A Picture Comparison

I was looking through some old pictures, and realized how different Micah and Welsey look! When dressing Wesley, I purposely chose outfits to get pictures, because I knew we had previously taken pictures of Micah in those outfits. The other day was the first time I compared the pictures of the two boys. I think there are certain characteristics where they look similar, but overall they really look different! Micah definitely resembles more of the Hill side and Wesley resembles more of the Ahtila side. It will be interesting to see if they start looking more alike as they get older.

In the pictures that follow, Micah is in the first picture in each pair. Because Micah was such a chunker, he needed larger clothes sooner, so he's younger than Wesley in most of these pictures. The first picture is the only one where I think that they look similar. I tried putting them side by side, but I just can't seem to get it right...so this is as good as it gets! :) Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Micah's Music

Since no longer being in the classroom teaching, I have taken advantage of every opportunity to teach here at home. Micah’s at the age right now where he loves learning, and he soaks up everything! Lately, we have been listening to a lot of classical music , hoping to instill an appreciation and love for music in the boys as they grow older. Two of Micah’s favorite videos to watch are “Baby Einstein: Mozart” and “Baby Einstein: Beethoven”. So later, as we’re listening to music on i-tunes, he’s been able to identify a few songs by Beethoven and Mozart. For example, he’ll be playing and hear “Fur Elise.” So he’ll stop, excitedly point to the computer and say “Toven!” And since he’s already been a fan of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, he can identify some of those pieces as well. To help him expand his musical repertoire we recently borrowed “Baby Einstein: Bach” from the library. He gets excited to pop in the DVD featuring the little Baby Einstein bunny on the cover. I love watching this little boy build an appreciation for the classical music that we enjoy listening to as well! The only downside…Micah is going to grow up thinking that the little cartoon bunny on the cover is Bach. :)