Today we played a game of "what's this bone," and I actually ended up having to find out.
Which is what led me to this:
health.howstuffworks.com/adam-200029.htm.webloc
There's a nice little animation of the skeleton, with a basic description of each bone's role in the body. Nice!
At music this morning, Jack had to bring a written example of music. The teacher asked for short and long symbols, and for Jack to be able to explain them to the class. "Don't worry, they don't have to be in order," she said. Good thing!
He likes to pretend that he's writing words. Today, he wrote a sign telling the cats to keep out of the living room. The music paper he took to class had all of our names on it. He traces letters, but doesn't seem to realize that the writing he's doing isn't actually readable. As I'm typing this, he wrote a letter inviting E. to another playdate. He wrote it by holding 15 crayons in one hand, and marking the paper with lines.
Lines are a theme.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Campout
On Friday we had an awesome playdate with Jack's friend, "E." (I've been avoiding mentioning his friends for privacy reasons, but they play a huge part in our lives. I'm using initials to protect the innocent.)
Jack said he wanted to have a campout in the yard at night with a fire and smores. He was happy to settle for setting up a tent in his room during the day, as long as there were still smores.
So we invited his friend over, set up the igloo tent (which is starting to show its age), and turned out the lights. We were lucky to have a dreary day, so it was actually pretty dark in there. They played with flashlights and every light-up toy they could get. Then we made smores with marshmallow fluff and chocolate chips. The idea was to assemble them, wrap them in foil and bake them in the toaster oven-- 3 points each as per the recipe, thank you very much weight watchers! They never made it that far, though. We ate up our smores un-toasted, and then resorted to eating chocolate chips from the bowl.
The building frenzy continues in our house. Now it's not only legos, but also the wooden blocks in his room. He set up the train tracks, and he makes tall buildings with the blocks. He says that little people can go up the elevators in the buildings, then jump off the top with a parachute to land safely.
Jack said he wanted to have a campout in the yard at night with a fire and smores. He was happy to settle for setting up a tent in his room during the day, as long as there were still smores.
So we invited his friend over, set up the igloo tent (which is starting to show its age), and turned out the lights. We were lucky to have a dreary day, so it was actually pretty dark in there. They played with flashlights and every light-up toy they could get. Then we made smores with marshmallow fluff and chocolate chips. The idea was to assemble them, wrap them in foil and bake them in the toaster oven-- 3 points each as per the recipe, thank you very much weight watchers! They never made it that far, though. We ate up our smores un-toasted, and then resorted to eating chocolate chips from the bowl.
The building frenzy continues in our house. Now it's not only legos, but also the wooden blocks in his room. He set up the train tracks, and he makes tall buildings with the blocks. He says that little people can go up the elevators in the buildings, then jump off the top with a parachute to land safely.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Legacy Legos
Jack's been spending the bulk of his time in playing with Legos. Over the weekend, John raided a closet at his mom's house, and we came home with a giant bin of blocks from the late '70s. I swear there's a Millenium Falcon in there somewhere, waiting to be assembled.
Jack likes to make big stacks of blocks, especially ones that are the same size. He calls them "upstairs upstairs" buildings.
This prompted John to dig out three Bionicle sets he had secreted away upstairs. This is Jack's new passion -- building robots.
Other activities: jumping in leaf piles, pretending to write (a birthday card for Ryan, an inscription on a picture for Daddy), making lines of objects (a.k.a. "a machine"), and playing with an absurdly loud monster truck toy.
He's been choosing scary books lately. We read a really cute one today about a witch with 41 cats, but they aren't all cute. In fact, we picked up an eerie one by M. Night Shyamalan. A beautiful book, but I think we'll save it for another year.
Jack likes to make big stacks of blocks, especially ones that are the same size. He calls them "upstairs upstairs" buildings.
This prompted John to dig out three Bionicle sets he had secreted away upstairs. This is Jack's new passion -- building robots.
Other activities: jumping in leaf piles, pretending to write (a birthday card for Ryan, an inscription on a picture for Daddy), making lines of objects (a.k.a. "a machine"), and playing with an absurdly loud monster truck toy.
He's been choosing scary books lately. We read a really cute one today about a witch with 41 cats, but they aren't all cute. In fact, we picked up an eerie one by M. Night Shyamalan. A beautiful book, but I think we'll save it for another year.
Monday, November 3, 2008
"When David grows up he can be my dog!"
Is Jack learning anything from "Go, Diego, Go!"? Today he told me that crocodiles eat clams and they eat rocks to break up the shells in their stomach. Huh? Is that true?! Probably not. He chose a book on walruses at the library, and they eat shellfish, which is how the topic arose.
Speaking of books, here are a couple of our current favorites: Every Friday and The Birthday Fish by Dan Yaccarino, Goodnight Lulu by Paulette Bogan.
For his birthday, Jack got a set of big-kid Legos. This is one of his first creations.
On Sunday, we went to church and came home to play with his birthday toys some more. Monday morning, we bought a birthday card for Granny in Virginia. Jack wrote a message, and told me what it said, then we went to the post office and mailed it. After that, we went to the bank to deposit most of his birthday money into his savings account. He was very proud to hand the money to the cashier, but he didn't really understand why we were giving it to her. At the rate of interest we're getting, the best explanation I can give is that it's safer than the market these days.
After errands, we went to the library. Jack did a great job participating in class, and he seemed to really enjoy the books. On the other hand, he shocked the group by announcing that he doesn't share, because he doesn't know how. Andrea, unfazed, said "that must be challenging!"
"HAPPYHALLOWEEN!"
Speaking of books, here are a couple of our current favorites: Every Friday and The Birthday Fish by Dan Yaccarino, Goodnight Lulu by Paulette Bogan.
For his birthday, Jack got a set of big-kid Legos. This is one of his first creations.
On Sunday, we went to church and came home to play with his birthday toys some more. Monday morning, we bought a birthday card for Granny in Virginia. Jack wrote a message, and told me what it said, then we went to the post office and mailed it. After that, we went to the bank to deposit most of his birthday money into his savings account. He was very proud to hand the money to the cashier, but he didn't really understand why we were giving it to her. At the rate of interest we're getting, the best explanation I can give is that it's safer than the market these days.
After errands, we went to the library. Jack did a great job participating in class, and he seemed to really enjoy the books. On the other hand, he shocked the group by announcing that he doesn't share, because he doesn't know how. Andrea, unfazed, said "that must be challenging!"
"HAPPYHALLOWEEN!"
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