then he said, "well, I'll walk next to you" and next thing I know, he grabbed my hand! So we walked hand in hand to and from the mailbox ... ahhhh, I love it. I gotta keep taking advantage of these opportunities before he won't want to! So numerous times I kept telling him how much I love him and how special he is). So.... after we mailed the letters, Isaac went out back and played baseball with dad.
Following dinner and an evening walk,-- oh, insert service note-- when we got home from our walk I encouraged Isaac to bring our neighbors empty trash can to their garage. He thought about it and then said, "Yep, I can do that." -- Once home, Taylor taught Isaac how to jump rope. Isaac was so excited every time he jumped over the rope. And the last thing to take note of, tonight was the night (2 months shy of being 5) that he is sleeping on the top bunk in his room. Once he gets used to this and Beau gets a little older, we'll move Beau in! Isaac was soooo excited about being able to sleep on top. When we asked if he wanted to he gave us the non-ending head nod. And a picture to prove how happy he was:
I love this "I love you" sign stage! We have this thing where I make the sign and he "pinky promises" our pinkies together and we say "I love you forever and ever!"
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