Saxon loves to have books read to her. And, I love how she wants to understand everything that’s happening on each & every page. Saxon has figured out most of the facial expressions she sees in books, but when she sees one that is not an obvious happy smile or sad frown, we get asked, "What’s her mouth doing? "
Seeing the photograph of her Aunt Teresa (her current Facebook profile pic) would DEFINITELY elicit a quick "What’s her mouth doing?" or "What’s Aunt Teresa doing with her mouth." Saxon really wants to know. So, we guess. For Aunt Teresa, I’d make the same face and say, "She’s saying ‘Hmm…I don’t know about that.’" Try it. It’s not as easy as it sounds, and Saxon can smell a bluff a mile away.
Samantha, who is 8 months old, really enjoys being read to as well. In fact, she’s progressed from trying to eat the book to smiling and laughing each time a new page is turned. Another future reader.
SaxonSpeak
At 2.5, Saxon has a good vocabulary, but has recently decided to supplement it with a peppering of made up words like cronconk (or is it spelled kronkonk?). The other day, Saxon burst into the bathroom. Tying the sash from a bathrobe around her head, Saxon announced, "This is my shonshrake, it protects me from monsters…I’m going to go in there," pointing toward the closet.
Playing along, I said, "Is that your castle, Saxon?" She looked at me and deadpanned, "Uh, no Dada, that’s a closet."
Samantha Update
This morning, Samantha stood, on her on, for about 6 or 7 seconds. Those first steps are going to come any day now. Carey reports from Atlanta, where she and the girls are spending the weekend with the Fassnachts (older girl cousins are almost like princesses, says Saxon), that Samantha’s third tooth - the first one on top - has finally broken through. Oh, and this week, Samantha decided to start practicing her words. So far, I can make out: ma ma ma ma ma, ba ba ba ba ba and my favorite blah blah blah blah…
Family Additions
Saxon and Samantha have a new cousin. Patrick Reed arrived April 17. Congratulations to Carey’s sister, Ashley and her husband Michael.
