I love witnessing toddler concentration. Kids show extraordinary ability to concentrate on things when they are playing. While people lament children’s attention spans all of the time, sometimes I think the adults are the one’s who aren’t able to concentrate. I’ve seen many times where a parent tries to break the concentration of a child and turn […]
Listening Closely…
Learning is such a grand adventure! Our family theme for the semester is: ATTENTIVENESS listening closely and watching carefully It has been very necessary to focus on that in our house this year. Not only are the boys in great need of working on their listening skills, but as I’ve alluded to before, I need […]
Sentimental Sweater Season!
I’m extremely sentimental and nostalgic. With this thought in mind, my mother-in-law pulled this out when we were back visiting for Christmas! I can’t help but get all warm and fuzzy inside thinking about my big, strong husband fitting in this adorable snoopy sweater! Xander is both thrilled and perplexed at the thought that he is wearing […]
Changing Perspective…
Today was just one of those days when nothing seems to go quite right – patience at zero, unexpected sad news, forgotten laundry in the drier, discovered horribly wrinkled, running late and low on everything, mind racing on anything and everything, but the task at hand. It’s days like this when I really need to slow down and […]
Reproductions
In the interest of saving time and frustration (five year old boys only like to draw and write for so long), we scanned Xander’s Christmas card and thank-you note drawing for the extended family. He adored seeing his ‘artwork’ displayed on each card and then both boys willingly drew illustrations of gifts they had received inside […]
Germ Prevention
As you may have guessed from my recent post, we have been working towards keeping sickness at a minimum this year. The teacher/unit study enthusiast within me, jumped at the chance to use this as an opportunity to teach the boys about germs and how to prevent their spread. I find it ironic that just […]