I couldn’t resist adding a video of our cheerful nearly nine-month-old because he is just so cute!  He laughs easily and has a wonderful disposition.  I enjoy watching his personality bloom as he becomes more alert and aware of his surroundings every day.  Just one look at that grin and I know you’ll smile.  Here is a video of our cute little “nugget”.  I think you’ll agree, he is one cheerful baby.

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Our journey to explore the alphabet and phonetic sounds continues.  This past weekend our family introduced our two-year-old, “Peanut”, to the letter “C”.  I used a magnet board and flashcards to hang pictures of a cake, car, clock, cow, and cat.  In addition, I filled a sensory bucket with things that start with the letter C including a computer, camera, karate cat, cars, and a wooden and foam letter “C”.  I also printed out the letter “C” free printable coloring pages from 1plus1plus1equals1.com.  

Our Peanut is quite the painter so he loved it when I let him paint freely with the dot-paints I purchased at Michael’s.  He especially enjoyed painting the cat and I video- taped it and have included it below.  He couldn’t wait to show off his masterpiece to daddy when he came home from work. If you are reading this as part of an e-mail subscription to view the video please click here: C is for Cat.

As a part of our review of the letter “C” we also talked about the word “color” which starts with the letter “C”.  We read two books before nap-time about color.

Our little peanut knows his colors by name and loves to use them when creating art. Coloring and painting – those were the favorites with this letter.  I can’t help but smile as I write, C is for cheerful.  I’m one cheerful mommy to be blessed by such cute little boys.

In His Grip,

Monica