He was so excited about it and showed me all about it. Enjoy:
Monday, May 10, 2010
Kyler's Mystery Bag
I know this is a little late, well alot late but here are some of the photos of K taking his mystery bag to school for the first time.
He was so excited about it and showed me all about it. Enjoy:
He was so excited about it and showed me all about it. Enjoy:
Q's ST Week #4
I was rather surprised about this week. We didn't get alot of time to work on our homework and frankly... I think I lost it. But it was ok.
It was cold this week so Q and I had on our winter coats. When we got there Q had to go potty so we did this first then waited in the waiting room. The ST came out and got us shortly after.
When we got in the room Q saw all these turtles laying around. He really wanted to play with them but restrained himself. Q sat down and said hi to his ST and off they went.
Do you remember the alligator game from last week? This week Q was less than enthusiastic to play with it. They did none the less. She pushed the buttons for Q instead. They worked on "push" and "my turn/your turn" and "this one". He did ok.
After the alligator was our book time. This weeks book was "Come out and Play, Little Mouse". Q helped to read the book by saying "come out and play little mouse". We didn't always get the whole sentence but we got some of it most of the time.
Once the book was over Q went around the room and collected little turtles. He had to "open" them and get the picture "out". Once he had the picture he had to say what it was. A few examples are banana (which he is FINALLY GETTING!!!), medicine, macaroni, hamburger, ect. He did have to work on the word "more" a few times since sometimes it came out as more and other times it was "nore".
The ST then had Q come to the table. They had a picture with a tree on it and some fall coloured leaves. Q had to take the leaves "off" the photo. It was hard for him to do since the word "off" is having him put more of his lip in his mouth. Try it for a second, say off. You notice that the top teeth are just touching the bottom lips? Now say off and try putting your bottom lip in your mouth like you are biting it. That's how Q does it. The ST helped him a few times to say it with not quite so much lips. It worked ok but Q eventually told her "NO HELP!" So she stopped helping.
Q got to try a new game. It was something like "pop the pirate". Basically there is a pirate head in a barrel, you have to put swards into the barrel (on the outside) and eventually one will make him pop. Q had to work on saying "I want a sword". I think she was aiming for the "want" more than anything.
Our homework for this week is to do the tree exercise (I got photocopies of the sheet and the leaves), as well as put some "dogs" in their "home". We are trying to get the "m" sound.
We also have one other thing for homework... I need your help with it. I have to come up with a list of 10 to 20 applicable multisyllabic words. Her examples were "backyardigans". Any suggestions?
It was cold this week so Q and I had on our winter coats. When we got there Q had to go potty so we did this first then waited in the waiting room. The ST came out and got us shortly after.
When we got in the room Q saw all these turtles laying around. He really wanted to play with them but restrained himself. Q sat down and said hi to his ST and off they went.
Do you remember the alligator game from last week? This week Q was less than enthusiastic to play with it. They did none the less. She pushed the buttons for Q instead. They worked on "push" and "my turn/your turn" and "this one". He did ok.
After the alligator was our book time. This weeks book was "Come out and Play, Little Mouse". Q helped to read the book by saying "come out and play little mouse". We didn't always get the whole sentence but we got some of it most of the time.
Once the book was over Q went around the room and collected little turtles. He had to "open" them and get the picture "out". Once he had the picture he had to say what it was. A few examples are banana (which he is FINALLY GETTING!!!), medicine, macaroni, hamburger, ect. He did have to work on the word "more" a few times since sometimes it came out as more and other times it was "nore".
The ST then had Q come to the table. They had a picture with a tree on it and some fall coloured leaves. Q had to take the leaves "off" the photo. It was hard for him to do since the word "off" is having him put more of his lip in his mouth. Try it for a second, say off. You notice that the top teeth are just touching the bottom lips? Now say off and try putting your bottom lip in your mouth like you are biting it. That's how Q does it. The ST helped him a few times to say it with not quite so much lips. It worked ok but Q eventually told her "NO HELP!" So she stopped helping.
Q got to try a new game. It was something like "pop the pirate". Basically there is a pirate head in a barrel, you have to put swards into the barrel (on the outside) and eventually one will make him pop. Q had to work on saying "I want a sword". I think she was aiming for the "want" more than anything.
Our homework for this week is to do the tree exercise (I got photocopies of the sheet and the leaves), as well as put some "dogs" in their "home". We are trying to get the "m" sound.
We also have one other thing for homework... I need your help with it. I have to come up with a list of 10 to 20 applicable multisyllabic words. Her examples were "backyardigans". Any suggestions?
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Earth Day Project
On Friday last week all the kids came out of the school with their "I Can Read" folders in hand and their little earth day projects on top. It was the cutest thing ever... and as always.. no camera.
