Comments on: Twelve Months

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:59:06 +0000

I too am laughing at Derek. Hee! I wish I was smart enough to have made that joke. Lovely post, as always Rachel. You know I am a fellow Square One devotee, but Reading Rainbow never really did it for me. We are also however, in the thick of reading the same book again and again and again. Olivia Counts is just not that fascinating. My mother was highly unsympathetic when I told her about this and said that I made her read the Disney version of Cinderella aloud every night for, oh, four years. Uh-oh. Anyway, I digress. As fun/painful as it is to look back at the past year, I think there’s also room for anticipation of what’s to come in the next year — more language! more independence! temper tantrums! hm.

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:40:18 +0000

I was going to say something about how rewarding +1 is, except Ellie is up early (can I gat a swear word?) and I am too busy laughing at Derek.

Sorry.

By: Derek Snyder

Derek Snyder — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:54:11 +0000

Wow, it’s amazing how much Julian and Eloise have changed in the past 11 months. Matt, on the other hand, hasn’t even changed his sweater.

By: Andre Beskrowni

Andre Beskrowni — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:41:51 +0000

wow, y’all look so comparatively sleepy in the 1 month picture…

we read the title and the author of books aloud as well. i don’t know what reading rainbow is, but we picked up the habit from the read-aloud handbook.

anyway, it sounds to me like your kids are quickly turning into little geniuses: feeding themselves, talking, solving puzzles? that’s all seriously impressive for 12 months.

By: Carole

Carole — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:54:37 +0000

This is the best monthly update yet! What a wonderful and exhausting year this has been for all of you! Thanks for sharing it through this blog, I’ve enjoyed every moment of it.