American Idol Sincere Style

Sincere is a singer no doubt about it. He sings almost all day everyday. Sometimes I feel like I am living in a musical. He makes up songs for his daily activities and has a long list of traditional favorites he visits anytime the singing mood pops up.

I got him practicing some of his favorites tonight. I show you at the end that he will make up a song for anything. I could of said baby blog and he would of gone to town on it. He is just a singing boy. Now I said he was a singer. I didn't say he was a GOOD singer. Enjoy.

1+1= Sincere and Mommy Doing Math

Sincere resisted math since the first time I tried doing it with him. So I set it aside and we worked on reading which he enjoys. Recently he started to use my fingers to count out stuff and for some reason that helped him become more interested in math. Or maybe he just wanted to do it now and not before. Who knows with this kid but here he is showing some of the addition and subtraction he knows.

Disclaimer- I got him to do this on camera with a bag of gummy worms after failing without gummy worms. I set them on the window sill with a promise for him to have some if he let me record him. Its amazing what the promise of a gummy worm will do. LOL!

Some More Reading

We haven't really been working on the reading this month because its been super busy. But he is still working his way down his reading list and we are currently on story number 5 on the list. I captured this video today of the last book he finished, Mox the Fox. We are now onto Gus the Duck which should be fun since there is a bug in the story and Sincere is scared of bugs. LOL!

In Honor of the Inauguration

Sincere would like to present to you the last 10 presidents!!!

Like 2 weeks ago we were in Barnes and Nobles and I spotted this President Fandax. Sincere is good with names and faces so I thought this might be a fun party trick. I am always looking for new ways to entertain guests. Well he has been picking them up quickly. Funny things from behind the scenes (consider this your bonus material on the dvd). Sincere calls the first George Bush, Herbert Bush in order to avoid confusion with the second. But his original name for him the first time we went through the cards was Rat Bush. I kid you not. Out of the mouth of babes. :)

He kept calling Richard Nixon "scccaaarryyy" I don't know why put he was scared of him. He says Jimmy Carter like he is talking about the tv show "Welcome Back Carter" and insists on saying Lyndon Johnson's name in a high pitched voice. I just report the facts I don't even question.

Phonics and words

Sincere has been able to sound out words for a while now. We begin doing phonics with him about 17 months after he learned the alphabet. After Sincere had the letters down it picked up the sounds right away. Then we worked on sight words and then phonics. I don't know if that is the order you supposed to do it in but oh well. LOL! Sometimes he will guess at a word but if I slow him down and tell him to sound it out he gets the word. He has figured out some tough words when we are out in public.

I just realized in the video when he says dog he does a downward dog. LOL! And when he isn't paying attention in the middle of the video I held up a piece of Christmas candy to get his attention. Bad mommy. :)

The other video is longer and is just some older video of Sincere working on sounds and words on Starfall.

Sincere Calling Shantel

I don't talk a lot on the cell phone. But I will admit when I do I tend to talk to Shantel the most. The other day I was sitting with Sincere and he picked up the phone and started to try to call Shantel and he acted like she picked up the phone and they were talking. He went on and on so I ran to the room grabbed the camera and he called her quickly again for me. So funny because he actually gave a pretty good imitation of me.

Maybe this means we talk to each other too much!!!

Parent of the Year Award Here I Come

Sincere went to go see Santa. Everything was fine until he actually had to get near the big guy. After that it was downhill. Of course being the attentive loving mom I am I stood there and recorded it instead of comforting him. I am telling you I am one bad parenting decision from mom of the year.:)