A told me as her friends were leaving that she needed to get dressed (her dress was wet so she was changing it) so she could kiss her friend (also A) because she loved him. Then she saw him on the porch and told him she wanted to marry him when they were grownups. He said yes, he would marry her when they were grown up. Happiness ensued. Heehee. A has been saying that for a few weeks to me, and Boy A said that to his own mother recently, and now it's official. Or, as A says, FOR REAL she will marry him.
C now says she wants to marry his little brother, L. Time will tell, lol.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
Wow, it's been a while.
We had Christmas. I can't believe I didn't post about Christmas. It was FAB. FAB-U-LOUS. The girls loved essentially EVERYTHING, didn't fight, and even forgot about opening presents to play with what was opened. G liked his toys, too! He really understood the whole "opening" concept. ;)
A few weeks ago a stomach virus swept the house and hit G pretty hard. He was sick for days and lost weight. He is now making up for it by eating 2-3 times as much (it seems) and is visibly looking much more G-shaped (he got all hollow-cheeked and skinny for a week or so afterwards. It was sad). He's squishy again now. He also has gotten a new tooth on top (left side) and a new tooth on the bottom (right side) and the random tooth dot that we could see when he was born is now a random molar popping through in the back. O.o
G is saying more sounds where I know what he's trying to say, but the general public would just hear babble. He is signing a lot more, and saying more of the words he's signing, which helps. Signing turns "uh" into "up" and "aaah" into "on" and "off" and "mah" into "milk," for instance. Well, the "up" isn't an official sign, but it works. He now signs, "milk," "mama," "more," "food/eat," "water" (which doubles as JUICE!!!!!!), "all done," "on/off" (lights), "cook," "clean," "hot," "potty," "cat" (his own invented sign), and "yuck" (he uses his "potty" sign and makes a "yck!!" sound). He's got the usual indicators for "no," "yes," and "up" (head shaking and nodding and reaching up are different from sign language). He also points to the TV and makes demanding noises (sigh), feeds himself, runs outside whenever possible (generally half-clothed), pretends to cook in the play kitchen, scribbles, pushes chairs around the kitchen and climbs on them, thinks knives are called, "No!" (that's what he calls them since that's what I say every time he climbs up and reaches for one in the sink), throws tantrums, watches the fish, and loves to dance if there's anything remotely resembling a beat.
A family sponsored trip to Chi-town to see the family is in the works. Woohoo!!!
J is now on a high dose of a different ADHD med and doing quiet well. He received his second invitation to an honor society (but they all charge fees, argh, so he hasn't joined any yet) and is working on scholarship applications.
C is very, very verbal. I need to write down some of the things she says! She will delineate very clearly exactly what she sees or what she is thinking, in long sentences with lots of description. It's funny in a 4-year-old.
We were watching the first Harry Potter and A asked why the characters' hair didn't grow at all in the entire movie. Heehee. Very good point.
Today A had a companion to help her during math. She turned her crayon into "Math Hero! She knows every number!" Math Hero sang through the entire math assignment, got every answer right, and added extra song challenges (like ordering all of her answers from lowest to highest).
I realized no one here really knows what our homeschool days look like. Generally, our schedule is:
Breakfast
Circle Time (song or finger play, poem, scripture to memorize)
Phonics or Spelling (A) and the phonics portion of C's K program
Reading (I read one aloud and A reads one aloud)
Play/snack break
Logic or Writing
Math
Science
The art portion of C's K program
On Fridays, we learn a new state and president.
On Wednesdays A has a full-day arts program, and on Wed/Fri C has play preschool for two hours. We also have playgroups two days a week. Busy busy!
In the summer, that will change a lot. We will have fun learning about/practicing art, music, and world cultures. Science will involve lots of animals and plants while everything is alive to observe. Art classes and preschool will be finished, and the girls should have swimming lessons.
