Yesterday Ava started crawling finally. Actually, it's more of a dragging, but it's a start. She's been sliding around for a few weeks now and it's really cute. But yesterday she moved her hands forward and then pulled her lower body forward as well. She does this while she's on her knees, so it's just a matter of time before she's a pro at regular crawling. I'm so proud of her.
Actually, I teased her a number of times to get her to crawl. I'd place a toy in front of her that she wanted. Then she'd start to move towards me and I'd gradually keep moving the toy away from her, so she kept moving closer. She went for a good distance. She also got frustrated at times when it was too dificult or odd for hre to pull herself, but she was persistant and went back to work after she threw her fits. It was wonderful and I'm very proud of her.
I'm also very proud of Paulchen's accomplishment today. We were counting in the car, as he likes to do that when we're driving sometimes. After counting a few times in English, he tried to do it in Latin. About a week or two ago, he was watching Dora the Explorer and mimicking the Spanish they spoke. I actually am not fond of him learning Spanish, as we're in Germany and he should learn German. Also, we're working on Latin, so I turned the Spanish numbers into Latin.
Today Paulchen started counting in Latin and I worked with him a little. Like the problem he had in English, he likes to skip 7 and jump to 9. After a few times through, he had it down perfect. It was so cool to hear my little son counting to 10 in Latin. He was also eager to count to 10 in German. However he wasn't as adept, as he counted fine to 7 and then switched Latin and jumped to 10. it was a wonderful effort though.
