A is for Apples.
B is for Butterflies.
C is for circles and cereal.
D is for Diamonds, Dinosaurs, Dogs, Dolphins, Dragons, Ducks...
E is for Egg and Elephant.
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Friday, November 6, 2009
Preschool (Letters A-F)
Sam has been busy at preschool. Each week they have a letter. Here are the projects they have made so far.
A is for Apples.
B is for Butterflies.
C is for circles and cereal.
D is for Diamonds, Dinosaurs, Dogs, Dolphins, Dragons, Ducks...
E is for Egg and Elephant.
F is for Fish.
A is for Apples.
B is for Butterflies.
C is for circles and cereal.
D is for Diamonds, Dinosaurs, Dogs, Dolphins, Dragons, Ducks...
E is for Egg and Elephant.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Quirky Kids (Part 2 of an Ongoing Series)
Here are some "quirks" from this past week:
Sam (at the pizza joint we like to go to) was reading all the individual letters of a sign that said, "Keep Off! Not responsible for injury." When he asked us what it said we told him, "Keep off!" He proceeded to run his finger across the "Not responsible for injury" part of the sign saying, "keeeeeeeeeeeep offfffffffff". (probably had to be there for that one...)
After pizza we loaded up in the car only to find that it was very stinky in the car. Mike and I both assumed Ray was to blame. Mike put Ray in the trunk of his car (to change him) only to discover, "It must have been a fart." It still smelled real bad... then, Sam announced, "I smell like CRAP!". and yes, he did! Sam then went on to tell everyone that, "Daddy put him in the trunk..."
Ask Ray what he wants for a snack and he'll probably reply, "Duck!" Everything is about ducks with this kid.
Ray is trying to sit in the baby swing while I am typing this.
The other day Sam got up at 5:30am and didn't want to stay in his bed so, I threw him in bed with Mike and I. After about 15 minutes he woke me up to say, "Mommy, we have to go back to my room and get Jesus and Angie!" (Angie is his imaginary friend and you never know with Jesus...)
Now Ray is running around the house pointing at everything saying, "Duck, duck, duck!" (You probably guessed what he was saying though right?)
Sam taught himself how to click and drag with the touch pad mouse on the laptop this week.
Ray is saying, "Sack" and "ink" (snack and drink).
Usually after I go to the grocery store Sam gets really excited and thanks me. This morning he said, "Oh Mommy, you got Golden Grahams! Thank you sooooo much!"
Little M (who I babysit for) is getting a ride in the exersaucer courtesy of Ray. He is holding it by one of the toys and spinning it in circles. Little M is cracking up!
It still surprises me sometimes when Sam talks like an adult. He just said, "Mommy, may I have some more pretzel sticks please?" (It's the fact that he called them "Pretzel sticks" and not " 'retzals" that threw me off.)
Duty calls..
I'm sure there were lots more this week but I can't seem to remember...
Sam (at the pizza joint we like to go to) was reading all the individual letters of a sign that said, "Keep Off! Not responsible for injury." When he asked us what it said we told him, "Keep off!" He proceeded to run his finger across the "Not responsible for injury" part of the sign saying, "keeeeeeeeeeeep offfffffffff". (probably had to be there for that one...)
After pizza we loaded up in the car only to find that it was very stinky in the car. Mike and I both assumed Ray was to blame. Mike put Ray in the trunk of his car (to change him) only to discover, "It must have been a fart." It still smelled real bad... then, Sam announced, "I smell like CRAP!". and yes, he did! Sam then went on to tell everyone that, "Daddy put him in the trunk..."
Ask Ray what he wants for a snack and he'll probably reply, "Duck!" Everything is about ducks with this kid.
Ray is trying to sit in the baby swing while I am typing this.
The other day Sam got up at 5:30am and didn't want to stay in his bed so, I threw him in bed with Mike and I. After about 15 minutes he woke me up to say, "Mommy, we have to go back to my room and get Jesus and Angie!" (Angie is his imaginary friend and you never know with Jesus...)
Now Ray is running around the house pointing at everything saying, "Duck, duck, duck!" (You probably guessed what he was saying though right?)
Sam taught himself how to click and drag with the touch pad mouse on the laptop this week.
