RANDOM SUMMER FUN

Nothing exciting but still cute!

The boys attended Vacation Bible School for a week this summer.  They had so much fun!  I was so proud of their behavior and how they stayed on task for 3 hours each morning.  

They were very good little boys and got to learn about how much God loves them at the same time.  Win-win!

Visit to Bookworm Gardens in Sheboygan.  One of my favorite summer activities.  This is the Little House in the Big Woods.  The boys (and Lydia) had so much fun playing in the cabin and the wagon!

There are days when I get annoyed because I am always stepping over these blocks or picking them up to try and make our living room look neat again.  But the amount of playtime the boys have with these blocks makes it worth it.  Everyday they create something new game using these blocks.  

Fun to see their imagination at work and to see them working at something together.

In fact, that is one of the success stories of this summer.  Ben is getting better and better at imaginary play and play in general.  He is using toys more often instead of just throwing them or sitting and stimming.  He still reverts to those behaviors at times but not as much.  

The other huge success with Ben this summer is he is speaking in sentences more often.  Not just words.  This amazes me because he has only been exposed to English for one year, and yet he can now speak in complete sentences.  

Jonah's success stories this summer are I do think he is attempting to "talk" more although it is often only the beginning or ending sound of the word, never a complete word.  But still, progress.

Also, we have made some steps forward in toilet training with Jonah.  I don't think my goal of having him completely trained by the end of the summer is going to be met, but I have to realize that we have made some progress and be happy with that.  It's something I want so badly for him (and us!).  I just don't understand why it isn't completely clicking with him.  Is it an attitude/stubborness issue or does he simply not get the connection completely?  Or a little bit of both?  But again, I need to focus on the positive.  We are way more successful than we were last summer.  Baby steps, right?

And of course, Jonah is the king of imaginary play so what better teacher could Ben have to observe and learn how to be creative?  Go Jonah!