Tanner's current favorite songs:
- The Boys Are Back in Town- Thin Lizzy
- Don't Blink- Brad Paisley
- Help Me Rhonda- The Beach Boys
Movie Night on Saturday was a big hit.
The kids all laid on the floor with stuffies and a blanket and watched "Horton Hears a Who". It was the first time we played a movie from beginning to end with attention held by all three.
The Slam Dunk Reenactment:
The boys watched the "Slam Dunk Contest" (NBA) and then for weeks after replicated the winning dunks. Tanner was Nate Robinson and Jake was Dwight Howard. If you saw the pros dunk, this makes a pretty funny picture.
Faith's Singing:
Jake's Recycling Discovery:
For awhile now Brian and I have been surreptitiously throwing some of Jake's Kindergarten work into the recycling bin. We keep the good stuff, but there's so much that is meaningless: dot-to-dots, math worksheets, etc.... But we knew it would bother him if he knew about it. Well, the jig is up. Tonight Brian asked Jake to take out a cardboard box. He was gone for a long time- so long that we were about to go out looking for him- when he walked into the kitchen with an absolutely devastated look on his face holding about a dozen of his papers in his hands. He burst into tears and said things like, "I work SO hard at school and you THROW it away???". Drama King that he is, it went on for some time- even after we had told him about the fact that we don't have enough drawer space, that we need to take care of our earth and save trees, etc... I don't think a dollar will be enough for the therapy jar for this one- I'm putting in a five.
For awhile now Brian and I have been surreptitiously throwing some of Jake's Kindergarten work into the recycling bin. We keep the good stuff, but there's so much that is meaningless: dot-to-dots, math worksheets, etc.... But we knew it would bother him if he knew about it. Well, the jig is up. Tonight Brian asked Jake to take out a cardboard box. He was gone for a long time- so long that we were about to go out looking for him- when he walked into the kitchen with an absolutely devastated look on his face holding about a dozen of his papers in his hands. He burst into tears and said things like, "I work SO hard at school and you THROW it away???". Drama King that he is, it went on for some time- even after we had told him about the fact that we don't have enough drawer space, that we need to take care of our earth and save trees, etc... I don't think a dollar will be enough for the therapy jar for this one- I'm putting in a five.
Faith's Bedtime:
Faith crinkles up her nose, squeezes her eyes shut, and says, "ME!" when I ask her, "Who does Mommy love?" and "Who's Mama's best girl?"- our little bedtime ritual.
Faith crinkles up her nose, squeezes her eyes shut, and says, "ME!" when I ask her, "Who does Mommy love?" and "Who's Mama's best girl?"- our little bedtime ritual.
We signed him up to start preschool next year at the school next door to our house. Literally, the playground is right next to our backyard. He is so excited to start (in August). He points it out to everyone and showed our guests the flyer they sent us. He and Brian went to an Open House there while I was up skiing with Jake last weekend and he couldn't wait to take me to look in the windows when I got home.
After his lesson on Saturday we hit the slopes together. I loved riding on the lift with him and playing "Follow the Leader" down the mountain. It truly gave me an indication of things to come- enjoying activities together as a family on a whole different level.
A friend of mine (the mother of one of Jake's friends) is going back to school to get her teaching credential. She is a single mom and knowing she could use some help, Brian and I volunteered to pick up her THREE boys from school each Tuesday and watch them until she got home at 5:30.
Jake loves it. The boys are K, 2nd grade, and 8th grade. They spend all afternoon playing Four Square, Basketball, and hockey. This Tuesday was an early release and so we volunteered to pick up three additional boys and keep them for awhile. We had 8 boys in our house for several hours- it was great! The Peterson household was always the place to hang out after school when I was growing up and I'd love to be that household here.
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