Avery seems like such a big boy! He is definitely adjusting to our new suburban life well. He LOVES his new childcare! We love it too -- it's in a lovely big house with a big backyard and it's like "school" with lessons and some structured time but lots of time for playing and cuddling. They speak a lot of Spanish there, so when Avery starts talking he might say things like "More leche please!" There are more children there than at his old daycare, and it's almost all boys. He is the baby again (although there will be an even younger baby there starting next month), but he's one of the gang. One morning I brought him in a bit late, and Belen's husband was there teaching a lesson. All the kids were sitting on the floor looking at the flashcards with pictures and words and shouting out the words "Frog!" "Truck!" "Train!" Lenny looked over at me and said that soon Avery would be shouting out the words too. Avery sat right with the other kids and "participated" as well. Today when I picked him up, Belen pointed out that his size 24-months pants were too short for him. She said "It's time to get him some 3 Ts!" and I told her that we did have some 2T stuff at home but it was all summer things! (And speaking of summer clothes, we can't wait to dress our boy up in cute little rompers and shorts -- so cute!).
He says "Mamama" and "Bababa" and likes to read a book about Elmo called "So Big!" that we have memorized ("Baby Elmo drinks from a cup/ Baby Elmo takes a bite/ Baby Elmo stands up tall/ Baby Elmo holds on tight!") etc. On the last page we find out that Elmo is "So Big" in response to the question "How big is Baby Elmo?" and there is a surprise -- Elmo pops up and is indeed "So Big!" We've read this so many times that Avery now anticipates the "surprise" at the end and gets excited to see Big Elmo. It's very cute.
Avery is moving away from jarred baby food and on to regular food quickly! He eats yogurt, fruit, cheese, cooked veggies and meat, and he tried scrambled eggs for the first time recently. Tonight for dinner he ate homemade quinoa with organic Cuban Black Beans -- he LOVED them and said "Mmmmm!" after taking a bite. He has his 9-month old check up tomorrow, so the pediatrician will let us know more about what he should and can be eating now. Belen feeds all the kids who are 1 or older meals and snacks and she is very serious about good nutrition and feeding them all whole grains, fresh fruits and veggies, etc. She said that Avery wants to eat with the big kids and she has started giving him bites of the big kids' foods, and he loves everything (no big surprise there), so the 1 year old rule might not apply to Avery. The kids' favorite meal is black beans with brown rice, so I think Avery will fit in well with that given his enthusiasm over his dinner tonight!
How cute are these frog slippers?!?! The pictures of him in the stroller are from a recent walk in our new neighborhood. Avery was VERY excited about a real estate sign, or rather, the fun yellow balloons that were bouncing around in the wind!
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