6 Months

 

 

Happy Half Birthday, Sean Ryan!  It's hard to believe it's already been six months, but oh my goodness, what joy he's brought to our family!  Julia is so in love with him, and in general, he's just a very happy baby.  Here are some of his recent milestones:

 

• His first tooth finally poked through this week
• He's pushing up on his hands and knees
• He's riding in a bigger car seat
• He's tried a few foods - smooshed up blueberries, chewed on some homemade pizza crust, avocado (not a fan!)
• He's starting to make "dadadada" sounds (Tom's work is paying off...he tries to get him to say Dada every day!)
• He loves bottles of every kind, whenever he sees one he gets excited and squeals until we let him play with it
• He can sit for a few moments by himself, and then he'll nonchalantly put an arm out and topple over :)

Airshow

 

This past weekend we got to see the Thunderbirds!  Julia has always loved airplanes and points them out whenever we see them, so this was quite the treat for her.  We talked with her about how the pilots fly the planes, so since then she's been talking about how she wants to fly jets when she gets bigger.  Last night at dinner, she even showed us with her hands how she wanted to fly and do "flips" in the air! 

Sunset

View of the sunset from our back porch

Flannel Quilt

 "Good night" side

 "Good morning" side

 I made my own binding!

 

I've been doing mostly quilting these days (except for a brass catcher I made for Tom), and this was one that I came up with in order to use up some fabric I've had for about a year.  The fabric is Anna Maria Horner's "Folksy Flannel" line, and I really love all the colors and prints!  I wanted to showcase all the prints, so I cut 8 1/2" blocks and did really simple quilting.  That's probably the last time I'll make a double-sided quilt though.  Getting the seams and everything to line up was a challenge!  I do love how it turned out though, and it's currently being used as a snuggle quilt for the couch.



First Week of Preschool!



Discovering what floats and what sinks

"Back to School" sensory bin

 



Doing apple prints

Sign of the Cross sequencing

Sorting stickers

Q-Tip painting

 

We've decided to try out homeschooling, for several reasons, but mainly because of how often we have to move, and we think that changing schools frequently would be stressful on the kids.  Also, with Sean's hearing loss, getting one-on-one instruction from me will definitely benefit him, and we won't have to worry about working with teachers to make sure he's getting everything he needs in the classroom.  Anyway, our first week of preschool with Julia was a huge success!  I decided to use the Catholic Heritage Curricula, and we really love it so far.  The preschool material is very light, and mainly focuses on letters, numbers, and faith.  Julia's been doing great, and having fun, and it actually only takes us about 45 mimutes a day top get through everything.  Most of the photos above are of activities I put together to supplement her curriculum.  Hopefully the rest of year continues smoothly!