October fun

Today we went with David to a museum. Turns out they were having a Halloween festival. Since we did not know, David and Stanley were in their normal cloths, but they still had a fabulous time.

Stanley had a great time, but also got scared a few times. He sat next to David in the choochoo train. He was happy to get onto the train, but as soon as it left the station he started crying. It was going in a circle with a 10ft diameter. He just looked at me during the circles crying and asking to get out. David was so cute and held his hand and told him that it would be OK. After crying the entire time, I took Stanley out of it and he looked me straight in the face and said "Mama, more choochoo". Hmm.

Stanley also passed on the pony rides, but had a great time in the petting zoo. You can see in the pictures, that he has a sticker on his back. The place request all kids to have stickers with their name, the parent's name and the parent's cell phone number. There were quite a few staff with radios talking about different lost kids.

Stanley really enjoyed the more modern version of bobbing for apples. It involved finding thing in hay and putting them in the little bag that he had decorated.

The boys also went to wizard school and went fishing. It was a fun time and Stanley did not want to come home for his nap.

Our little Fireman

Stanley loves to read about trucks and trains. He particularly enjoys reading books about fire trucks and firefighters. Last Saturday, we went to visit the fire station and got a great tour of the trucks. We found out that some of the ladders on the truck are well over 70+ years old.

Stanley was a bit shy, but very happy to sit in the truck and pretend to drive it.

He also enjoyed seeing himself in the wheel of the firetruck and dancing.

Thanks Noe Fire department.

Nannyshare activities

Each day, Halima sends over a range of pictures from the boys activities. They definitely go from one activity to another pretty quickly. During a 10-12 hour day, they definitely get to do lots of things.

Here are some pictures from today...

This evening, I asked Stanley what was on the painting. He clearly pointed to the blue circle area and told me 'eLephaan'. I don't quite see the elephant, but he clearly did from the circles on the paper or at least elephants were on his mind.

The other news from the house is that Stanley is starting to increase and diversify his food intake. This evening, he decided to eat 2 pieces of pork tenderloin. Geoff and I just starred as he ate it making the pig noise.

Cleaning

I'm pretty sure the cleaning just spread it more, but at least they were all trying to help. 

Friends

Stanley and Wheeler have both gotten in the habit of crying when they leave their respective parents, but by the time Halima is walking down the street, the two of them seem happy and enjoy playing together.

Here are some photos that Halima took of them...

The most amazing part of the top picture is that Stanley is holding Wheeler's shovel and Wheeler is holding Stanley's pacifier and random other "toy of the day".

Giving hugs to each other at music class.

Preparing for music class

Corn!!

It turns out Stanley loves corn on the cob.  His teeth were hurting him the other night, so we bought some ears of corn at the grocery store thinking it might be a good thing for him to gnaw on during dinner.  Well, you can see by the picture below that he enjoyed it quite a bit.  He started with a whole ear of corn all to himself.  I think his grandmothers would be proud since they both enjoy corn on the cob quite a bit.  I just hope we don't have to wait until he is teething to get to eat it again.

Counting

We are working with Stanley on counting.  Halima has been trying to teach him his numbers, and he recognizes most of them (seven is pretty elusive, though) and can even string a few together in order.  Four-Five-Six is his current favorite.  We are trying to work on actually counting stuff so he can figure out what to do with these things.  Here he is giving it the ol' college try on his dinner with Julia.  Almost there!