Gavin is having some serious issues with seperation from me especially, but sometimes Ethan and Perry, too. It's been almost two weeks that he has been doing this and previously he would run off without even saying goodbye, he didn't care. Now all of a sudden he doesn't want me to leave him anywhere. Yesterday, he had a chance to go to his grandparents on his own without Ethan (which rarely happens). Well at about 7:15, our doorbell rings (which also rarely happens, lol). Of course, Grandma, Papa and Gavin are standing on the porch. On their way to Chuck E Cheese (1 hr away) he whined almost the whole time about seeing mommy and Ethan. He said he didn't want to go to Chuck E Cheese (he usually loves it there). He whined and cried all the way home after supper and playing. So they brought him home. Perry started getting him ready for bed, Ethan hadn't fallen asleep yet so he came out to see everyone. Ethan eventually said that he wanted to go, and then Gavin said he would go if Ethan did. I haven't heard from them yet this morning- so hopefully he was ok!
I feel so badly when I leave him somewhere and he acts like that. It's just so strange how it happened so quickly, I hope it doesn't last to long!
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
lots of pics...
Before Ethan went to school, we got out some boxes and did some different counting and sorting activites with them. Then we covered them with wrapping paper (white side out) and painted them. We are going to cut out some squares and rectangles for windows and doors and make buildings for a city.
Gavin and I went to the mall after Ethan went school. I had to pick up Teach your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons- I had ordered it last week for Ethan. The stores weren't open when we got there so we went to the coffee shop and got some drinks. After that we went to the library for an hour. Gavin always wants to cut with scissors when we go there. So he did that first and then he worked on a bunch of puzzles. We came home and had some soup for lunch and an hour nap. When he got up we read a couple of his library books and then Grandma called and said she was going to come and pick him up and take him for the night and that they were going to go to Chuck E Cheese. He was pretty excited! I walked over with Desi to pick Ethan up at school. He is colouring right now and we are going to do some fun things tonight.
Here are some pics I took of the kids watching TV a few weeks ago, I thought it ws funny that they switched spots in the middle and Ethan did the same thing with his hands that Gavin had done.
Here are some pics from Gavins little birthday party, I had forgotten to post them.
And some silly ones of Gavin:
Gavin and I went to the mall after Ethan went school. I had to pick up Teach your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons- I had ordered it last week for Ethan. The stores weren't open when we got there so we went to the coffee shop and got some drinks. After that we went to the library for an hour. Gavin always wants to cut with scissors when we go there. So he did that first and then he worked on a bunch of puzzles. We came home and had some soup for lunch and an hour nap. When he got up we read a couple of his library books and then Grandma called and said she was going to come and pick him up and take him for the night and that they were going to go to Chuck E Cheese. He was pretty excited! I walked over with Desi to pick Ethan up at school. He is colouring right now and we are going to do some fun things tonight.
Here are some pics I took of the kids watching TV a few weeks ago, I thought it ws funny that they switched spots in the middle and Ethan did the same thing with his hands that Gavin had done.
Here are some pics from Gavins little birthday party, I had forgotten to post them.
And some silly ones of Gavin:
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
I Took His Hand and Followed
by Mrs. Roy L. Peifer
My dishes went unwashed today,
I didn't make the bed,
I took his hand and followed
Where his eager footsteps led.
Oh yes, we went adventuring,
My little son and I...
Exploring all the great outdoors
Beneath the summer sky
We waded in a crystal stream,
We wandered through a wood...
My kitchen wasn't swept today
But life was gay and good.
We found a cool, sun-dappled glade
And now my small son knows
How Mother Bunny hides her nest,
Where jack-in-the-pulpit grows.
We watched a robin feed her young,
We climbed a sunlit hill...
Saw cloud-sheep scamper through the sky,
We plucked a daffodil.
That my house was neglected,
That I didn't brush the stairs,
In twenty years, no one on earth
Will know, or even care.
But that I've helped my little boy
To noble manhood grow,
In twenty years, the whole wide world
May look and see and know
My dishes went unwashed today,
I didn't make the bed,
I took his hand and followed
Where his eager footsteps led.
Oh yes, we went adventuring,
My little son and I...
Exploring all the great outdoors
Beneath the summer sky
We waded in a crystal stream,
We wandered through a wood...
My kitchen wasn't swept today
But life was gay and good.
We found a cool, sun-dappled glade
And now my small son knows
How Mother Bunny hides her nest,
Where jack-in-the-pulpit grows.
We watched a robin feed her young,
We climbed a sunlit hill...
Saw cloud-sheep scamper through the sky,
We plucked a daffodil.
That my house was neglected,
That I didn't brush the stairs,
In twenty years, no one on earth
Will know, or even care.
But that I've helped my little boy
To noble manhood grow,
In twenty years, the whole wide world
May look and see and know
teaching?
I am still thinking about homeschooling...
