Mali's new favorite pastime is reading... he approaches it from a slightly different angle. Mali isn't a child who wants you to read the words to him. He would much rather have you talk about what's in the pictures and he now comes to you with a big smile full of hope, saying: "Read?" It's impossible to refuse him. He gets so much pleasure from it! Yesterday began well with reading the same 4-5 books he favors... over and over again. We're thinking about hiding them so he's forced to look at some of the many other books he has. His vocabulary is expanding rapidly. Every now and then, however, there's a word that stumps him. Right now that word is "cookies". We answer back with the correct pronunciation for every word that he has difficulty saying, but when he says "Kee-Coo, please", your heart just melts and you find yourself answering "Oh, you want a 'kee-coo'?" It's just too doggone cute! Anyway, yesterday was going along pretty good until Malakai's head bumped on Mama's heavy old car door and opened up a bloody gash that required four stitches to close. Novocaine in the head isn't much fun, but Pa held Mali's head still for the doctor and Mama kept him from thrashing about too much. Oma couldn't bear to hear his cries, so she took off (coward) and bought "kee-coo's" for her favorite grandson. Here he is, looking like "The Mummy" right after we left the doctor's office and before the novocaine wore off. A little liquid Tylenol and a DVD of "Ratatouille" ended the day with laughter and today he's forgotten all about it... the adults are traumatized, but he's just fine!
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Katie knows your emotions- when they were in Seatle visiting a friend, River slipped on a cobblestone street and ended up with nursemaids elbow(a dislocated elbow). Then, the afternoon after arriving home from the cousin reunion, at the playground and 3 ft. away, he falls and breaks his arm!!!!!
Glad he's OK. I just got home from a weeks trip to get Nana's fix. I'll tell you more in an e-mail. Love you all.Sara
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