A few weeks ago a stomach virus swept the house and hit G pretty hard. He was sick for days and lost weight. He is now making up for it by eating 2-3 times as much (it seems) and is visibly looking much more G-shaped (he got all hollow-cheeked and skinny for a week or so afterwards. It was sad). He's squishy again now. He also has gotten a new tooth on top (left side) and a new tooth on the bottom (right side) and the random tooth dot that we could see when he was born is now a random molar popping through in the back. O.o
G is saying more sounds where I know what he's trying to say, but the general public would just hear babble. He is signing a lot more, and saying more of the words he's signing, which helps. Signing turns "uh" into "up" and "aaah" into "on" and "off" and "mah" into "milk," for instance. Well, the "up" isn't an official sign, but it works. He now signs, "milk," "mama," "more," "food/eat," "water" (which doubles as JUICE!!!!!!), "all done," "on/off" (lights), "cook," "clean," "hot," "potty," "cat" (his own invented sign), and "yuck" (he uses his "potty" sign and makes a "yck!!" sound). He's got the usual indicators for "no," "yes," and "up" (head shaking and nodding and reaching up are different from sign language). He also points to the TV and makes demanding noises (sigh), feeds himself, runs outside whenever possible (generally half-clothed), pretends to cook in the play kitchen, scribbles, pushes chairs around the kitchen and climbs on them, thinks knives are called, "No!" (that's what he calls them since that's what I say every time he climbs up and reaches for one in the sink), throws tantrums, watches the fish, and loves to dance if there's anything remotely resembling a beat.
A family sponsored trip to Chi-town to see the family is in the works. Woohoo!!!
J is now on a high dose of a different ADHD med and doing quiet well. He received his second invitation to an honor society (but they all charge fees, argh, so he hasn't joined any yet) and is working on scholarship applications.
C is very, very verbal. I need to write down some of the things she says! She will delineate very clearly exactly what she sees or what she is thinking, in long sentences with lots of description. It's funny in a 4-year-old.
We were watching the first Harry Potter and A asked why the characters' hair didn't grow at all in the entire movie. Heehee. Very good point.
Today A had a companion to help her during math. She turned her crayon into "Math Hero! She knows every number!" Math Hero sang through the entire math assignment, got every answer right, and added extra song challenges (like ordering all of her answers from lowest to highest).
I realized no one here really knows what our homeschool days look like. Generally, our schedule is:
Breakfast
Circle Time (song or finger play, poem, scripture to memorize)
Phonics or Spelling (A) and the phonics portion of C's K program
Reading (I read one aloud and A reads one aloud)
Play/snack break
Logic or Writing
Math
Science
The art portion of C's K program
On Fridays, we learn a new state and president.
On Wednesdays A has a full-day arts program, and on Wed/Fri C has play preschool for two hours. We also have playgroups two days a week. Busy busy!
In the summer, that will change a lot. We will have fun learning about/practicing art, music, and world cultures. Science will involve lots of animals and plants while everything is alive to observe. Art classes and preschool will be finished, and the girls should have swimming lessons.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Fun with A
Well, first off with some family help we loaded two IKEA shoeboxes with tons of art supplies (paper, pencils, crayons, markers, colored pencils, coloring book or colored paper), princess dress-ups, hair clips, nail polish, brain puzzles like a Rubix cube, games like Uno and the jumping pegs in a wooden board game, mini candy canes, toothbrush, toothpaste, floss, soap, pink washcloth, and mini scriptures. We sent them out for Operation Christmas Child!
A caught a slug, a worm, a millipede, a caterpillar, a pillbug, and several snails in the last week. They all died, as did her fish. And her underwater snail, which climbed out of its waterbowl and escaped behind the dresser. Bad pet luck.
A invented her own version of "There's a Hole in the Bucket" today:
There's a hole in the fan, dear Liza, dear Liza
There's a hole in the fan, dear Liza, a hole.
Then fix it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Then fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, fix it.
With what shall I fix it, dear Liza, dear Liza,
With what shall I fix it, dear Liza, with what?
With metal, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
With metal, dear Henry, dear Henry, with metal.
With what shall I stick it, dear Liza, dear Liza,
With what shall I stick it, dear Liza, with what?
With tape, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
With tape, dear Henry, dear Henry, with tape.
But the tape is too loose, dear Liza, dear Liza,
But the tape is too loose, dear Liza, too loose.
Then glue it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Then glue it, dear Henry, dear Henry, glue it.
But the metal's too little, dear Liza, dear Liza,
But the metal's too little, dear Liza, too little.
The End!
A caught a slug, a worm, a millipede, a caterpillar, a pillbug, and several snails in the last week. They all died, as did her fish. And her underwater snail, which climbed out of its waterbowl and escaped behind the dresser. Bad pet luck.
A invented her own version of "There's a Hole in the Bucket" today:
There's a hole in the fan, dear Liza, dear Liza
There's a hole in the fan, dear Liza, a hole.
Then fix it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Then fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, fix it.
With what shall I fix it, dear Liza, dear Liza,
With what shall I fix it, dear Liza, with what?
With metal, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
With metal, dear Henry, dear Henry, with metal.
With what shall I stick it, dear Liza, dear Liza,
With what shall I stick it, dear Liza, with what?
With tape, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
With tape, dear Henry, dear Henry, with tape.
But the tape is too loose, dear Liza, dear Liza,
But the tape is too loose, dear Liza, too loose.
Then glue it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Then glue it, dear Henry, dear Henry, glue it.
But the metal's too little, dear Liza, dear Liza,
But the metal's too little, dear Liza, too little.
The End!
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Baby G again
He is smart and helpful. It's so cute. He's one but he will use a rag to clean spills (and will mime using a rag when he finds a spill until someone gives him a rag, then he uses it on the spill). He unloads the dishwasher (and sometimes gives me the dishes), and when I say we're done/ready to start the dishwasher, he used to play with the soap tray but now he goes to the undersink cabinet, pulls on the locked door, reaches for the soap when I open the door, and tries to hold the box to pour the soap in the tray. Then he closes the door and sometimes reaches for the settings to turn it on. When I'm doing laundry, he pulls the lint trap out of the dryer, pulls off handfuls of lint, and then puts it back. (He can almost get it in correctly.) If I say "clothes" while doing laundry, he tries to "close" the dryer door. That's one of his favorite jobs. He'll help putting things back in a container if you show him.
He can also climb pretty well--the bathtub, the kid chairs, pulling himself up to chairs at the doctor's office by pure upper body strength, climbing correctly off the bed, etc. He is great at getting caps off markers and pens within seconds. He gives the BEST hugs still.
I'm "mam" and J is "da." He's very clear with signing "milk" (for milk only now), "all done," and pointing to what he wants. He will drink out of anything--anyone's cup, any beverage, will swipe soda cans, rice milk boxes, coconut milk boxes, cups with straws, anything. Just not bottles, LOL. He is very, very clear about what he wants generally. He can run now! This week he started dancing to music, and now if I say, "dance" he starts dancing, even if there's no music playing. He can reach almost anything--if it's on the table or the counter, he can usually figure out a way to get it. He can reach a large percentage of the table from the floor. He can reach the counter from the computer chair or in someone's arms (diving down at what he wants). He also loves sweets.
In other news, I'm doing NaNoWriMo and I'm at 22,282 words right now. Woohoo!
He can also climb pretty well--the bathtub, the kid chairs, pulling himself up to chairs at the doctor's office by pure upper body strength, climbing correctly off the bed, etc. He is great at getting caps off markers and pens within seconds. He gives the BEST hugs still.
