Wildfires and Bingo

Today was extremely windy. I wanted to take the boys to the park since Andre gets off work so early on Fridays but because of the wind, we stayed inside. Later in the day I started to see and smell smoke outside. There was a lot of smoke so I knew it had to be a big fire. I checked the news and to my surprise, there were over 2 dozen wildfires in Oklahoma. One of the fires was in the city I live in. I was actually really nervous and continued to watch the news just in case we had to evacuate. Sadly, many people lost their homes today and I'm very thankful we were not one of them! The smoke finely died down some toward the late afternoon. Thank goodness because I was starting to feel nauseous from the smell of it.

So since we stayed inside today, this is what we were up to. I read Jamal a book and he loved it! I want to buy him some more books that are age appropriate and start teaching him as much as I can. I work everyday with him on sitting up and rolling over, standing and grasping toys but I forgot I should be teaching him animals and colors. You would think I should know this by now but I'm so used to having older boys who already know this stuff.


Jamal can hold his own bottle and sit up pretty well. He still tends to lean forward a lot which I'm working with him on that. I still haven't seen him roll over yet but he has been doing it every morning after he wakes up in his crib.


Tonight I decided to pull out Bingo and have a game night with AJ and Ronde. I love that they are at the age that they understand how to play games. I always try to remind them to play fairly and take turns. Ronde would always ask "Am I losing?". He really wanted to win every game and I'm starting to see a very competitive side to him. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing.