Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Goal Scoring
So I wasn't sure how Xander was going to do at this soccer thing. He is more interested in the people around him than balls or goals. But he seems to get it now.
Chapter Books We've Finished, revised
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Sir Reddy and Sir Pants
Dragons
Prince Caspian
Catwings
Catwings Return
Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings
Jane On Her Own
The Water Horse
T. Rex Attacks!
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
Volcanoes! : Mountains of Fire
Magic Tree House #37: Dragon of the Red Dawn
The Horse and His Boy
The Magician's Nephew
The Last Battle
Stuart Little
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
A Light In the Attic
The Magician's Nephew
The Last Battle
Stuart Little
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
A Light In the Attic
Monday, October 11, 2010
We're Best Friends
Last night, Xander said he loved all of us: Xander, Nick, Daddy, and Mommy. He said we are all best friends.
This afternoon, unfortunately, we had to go to the doctor's office to get flu shots for both boys. Xander cried and said it hurt really bad but for once it didn't take much discussion to get him in and out of the room peaceably. He is starting to actually be rational about shots. Nick screamed in protest when I moved him from the Constructables to the doctor's bench, and cried about the shot, but as soon as I put him down to do his own thing again he was happy.
This afternoon, unfortunately, we had to go to the doctor's office to get flu shots for both boys. Xander cried and said it hurt really bad but for once it didn't take much discussion to get him in and out of the room peaceably. He is starting to actually be rational about shots. Nick screamed in protest when I moved him from the Constructables to the doctor's bench, and cried about the shot, but as soon as I put him down to do his own thing again he was happy.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
A Bob Books Giveaway on Babywisemom.com
So my online friend Valerie is doing a giveaway on her blog again, www.babywisemom.com. She's giving away new Bob Books, which I really love, so it's worth entering the contest for me. One of the things I can do to increase my chances of winning are to blog about it, so here I am. :)
Friday, October 8, 2010
Fighting Flashcards
Today Xander got a bag of goodies from the Mayor Peyton's Book Club. It was a decorated reusable bag that held about 13 books about Jacksonville, a Jacksonville coloring book, alphabet flashcards, a soft flannel Book Club blanket, and a Book Club t-shirt. He was excited about it. So were some of his friends at school. One boy got his bag yesterday and wore the t-shirt to school today. That's probably going to be Xander on Monday.
So I decided to let Xander just have fun with all this stuff and do whatever he wants with it, since he is already ahead of the game in terms of reading. He wanted to play with the alphabet flashcards and he did some letter activities on his own with them. Then he wanted to play them with me. His pile of flashcards were the "good guys" and my pile of flashcards were the "bad guys" and they fought. Okay? Are you getting this? Alphabet flashcards turned into a fighting game.
Now he is looking at the one book that stood out to him from all the rest: It has fighter planes. Guess what? It's the book about saluting our military. Huge surprise.
Oh, and one of his closest friends at school is named Russell. Guess what Xander calls him (without realizing he's wrong)? "Wrestle."
I am very proud of his recall for his classmate's names, though. He has 15 other kids in his class and he wanted to make cards for them, so we had to make sure we knew each kid's name. With his help, I wrote down all of them this morning!
So I decided to let Xander just have fun with all this stuff and do whatever he wants with it, since he is already ahead of the game in terms of reading. He wanted to play with the alphabet flashcards and he did some letter activities on his own with them. Then he wanted to play them with me. His pile of flashcards were the "good guys" and my pile of flashcards were the "bad guys" and they fought. Okay? Are you getting this? Alphabet flashcards turned into a fighting game.
Now he is looking at the one book that stood out to him from all the rest: It has fighter planes. Guess what? It's the book about saluting our military. Huge surprise.
Oh, and one of his closest friends at school is named Russell. Guess what Xander calls him (without realizing he's wrong)? "Wrestle."
I am very proud of his recall for his classmate's names, though. He has 15 other kids in his class and he wanted to make cards for them, so we had to make sure we knew each kid's name. With his help, I wrote down all of them this morning!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Countdown to Halloween
Today Xander and I made a paper chain to count down to Halloween. This is the idea we used: http://learningdevelopmentactivities.blogspot.com/2009/10/countdown-chain.html
It was fun. It gets more and more fun to make things with Xander because he is capable of so much more. For our chain, he cut out some of the strips of paper and he connected some of the links together. He also came up with some of the ideas for activities that we wrote on each link, including the category of "loving acts." He really wanted to do some nice things for JT and JT's mommy and daddy and his friends at school and Bailey.
Then he wanted to make a ghost while I was busy with Nick, so I told him I was unavailable to help him. So he got a piece of paper out of the printer and took his scissors and cut a ghost shape out of the paper. I can still hardly believe it. It was missing a head, but since I couldn't immediately cut one out for him, he cut a small head shape out as well! Freehand scissoring! It looks great!
When we were making the chain, Xander said, "Oh, I am so exciting for Halloween!"
It was fun. It gets more and more fun to make things with Xander because he is capable of so much more. For our chain, he cut out some of the strips of paper and he connected some of the links together. He also came up with some of the ideas for activities that we wrote on each link, including the category of "loving acts." He really wanted to do some nice things for JT and JT's mommy and daddy and his friends at school and Bailey.
Then he wanted to make a ghost while I was busy with Nick, so I told him I was unavailable to help him. So he got a piece of paper out of the printer and took his scissors and cut a ghost shape out of the paper. I can still hardly believe it. It was missing a head, but since I couldn't immediately cut one out for him, he cut a small head shape out as well! Freehand scissoring! It looks great!
When we were making the chain, Xander said, "Oh, I am so exciting for Halloween!"
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