Thursday, April 28, 2011
things that only happen with little boys, episode 1
so after bath tonight, B was wrapped in a towel and I ran to get a diaper from his room... got back to the bonus room, finished drying him, thought I noticed his parts were a little wet... floor felt fine... dried him again and diapered him.... maybe 2 minutes later, I noticed his diaper was already full and asked him why he couldn't pee in the potty instead of his pants. "brandon pee in tea set," he said matter of factly. Sure enough, the INSIDE of the zipper pouch for H's plastic set was wet.... apparently he had peed in it some between the time his towel fell off and the diaper was on, and J was too busy folding clothes to pay attention while I was out of the room. Pretty good aim for a 2 year old, although I am sure it was sheer luck. The rug he had been squatting on was miraculously dry.
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
she is so ready
Kindergarten registration and open house were this afternoon. We toured the school, including a classroom and submitted our registration packet (minus the health record form because I don't have an up to date one- that'll be taken care of before August).
Bear is ready to start now. She misses her friends from Pre-K in Georgia. She picked a flower (weed) on the way in, and almost immediately found a girl to introduce herself to and give it to, telling the child her full name (first, middle last). It was precious.
The school is BIG. It's a Primary school, so it only has grades K-2, but it has 15 Kindergarten classes! I had heard it was big, but did not realize HOW big until I learned that. In spite of the size, I love 3 things about it already. 1) No big 5th grade bullies or giants accidentally running her down in the hall. Now, I am sure there are a lot of helpful 5th graders, too, but yes, the limited age range sounds fine with me, especially with as many students as they have. 2) They DO rotate electives. Music, Art, PE.... it seems that the arts are being cut from so many school systems, to hear that those things are in their curriculum is great. 3) Kindergarten is a shorter day. They will get out at 1:00 pm. That's how it was when I was a kid, and since Bear is not used to going every single day, plus it will have been several months since she went to school outside the home at all, well, that's fine with me. Leaves more time if we ever settle on activities for her to take on outside of school.
I was reassured by the fact that 3 other kids we met were older 5's and one would already be 6 when they begin. Unless I home schooled, it's not like I had the choice of when she would start due to her birthday, but I also still didn't want her to be a lot older than a majority of the kids. Of course, in a group that size, she is bound to have others her age, but I am a worrier, and that's just how it is. :)
I didn't take a picture of her at the school yet. I figured I'll save that for the first day of school in August.
Bear is ready to start now. She misses her friends from Pre-K in Georgia. She picked a flower (weed) on the way in, and almost immediately found a girl to introduce herself to and give it to, telling the child her full name (first, middle last). It was precious.
The school is BIG. It's a Primary school, so it only has grades K-2, but it has 15 Kindergarten classes! I had heard it was big, but did not realize HOW big until I learned that. In spite of the size, I love 3 things about it already. 1) No big 5th grade bullies or giants accidentally running her down in the hall. Now, I am sure there are a lot of helpful 5th graders, too, but yes, the limited age range sounds fine with me, especially with as many students as they have. 2) They DO rotate electives. Music, Art, PE.... it seems that the arts are being cut from so many school systems, to hear that those things are in their curriculum is great. 3) Kindergarten is a shorter day. They will get out at 1:00 pm. That's how it was when I was a kid, and since Bear is not used to going every single day, plus it will have been several months since she went to school outside the home at all, well, that's fine with me. Leaves more time if we ever settle on activities for her to take on outside of school.
I was reassured by the fact that 3 other kids we met were older 5's and one would already be 6 when they begin. Unless I home schooled, it's not like I had the choice of when she would start due to her birthday, but I also still didn't want her to be a lot older than a majority of the kids. Of course, in a group that size, she is bound to have others her age, but I am a worrier, and that's just how it is. :)
I didn't take a picture of her at the school yet. I figured I'll save that for the first day of school in August.
Monday, April 04, 2011
from the mouths of babes
Buddyisms:
Now that little man is talking, he is putting sentences together like crazy and showing his thought processes. Just today, he gave me 3 classic 2-year old examples to share here/try to remember.
1) We met more neighbors on our street as we returned from our walk today. The Dad asked Bear how old she was, and she answered, "5." Before anyone could say anything else, Buddy exclaimed, "I'm 2!!!"
2) The kids and I were playing frisbee in the backyard. Bear counted before throwing. "1, 2, 3..." she said. "4!" Buddy added.
3) Ever since I took big sis for a haircut a couple of weeks ago, Buddy has wanted one, too. He points to Great Clips and says, "sissy got a haircut, Banden get one too." So after dinner tonight, we decided to clip his hair. He fought some, of course, saying "ouch, or TICKLES as Daddy used the clippers, depending on the length. To get him to hold still so we could trim the nape of his neck, we held him down so he was looking at the floor while strapped into his booster seat. A few minutes later, as the battle continued, Buddy said, "Sheep! Sheep!" Apparently he remembered seeing the sheep getting sheared with clippers at the fieldtrip to the farm with Bear's PreK class last fall.
Bearism:
While Daddy tucked her in tonight, Bear asked if Jesus is an adult. "I guess so, sort of," Daddy replied. "Why?"
"Well, sometimes when I don't eat enough food at dinner, I pray and ask him for more food at night but he doesn't give it to me," she replied.
Now that little man is talking, he is putting sentences together like crazy and showing his thought processes. Just today, he gave me 3 classic 2-year old examples to share here/try to remember.
1) We met more neighbors on our street as we returned from our walk today. The Dad asked Bear how old she was, and she answered, "5." Before anyone could say anything else, Buddy exclaimed, "I'm 2!!!"
2) The kids and I were playing frisbee in the backyard. Bear counted before throwing. "1, 2, 3..." she said. "4!" Buddy added.
3) Ever since I took big sis for a haircut a couple of weeks ago, Buddy has wanted one, too. He points to Great Clips and says, "sissy got a haircut, Banden get one too." So after dinner tonight, we decided to clip his hair. He fought some, of course, saying "ouch, or TICKLES as Daddy used the clippers, depending on the length. To get him to hold still so we could trim the nape of his neck, we held him down so he was looking at the floor while strapped into his booster seat. A few minutes later, as the battle continued, Buddy said, "Sheep! Sheep!" Apparently he remembered seeing the sheep getting sheared with clippers at the fieldtrip to the farm with Bear's PreK class last fall.
Bearism:
While Daddy tucked her in tonight, Bear asked if Jesus is an adult. "I guess so, sort of," Daddy replied. "Why?"
"Well, sometimes when I don't eat enough food at dinner, I pray and ask him for more food at night but he doesn't give it to me," she replied.
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