Max and Mama Beene: September 2008

Monday, September 22, 2008

Life and Times of Max Beene

Here are some recent pictures of Max and the things he 's been up to. Even though we take a lot of video of Max I never seem to get around to posting it. Yesterday Max sang Twinkle Twinkle in the car so clearly my head spun. I have to get him to sing it again and post video.

We are so happy that Max is playing so well with other kids now. He and Malik chased each other around the house laughing and giggling. This is our first glimpse of seeing him play with someone and not just play next to them. All parents involved were happy to see it!

Everyday in the car Max loves to point out all of the buses and trucks on the road. He literally squeals when he sees a backhoe. So when were not singing a Raffi song we are busy looking at all the trucks and cranes. Seattle has plenty around (for now).

Next on the horizon for Max will be trying pull-ups. We'll see how it goes........

preschool

Preschool

Max picks a tomato from our garden

Front yard

Our front yard looks so much better since Judy and Jerald helped us with it!

Max likes scarecrows!

Our garden

squash are coming

Peppers are here

Our ripening tomatoes

Thanks Uncle George and Auntie Dina for my new sweatshirt!

Carrots and beans from our garden

Going for a ride on Auntie Dina

Max, Auntie Dina and me

Andrea and Yazmina

Gobbling up the berries!

Max and Malik washing hands after blackberry picking

Max has graduated to the big table so we all eat together now!

Max and Malik picking blackberries in front of our house

Monday, September 15, 2008

South 47 Farm

At the South 47 Farm last weekend we fed the animals, picked apples dug for potatoes, cut fresh herbs, and picked heirloom tomatoes . Max loved running around on the farm and bales of hey.

Things are busy here . Max started coop last week and it's off to a good start. I am very impressed with his teachers. Elizabeth Crary our parent educator has written several books on parenting. His other teacher Sandi Dexter is also wonderful. Between the 2 of them they have loads of experience and are a great resource to parents and children.

Max seems to have gotten over the pushing thing for the most part. It still happens occasionally but it's usually just a heavy-handed touch as opposed to pushing someone down at this point.

Max entertains and delights us daily with new words and semi-sentences. We often find him off in a corner pretending to make coffee.

One of Max's favorite places is our neighborhood coffee shop Cloud City. Or as Max calls it Cloud da-hity. He wakes up on the weekend and starts shouting "cloud da-hity, cloud da'hity". There is a nice section with kids toys and ohh yess he usually gets a croissant when we go there. We often see the same friendly people there with their kids and get to have a nice chat. So we all love Cloud City!

Monday, September 8, 2008

A Visit from Paw Paw and GJ

We had such a good time with Paw Paw and GJ during their visit with us. The time flew by of course, but we look forwar d to see them again at Thanksgiving when Max makes his first trip to Texas!

Max's reaction to Paw Paw and GJ was so amazing. He was so open to them. They read, laughed and played till Max was worn out. Max loved being held by Paw Paw and being chased by GJ through the park.

It was also very nice for Charles and I to have GJ's help in the kitchen and around the house . Not to mention both of their help in the yard. I need to post a picture of our front flower beds which have been transformed from ugly weedbeds to gorgeous mulched landscapes. GJ helped me tie up our tomatoes which were toppling over.