Ray is saying, "Sack" and "ink" (snack and drink).
Usually after I go to the grocery store Sam gets really excited and thanks me. This morning he said, "Oh Mommy, you got Golden Grahams! Thank you sooooo much!"
Little M (who I babysit for) is getting a ride in the exersaucer courtesy of Ray. He is holding it by one of the toys and spinning it in circles. Little M is cracking up!
It still surprises me sometimes when Sam talks like an adult. He just said, "Mommy, may I have some more pretzel sticks please?" (It's the fact that he called them "Pretzel sticks" and not " 'retzals" that threw me off.)
Duty calls..
I'm sure there were lots more this week but I can't seem to remember...
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Preschool Websites
If you have a letter obsessed preschooler in the house then, I highly recommend: Starfall
We have only been playing this website consistently with Sam for a few days and he already can do it by himself. The ABC section, which we use the most, is for letter recognition and sounds. It reinforces the recognition of letters that he already has while helping him master sounds. At the same time it uses some sight words. It's great for the (older)2-4 year old range. We have a touch pad mouse on our laptop and I was skeptical as to whether he would be able to master it or not but of course he did! I think* he even taught himself to click and drag today...
(*Confirmed - He did in fact teach himself.)
There is also a section for older kids that has stories and works on combining letters to make sounds. We have been exploring this a bit with Sam. He likes the "ar" story called, "Car Race".
Best of all this website it completely free and doesn't have a bunch of annoying pop up ads!
We also love:
Tumblebooks which isn't free but we are able to link to it from our library's website and then it is free.
PBS Kids for their games.
Since my college days I have been a fan of Kinderart.
What is your favorite kids website?
We have only been playing this website consistently with Sam for a few days and he already can do it by himself. The ABC section, which we use the most, is for letter recognition and sounds. It reinforces the recognition of letters that he already has while helping him master sounds. At the same time it uses some sight words. It's great for the (older)2-4 year old range. We have a touch pad mouse on our laptop and I was skeptical as to whether he would be able to master it or not but of course he did! I think* he even taught himself to click and drag today...
(*Confirmed - He did in fact teach himself.)
There is also a section for older kids that has stories and works on combining letters to make sounds. We have been exploring this a bit with Sam. He likes the "ar" story called, "Car Race".
Best of all this website it completely free and doesn't have a bunch of annoying pop up ads!
We also love:
Tumblebooks which isn't free but we are able to link to it from our library's website and then it is free.
PBS Kids for their games.
Since my college days I have been a fan of Kinderart.
What is your favorite kids website?
Monday, November 2, 2009
Happy Halloween!
We had a lovely Halloween. We started out by painting pumpkins. Apparently, it helped Sam to stick out his tounge while he did this and Ray thought it would be cool to eat some paint but otherwise good painting jobs...
Ray as Woody. Sam as Buzz.
We went to 6 houses (our neighbors that we know) and called it a night. It was cold and I was stumbling around from breaking my toe on Friday so, this was plenty for the boys me.
And then Ray rode off in to the sunset...
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Bluebird Train Ride
This past Saturday, we went on the Bluebird Train. I remember going often as a kid and I took Mike a few years back for his first ever train ride. This year, it was Sam and Ray's turn for their first ever train ride.
We had the company of Aunt Maegan, Uncle Will, Nunny, and Papa for our hour long ride. The boys also got to try out their Halloween costumes (Ray as Woody and Sam as Buzz) for the first time. The boys were both a little nervous when we boarded the train. Ray hid his head in the seat for a good 10 minutes...
The responsibility of turning in your ticket and train snacks (cookies and apple cider were served) quickly perked them up!
We had the company of Aunt Maegan, Uncle Will, Nunny, and Papa for our hour long ride. The boys also got to try out their Halloween costumes (Ray as Woody and Sam as Buzz) for the first time. The boys were both a little nervous when we boarded the train. Ray hid his head in the seat for a good 10 minutes...
The responsibility of turning in your ticket and train snacks (cookies and apple cider were served) quickly perked them up!
After the train ride, we stopped off at Koral Hamburg for burgers and milkshakes. Sam liked sharing with me (I think he drank more of it than I did) and Ray just had a general good time!