I'm "mam" and J is "da." He's very clear with signing "milk" (for milk only now), "all done," and pointing to what he wants. He will drink out of anything--anyone's cup, any beverage, will swipe soda cans, rice milk boxes, coconut milk boxes, cups with straws, anything. Just not bottles, LOL. He is very, very clear about what he wants generally. He can run now! This week he started dancing to music, and now if I say, "dance" he starts dancing, even if there's no music playing. He can reach almost anything--if it's on the table or the counter, he can usually figure out a way to get it. He can reach a large percentage of the table from the floor. He can reach the counter from the computer chair or in someone's arms (diving down at what he wants). He also loves sweets.
In other news, I'm doing NaNoWriMo and I'm at 22,282 words right now. Woohoo!
Friday, November 4, 2011
Heehee
Today we went for a walk. During the walk we discovered a secret passage, were chased by pirates (cars and flower spies), became invisible princesses, avoided the fences of electricity (but if you have a puffy coat or grapes from a brick wall you could touch the fence safely), followed a secret path, found a secret park (seriously!), acquired the 4 Leaves of Prophecy that would protect us as long as they remained on the branch (we lost two!), a magic wand, two curvy swords, a bow and three arrows, the Leaf of Prophecy that teaches bad guys to be good, looked for the Greatest Superheros (grasshoppers), climbed The Wall before the guards came, avoided the black moth spies, saw the black birds that could rip us in half, ran home, saw pirates coming, went inside, locked the door magically, then C and I cast protective spells on all the windows, A looked through the Crystal (prism) to see if the pirates were coming, and then we withstood a direct pirate assault.
Also, baby G loves to make faces where he purses his lips, wrinkles up his nose, and snorts loudly out his nose. He also adores anything related to cooking. He plays with his cooking toys, with pans, with pots, and especially using kitchen utensils IN pots. If I'm cooking he tries to get up to the stove, and if I'm holding him he will grab for the spoon and try to stick it in my pot. He uses the potty too, sometimes. :D
Also, baby G loves to make faces where he purses his lips, wrinkles up his nose, and snorts loudly out his nose. He also adores anything related to cooking. He plays with his cooking toys, with pans, with pots, and especially using kitchen utensils IN pots. If I'm cooking he tries to get up to the stove, and if I'm holding him he will grab for the spoon and try to stick it in my pot. He uses the potty too, sometimes. :D
Saturday, October 29, 2011
New stuff
Baby G can RUN now! He's 1, so he's not really "Baby" G anymore, either. He can climb the couch, the bathtub, off the bed, etc. He loves the wooden puzzles with the big knobs, esp his shapes puzzle. He is getting his Tooth the Fourth.
A is flooring me with her mind again. She was pretending to be a mermaid from Mexico this morning, and is explaining to me the differences in tail shape between Mexican and traditional mermaids, and explaining her diet and her interactions with the migratory Monarch butterflies there. I didn’t even know she knew what Mexico was!
A is flooring me with her mind again. She was pretending to be a mermaid from Mexico this morning, and is explaining to me the differences in tail shape between Mexican and traditional mermaids, and explaining her diet and her interactions with the migratory Monarch butterflies there. I didn’t even know she knew what Mexico was!
Mexican mermaids have tail fins that are positioned almost vertically, while the other mermaids have tail fins that are almost completely horizontal. She provided a physical illustration for me. Monarch butterflies in Mexico swarm to the Mexican mermaids and lift them to the tree branches, but the mermaids fall back to the rivers because they can’t fly.
Heehee.
A also wants to fly to the rainforest and tell people to STOP cutting it down, to "adopt" a Monarch butterfly through the World Wildlife Fund, and to go to Costa Rica and catch a butterfly. We are planning a neighborhood recycling program as a more local way to help the deforestation.
A is learning multiplication and division right now, and enjoying that.
C got her "BOB books" that are all easy, 3-letter words, and she's thrilled that she has books SHE can read ALL BY HERSELF.
I've been doing more temple work, found some names (yay! story later), and got my hair cut finally. I've also been spinning more, and knitting. I'm getting ready for NaNoWriMo next month.
