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Johanna Madeline Gomes Speckhardt (2004) born 4/2001
(1/05)
She has become more conscious of her vegetarianism and the fact
that others eat meat.
I thought by this age she might want to try some meat,
but instead she has become quite the militant vegetarian.
She asked her teacher one day if she killed the chicken she was eating,
and routinely reports that she has been encouraging her classmates
to become vegetarians. One day a friend was over and sang the
"I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" song.
When she got to the part where she swallowed a cow, she asked Johanna,
"Wouldn't you be really full if you swallowed a cow?"
To which Johanna simply replied, "I don't eat meat, Silly!"
One would think we were pushing a very militant vegetarian message
at home,
in fact, it comes up very little at all,
and everyone else on both sides of our families eats meat,
so she is certainly around meat-eaters often enough!
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Leo Johannes Powers (2004) born 10/2003
(2/05)
Leo's giving kisses now but sometimes these are more like a lick. And he
says a very clear "uh-oh!" about everything--sometimes it seems like ten
times a minute. Fork drops, uh-oh. Toy rolls out of reach, uh-oh.
Nothing in particular seemed to change, uh-oh, uh-oh.
His latest fascination is with bugs--during the sunny part of the day
there are lady bugs crawling around on the big kitchen window all the
time and he seems to spend maybe 25% of his day checking them out,
pointing and saying "Buh! Buh! Buh!" and we say "Buh-Guh! Buh-Guh, Leo
say "-Guh!" Then when one of the ladybuh's chooses to fly off or trips
he says "uh oh!"
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Jonas Schwab (2005) born 2/2003
(1/06)
Jonas is a happy camper. Very busy keeping up with his siblings when riding his tricycle or pillow fighting in mommy's big bed. He is very proud of being a big boy -- that eats with a fork, sleeps in his own big bed, and goes potty by himself (most of the time). His favorite expression is "oh-oh" uttered at any mishap. His parent's favorite expression is "okay" pronounced with a very friendly upswing in his voice. Jonas suffers from several food allergies and asthma -- but is very good about taking precautions and medication -- "Okaaayyyy". He loves to take his bath in the evening especially when joined by his older siblings -- "Okaaayyy". And he finally is a great charmer generous with hugs and kisses.
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