...can put a crazy week into perspective and I'm grateful for that. This past week Clay was roaming the streets of Austin, eating delicious food and listening to great bands. And working. I was home with our kids and we had some adventures of our own.
Backwards Day. Brandt & Brooklyn woke up on their own at 6:00 to make sure they would be ready. Brooklyn thought the backwards pants were the funniest & giggled really hard when they felt like they would split when she sat down. They even wore their underwear backwards.
Brandt & Brooklyn got lost in response to my previous post. We made some decisions on that.
Finished reading The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland together. Good funny book. I was worried that it was too hard for them to understand with the way they talk and the words used. Not to mention the fact that it is a nonsensical story & thereby difficult to follow in the first place! They loved it. Their favorite parts were Alice being huge and crying so much in the hall that she created a small lake with her tears and then after shrinking and having to swim out of it, wishing she hadn't cried so much. They loved the Mock Turtle's song, and though it was hilarious when Bill the Lizard was kicked & flew out the chimney. They both are very excited to continue on and start reading Through the Looking Glass together.
Played basketball as a family as Brayden wandered the gym. I finally learned the proper way to shoot a ball. It's about time! I'm practicing.....
Made lasagna with Brooklyn for dinner. She was so proud of herself & I was proud of her. "They" always say you should have your kids cook with you and in general, my response to that is, "WHEN?!?" But we did it on a lazy Sunday afternoon (when I had a bucketful of patience) and we had fun together laughing about the noodles going for a swim in the pot and spreading sauce and cheese everywhere.
It was a rather gray week and I admit it kind of got me down, that absence of sunshine. But I do love coziness. We had a cozy morning when a cat came round to our back door to Brayden's delight. They entertained one another for about an hour.
Brandt & Brooklyn have been so sweet to each other lately. They prefer to play together over friends and have been taking care of each other with hardly a snip of fighting. SO NICE!!! That makes me really happy to see.
Brooklyn has been working really hard on her reading and just made it up to grade level this past week! I'm so proud of her and happy she got there!
I did Fairy Tale Friday for Brooklyn's class. I chose Rumplestiltskin. We read the book, made crowns and each of the kids drew 4 random words from a bag to put together their own crazy name. They loved it and we had fun.
Lately we run through a little routine with Brayden while he's in his highchair. He claps, waves, dances, gives five, gives rocks, blows kisses, and does peek-a-boo. He peek-a-boos with his blanket, but if you try to get him to do it in his highchair, he grabs my hand & puts it over his eyes for him. Haha!
He says "Daddy", "Mama" (VERY rarely), "Da" (Brandt), "Ba: (Brooklyn), "ee-day" (birdie), and "ba" (ball), "owie", & "hot", "ouch" (for yucky).
He squeals when he sees animals (especially dogs & birdies).
He loves to tickle any skin he can find & thinks it's the best thing ever to tickle someone. But it totally hurts because he's just scratching us. :)
His favorite books are a touch-&-feel farm animals book and Dr. Seuss's There's A Wocket In My Pocket.
His favorite blanket, by far, is his owl blanket.
He loves to go places and always goes to the proper basket in the front room and finds his hat & brings it to us to show us he wants to go. Just like a little puppy.
He loves going to the childcare while I help out at school or exercise. They love him there and always comment on what a happy little soul he is.
Went to see The Vow & giggled with some good girlfriends.
Backwards Day. Brandt & Brooklyn woke up on their own at 6:00 to make sure they would be ready. Brooklyn thought the backwards pants were the funniest & giggled really hard when they felt like they would split when she sat down. They even wore their underwear backwards.
Brandt & Brooklyn got lost in response to my previous post. We made some decisions on that.
Finished reading The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland together. Good funny book. I was worried that it was too hard for them to understand with the way they talk and the words used. Not to mention the fact that it is a nonsensical story & thereby difficult to follow in the first place! They loved it. Their favorite parts were Alice being huge and crying so much in the hall that she created a small lake with her tears and then after shrinking and having to swim out of it, wishing she hadn't cried so much. They loved the Mock Turtle's song, and though it was hilarious when Bill the Lizard was kicked & flew out the chimney. They both are very excited to continue on and start reading Through the Looking Glass together.
Played basketball as a family as Brayden wandered the gym. I finally learned the proper way to shoot a ball. It's about time! I'm practicing.....
Made lasagna with Brooklyn for dinner. She was so proud of herself & I was proud of her. "They" always say you should have your kids cook with you and in general, my response to that is, "WHEN?!?" But we did it on a lazy Sunday afternoon (when I had a bucketful of patience) and we had fun together laughing about the noodles going for a swim in the pot and spreading sauce and cheese everywhere.
It was a rather gray week and I admit it kind of got me down, that absence of sunshine. But I do love coziness. We had a cozy morning when a cat came round to our back door to Brayden's delight. They entertained one another for about an hour.
Brandt & Brooklyn have been so sweet to each other lately. They prefer to play together over friends and have been taking care of each other with hardly a snip of fighting. SO NICE!!! That makes me really happy to see.
Brooklyn has been working really hard on her reading and just made it up to grade level this past week! I'm so proud of her and happy she got there!
I did Fairy Tale Friday for Brooklyn's class. I chose Rumplestiltskin. We read the book, made crowns and each of the kids drew 4 random words from a bag to put together their own crazy name. They loved it and we had fun.
Lately we run through a little routine with Brayden while he's in his highchair. He claps, waves, dances, gives five, gives rocks, blows kisses, and does peek-a-boo. He peek-a-boos with his blanket, but if you try to get him to do it in his highchair, he grabs my hand & puts it over his eyes for him. Haha!
He says "Daddy", "Mama" (VERY rarely), "Da" (Brandt), "Ba: (Brooklyn), "ee-day" (birdie), and "ba" (ball), "owie", & "hot", "ouch" (for yucky).
He squeals when he sees animals (especially dogs & birdies).
He loves to tickle any skin he can find & thinks it's the best thing ever to tickle someone. But it totally hurts because he's just scratching us. :)
His favorite books are a touch-&-feel farm animals book and Dr. Seuss's There's A Wocket In My Pocket.
His favorite blanket, by far, is his owl blanket.
He loves to go places and always goes to the proper basket in the front room and finds his hat & brings it to us to show us he wants to go. Just like a little puppy.
He loves going to the childcare while I help out at school or exercise. They love him there and always comment on what a happy little soul he is.
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| My little helper, helping. |
Went to see The Vow & giggled with some good girlfriends.
3 comments:
Thanks for updating on what each of the kiddos are doing right now. That should help me know what to talk about when I see them.
Great job on the lasagna Brooklyn! That's awesome.
My Brooklyn's favorite thing to do is make Lasagna, she has gotten to be a pro and can do it all by herself!! It is awesome when they learn to do it and then love doing it!!
Loved being a part of your weekend. Hollaaaa!! Sad our playdate was cancelled.
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