Big grin from Sawyer. (February 23, 2007)
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Back to Reality
And none too happy about it, as you can see. The boys were a little less excited to be going back to school today than Mommy was to take them. Two whole days of not leaving the house can make us all a little crazy.
Given their expression this morning, I'm going to venture that they preferred crazy.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Snow Days
Another snow day means another day trapped inside our house. And while that shouldn't be such a bad thing, it's getting old. I am not a winter person. I am so over snow and rain and cold. If we can't get outside to walk or play or even to drive, then the walls start to close in and the boys and I all go a little crazy.
The original plan for today was to drop the twins off at school, and then Connor and I would run some errands and do our weekly lunch out. None of that happened. We stayed home. And therefore watched a little more television than I'd like and spent a little too much time screaming at each other.
We tried to address valentines, which are due by Friday in two of the three classes, but that didn't work out too well either. Connor was too busy watching television to pay attention and kept spelling his own name wrong. And the twins kept trying to steal the suckers that I was attaching to each valentine. I also feel like I should be doing valentines for the third class, but I don't have a name list and I don't know everyone in that class. Hopefully I haven't missed it somewhere along the way, because I don't know that I could take getting a list the night before they're due.
The end of the day brought a little break, for two of us anyway. This month's Book Club was scheduled for tonight, and after a few phone calls and e-mails to discuss driving conditions and logistics, we decided to go ahead. The boys had a blast. Connor was a bit keyed up, having been trapped in the house a lot recently, but they did pretty well for the planned activities of the evening and really enjoyed the free play time afterward. The moms (and host dad) did, too.
A good way to end a very long snow day.Of course, the bad news is that school has already been canceled for tomorrow, too. So here we go again ...
The original plan for today was to drop the twins off at school, and then Connor and I would run some errands and do our weekly lunch out. None of that happened. We stayed home. And therefore watched a little more television than I'd like and spent a little too much time screaming at each other.
We tried to address valentines, which are due by Friday in two of the three classes, but that didn't work out too well either. Connor was too busy watching television to pay attention and kept spelling his own name wrong. And the twins kept trying to steal the suckers that I was attaching to each valentine. I also feel like I should be doing valentines for the third class, but I don't have a name list and I don't know everyone in that class. Hopefully I haven't missed it somewhere along the way, because I don't know that I could take getting a list the night before they're due.
The end of the day brought a little break, for two of us anyway. This month's Book Club was scheduled for tonight, and after a few phone calls and e-mails to discuss driving conditions and logistics, we decided to go ahead. The boys had a blast. Connor was a bit keyed up, having been trapped in the house a lot recently, but they did pretty well for the planned activities of the evening and really enjoyed the free play time afterward. The moms (and host dad) did, too.
A good way to end a very long snow day.Of course, the bad news is that school has already been canceled for tomorrow, too. So here we go again ...
Monday, February 8, 2010
The Letter Obsession
There was a time when I thought Xander's fascination with letters and spelling was cute. Who wouldn't? I mean how many three-year olds do you know that walk around saying the alphabet and spelling random words (perfectly, mind you)?
And it's still cute. And amazing, really. The kid knows his alphabet backward and forward. If you stop singing the alphabet song, he will cue you with the next letter or phrase. He can tell you what sound each and every letter makes. And he can spell probably a hundred or more simple words (think three to seven letters) and even say that word to you after he spells it.
But there comes a point in every day when the cuteness wears off. And you get really, really tired of saying letters and spelling words. Because it's all he wants to do. All day. Every day. From the minute he wakes up (after the "Hi! How are you? Good!" script) to the minute he goes to bed.
Oh, and his favorite bed time book right now? That would be The ABCs of Cookies - a little Sesame Street early reader he got from Grammy for his birthday. And yes, it has a big letter on every page that somehow relates to the process of making cookies. We go through it at least twice every night before bed time.
Did I mention obsessed?
And it's still cute. And amazing, really. The kid knows his alphabet backward and forward. If you stop singing the alphabet song, he will cue you with the next letter or phrase. He can tell you what sound each and every letter makes. And he can spell probably a hundred or more simple words (think three to seven letters) and even say that word to you after he spells it.
But there comes a point in every day when the cuteness wears off. And you get really, really tired of saying letters and spelling words. Because it's all he wants to do. All day. Every day. From the minute he wakes up (after the "Hi! How are you? Good!" script) to the minute he goes to bed.
Oh, and his favorite bed time book right now? That would be The ABCs of Cookies - a little Sesame Street early reader he got from Grammy for his birthday. And yes, it has a big letter on every page that somehow relates to the process of making cookies. We go through it at least twice every night before bed time.
Did I mention obsessed?
Sunday, February 7, 2010
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