It's been nearly a month since my last post. Lots has happened in the last month. Owen has reached the following milestones:
standing unassisted (did it a few times one day, hasn't really done it since)
walking unassisted (ditto, took two steps last sunday, hasn't done it since)
clapping when he hears (a) applause or (b) someone saying "yay!"
understands "no" (but doesn't always obey)
is being gentler with the cat, but he still has a way to go.
As for me, I'm looking at changing schools and put in for two music jobs here in town at different schools in my district. the job postings closed on wednesday and i got a call on thursday from one of the principals asking me to come in for an interview. i did that yesterday and feel really good about how it all went. even if i don't get the job, i am satisfied that i did the very best i possibly could have during my interview. i was a little nervous, but not too, and it was a pretty relaxed environment. i even laughed a couple of times with the principal and teacher who were interviewing me. one of the questions that i used humor to answer was "how would you teach a 90 minute reading block?" since i've never done that, i said, "with training." then went on to tell them that i've never been at a school where i've been asked to teach a reading group but also that i am willing to do it. i came out of the interview totally jazzed. hopefully i'll hear by the end of this coming week. i also need to find a daycare for owen this week. yikes!
tonight i get my anniversary present. jeffy and i are going to the pbr (pro bull riders) at the puyallup (pew-AL-up) fair grounds, about 20 minutes from here. I'm really excited. I love watching bull riding! next month we get to go to the rodeo - it'll be owen's first!
it's after 11:00 a.m. i guess i should get showered and dressed, huh?
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Owen's Growning Vocabulary
Spoken words:
mama, dada, mommy, daddy, max, kitty, cat, dog, all done, gramma, papa, dude, please, bye-bye, hi, hello, hi there, water, hot dog, night-night, there, right there, book, read, truck, Isabella, Katie, Greggy, Mikey, Austin, Scott, Dan, Cissy, Nick, pbj, milk, (ba)nana, apple, baby, belly button (sounds like baby...), Wiggles, wake up Jeff! (really unintelligible, but he's consistent in what he says so...), ahoy, uh-oh, potty, uh-huh, no, diaper, yippee!!, teddy, choo-choo, car/truck sound, yummy-yummy (numma-numma), did it!, do it, more, that, two, three, bubbles, fishie, la-la-la, backpack, duck, ball, wipes, max, hat, eat, bear, this, a, the
and the list keeps growing...
Animal Sounds:
dog (different sounds for big and little dogs!), cat, cow, horse, sheep, duck (though he sometimes confuses it with a rooster...), rooster, snake, monkey, elephant, tiger/lion/bear (anything that roars)
Signs:
eat/food, please, thank you, milk, apple, water, more, fishie, all done
Favorite Songs:
Rock-a-Bye Your Bear (Wiggles song), Hot Potato (Wiggles song), Monkey Dance (Wiggles song), Twinkle Twinkle (can sing "how I wonder" and "up above the"), ABCs (knows "w"), Old MacDonald (sings "E-I-E-I-O" unprompted and will do the animal sounds with prompts)
mama, dada, mommy, daddy, max, kitty, cat, dog, all done, gramma, papa, dude, please, bye-bye, hi, hello, hi there, water, hot dog, night-night, there, right there, book, read, truck, Isabella, Katie, Greggy, Mikey, Austin, Scott, Dan, Cissy, Nick, pbj, milk, (ba)nana, apple, baby, belly button (sounds like baby...), Wiggles, wake up Jeff! (really unintelligible, but he's consistent in what he says so...), ahoy, uh-oh, potty, uh-huh, no, diaper, yippee!!, teddy, choo-choo, car/truck sound, yummy-yummy (numma-numma), did it!, do it, more, that, two, three, bubbles, fishie, la-la-la, backpack, duck, ball, wipes, max, hat, eat, bear, this, a, the
and the list keeps growing...
Animal Sounds:
dog (different sounds for big and little dogs!), cat, cow, horse, sheep, duck (though he sometimes confuses it with a rooster...), rooster, snake, monkey, elephant, tiger/lion/bear (anything that roars)
Signs:
eat/food, please, thank you, milk, apple, water, more, fishie, all done
Favorite Songs:
Rock-a-Bye Your Bear (Wiggles song), Hot Potato (Wiggles song), Monkey Dance (Wiggles song), Twinkle Twinkle (can sing "how I wonder" and "up above the"), ABCs (knows "w"), Old MacDonald (sings "E-I-E-I-O" unprompted and will do the animal sounds with prompts)