I was going through some old videos on my desktop and found this video from July that I just had to post. Not because of Sincere (although he is cute) because of the worlds cutest kitten.
Backstory- In early July daddy rescued an abandoned kitten from the highway in the middle of a rainstorm. How sweet is that? This was during his lunch break so he was in his work clothes searching the side of the highway soaking wet for a little kitten he happened to spot. Sometimes he is a pretty great guy. :)
Anyway so the no kill animal shelter in the area was closed for the day so he drove 2 hours with the kitten in his car back home. When he got here both Sincere and I fell head over heels in love. Crumby as you can hear in the video didn't not. He was up all night bouncing of the walls and even hooked his claw underneath my toenail. So we knew we couldn't keep her and two hearts hurt as the kitten went to her new home. I was upset and resentful about Crumby's attitude for 2 days. But I know he couldn't help it. He gave a lot up for Sincere and I couldn't ask any more from him. I just made sure I got some cute video before Muffin Crumbs (what I named the kitten) left.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Counting in English, Spanish and Chinese
So here are some videos of Sincere counting. Now let me give you a warning. The first video is of Sincere counting to 100. It is the longest video ever made. LOL! Seriously its like 6 minutes long so I don't expect anybody to watch all of it. The highlights for me are when he gets to 30 and 50 and he is trying to figure out what they are. You
can see him working through it in his head and he says "Three tens....30" and "Five tens (then he says five two a couple times) 50." But you might lose your mind if watch the whole thing. I thought I would share it anyways.
Now the reason its so long is because he finds it hard to focus on the task at hand when we are doing things. I have been working on finding ways to keep his focus or direct it back if he is all over the place. In the Spirited Kids book the author talked about touch as a way to do that so that's why you see me touching his hair or arm to guide him back.Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
He has been able to count and recognize up to one hundred for a while and can now recognize (but not count) really high numbers since he knows about the thousands
place, hundreds place, tens and ones place. He has been able to count to 20 in Spanish since before he turned 2 and he just learned how to count to 20 in Chinese. He picked up how to count to 5 from Ni Hao and I printed up the rest.
And yes my video bribe tool currently is Mike and Ikes. He will not perform on camera without a promise of payment in Mike and Ikes.
can see him working through it in his head and he says "Three tens....30" and "Five tens (then he says five two a couple times) 50." But you might lose your mind if watch the whole thing. I thought I would share it anyways.
Now the reason its so long is because he finds it hard to focus on the task at hand when we are doing things. I have been working on finding ways to keep his focus or direct it back if he is all over the place. In the Spirited Kids book the author talked about touch as a way to do that so that's why you see me touching his hair or arm to guide him back.Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
He has been able to count and recognize up to one hundred for a while and can now recognize (but not count) really high numbers since he knows about the thousands
place, hundreds place, tens and ones place. He has been able to count to 20 in Spanish since before he turned 2 and he just learned how to count to 20 in Chinese. He picked up how to count to 5 from Ni Hao and I printed up the rest.
And yes my video bribe tool currently is Mike and Ikes. He will not perform on camera without a promise of payment in Mike and Ikes.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Hollywood Here I Come - Don't Pack Your Bags Just Yet Sincere
Well searching on the internet for jobs I came across a contest for Juicy Juice. The contest was to get your kids doing something adorable, funny or amazing. It was last minute so I grabbed one of his bow ties, dads glasses and the only instructions I gave him were "Tell the camera how much you love Juicy Juice." The rest was improv. He does those faces all the time so I thought those would be funny. But I think what he is says is even funnier "Mmmmm...I know I want natural apple juice." That is classic Sincere. "Its scrumcious." Sincere. And he made up the song on the spot. But my favorite part of all is when I ask what his favorite time to drink Juicy Juice and he says "I go to sleep and wake up and get water. And it stinks!" LOL!
Now he didn't win or even place but I thought I would share this video with you anyway because I think it really shows Sincere's personality and how funny he is. But I am bias. :)
Now he didn't win or even place but I thought I would share this video with you anyway because I think it really shows Sincere's personality and how funny he is. But I am bias. :)
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Pretend Land
I realized I have posted no video of Sincere in his favorite place Pretend Land. I guess I have been lazy since I have plenty of footage of Sincere talking to imaginary cats, dogs, horses, caterpillars, Rolly Pollys (his favorite), ants, baby wolfs, squirrels, worms, seagulls, bears, trains, robots, flowers, etc. He wrestles them, chases them, gets chased, fights with them, laughs with them, gets pushed down by them (he falls down by himself dramatically and says the animal pushed him and starts crying real tears), goes to sleep with them, eats with them, you name it he does with his imaginary friends.
Its funny and cute to see his imagination at play. He has been hardcore pretending since about April of this year (maybe about 2 years 5 months.) It all started with him pretending to be a cat and pirate. Then it went into him creating creatures, friends, bugs and animals to play with. But its not so cute when he throws a fit because you pick up his imaginary animal wrong. Or when your trying to leave and he has to find his imaginary baby wolf. Or when you call Sincere a dog when he is pretending to be cat. When you squish imaginary ants by accident. Or when its takes several minutes to calm him down after he drops his imaginary rabbit. Sigh.
