Ammon's Creations

Ammon loves to learn. We’ve been teaching him his letters and he is able to identify both capital and lower case letters for every letter in the alphabet. His mind is a like a sponge. It’s amazing the details that he remembers. Yesterday Ammon spelled his name with the alphabet magnets that we purchased from Walmart. I was quite impressed. He is constantly asking what letter different words start with and wants to know how to spell them.

Ammon shows me what he made... and spells out his name for me
Ammon's creation...

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We attend a play group every Thursday morning. Last week Ammon made a ‘speckled’ frog puppet. He loves art and is quite creative. He inherited this trait from his daddy & grandma, because I don’t have a creative bone in my body!

Most of the children painted their frogs green, but Ammon insisted that his frog was speckled, so he used brown paint as well. This frog puppet has been a source of entertainment for the family ever since he made it. Ammon is very particular about how the tongue is rolled and usually has me ‘fix it’ a few times each day.

It’s amazing how similar our personalities are. I am a bit of a perfectionist and thrive on having order to everything. Luckily, I have a husband who keeps me calm and brings balance to my life. Nathan and I are both hoping that our next child is a little more mellow and inherits a little more of his personality. Although I’ve heard Nathan was a little bit of a challenge in his younger years.

Please don’t get me wrong, Ammon is such a joy to be around. He makes us laugh and keeps us on our feet. It can be a little challenging at times though, because he expects things to be a certain way. He loves routine and struggles with changes to it. I think that’s one reason why travelling is so challenging.

Ammon interacting with his puppet

Ammon isn't to eager to pose for this picture. Can't you tell by the look on his face. I actually had to bribe him to do it.