Our earth day project (remember the messy hands bus?) came with us to Nana and Papa's house for the weekend and it even broke a bit. Nana was able to fix it with some special glue and we got to take it home. Mr. Brown was smart enough to make some holes and attach some string to them to hang it up.
When we got home on Sunday Kyler searched around the house until he found the perfect spot... the "Bless This House" sign had to go and up went the Earth Day Project.
Enjoy:
Our earth day project (remember the messy hands bus?) came with us to Nana and Papa's house for the weekend and it even broke a bit. Nana was able to fix it with some special glue and we got to take it home. Mr. Brown was smart enough to make some holes and attach some string to them to hang it up.
When we got home on Sunday Kyler searched around the house until he found the perfect spot... the "Bless This House" sign had to go and up went the Earth Day Project.
Enjoy:
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
The Sweetest Things
Every once and a while we see the most amazing glimpses into our children's lives. I love those moments. Sometimes I miss them. That's the hardest. Other times they put the biggest smile on my face and in my heart.
Today on the way home from dropping K off at school we were walking past the 'worker men' who are building another level on a house on our street. Q started to get really excited watching them and seeing how 'strong and mighty' they are! He started to tell me how he wanted to get 'big big big' and be 'strong and mighty' like they are and to build a big house!
I love the excitement in his eyes, the way he jumped up and down watching them work and the nervous twitching he did while he saw them pull up a wall. It was incredible to see my child so excited about something so 'normal'.
This isn't the only thing he gets excited about. Lately we have been over-run with caterpillars in our yard. The boys can find them anywhere and watch them for hours. Q has started to call me out whenever he finds one, demands we take a photo so we can 'oom' in on them and see the 'eyes' on their backs. The incredible creation God had made for us sometimes get passed by with nothing too exciting. We seem to think it's a normal thing to see a caterpillar, trees, tulips bloom, wind blowing or worms moving.
Sometimes... the sweetest thing is to see the world through our children's eyes.
Today on the way home from dropping K off at school we were walking past the 'worker men' who are building another level on a house on our street. Q started to get really excited watching them and seeing how 'strong and mighty' they are! He started to tell me how he wanted to get 'big big big' and be 'strong and mighty' like they are and to build a big house!
I love the excitement in his eyes, the way he jumped up and down watching them work and the nervous twitching he did while he saw them pull up a wall. It was incredible to see my child so excited about something so 'normal'.
This isn't the only thing he gets excited about. Lately we have been over-run with caterpillars in our yard. The boys can find them anywhere and watch them for hours. Q has started to call me out whenever he finds one, demands we take a photo so we can 'oom' in on them and see the 'eyes' on their backs. The incredible creation God had made for us sometimes get passed by with nothing too exciting. We seem to think it's a normal thing to see a caterpillar, trees, tulips bloom, wind blowing or worms moving.
Sometimes... the sweetest thing is to see the world through our children's eyes.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Taking a break and reflecting
I've been working on my Labour Doula Exam all day... in fact for the last month it seems like all day all the time. I'm really getting into it. I have 4 essay questions and 2 questions I can not find the answers too! hopefully I can use some of my resources and get the answers soon!
On that note I was sitting on my comfy lazy boy chair from IKEA letting my mind wander and I was thinking somewhere along my train of thought to my grocery shopping trip I did this past weekend.
I was walking up and down the aisles knowing just what I needed and generally just getting those things. I ran into a mom and daughter. In fact I would hazard a guess after bumping into them a few times that it was a Mom and her Daughter who just got married and was back from their honeymoon. If I had to guess more I would say that they just moved into a new house as well.
The first time I ran into them in the store I just assumed it was a daughter home from college. She was talking about having so much fun with her friends and how much she truly enjoyed seeing everyone and how great it was to see her family as well. I began to think she had just graduated.
The next time I crossed paths with them she was talking about how her *husband* loved Crisper chips. They had to do research to find them where they were and now knew what grocery stores sold them in Toronto.
In the next aisle I say the Mom and Daughter looking at soups. Her mom was explaining that it is always good to have a "Cream of ______" in case you want to change something up or just have a good soup. The daughter then walked past the soups and saw the fixings for Chili and got all excited. She said she "had" to make chili. Her mom started to ask when and the daughter responded with sometime in the future. That's when her mom realized she was a bit overexcited and suggested they get the must haves this trip then figure out a meal plan and come back for specific things.
I had to laugh because the next row was baking goods and you could see she was in heaven. She wanted one of everything. Then she started to walk away (with a lot of baking supplies) and her mom called her back to look at something and she spun the cart and walked towards her mom. I don't think she has used a shopping cart before. It was funny to have a few of us wait for her to move the cart over. Her mom made a comment like she was a "kid in a candy store". I told her it is fun to shop sometimes, other times it's a chore. She laughed and said she loved it right now!