Here is some footage of Sincere that I found of him pretending to have some animals and bugs. He is less intense because this was right before bed but he can get pretty wound up about his imaginary friends. :)
Its funny and cute to see his imagination at play. He has been hardcore pretending since about April of this year (maybe about 2 years 5 months.) It all started with him pretending to be a cat and pirate. Then it went into him creating creatures, friends, bugs and animals to play with. But its not so cute when he throws a fit because you pick up his imaginary animal wrong. Or when your trying to leave and he has to find his imaginary baby wolf. Or when you call Sincere a dog when he is pretending to be cat. When you squish imaginary ants by accident. Or when its takes several minutes to calm him down after he drops his imaginary rabbit. Sigh.
Here is some footage of Sincere that I found of him pretending to have some animals and bugs. He is less intense because this was right before bed but he can get pretty wound up about his imaginary friends. :)
Friday, August 14, 2009
Reading One of My Favorite Books
The other day we found a copy of one of my favorite books from when I was little on a free book table. The copy was beat up and pages were falling out but you can't beat free. Even though we aren't really at the level of reading chapter books with Sincere I decided to let him try to read it. With a mix of sight words and phonics he got the first page pretty quickly. He gets distracted pretty easily so I decided to break up the pages in chunks. You can see him getting distracted in the video when he is imagining a station under one of the words and is worried that I won't get the lollipop out of the garbage (I didn't really put it in there). But I have learned with Sincere you just work at his fast pace, do stuff in small increments and be open to distractions and he will get it.
Its just fun to now being able to share a book I remember reading (although I was much older, LOL!) And excuse the camera work. I am always filming with one hand and a heavy camera so its not the best.
Its just fun to now being able to share a book I remember reading (although I was much older, LOL!) And excuse the camera work. I am always filming with one hand and a heavy camera so its not the best.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Marching to The Beat of His Own Drum
It's no secret Sincere tends to stick out in a crowd. You can have a crowd of 100 kids (don't know why you would be crazy enough to do that but) and I can guarntee you will notice and remember Sincere. And this is true for too many reasons to even list. One main reason is that he marches to the beat of his own drum. No matter what we are doing or where we are at Sincere is doing his own thing in his own way. He knows what is expected of him and how to do things that he is supposed to be doing but he just finds that he would rather listen to his beat then yours. That's just how he rolls.
Need prove that he stands out, marches to his own drum and is Sincere 24-7 here you go. This is classic Sincere. I guess he wanted it to be skins versus shirts. No go.
Need prove that he stands out, marches to his own drum and is Sincere 24-7 here you go. This is classic Sincere. I guess he wanted it to be skins versus shirts. No go.
Monday, July 27, 2009
George Washington
I guess George Washington is Sincere's new favorite president. First it was Obama, then JFK and now Washington. That's an impressive list. :)
In January (old video on here) we got Sincere a president fandax because we know he has a really good memory (which trust makes it hard for me sometimes) and thought it would be funny to see him say stuff like Martin Van Buren and Richard Nixon at 2 years old. And it was funny. He learned 10 right away and every so often we gave him a couple more and he would just add them to the ones he knew. His memory is so much better then mine that I actually have to check if he said the right name because I don't know them.
He now knows all 44 presidents. He knows most of them by heart without the picture but he starts trailing as his attention is directed on a dust ball floating by. It has taken me a while to get the video because getting Sincere to pay attention for a chunk of time on one activity (besides trains) is hard work. Plus I had to wrangle him, flip the cards and hold the camera. Harder then it sounds. But here it is Sincere at 2 years and 8 months going the list of presidents.
Also listen for the Andrew Jackson/Michael Jackson joke that he thinks is really funny. Its fun to watch his sense of humor and level of jokes grow. He comes up with some pretty funny jokes now. Enjoy!
In January (old video on here) we got Sincere a president fandax because we know he has a really good memory (which trust makes it hard for me sometimes) and thought it would be funny to see him say stuff like Martin Van Buren and Richard Nixon at 2 years old. And it was funny. He learned 10 right away and every so often we gave him a couple more and he would just add them to the ones he knew. His memory is so much better then mine that I actually have to check if he said the right name because I don't know them.
He now knows all 44 presidents. He knows most of them by heart without the picture but he starts trailing as his attention is directed on a dust ball floating by. It has taken me a while to get the video because getting Sincere to pay attention for a chunk of time on one activity (besides trains) is hard work. Plus I had to wrangle him, flip the cards and hold the camera. Harder then it sounds. But here it is Sincere at 2 years and 8 months going the list of presidents.
Also listen for the Andrew Jackson/Michael Jackson joke that he thinks is really funny. Its fun to watch his sense of humor and level of jokes grow. He comes up with some pretty funny jokes now. Enjoy!
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