Saturday, January 30, 2010

The kids are getting big

So my children are huge. I don't know how, because they hardly ever eat anything. Chase had a doctor appointment yesterday, and his height is near 90%, and head is about 85%, but his weight is only 30%. After taking these measurements my doctor asked, "Where does the HUGE head and height come from?". After looking at the facts I told him Brody. I actually think Chase may end up having the same body build Brody had as a child. Brody was the skinniest, lankiest boy ever. He looked like the children you used to see on the commercials that asked for donations to feed the starving children around the world. So, I'm gonna assume Chase will be tall and skinny just like Dad was as a kid.
Chase is starting to talk more lately. Unfortunately, he has learned from Baylor some not so cute things to say, like "mine" and "I need it". I know a lot of toddlers say, please when they want something, but Chase says, "I need it". Which is the very thing that Baylor says when I tell him he can't have something like Skittles for breakfast. But, besides the not so cute things he is also saying things like, mommy, daddy, Baylor, all done, doggy, yummy, vacuum, please, and thank you. He's getting too big too fast. I love the toddler stage, 12-18 months is actually my favorite, but I miss my little, sweet baby.
Baylor has always been a very big kid for his age. He has always been in the 90%, which is great, but his birthday is Aug. 31, and I've thought he would start kindergarten when he was 5 and be the first to turn 6, so he would clearly be the class giant. Baylor is a very sharp kid, so I do wonder about starting kindergarten early, but I'll worry about that when the time comes. He has a preschool teacher who thinks he is so smart, because by age 2 1/2-3 he could recognize all capital and lower case letters and knew the sounds each letter made. She said that she had taught 6 year olds that couldn't do that. He has recently started reading. He can probably read at least 30 words. Some he just recognizes and other small words he can sound out. He can read and spell words like cat, dog, pig, box, ball, duck, apple, star, frog, and other small words.
I love having kids. It is so rewarding. I'm proud of my little munchkins and love being their mommy.

1 comment:

carol said...

What Baylor can read? That's crazy, what a little prodigy! Keep up the good work.