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.
Friday, August 14, 2009
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!
Monday, July 6, 2009
See That Kid, He's Mine- 1st Day of Soccer
Sincere started soccer practice today. Now he is youngest one by far. Most of them are a year or year and half older then he is but I know he doesn't have problems getting along with older kids and he needs a physical outlet for some of that pint up energy.
Today he spent half the day as a spider but by the time he got to the field he was a dragon. And the dragon wasn't to happy about his shin guards. But besides that everything was going good until we got out of the car and he saw the cool playground in front of the soccer field. Sigh. So in true Sincere fashion he spent the whole time fixated on the park. He would kick the ball once and say "I am done can we go to the playground now." And then plop on the ground. He did this 40 times in the course of a 30 minute practice.
He also spent a lot of time using his hands to line up the ball perfectly before he kicked it which caused him to be way behind all the other kids during the warm up drills. But he made it down to the end even though it took a while for him to get there.
During the game we had a lot of Sincere shine through. He made the first goal (Go Sincere) but then proceeded to have a melt down, run off the field and plop down in the grass because the ball they were using was the one he had during the warm ups. With his bottom lip out he said "I am sad." I asked him why he said "That's my ball they have." So I tired to explain that's how soccer works and put him back out there. He spent the rest of the game having his own game on one side of the field after the kids got another ball. Every couple kicks he told me he was done and wanted to go the playground.
After we finished and I got him strapped in the car he looks up and says "I had a good time playing Soccer mommy." THIS KID!
Today he spent half the day as a spider but by the time he got to the field he was a dragon. And the dragon wasn't to happy about his shin guards. But besides that everything was going good until we got out of the car and he saw the cool playground in front of the soccer field. Sigh. So in true Sincere fashion he spent the whole time fixated on the park. He would kick the ball once and say "I am done can we go to the playground now." And then plop on the ground. He did this 40 times in the course of a 30 minute practice.
He also spent a lot of time using his hands to line up the ball perfectly before he kicked it which caused him to be way behind all the other kids during the warm up drills. But he made it down to the end even though it took a while for him to get there.
During the game we had a lot of Sincere shine through. He made the first goal (Go Sincere) but then proceeded to have a melt down, run off the field and plop down in the grass because the ball they were using was the one he had during the warm ups. With his bottom lip out he said "I am sad." I asked him why he said "That's my ball they have." So I tired to explain that's how soccer works and put him back out there. He spent the rest of the game having his own game on one side of the field after the kids got another ball. Every couple kicks he told me he was done and wanted to go the playground.
After we finished and I got him strapped in the car he looks up and says "I had a good time playing Soccer mommy." THIS KID!
Mustard and Fireworks
This video is of Sincere on the 4th of July. We didn't do much but go to the park (Sincere ate a random unknown berry and stuck his hand in a flying ants nest). And we watched the neighborhood fireworks but Sincere loved it. He was actually on his way to bed (hence the underwear) but they were so loud that he had to go see them. He was so excited.
The second video is of Sincere making a mess with mustard about 2 weeks ago. I had brought the mustard upstairs real quick and forgot about it. I didn't remember it was upstairs until Sincere walked into the office smelling like a hot dog. Anyone know how to get mustard stain out of wood Thomas tracks?
The second video is of Sincere making a mess with mustard about 2 weeks ago. I had brought the mustard upstairs real quick and forgot about it. I didn't remember it was upstairs until Sincere walked into the office smelling like a hot dog. Anyone know how to get mustard stain out of wood Thomas tracks?
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Feelings on Fathers Day
Sunday was Fathers Day 09'. Sincere and I treated dear old dad to a pancake brunch at Toast. I brought Sincere's trusty microphone to sing the song that he had create for him but he wasn't feeling it. Of course he sang it the days leading up to Fathers Day but the day of he wasn't in the mood. Tempermental artists are so hard to work with!
I got a couple videos from the day. The first one I will post is of Sincere showcasing his "LET ME DO IT MYSELF" stage. He is deep into that stage now and tries to refuse everything you do for him. Well everything expect cleaning up his mess. He wants to open the door with the key and put the money into the meter but he doesn't want to clean up his own mess. Where is all the independence when its clean up time?
Notice how big the pancakes are. He squealed with delight when he saw them. Took like 5 bites and was done. We took enough pancakes for the next two weeks.
The second video is of Sincere doing funny faces at the table. I thought his take on "sad face" was so funny. I was cracking up in the middle of the place and had to pull out the camera. Such a dramatic little guy.
I got a couple videos from the day. The first one I will post is of Sincere showcasing his "LET ME DO IT MYSELF" stage. He is deep into that stage now and tries to refuse everything you do for him. Well everything expect cleaning up his mess. He wants to open the door with the key and put the money into the meter but he doesn't want to clean up his own mess. Where is all the independence when its clean up time?
Notice how big the pancakes are. He squealed with delight when he saw them. Took like 5 bites and was done. We took enough pancakes for the next two weeks.
The second video is of Sincere doing funny faces at the table. I thought his take on "sad face" was so funny. I was cracking up in the middle of the place and had to pull out the camera. Such a dramatic little guy.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
library books
Sincere loves the library. I actually use it as an incentive to get him to do stuff. "If you get in the car tomorrow we will go to the library." He does a lot of running around at the library but he also picks out books that he wants to take home to read. I let him pick out what he wants from the kid area and we take them home to read through them. Every week we do this and he has gotten through a lot of books this way. In fact I am signing him up for the summer reading program at the library. I don't know what that will be like for the younger kids but I am sure it will be a challenge. :)
Here is some video from yesterday morning of him reading two of his library books from this week. As always its a challenge to get Sincere to focus enough to sit through the books without getting distracted. He gets distracted really easy but that's just who he is. In between the two books I had to let him play but he agreed to sit down for just one more before he was over it. LOL!
Here is some video from yesterday morning of him reading two of his library books from this week. As always its a challenge to get Sincere to focus enough to sit through the books without getting distracted. He gets distracted really easy but that's just who he is. In between the two books I had to let him play but he agreed to sit down for just one more before he was over it. LOL!
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