Jeremy is having a stressful time with his English class (rough professor), but the other classes are going well! Registration for new classes are next week.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
AWESOME day
So, baby G is 1!
But today's post is about our AWESOME day.
I've felt like I really need to go to the temple & do the initiatories my dad gave me the last few weeks. So I finally figured out a way (slipping out before J's morning class on Sat) and went to the temple yesterday. I noticed one name had no parents listed, and "sealing to parents" was blacked. For some reason, I felt like I needed to go find her parents. I looked on familysearch.org when I got home (the fact that I even remembered to was a miracle, lol), and I found her marriage record with her parents listed! I guessed that the work was already done for them, but I sent the info to my dad, and the next day we checked. She was in "the system," with no parents listed. We found what appear to be her parents, but with no children listed, and their work is not done. Everything matches. I'm going to the family history library tomorrow to verify (see if we can find the family together on the newly indexed 1880 census records), and then we can connect the family lines and seal them together. YAY!!!!!!
Next cool thing today: I've been sitting baby G on his squishy potty seat in between diaper changes recently. He likes it, and has started peeing most times I do this. Today J called me in to the bathroom to see G trying to put the cushy potty seat up on the potty himself. I took off his diaper and sure enough, he was peeing. Wow--he really seems to understand this!
Last cool thing for today: A has been in vision therapy for a little over two months. When it started, she generally had to be forced to read even one page of an easy reader or picture book (not including reciting memorized books). She would get very upset at the idea of reading. She said she could NOT do it, especially not with small letters. Today, she asked me if she could read a page of the chapter book we're reading at bedtime. It's an abridged version of "The Time Machine" by H.G. Wells. It has the slightly larger, more spaced type typical of the abridged/easier versions, but it is still a chapter book, solid pages of text with interspersed pages of B&W illustrations. She read EVERY PAGE of the chapter except one. I read the third page, and by the time I was done she was excited again and read the rest of it herself. She is over the moon that she "can read CHAPTER books!!!!!!!!" She did wonderfully, reading words like "aluminum" and "delightful" herself. Awesome!!!!
But today's post is about our AWESOME day.
I've felt like I really need to go to the temple & do the initiatories my dad gave me the last few weeks. So I finally figured out a way (slipping out before J's morning class on Sat) and went to the temple yesterday. I noticed one name had no parents listed, and "sealing to parents" was blacked. For some reason, I felt like I needed to go find her parents. I looked on familysearch.org when I got home (the fact that I even remembered to was a miracle, lol), and I found her marriage record with her parents listed! I guessed that the work was already done for them, but I sent the info to my dad, and the next day we checked. She was in "the system," with no parents listed. We found what appear to be her parents, but with no children listed, and their work is not done. Everything matches. I'm going to the family history library tomorrow to verify (see if we can find the family together on the newly indexed 1880 census records), and then we can connect the family lines and seal them together. YAY!!!!!!
Next cool thing today: I've been sitting baby G on his squishy potty seat in between diaper changes recently. He likes it, and has started peeing most times I do this. Today J called me in to the bathroom to see G trying to put the cushy potty seat up on the potty himself. I took off his diaper and sure enough, he was peeing. Wow--he really seems to understand this!
Last cool thing for today: A has been in vision therapy for a little over two months. When it started, she generally had to be forced to read even one page of an easy reader or picture book (not including reciting memorized books). She would get very upset at the idea of reading. She said she could NOT do it, especially not with small letters. Today, she asked me if she could read a page of the chapter book we're reading at bedtime. It's an abridged version of "The Time Machine" by H.G. Wells. It has the slightly larger, more spaced type typical of the abridged/easier versions, but it is still a chapter book, solid pages of text with interspersed pages of B&W illustrations. She read EVERY PAGE of the chapter except one. I read the third page, and by the time I was done she was excited again and read the rest of it herself. She is over the moon that she "can read CHAPTER books!!!!!!!!" She did wonderfully, reading words like "aluminum" and "delightful" herself. Awesome!!!!
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