Once we got back to Nunny and Papa's house, I was apparently tired because I fell asleep on the couch like this...
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Head on over to "Sew, Mama, Sew!" and vote for your favorite scrapbuster project. Mine is the Birthday Banner (in the first set of entries you can vote on). The polls are open through today.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Quirky Kids (Part 1 of an Ongoing Series)
I always say that I need to write down the quirky/goofy things that the boys do and say so, I'm going to try and post weekly installments of "Quirky Kids". Sam is 3 and Ray is almost 18months. Here it goes:
* This evening, in the car, Sam said, "Oh, are we going to Aunt Raeann's house?" It was completely out of the blue especially since when he is thinking about Aunt Raeann's house he is really thinking of her camper. He giggled a little after he said it.
* The other day when I asked Sam what he wanted for lunch he said, "I'll have a number one with a chocolate milk." When I told him we didn't have that he said, "Oh, then I'll have a number two with a waffle."
* Today, Ray knocked down a lamp and the shade came off too. He stood over the lit bulb blowing as hard as he could trying to turn off the light.
* Sam puffed out his stomach and announced, "I have a baby sister in my belly." He has been asking about a baby sister for a few weeks now.
* Every night when Ray goes down for bed he point to the top of his dresser in order to switch to a "fresh" binky. He swaps the binky that is in his mouth for a new one and he's good to go.
* Sam flipped open the Bible at random to 2 Chronicals and said, "Ok, time to read number 2!"
* Today Ray loaded Bo Peep and Emperor Zurg (from Toy Story) on to the Wonder Pets flyboat. It seemed like an interesting combo to me.
* We were making up our own versions of "Elmo's World" the song. The one I made up went, "La la la la, la la la, Sam's world. La la la la, la la la, Sam's world. Sam loves his cars and preschool too, that's Sam's world!" Sam made one up like this, "La la la la, la la la, Mommy's world. La la la la, la la la, Mommy's world. Mommy likes to clean and put stuff in the wash, that's Mommy's world!"
* Tuesday morning, when we pulled out of the garage Sam said, "Uh, Mommy, we need to rake the leaves when Ray and Mia take a nap." So, we did... And today he announced that we need to do it again (and we do).
* Ray and Mike were looking at an animal book. Mike pointed out the panda and Ray was not impressed. When Mike repeated, "panda bear" Ray started growling like a bear.
* This evening, in the car, Sam said, "Oh, are we going to Aunt Raeann's house?" It was completely out of the blue especially since when he is thinking about Aunt Raeann's house he is really thinking of her camper. He giggled a little after he said it.
* The other day when I asked Sam what he wanted for lunch he said, "I'll have a number one with a chocolate milk." When I told him we didn't have that he said, "Oh, then I'll have a number two with a waffle."
* Today, Ray knocked down a lamp and the shade came off too. He stood over the lit bulb blowing as hard as he could trying to turn off the light.
* Sam puffed out his stomach and announced, "I have a baby sister in my belly." He has been asking about a baby sister for a few weeks now.
* Every night when Ray goes down for bed he point to the top of his dresser in order to switch to a "fresh" binky. He swaps the binky that is in his mouth for a new one and he's good to go.
* Sam flipped open the Bible at random to 2 Chronicals and said, "Ok, time to read number 2!"
* Today Ray loaded Bo Peep and Emperor Zurg (from Toy Story) on to the Wonder Pets flyboat. It seemed like an interesting combo to me.
* We were making up our own versions of "Elmo's World" the song. The one I made up went, "La la la la, la la la, Sam's world. La la la la, la la la, Sam's world. Sam loves his cars and preschool too, that's Sam's world!" Sam made one up like this, "La la la la, la la la, Mommy's world. La la la la, la la la, Mommy's world. Mommy likes to clean and put stuff in the wash, that's Mommy's world!"
* Tuesday morning, when we pulled out of the garage Sam said, "Uh, Mommy, we need to rake the leaves when Ray and Mia take a nap." So, we did... And today he announced that we need to do it again (and we do).
* Ray and Mike were looking at an animal book. Mike pointed out the panda and Ray was not impressed. When Mike repeated, "panda bear" Ray started growling like a bear.
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