Music, Monkeys And More

Last week Rebecca and Mommy were on their own while Daddy traveled to France.  We tried to keep busy while he was gone.  Here is what went on.

We spent a lot of time playing, building with blocks, exploring outside and just having fun.

Rebecca had her first day of Kindermusik.  The theme this year is Milk And Cookies.  She had so much fun!  We have a larger class again this year, and got to meet some new friends.  It's amazing to see how much Rebecca has changed from last year.  She is now one of the oldest kids in the class.  She participates so well.  She follows directions.  She answered every question Miss Lynette asked during story time.  She actually sat still on the story blanket through the whole story instead of wandering around, trying to sit on Miss Lynette's lap, etc.  She sang along to the songs she knew.  She is so independent.  It's fun to watch her learn and grow.

Mommy had an appt. with her psychologist.  Rebecca loves that...she gets to play with a doll house.  And she was especially excited because she got to pick out a present for doing so well with potty training.  Rebecca picked a game of jacks...just like Sister Bear plays in The Bernstein Bears :)

Giving George a kiss and a hug.

Yesterday morning we went to the Grand Rapids Children's Museum to see the Curious George exhibit.  Rebecca LOVES CG.  It was pretty obvious too...when she saw the George statue (bigger than Rebecca) she ran right up to it and planted a big kiss on his lips :)  We went with Grandpa and Grandma Holleboom, Uncle Kevin, Aunt Sara, Carson and Uncle Dan.  We all had a lot of fun exploring and playing.  Rebecca and Carson probably could have kept playing for hours.  We headed back to our house with everyone for lunch.  When we got here the power was out.  Thankfully it came back on after about a half hour.  After getting a little food in their bellies Rebecca and Carson played and played and ran and ran.  They were like two peas in a pod :)  Rebecca was sad when Carson had to leave.  But hopefully we'll get to see them again in a few weeks.  Rebecca got so worn out from all of the playing and excitement...a little too worn out.  She was so over tired that she couldn't sleep.  So she was pretty tired by the end of the day.  But we stayed up long enough to welcome Daddy home!  Rebecca was excited to see him and get a couple fun souveniers.  She liked the chocolate he brought home too :)  By the time we visited with Daddy for a bit Rebecca was about bouncing off the walls from being over tired.  Hopefully she'll catch up on sleep today :)

Rebecca continues to learn and grow every day.  She is becoming a very good singer.  She knows so many songs and loves to sing along to her CDs using her microphone.  Rebecca is experimenting with loud and soft lately.  She'll whisper as softly as she possibly can (barely audible)...then yell something out.  She thinks it's pretty funny.  She is still a great eater.  Her current favorites are bacon, cauliflower and brussels sprouts.  And she tried balogna yesterday.  She's pretty fond of that too now.  The one thing we still don't understand is that she sometimes doesn't think it's necessary to actually chew and swallow her food.  She'll hold a piece of food in her cheek for 20, even 30 minutes!  We constantly remind her to chew.  Eventually she does.  Maybe she just wants to save it for later :P  Rebecca continues to make good progress with potty training.

Outside or inside...it's nice to have a snack handy :P

Rebecca has now graduated from nursery.  Today is her first day in Little Lambs.  It is a class for 2-3 year olds during the whole church service.  They play, hear a Bible story and get a snack.  We think she'll love it.  Rebecca will also be in a class at MOPS this year (starting in October).  No more nursery for our big girl.

That's what we've been up to lately.  We're looking forward to taking it easy today, catching up on sleep and hearing all about Daddy's trip.