there goes santa

Too funny, we heard a fire truck go by and Kiva said "there goes santa".

Gram

Kiva doing just great, we went to IKEA with grampa. Kiva is so funny with Grampa, I wanted to go to IKEA today, but again I got the "no, I don't want to go, you go, I'll just stay here with grampa" from Kiva. I tried to tempt her by telling her IKEA had toys, no dice. Then Grampa said he would go with us, and voila, she wanted to go. We had lunch there and she had a good appetite (meat balls and macaroni and cheese) and a vanilla ice cream cone for the ride home. Now all down for naps. Kiva is now calling me "gram" instead of grammie, very grown up. She completely set the table for our breakfast this morning and the three of us love making our monday breakfasts an occasion. She also is getting pretty comfortable with sweetie pie, fed her, gave her treats and threw her ball for her to retrieve. [Joan]

Helping Grammie

I forgot to tell you how much Kiva was helping yesterday. She set the table for breakfast and lunch, cleared the table when we were done, volunteered to unload the dishwasher and volunteered to help me sweep. What a sweetie she is. [Joan]

Time Out for Grammie

Today i had to go to pick up some keys very close by our house and asked Kiva to go with me. kiva did not want to go, "i'll just stay here with granpa". Jack was sleeping, ken was reading, kiva picked up one of his books and laid down next to him, opened it and proceeded to "read him a story" making up words and sounds. he says she did for a looooong time. ken says she is really beginning to get the connection between printed symbols and spoken language. she also asked him why he was lying down, when he said his back hurt, she looked concerned and said, "oh, I am soooo sorry".

When they were through reading, they got up to come down stairs. going by my sewing room, Kiva was struck dumb by the mess on the floor, thread, fabric scraps (i'm almost finished with a quilt). Kiva looked pained, announced "this will not do, we have to clean this up. it is a terrible mess". So she and granpa crawled around picking all of it up. When I got home shortly thereafter, Kiva told me I needed a time out because the "mess you made was NOT ok" I had to sit in the living room until she said I was done with my time out....and say I was sorry and would do better. She was quite serious about this, very annoyed at my mess.

As usual, many funny looks, songs, and games today. what a treat to laugh all day with my grandbabies [Joan]

Best Friends

Jack laughs so hard when Kiva talks to him it is very very funny. Kiva very funny this morning again, when Ken kissed me she looked startled and said...."hey, is grammie your best friend?" Too funny, Ken laughed and said yes, I guess she is. [Joan]

Email from Kiva

Hi Vanessa,
Kiva and I are playing on the computer. she says, there is a teddy bear on the christmas tree and Kiva is going to take it home. I had french toast for breakfast with orange juice. Now Jack is sleeping and we fixed my new big girl bed in the living room.
Love from Kiva
[Joan]

Rolling Over

Jack is rolling over now :-) He is mainly doing it in his crib and is ever soooo proud of himself. [Vanessa]

Storm clouds

Did I send Kiva home in her long dark purple dress recently? If so, you should send it back with her. After our hot tub and shower last week we spent 20 minutes deciding what she would wear. I only had three perfectly good dresses to choose from, as well as numerous pants and shirts, but she wanted that long purple one. We looked carefully all over the house, even in the dirty laundry. Quite funny to see her standing there in her panties, socks and shoes with her arms crossed and storm clouds on her face. After repeatedly kindly telling her she must wear something and these were her choices, she finally gave in for the dress you sent and looked just adorable. How I love playing with her on Fridays. [Joan]

Big bubble bath

Tuesday eve we went hot tubbing, which Kiva really likes. she calls it the "big bubble bath". When we were done, I wrapped her in a towel, which she shrugged off immediately. She then walked through the entire house up to my upstairs bathroom, completely unclothed. When she got to my bathroom where we were going to take a shower to rinse off the spa water, she carefully shut the door announcing "we need some privacy". Too funny. [Joan]

What a charmer

Jack jack is doing great, eating like there is no tommorrow. Lots of naps, lots of cuddle and tickle time with grammie, a sun bath out in the yard on grammies lap, a regular bath in the kitchen sink and clean clothes. spent some time with granpa, granpa holding him and carrying him around in the yard....the sun has been out for a little while and it is quite warm since it is so sheltered. right now he is playing with the mobile while i check up on my email. I found out that jack...
does not like to be rocked while he eats.
does very much like to be rocked to sleep
does not like his bottle too cool
does very much like being outside and watching the trees and the dog
loves to look at you and practice his considerable charms, smiles, giggles, sly looks. what a charmer [Joan]