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11/10/2009
10/02/2009
Fall is upon us...
Leo, Gus and Nana took a nice long walk yesterday morning while their mommy had an appointment. It was overcast and breezy. Leo noticed a pine cone and inquired as to what it was doing there laying on the ground all by itself. I explained that they grow on pine trees and like fruit they bloom and eventually fall down to the ground. He took a long look at me and then said, "OK." I felt like an idiot, dah, and decided that we would take a couple home and make bird feeders out of them. Now, Leo liked that idea and so home we went. Gus goes with the flow as a rule so I knew he would be a happy participant. After a drink break, I got all the supplies needed to make the bird feeders and one at a time, we proceeded in putting them together. Now, Leo asked several questions and we had only minor issues with eating the peanut butter off the knife after smearing it on the pine cone. Yuk, germs! When Gus's turn came he pitched a fit, wanting to eat the peanut butter off the knife, pine cone and fingers. When the cone was placed into the bag with bird seed, he went ballistic! I quickly wrapped them up and placed in the refrigerator to set up. I explained to the boys, that daddy would hang them up on a tree limb at their house so that they could see the birds eat. Sure hope that daddy followed through with the task!
08/02/2009
It has been a wonderful time.
Dear Sophia,
As I get ready to head back home, I think back on how fortunate I have been to be able to spend so much time with you and your parents. It isn't easy having a long time guest, but your parents have been so accommodating and giving of their time so that I could spend some real quality time with you. It has been a wonderful time for me, meeting you for the first time in the labor and delivery room and being able to hold you. There you were, a special little angel that lit up the world that morning. Your big eyes shining and your little mouth puckering up. I will be ever so grateful to your parents for this time and look forward to many, many more times visiting you in the future. I wish for you all the happiness, joy and love life will bring your way. See you soon.
Love and Kisses,
Nana
07/28/2009
How time flies...
It is hard to believe that I have been in Baltimore for a little over two weeks already and so much has occurred. Sophia has come into ours lives, a true blessing for our family. She changes every day, filling out her cheeks, thighs and arms. She loves her feeding time which is typical Reinhart style! Here are a few new pictures for you to view.
07/22/2009
Leo and Gus, meet your cousin Sophia.
Dear Leo and Gus,
I wanted to introduce you to your cousin Sophia. She is a real doll baby. She has black hair, cute nose, little mouth and loves to nurse. She rarely cries except to let Aunt Daphne know that she is hungry. She is still trying to adjust to day time and night time but she is so cute. Leo, she likes it when Nana tells her about your love of animals. I really believe she smiles when I tell her about you, Gus, your lovely smile and sweet, sweet personality. Leoman, you would love to see and hold her. Both of you will soon be holding your own little sister, LMS and know the joy of having a sweet little girl in your lives, besides your mommy, of course! Nana is having a very nice time with Uncle Matthew, Aunt Daphne and Sophia, but a day doesn't go by that you aren't on my mind. I miss you both and I'll be home soon. Enjoy these pictures of Sophia and I'll post some more for you real soon. Love and Kisses Nana
06/20/2009
Introducing Little Professor...
As I was laying done to put Leo to sleep this evening, he was in the most talkative mood. As anyone who has spent any amount of time with him knows, he loves his farm and zoo animals. His Papa had read to him many times throughout the day a book about 'Baby Animals'. He pretty much knew most of these creatures and loved testing his Papa's knowledge. Then came my turn as we laid our capies down to attempt to fall asleep quickly. It wasn't going to happen any time soon. Leo recited the entire book of baby animals, the entire community of captive creatures in the zoo, any sea creatures he could recall and surpassed me in every category of God's creatures big and small. Just when I thought we had come to the end, as he was tapping his finger on his lips, he announces. " Nana, what about the raccoons"? Great. A high five followed. More tapping of the finger on the lips, "Nana, the porcupines, they have babies". Wonderful. Another high five. Then he ponders for awhile before announcing, "Nana, the termites"! Excuse me?? Termites. How does he know anything about termites. So I asked him what they look like. Without a pause he says. "Ants". Just when I think I have seen and heard everything this wonderful little encyclopedia of knowledge can dish out, at the tender age of 30 months, he politely but firmly reminds me that it's "just the beginning Nana"!!
Not to leave out our Mr. Gus. He, too, shows the early stages of following his big brothers foot steps but in a much softer manner. Gus will pick up a book and bring
it to me to read. We have been going over his first sight words. He
just sits on your lap, and let's you do all the work. He'll then wiggle his way down, toss the book aside and head for the firetruck or some other toy. Then he may or may not decided to have another book read to him. (Leo will stop what he is doing, and run over to see what book I am reading to Gus, especially if I name an animal. Then back to whatever he was doing.) When it came time to put Gus to sleep, he went with little resistance. His Mimi had told me that she has been just laying him down and off he goes. So I proceeded to attempt to do the same. It wasn't as smooth as I had hoped, but, with just a little fussing, he soon went off to sleep. I really enjoy my time with these wonderful little ones.
Here are a few pictures from our trip to the zoo last weekend. Leo is already planning a return sometime this upcoming week!
06/12/2009
Dear Mommy and Daddy,
06/06/2009
Our little field trips for May and early June.
Late May visit to Leo's animals!
05/27/2009
Do I sense summer?
Yes, I do believe that summer is quickly approaching. School will be ending soon for Leo and Gus's mom and my baby sitting daily duties will be coming to an end. I have such mixed feelings about the whole deal. I have enjoyed more than I can ever express to Mitchell and Sarah being able to spend so much quality time with these two adorable boys. Both Papa and myself have become quite accustomed to having our daily routine wrap around the boys schedule and we are going to have to go through a time of adjustment. I have loved watching them grow and blossom in front of our eyes. It is so much more enjoyable the second time around ... learning to crawl, talk, walk, etc. I am going to miss my daily routine with them. No more excuses of why I took a nap with Leo or Gus. Not having them around so much is going to be hard, very hard. On the flip side, I will have more time to commit to my sewing. Cindy (Mimi) and I have been trying to get our small baby clothing business (mylittlechubbycheeks.vox.com) concept off the ground and I hope that now that we both should have some more free time during the day that we will get moving! I have a fairly busy summer already and am looking forward to the births of two beautiful granddaughters in July and August. Going from no other woman in my family, with the exception of the lovely Daphne and Sarah, I get blessed with these little girls. I have purchased a higher quality sewing machine that also embroiders, so I will be sending a lot of hand made items their way. Also, Mimi and I just completed a Smocking class, enjoyed it tremendously and now watch out world here we come!! I have a few new photo's of the boys today on our last "field trip" to the Zoo for the school year. Hopefully we will be taking many trips through out the years! Also a picture to show you what smocking is for those who have no idea. I hope everyone has a great summer. Remember to use sunscreen!
04/28/2009
A nice day ...
The boys were in an exceptionally good mood today. It was fun play time and great nap times!! Gus went down for a long nap this morning, which he has not done in a very long time, which gave Leo and I plenty of time to read books and play before Gus joined us to play before lunch. Leo, as his mother pointed out in an earlier blog, is into the fireman mode. Today he finally put on the hat and kept it on. Gus has decided that the small soccer ball is his second choice of a toy, only to the fire station that his big brother will reluctantly share with him after much prodding. I'll be off duty for the rest of the week. My mom is having hip replacement surgery and I'll be caring for her for a while. So "Thank you" Leo and Gus for a great day. I'll miss my time with you both and look forward to our reunion next week. Your great Aunt Jennifer, Uncle David and cousin Kaden will be arriving on Tuesday evening and we'll have a week of excitement around here again! It is never dull at Nana's!
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