Pardon me if I spelled that wrong, but the highlight of Liam's month probably has been the warmer weather and opportunities that has brought. Last night while driving home from MomMom's birthday party, Rebecca fell asleep, but when we pulled into our street, I could see two long blue lights across the street from our house. Liam instantly recognized them as light sabers. He RAN upstairs, got his light saber, and played Star Wars with TT and Tim for an hour and a half. I haven't seen him that excited in awhile. He got the light saber as a Christmas present but hasn't had many opportunities to play with it since it's more of an outside toy with its noise and switchblade-like top. He had a great time though. I guess both he and Tim were Anakin and TT was a bad guy. Not sure who. Tonight they came over and they played Star Wars again. I'll have show him the movies again I guess. I never watch them but he and Michael always have fun watching them.
The weather has been absolutely gorgeous! We had a great Sunday playing outside finally. Hooray for Spring!
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Monday
Today was a nice, lazy day. We played in the snow two times very briefly. It was nasty cold outside. Especially when we went out in the afternoon. The snowsuits we bought in Colorado last year certainly paid off. The snow was absolutely gorgeous though. I haven't seen snow like this in Delaware yet.
The only bummer about today was that Momma Kitty was supposed to get spayed and that has been postponed. She is in heat again, so she really needs this surgery. Depending on when they reschedule for, I might just take her to a vet downtown. She is such a good kitty when she's not in heat, but she does a complete 180 when she goes into it.
The best part about today was Liam's attitude. I'm sure you know that I've been having a hard time with Liam lately. Today he was an absolute angel. I don't know what got into him but he was sweet from the moment he woke up until he went to bed. He tried to help me by cleaning out the litter box, washing the sink, and then by randomly selecting some toys he didn't want anymore to give to Goodwill. He was loving and affectionate to me and to Rebecca for most of the day. I certainly hope this wasn't a fluke and that he's adjusting better. I know it's been rough for the kids dealing with Michael deploying and me having a full-time job for the first time since they've been born. And a job that I've been slightly preoccupied with.
And we have tomorrow off again - I got the call earlier that we're cancelled tomorrow due to road conditions. We can go in two hours late if we want. No thanks. Preschool's off too and taking the kids in to work was very exhausting last time. Although I should go and make copies.
Rebecca's continuing to read. She read The Foot Book today with hardly any errors. I think her reading will really take off now. She had borrowed Disney's version of Alice in Wonderland (the book) awhile ago and I read it to her today. Not my favorite!! It was 90 pages long. A lot of it was pictures. Rebecca noticed an error in it too. In the part where the bird laid an egg on her head, the book referred to the bird as "he." Rebecca informed me that only girl birds lay eggs. And as far as I know this is true. I think it was a robin. And I don't remember it saying specifically in the movie that it was a boy. And I have yet to read Carroll's book. And frankly, I have way too many books I'd like to read to ever read that one.
Good night!
The only bummer about today was that Momma Kitty was supposed to get spayed and that has been postponed. She is in heat again, so she really needs this surgery. Depending on when they reschedule for, I might just take her to a vet downtown. She is such a good kitty when she's not in heat, but she does a complete 180 when she goes into it.
The best part about today was Liam's attitude. I'm sure you know that I've been having a hard time with Liam lately. Today he was an absolute angel. I don't know what got into him but he was sweet from the moment he woke up until he went to bed. He tried to help me by cleaning out the litter box, washing the sink, and then by randomly selecting some toys he didn't want anymore to give to Goodwill. He was loving and affectionate to me and to Rebecca for most of the day. I certainly hope this wasn't a fluke and that he's adjusting better. I know it's been rough for the kids dealing with Michael deploying and me having a full-time job for the first time since they've been born. And a job that I've been slightly preoccupied with.
And we have tomorrow off again - I got the call earlier that we're cancelled tomorrow due to road conditions. We can go in two hours late if we want. No thanks. Preschool's off too and taking the kids in to work was very exhausting last time. Although I should go and make copies.
Rebecca's continuing to read. She read The Foot Book today with hardly any errors. I think her reading will really take off now. She had borrowed Disney's version of Alice in Wonderland (the book) awhile ago and I read it to her today. Not my favorite!! It was 90 pages long. A lot of it was pictures. Rebecca noticed an error in it too. In the part where the bird laid an egg on her head, the book referred to the bird as "he." Rebecca informed me that only girl birds lay eggs. And as far as I know this is true. I think it was a robin. And I don't remember it saying specifically in the movie that it was a boy. And I have yet to read Carroll's book. And frankly, I have way too many books I'd like to read to ever read that one.
Good night!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
snow day
OK, so this is my third today, but three cheers for the weather today! The snow is absolutely beautiful. And school is already cancelled. (One L or 2? It's one of the few words that looks correct either way to me. Lani?) I haven't received "the call" about the cancellation yet (OK - I'm thinking its 2 L's because cancelation looks horrendous). Aha! I looked it up. Both are correct.
