Mothering Emma Kate, Jack, & Liam

Happy “Early” Birthday to Jack and Emma!

Emma Kate and Jack received their early combined birthday gift today. Despite the cold weather, Emma spent the ENTIRE day outside!

Reading is Fun!

If you ask Jack what his favorite book is, he will tell you, “Brown Bear” (although it comes out sounding a bit more like “bow-ber.” So cute!! And… Emma Kate is now “reading!” She has begun to read Dick and Jane with some sight word recognition and some phonetic understanding. Pretty [...]

Happy 11 Months to Jack!

I can’t believe my baby boy is 11 months (as of yesterday)! He is growing so quickly… Jack’s favorite new word is “cracker.” He spends his mealtimes in the high chair signing, “more” and saying, “cracker.” Tonight at dinner, he was telling Emma a story about a “balloon” (another new word- sounds [...]

Signing and Speaking

It seems like every day Jack is amazing me with something new. On Monday, the kids and I were headed back from story time at Barnes and Noble. Jack was a little fussy, and knowing he was probably hungry, I suggested he could have a cracker (his favorite) once we got home. [...]