Teaching Language - At It's Finest!

This is how it feels to teach language to some of my children...
Seinfeld History Lesson

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An exchange I had the other day with a child...
Me: What is this?
Child: A dog
Me: You're right
Child: YES!
Me: So what group should we put the dog with?
Child: I don't know... the shirt?
Me: No. A dog is a what?
Child: DOG!
Me: Yes, but what is a dog? Is it a person?
Child: YES! ... No (and laughs)
Me: You're right, it's not a person it's an "A" "A"
Child: ANT!
Me: No, it's an "ANI.."
Child: ANIT!
Me: No, but good try, it's an "A-N-I-M..."
Child: ANIM!!
Me: ANIMAL! It's an animal
Child: Oh yeah, an animal!
Me: So where should the ANIMAL go?
Child: With the cat!
Me: (sigh of relief and roll my eyes that the exchange is over)

Mind you this concept has been gone over at least 6 times with the child. And the exclamation points are because the child says everything with emphasis and excitement!

By George, He's 2!

I've decided that being an aunt is the best job EVER! I get to spoil the nephews and then when they aren't behaving, send them to see mom :) However, I was glad I got to buy a fun vacuum toy for my nephew A's 2nd birthday. He likes to say "I need to clean, I need to clean"

Visit to Seattle

My mom and I drove up to Seattle on the 4th of July to see my brother and his family...

Since my brother's neighborhood is "un-incorporated" all types of fireworks were legal. A was scared to death so I let him wear my dad's Bose headphones (sacrificing my own hearing for the children...) I had borrowed for the trip. J thought it was great fun - noise and all! But mostly he liked chewing on the light-up necklaces I bought them :)


Since A was taking swim lessons, we decided to try out a local community pool. The temperature was a little chilly, but that didn't seem to deter the boys much!


We also tried out a new Aquarium/Zoo. You can't really go wrong with little boys and animals.


What trip would be complete without a picture of someone standing inside an animal's head?!? None, I believe :)

Spring Time Fun

Well, the time has come for me to update. I don't make any promises as to the frequencies of the updates, but 6 months is a little longer than I would like. So here were some activities from the spring...

They have this awesome park in West Jordan that the boys love to go to. Add bubbles and life just does not get any better!


My brother's kids came out for a little bit while he and his wife went to Hawaii. One of our entertainment options was going to the pool. Does it look like J likes the slide? I'm not quite sure...


My nephew A liked to do everything that his older cousin does and so I was the jumping pole that got him from place to place.


The bounce house is a FAVORITE with the boys! Although playing the video games has become more enticing than bouncing :)