I thought I had decided and was ok with not homeschooling, but I just can't forget about it and I just don't feel like school is for us. Ethan is in JK right now, but I am thinking that I may not send him back. But I don't know... This is such a major and hard decision. Anyway, this past week we have been doing homeschool type activities at home and I think my plan right now is to see if we (I) can do it now and into the summer and make a decision then. If it doesn't work, nothing's lost, if it does, we'll take Ethan out of kindergarten and Gavin wasn't set to go next year anyway. And then if it isn't working Ethan will have only missed senior kindergarten, which is not a requirement anyway.
Last week at school, Ethan was learning about dinosaurs and loved it. I decided to use dinosaurs as the first thing we would look at. On Wednesday, we went to the library and got some books about dinosaurs. We went through some of the names of different dinosaurs and sang some dinosaur songs. Yesterday, was a busy day, so we didn't do much. Ethan was in school and Gavin and I went to Sarnia, then they had swimming, supper and bed. Today, we made dinosaur boxes and a dinosaur 'collage' type craft. The kids had a bath with some dinosaur shaped foam pieces and we sorted all the different kinds and counted how of each there were and went over the names. If I get right to it in the morning it doesn't seem to bad. It's if I keep doing other things and then don't have much time for stuff that it would be harder. And Perry usually naps in the afternoon, so it makes it hard to do things in the house then. We'll see how it goes...
wish me luck.
Ethan dictated this story to me this morning:
Dinosaurs never ate trees. They jumped in the tree and never ate a crayon. And he saw a little Tyrannosaurus Rex and it was a baby one. Then a little man came tumbling and he didn't know why he had a snowman and it was springtome and he didn't know why it was snowing and the number ten was out. And he didn't know why there was a bat out. There was a shirt outside hanging on the clothesline at his new house and he didn't like it. And he wrote a dinosaur poem. He had a bat in the springtime. Why did he know that he had a dinosaur poem in his house? He had a shirt hanging out on his bedroom door. He never had a crayon in his little life, too.
:)
I thought I had decided and was ok with not homeschooling, but I just can't forget about it and I just don't feel like school is for us. Ethan is in JK right now, but I am thinking that I may not send him back. But I don't know... This is such a major and hard decision. Anyway, this past week we have been doing homeschool type activities at home and I think my plan right now is to see if we (I) can do it now and into the summer and make a decision then. If it doesn't work, nothing's lost, if it does, we'll take Ethan out of kindergarten and Gavin wasn't set to go next year anyway. And then if it isn't working Ethan will have only missed senior kindergarten, which is not a requirement anyway.
Last week at school, Ethan was learning about dinosaurs and loved it. I decided to use dinosaurs as the first thing we would look at. On Wednesday, we went to the library and got some books about dinosaurs. We went through some of the names of different dinosaurs and sang some dinosaur songs. Yesterday, was a busy day, so we didn't do much. Ethan was in school and Gavin and I went to Sarnia, then they had swimming, supper and bed. Today, we made dinosaur boxes and a dinosaur 'collage' type craft. The kids had a bath with some dinosaur shaped foam pieces and we sorted all the different kinds and counted how of each there were and went over the names. If I get right to it in the morning it doesn't seem to bad. It's if I keep doing other things and then don't have much time for stuff that it would be harder. And Perry usually naps in the afternoon, so it makes it hard to do things in the house then. We'll see how it goes...
wish me luck.
Ethan dictated this story to me this morning:
Dinosaurs never ate trees. They jumped in the tree and never ate a crayon. And he saw a little Tyrannosaurus Rex and it was a baby one. Then a little man came tumbling and he didn't know why he had a snowman and it was springtome and he didn't know why it was snowing and the number ten was out. And he didn't know why there was a bat out. There was a shirt outside hanging on the clothesline at his new house and he didn't like it. And he wrote a dinosaur poem. He had a bat in the springtime. Why did he know that he had a dinosaur poem in his house? He had a shirt hanging out on his bedroom door. He never had a crayon in his little life, too.
:)
Monday, February 11, 2008
I'm in love...
My new camera is soooo amazing! I don't really know what I'm doing yet, but I'm trying to get it. I've taken over 100 pictures in 2 days! Here are some of my favourites, they may not be technically perfect, but what a differnce from my point and shoot (which I used to think did a pretty good job).
Saturday, February 9, 2008
sooo excited!
First- I got a new camera!!!!!! We bought a REbel XTi yesterday, but it had a problem with the memory card slot, and when we took it back they were all gone :( So, I got a Rebel XT. I am soo excited!! I can't wait to figure out how to use it!
Second- we are taking the kids to Niagara Falls next weekend. We will be going to the Fallsview Indoor Waterpark! They are going to have so much fun! Originally we thought that Perry and I would like to get away for a while ourselves but then we decided to do something with the kids since it was 'Family Day' anyway and that's the reason Perry gets an extra day off.
Here are some shots with my new camera, nothing special, just figuring out some settings...
Second- we are taking the kids to Niagara Falls next weekend. We will be going to the Fallsview Indoor Waterpark! They are going to have so much fun! Originally we thought that Perry and I would like to get away for a while ourselves but then we decided to do something with the kids since it was 'Family Day' anyway and that's the reason Perry gets an extra day off.
Here are some shots with my new camera, nothing special, just figuring out some settings...
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