Gardening

Simon and Mummy have been doing some gardening. Simon has been learning the different between weeds and plants (i.e. Mummy gets upset when he pulls out the plants) and that plants need leaves for food so we can't pull them all off.

These are our beans. They have been our most successful plants so far. Despite being attacked by snails and caterpillars they are still growing. They have just started to flower so we should have our first harvest soon.
Simon took this photo of the carrots (hence the finger). You can also see some baby lettuce from some seeds that got spilt.

The parable of the cardboard house

There was a man who built a house out of cardboard. The rain came down and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great splash.

Cuddles

Simon gives cuddles without being asked sometimes.

Shape O

Simon still loves playing with his shape O.

But now he can find the correct holes himself (sometimes).
But some shapes are really confusing, like the cross and the star. They have so many pointy bits!

Bible Reading

Simon still really enjoys reading his bible. He will sometimes get it off the bookshelf and will 'read' it to himself.

The coolest thing is that he knows what his bible is and is able to get it off the shelf, bring it over to us to read and then return it to the right spot when we ask him.

Self Portraits (with a wee little bit of help)

Getting dressed

Simon tried to dress himself. He started by taking the shirt off that Mummy had already put on him. But he could only get if off his head, not his arms.

Then he tried to put his pants on his head.
Mummy took over after that.

Helping

Simon really likes helping with the housework. He has his own cloth to wipe things with.

He also likes to push the vacuum around. But since we only have one vacuum it's often not very helpful and if Mummy's in a rush there can sometimes be tears.

Mud Cake

Simon helped to make a mud cake.

Zoo

Simon has been to the zoo twice! He likes the elephants,

the lion
and the stone platypus.
There are lots of things to find and point to at the zoo. I'm not sure what he's interested in here since he's pointing in two directions.
Simon was surprisingly good at locating small animals in the nocturnal exhibit, he often found them before I did.

Tidying Up

We have been working on teaching Simon to put things away when he's finished with them for a while. It's been really exciting to (occasionally) see him put a toy away without being prompted.

But this was topped today when we picked him up from creche at church today. Simon saw Daddy come in and carefully took all the pieces of duplo apart and put them back in the box before giving Daddy a hug. Yay!

If only this happened all the time.