Friends!

Asher had a lot of fun meeting his new buddy Wyatt this week. Wyatt and his mom, Jessica (Jett) stayed at our home for a few days.  I have known Jett since 7th grade and it was so nice to have the babies meet.  Asher loved showing Wyatt around the City.  We went to the zoo, the Capitol, many trips to Union Station, and the Splash Park.  What a treat for everyone!

Snack time with friends. Asher liked sitting in a big seat without a booster.

What a fun time visiting with friends. I am 26 weeks pregnant in this picture.

 

Fly by May

May has been filled with a lot of birthday parties, family, and growing for our little Asher. We are so proud of all of his accomplishments this month. We also had a fun time socializing with all of his first friends and their parents. 

His speech has taken off. He babbles nonstop and says 2 word phrases. He even is beginning to say some three word phrases.  Like, "I like cookies" and "I want downstairs".  Asher is also fascinated with order and enjoys talking about it. He will say, "Mommy's shoes, Daddy's shoes," followed by "Ashy's shoes." He will point at each shoe while saying each item. At dinner yesterday, he went around the table pointing at us and stating our gender.  Very cute!

Some children like trains and some like Elmo. Our child is fascinated with animals. He loves to wear animals on his clothing, talk and read about animals, and finally, go see animals at the zoo or pet store.  Lately, he has been interested in the animals on the Merry go Round. He doesn't want to get on the ride he just wants to talk about the animals that he sees as well as watch the ride go round and round and round again.

Asher found a merry go round at a store and didn't want to leave the window display.

Asher is at the zoo and is disinterested in the real animals. He would rather watch the merry go round.

 

Finally, I am so impressed with Asher's spatial ability.  He has always been interested in puzzles, but lately the Montessori teacher as well as my mother introduced him to pattern blocks. On one particular day, I was the assistant in the classroom and noticed the teacher was trying to do a lesson with him of placing the yellow hexagon in the correct yellow spot on a corresponding board.  Instead, Asher took the two red trapezoids and completed the same exercise by making them hexagons. I was secretly smiling and beaming at his thought process. He has repeated this several times at home.

Asher put the two trapezoids together to form a hexagon.

He also enjoys beading and made this necklace. Look at the little smile on his face. He is so proud of himself.

Let's wrap up this post with a little love from my son! His first portrait of his Mommy!!!

Jungle Gym Daddy

Asher has given Jed a run for his money lately. He refuses to do anything with him that isn't silly.  For example, he demands that Jed get on the floor, so that he can body slam him.  Asher says, "Mommy couch, Daddy floor!"  

He even demands that Jed keep his legs a certain way, so that he can make a car ramp for all his cars to go down. Poor, poor Daddy!!! When Jed arrives home from work, Asher immediately slams the door on him and yells, "Bye Daddy!" Once Jed is out of the house, Asher quickly goes to the window to watch him come through the door and then the entire sequence starts over.  Luckily, Jed is taking this all in stride and realizes that our little guy is only 2.

See, he loves his Daddy!  A little morning cuddle

Sunday means Soccer!

Asher has started soccer on Sundays.  It has been so fun to watch him run around on the field.  We laugh the entire time. His favorite part of soccer is giving his coach a high-five and kicking the ball in the net and then playing in the net until he gets stuck and Mommy or Daddy have to rescue him. 



Obviously we haven't mastered, "no hands" in soccer yet, but at least we are not eating the goal post!

Good job, Asher!

 

Let's hear it for our two word wonder child!

Asher hit a major milestone in his speech development yesterday and we are ecstatic. Our wonder boy can now say two words together. Yes, you heard it right--TWO WORDS! This is HUGE for us because he is a little late in the game with speaking and so we know that this is an important step in his language acquisition. His favorite two words are "Help Mama" or "Mama Help" He also greeted many family members on the phone yesterday by saying hi followed by their name. 

  It all started yesterday, when he pushed his daddy out of the room in the morning and asked for me instead. I was skeptical that I had heard his two word utterance correctly, "Help Mama".  However, after nap I asked him if he wanted more cheese and he looked at me with a furrow brow and thought real hard and said, "More cheese".  Well that was it for me, I was one proud Mama!

My silly guy!

March Madness!

We love March because it means Duke basketball in the Silversmith household.  Daddy is very proud because Asher says, ball followed by Duke, when he watches his games on TV.

Lately,  Asher has been blossoming into our little chatter bug. He says so many nouns. Our favorite words are: seltzer, gecko, turtle, taco, boo-boo, thank you and his classmates names. Asher's favorite words are: zoo, any color that he is sees, and several animals. He also has been practicing the word, sorry. He does this by pushing students in his class and quickly saying sorry.  Our teacher said he is not pushing because he is upset or frustrated rather, he is pushing because he wants to say sorry and is practicing the word.

He also loves to act out "5 Little Monkeys" and "Ring around the Roses" and we love having him to do it. A little video of Asher's theatrics is at the end of this post.

On a date with my darling at IHOP!

Playing at recess with his buddies

Reading a book about animals, of course!



Celebrating a birthday at school with his two friends, Max and Naveen. He loves cupcakes.

 

Ring around the Roses--Asher style!
 

The different meanings of NO!

In our household, the word NO has several distinct meanings depending on how it is enunciated.  Asher has perfected saying no several different ways.

1) The angry and very loud NO-This is when we ask Asher a question while he is watching a TV show like, "Did you poop?"  The angry and very loud no is always really a yes, but means I don't have time to do this sort of thing, I am busy watching my show.

2) The barely audible NO-This is usually accompanied by a sweet glance that makes a parent feel a little guilty for asking. The barely audible no is usually heard before bedtime.  "Do you want to go to sleep?" A very quiet, "No," creeps out followed by a toss of a book he wants you to read to him. 

3) The dictator No-No-No-This is a succession of three quick No's followed by a pointing of the finger.  Asher does this when he wants his Mommy or Daddy to sing a particular song or play a particular song on the radio. If you sing the wrong song, he stands in the middle of the room and points his finger at you while saying, "No, No, No!"  The same thing goes for playing the wrong song on the radio. It is so crazy sometimes that Mommy and Daddy end up driving in the car in silence with Asher's finger still pointing at the radio for several miles.

4) The surly No- This is when you want Asher to do something like wear socks that don't have animals on them or wear something other than sweats. It sounds like, "Nnnao," and is followed by a temper tantrum of epic proportions.