Anyways, although this day will be made up one day, I'm off! And I'm a good procrastinator, so if the weather can help me do it, fine by me.
Anyways, although this day will be made up one day, I'm off! And I'm a good procrastinator, so if the weather can help me do it, fine by me.
Go, Dog, Go
Rebecca can read!!!! I videotaped her today reading Go, Dog, Go. It's one of those Dr. Seuss-ish books. It's really well done for an early reader. Simple words that can mainly be sounded out and it also focuses on the who what where when why and under, over, above, etc. as well as the colors. So by looking at the pictures and the letters of the words she can figure out most all of the words except the question words which are sight words I guess. She sat down yesterday and read the whole thing and only needed help about 4 or 5 times. And it is a loooooooonnnnnngg book. That's my main gripe about it.
I videotaped it for Michael. She did a great job. She's a little lazy on sounding the words out that she doesn't recognize, but I've found if I pretend I don't know the word, she'll get it 3 out of 5 times. I'm so proud of her! Also, she's writing her name in lower case except for the R of course. She's a smart little girl.
So is Liam, of course. He's just not quite so intrinsically motivated by letters and numbers right now. But he did learn how to write his name at school. I guess a group of girls around him were writing their names and he asked Mrs. Stewart to teach him. She wrote it for him and told him to practice it five times. He did, and he's been writing it ever since. He writes the L first (sometimes upside-down), then he writes his A and M and then he sticks his I between the L and the A.
The kids seem to be on the mend. Liam especially. Rebecca's being a trooper though. I can tell she's really tired though and her nose is runny.
I videotaped it for Michael. She did a great job. She's a little lazy on sounding the words out that she doesn't recognize, but I've found if I pretend I don't know the word, she'll get it 3 out of 5 times. I'm so proud of her! Also, she's writing her name in lower case except for the R of course. She's a smart little girl.
So is Liam, of course. He's just not quite so intrinsically motivated by letters and numbers right now. But he did learn how to write his name at school. I guess a group of girls around him were writing their names and he asked Mrs. Stewart to teach him. She wrote it for him and told him to practice it five times. He did, and he's been writing it ever since. He writes the L first (sometimes upside-down), then he writes his A and M and then he sticks his I between the L and the A.
The kids seem to be on the mend. Liam especially. Rebecca's being a trooper though. I can tell she's really tired though and her nose is runny.
The Body and the Skin
I took the kids to church today. It was communion Sunday, which at our church means no children's service. They have a short children's message, but no children's church. When I was growing up, I remember communion was strictly served to people who had completed confirmation or were grownups who professed to be Christians. At this church though, they will serve it to little kids. I tried to tell the Rebecca and Liam of the symbolic meaning of the juice and cracker - that it represented all that Jesus did for us and we call it the body and the blood. When Liam took it, he said, "I just ate skin and blood!" Quite loudly. I'm glad we were sitting in the back.
Sometimes I "accidentally" miss Communion Sunday because sitting through service with Liam can be trying at times, but they both did well today. I brought some coloring materials and the kids sang along with most of the songs. They had a cool children's message - the woman doing it read "The Three Little Pigs" and related it with the wise man who built his house upon the rock and the foolish man who built his house upon the sand. The kids were really into it and the pianist accompanied the stories which was really cool. It made "The Three Little Pigs" very dramatic and he played "The Wise Man Built His House Upon the Rock" and I love that song.
After church, the kids went to McDonald's with Granddad. They came back with cool toys - Pet Shops and Spiderman. We might be visiting McD's more in the upcoming weeks. I went grocery shopping. I hate the sense of dread I get when I go grocery shopping on Sundays. I don't know what it is - I'm okay when I get home, but in the store I'm thinking about the upcoming week and I wallow in dread. Blech! But the kids are napping now so I can get ready. We're doing a crash course in school in poetry and then we have DSTP's coming up.
Sometimes I "accidentally" miss Communion Sunday because sitting through service with Liam can be trying at times, but they both did well today. I brought some coloring materials and the kids sang along with most of the songs. They had a cool children's message - the woman doing it read "The Three Little Pigs" and related it with the wise man who built his house upon the rock and the foolish man who built his house upon the sand. The kids were really into it and the pianist accompanied the stories which was really cool. It made "The Three Little Pigs" very dramatic and he played "The Wise Man Built His House Upon the Rock" and I love that song.
After church, the kids went to McDonald's with Granddad. They came back with cool toys - Pet Shops and Spiderman. We might be visiting McD's more in the upcoming weeks. I went grocery shopping. I hate the sense of dread I get when I go grocery shopping on Sundays. I don't know what it is - I'm okay when I get home, but in the store I'm thinking about the upcoming week and I wallow in dread. Blech! But the kids are napping now so I can get ready. We're doing a crash course in school in poetry and then we have DSTP's coming up.
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