Quiet on the home front
We’ve been battling minor illness of one sort or another in someone since Christmas and with it being winter, the weather (finally) getting colder, and the colds, coughs, sore throats and fevers (not to mention ear infections), we’ve been trying to scale down, not do a lot, and even (amazingly) go to bed early. I have been known to turn in at 9pm more than once this past week which for someone who has struggled to get to bed before 11 for months for all I have to get done is pretty good if not the way I’d choose to make it happen. Sleep has become our best friend. Months of not getting it hasn’t helped any.
As to “exciting” things going on, Friday 2/2 was the 100th day of school which is a really fun “holiday” at school, full of parties, activities and what-not. Matthew made an awsome “homework” project using 100 sunflower seeds (he designed flowers with them and glued each one in place individually!). Emily took in a book called “100 words in French and English” to share. Each one really enjoyed the day. Skating lessons are going well. We completed a round of lessons on Thursday evenings a couple weeks ago and are now trying late Friday afternoon to see how it compares (the schedules have not been “easy” for us this year to juggle). Both kids are making great progress. Homeschool skate at noon on Thursdays has also been fun though we’ve only gone once (two days ago to be exact) since December. Elizabeth motors around ok on her own using double blades. Jonathan has a friend who watches him while I do this, but if he gets too fussy, we just take him (stroller and all) onto the ice. I’ve only had to do that two times this year. No doubt he’ll be out there with us next year if he has any say in the matter. Watch out world, he’s coming!
Jonathan is also developing some interesting vocabulary, habits, and cute gestures. I discovered last night that he knows how to blow kisses (don’t know who taught him that but he does it on command! Steve declares he knew nothing of it either). He also can “say” hello and pretends to talk on the phone. He loves to play ball (rolling or throwing it back and forth). He plays peek-a-boo (and says “cuckoo” while doing so - du bon francais mon petit garcon!) and knows yes and no and come quite well (though he doesn’t always obey). He “says” thank you (t-kooo) and does sign language along with it, again on command. He drinks milk from a cup (and promptly enjoys spitting it back out at you if he is in a game-playing mood). It’s fun. Elizabeth loves to be read to - by anybody pretty much any time. Her favorites just now are for me to read her “Snoozers” by Sandra Boynton at nap time, and for Steve to read her “Where the Wild Things are” by Maurice Sendak at bed time. Perhaps it’s our personal touches (complete with sound effects) that make them so special but regardless, she begs, and we comply daily, sometimes more than once. Emily and Matthew recently watched the movie “Newsies” and loved it; we own the soundtrack as well as the movie and it’s been played a lot the past week. Both want to take them in this coming week for “sharing time” at school. It’s a fun age and I love my kids!
February 8th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Ohhhhhh we love them too. and we miss them. Working on getting the 10th of March off. Should know within a week. The woman who would replace me, her daughter has cheerleading competitions on Saturdays, but she thinks she is free the 10th. I’ll let you know. Who knows, maybe by then well be in a “thaw”.
Talk to you soon, Love, mom