The Elfering Blog

meeting of the minds, hearts and souls (usually)

Two More Old Videos

Jill | June 1, 2010

Here are (hopefully) the last of the old videos I missed the first time around –
Fun with the Wii

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Birthday Party at Grandma’s

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Catching Up on Videos

Jill | May 17, 2010

I got very behind on editing and uploading videos over the last couple of months.  Here are a bunch - some still from winter that I completely skipped over:
Christmas Eve Jam Session - Mac’s First Guitar

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Playing in the Snow

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These were also inadvertently left off of Mac’s 2nd Year DVD, [...]

Learning

Jill | March 21, 2010

Mac is learning at an alarming rate these days.  He can do his alphabet puzzle almost completely by himself (video below) and tries to say lots of new words.  He can recognize many animals and can call some by name when he sees pictures (monkey, cow, bird, kitty, puppy/dog, and -of course- fish).  Jeremy and [...]

Christmas Season 2009

Jill | December 29, 2009

Wow, it’s been a busy holiday!
It all started last week with the beginning of my school break.  Jeremy’s work is slow right now too, which usually means lots of family time over the holidays.  We had his family parties the two weekends before, one at our house and the other at a cousin’s.  Mac [...]

Work Before Play… Let’s Talk!

Jill | November 17, 2009

I finally caught some new things on video last week!  It helps to actually have a weekend where we weren’t scurrying about…  I did not, however, take time to edit them to be pretty, so forgive the raw footage.
Mac loves to help us unload the dishwasher.  We take out the breakables and sharps, and he [...]

First Haircut!

Jill | July 26, 2009

This past week, Mac and I spent time in Madison with my family.  Jeremy had to work for some of the time so stayed home.  I was also able to visit with some friends and have some down-time.  It was great!  We even had a bonus couple of days with my Mom since coincidentally [...]

17 Months Old

Jill | July 14, 2009

I’ve been back from D.C. for two weeks now, and I’m just getting back to our blog.  I’ve been keeping very busy with work, Mac and the household daily tasks!
Mac’s development has been much less physical and much more by way of SMART!  His communication is slightly lagging - he’s not talking yet, but he [...]

We Love Summer!

Jill | June 19, 2009

Yesterday I had to sing at a funeral and Jeremy worked, so Mac spent a few hours at Aunt Jane’s daycare.  When I was done, I called to find out their status, and they were going to be heading to the pool as soon as he woke up.  I decided to grab our pool bag [...]

Catching Up With Summer

Jill | June 17, 2009

We finally took our first trip to the pool last week, but it was pretty short-lived since it was colder than we expected once we got there. Mac loved the water, especially going under the sprinkler areas. It will be great to see how he does when he’s not turning blue after [...]

Summer Break Begins!

Jill | June 9, 2009

Today was my first official day of summer break.  The students were done on Friday, but we had to report yesterday for a meeting to make some plans for next year.
Besides a few errands, an appointment and a few projects at home, I spent the day with Jeremy and Mac.  We all took a [...]