Today we went to our first Halloween event of 2009. They were having a Family Fun Fest not to far from our house so we decided to go. I didn't find out that it was a costume contest till a few minutes before we left so I had to throw Sincere's not yet completed outfit on him. He actually was a good sport about the whole thing. But that could of been because of the promise of candy.
We got there just in time for the costume contest. The list was pretty long but people seemed to really be enjoying Sincere as Michael Jackson from the Thriller video and people kept taking his picture. So when it was time to get on stage Sincere went up there and I told him to do the moonwalk I showed him. I didn't know if he was going to do it or not but all he had to do was notice all the attention he was getting and he was game for it. I love the spin at the end.
He won and got a bucket full of treats, masks, flashlights, candy, etc. I was so proud of my little guy. After that they had trick or treating at local shops. Sincere wouldn't stop doing the moonwalk and this interesting shimmy shake he created. He is such a ham and he just adores the spotlight. His bucket was stuffed to the max.
Please ignore me looking raggedy in the background. I should have won for best costume. :)
R.I.P. Michael! Gone but not forgotten.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Measuring with a Dinosaur
Sincere found a measuring tape in my stuff and has been carrying it around the house for the last week measuring things. Also in the last week thanks to Dinotrain and Kestrel he grasped the meaning of hypothesis and has told me several of his own. He set up a measuring experiment and he told me his hypothesis was that Bertie Bus was the longest. So I grabbed the camera to document his testing. :)
Oh don't mind the costume. I found a bee and dinosaur costume at the thrift store and he has been living in them full time. He loves them so much I am surprised he hasn't managed to put them on together to become a Dinosaur Bee. He sleeps, eats, plays, dances and I am sure would bath in one if I let him. The fun part for me is that it makes the fits a little easier to handle. Have you seen a dinosaur throw a fit? Much funnier then an almost 3 year old.
Oh don't mind the costume. I found a bee and dinosaur costume at the thrift store and he has been living in them full time. He loves them so much I am surprised he hasn't managed to put them on together to become a Dinosaur Bee. He sleeps, eats, plays, dances and I am sure would bath in one if I let him. The fun part for me is that it makes the fits a little easier to handle. Have you seen a dinosaur throw a fit? Much funnier then an almost 3 year old.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
First Day of Preschool
Tuesday was Sincere's first day of preschool. I still can't believe he is so big! He was pumped up in the car saying "We are coming school. Just you wait. We are on our way. Hold on" I got the video at a stoplight on the way to the school. The light turned green but even from the short piece you can tell he was excited. He was really excited about going. Well I should say he was excited about US going. When he realized it was just him he had a mini meltdown.
The teacher said he had trouble sharing and didn't dance during circle time but nothing other then that. I was proud of him. I tried to talk to him about it but he got upset. The last picture was of the art he did on the first day (glue project). He didn't like the picture or his gluing job but I thought it was cute.
The teacher said he had trouble sharing and didn't dance during circle time but nothing other then that. I was proud of him. I tried to talk to him about it but he got upset. The last picture was of the art he did on the first day (glue project). He didn't like the picture or his gluing job but I thought it was cute.
Cutest Kitten in the World
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.
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.
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. :)
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