Thursday
We went ahead and took a walk this morning (”A Walking Adventure” as we call it) and then had our romp out in the yard. It’s good for all four of us. It got clipped short because I got bit by fire ants. Stoopit bugs.
After an indoor puppet show with sticks (Isaac’s idea) and a homemade puppet theatre (empty speaker boxes), we ran to the post office and the library. It was our first official trip. We talked about talking as quietly as butterflies in the library, and we were moderately successful. Isaac really wanted books about bugs, so we got one on spiders, one on bees, and one on bugs in general. I need a praying mantis book.
I also found Blueberries for Sal and The Runaway Bunny — two books listed in the Before Five in a Row bibliography. Now I need to settle in and read those all for myself. Can’t wait!
Social Studies, Reading | Comments (2)Tuesday (and Last Friday, Saturday, and Monday, too)
Holiday weekend. Mommy’s birthday. Busy, busy. But I observed several things about my boys this weekend. Interesting little tikes they are.
Gavin:
- is already bossing everyone around. Standing up in the highchair is the latest thrill in the Lewis household, and it meets with a firm “DOWN” from Mom, Dad, and brother. And now Gavin has joined in. When he sees another person — ANY person — stand up from a chair, Gavin runs toward them, hand out, and says loudly, “DOW! DOW!” One little boy actually complied.
- loves to dance. Put on ANY music and he starts to groove.
- has made his own sign for Spiderman. Go figure.
- can say:
- Mama
- Dada
- Brother
- “Bye-bye!”
- “Hello!”
- “Down!”
- “I did it!”
- “All done!”
- Please
- “Tankoo!”
- Drink
- Cracker
- [Ba]nana
- Papoo
- Nite-nite
- “Rockie, rockie, rockie”
- Yes
- Grrrrr
- Meow
- Book
- “No thank you!”
Isaac:
- “Read” me a story at the bookstore on Monday. Completely new story from a completely new book.
- Loves to name anyone and anything with what ever characteristic shouts out at him. The lizard this morning was “Sidewalky.” The boy at B&N — who I’m sure has a name — was “Booky.”
- Is figuring out how to dial the phone to call Daddy and G-ma & G-pa.
- Loves to perform for me. He sang me a completely new and different song that I didn’t know this evening.
- Loves to play store. I’m always the one buying and he’s always the one selling though. Hmmmm. . . .
- Drew in rain clouds and rain on a coloring page from church. About Noah’s ark. Shows he was paying attention and that he can figure out how to do that.
- Understands what tattling is. Sigh. . . .
- Explained to Daddy this evening how bees make honey. He was actually paying attention when I told him?
Tuesday
So Charlotte Mason says that “social studies” for wee ones can be knowing everyone’s name in the family. We did pretty well with that this morning, except he thinks that Daddy and he share the same middle name. The dog’s middle name is “Dough.”
We did our Chore Chart. At the very least, it makes him feel like a significant member of the household. And that’s cool.
We had a “play date” today with our friends in an air-conditioned playground. Good for everyone — especially since a Starbucks is nearby! Isaac “narrated” David and Goliath to a friendly lady at the playground. “And Goliath was five inches tall!” he said enthusiastically. 