We met up again in the freezer section and I realized that this man I had seen around us wasn't just following the same path, he was the dad. I would guess he was the money behind this outing and didn't seem to take a huge interest. However he did have something to say about his daughter wanting 4 tubs of ice cream to use in her new bowls. Again another giggle from me.
It got me thinking about all the cool things I remember buying when Arnold and I got our first homes. Each house was totally different and in a totally different situation.
Our first house together in Edmonton was a place I had lived in for a year before we got married with friends. There wasn't too much we needed or wanted or had to change but we still enjoyed the house. Going shopping for the first time it seemed like so much and having so many things in the cart and it was crazy! I loved shopping as a newlywed (as I'm sure the girl I saw in the store did as well), changing my name to Mrs. Arnold Visser on my points card, and just knowing I was buying for my new house with my new husband.
Our first shopping trip for our house in Toronto was similar. Except that I had 2 kids, and went shopping with my dad! He took me shopping to buy cleaning supplies and the basics of food for a week so I could get working on things at home and not have to worry about taking everyone out the next day.
When we moved here we just moved all our food over. It was nice since I had preplanned our meals for the week and didn't have to worry about it so much. I really enjoy cooking so that was easy. The most shopping we did for this house was new furniture! I love my new couch and chairs from IKEA.
So as I sit here and remember that shopping trip I can't help but feel all warm inside. What a wonderful feeling for that new bride in the grocery store. I wish them the best and that they may have many more 'firsts' in their relationship.
Now back to my exam
On that note I was sitting on my comfy lazy boy chair from IKEA letting my mind wander and I was thinking somewhere along my train of thought to my grocery shopping trip I did this past weekend.
I was walking up and down the aisles knowing just what I needed and generally just getting those things. I ran into a mom and daughter. In fact I would hazard a guess after bumping into them a few times that it was a Mom and her Daughter who just got married and was back from their honeymoon. If I had to guess more I would say that they just moved into a new house as well.
The first time I ran into them in the store I just assumed it was a daughter home from college. She was talking about having so much fun with her friends and how much she truly enjoyed seeing everyone and how great it was to see her family as well. I began to think she had just graduated.
The next time I crossed paths with them she was talking about how her *husband* loved Crisper chips. They had to do research to find them where they were and now knew what grocery stores sold them in Toronto.
In the next aisle I say the Mom and Daughter looking at soups. Her mom was explaining that it is always good to have a "Cream of ______" in case you want to change something up or just have a good soup. The daughter then walked past the soups and saw the fixings for Chili and got all excited. She said she "had" to make chili. Her mom started to ask when and the daughter responded with sometime in the future. That's when her mom realized she was a bit overexcited and suggested they get the must haves this trip then figure out a meal plan and come back for specific things.
I had to laugh because the next row was baking goods and you could see she was in heaven. She wanted one of everything. Then she started to walk away (with a lot of baking supplies) and her mom called her back to look at something and she spun the cart and walked towards her mom. I don't think she has used a shopping cart before. It was funny to have a few of us wait for her to move the cart over. Her mom made a comment like she was a "kid in a candy store". I told her it is fun to shop sometimes, other times it's a chore. She laughed and said she loved it right now!
We met up again in the freezer section and I realized that this man I had seen around us wasn't just following the same path, he was the dad. I would guess he was the money behind this outing and didn't seem to take a huge interest. However he did have something to say about his daughter wanting 4 tubs of ice cream to use in her new bowls. Again another giggle from me.
It got me thinking about all the cool things I remember buying when Arnold and I got our first homes. Each house was totally different and in a totally different situation.
Our first house together in Edmonton was a place I had lived in for a year before we got married with friends. There wasn't too much we needed or wanted or had to change but we still enjoyed the house. Going shopping for the first time it seemed like so much and having so many things in the cart and it was crazy! I loved shopping as a newlywed (as I'm sure the girl I saw in the store did as well), changing my name to Mrs. Arnold Visser on my points card, and just knowing I was buying for my new house with my new husband.
Our first shopping trip for our house in Toronto was similar. Except that I had 2 kids, and went shopping with my dad! He took me shopping to buy cleaning supplies and the basics of food for a week so I could get working on things at home and not have to worry about taking everyone out the next day.
When we moved here we just moved all our food over. It was nice since I had preplanned our meals for the week and didn't have to worry about it so much. I really enjoy cooking so that was easy. The most shopping we did for this house was new furniture! I love my new couch and chairs from IKEA.
So as I sit here and remember that shopping trip I can't help but feel all warm inside. What a wonderful feeling for that new bride in the grocery store. I wish them the best and that they may have many more 'firsts' in their relationship.
Now back to my exam
Monday, May 3, 2010
Q's ST Week #3
This week went rather well. All things considering I was going to cancel the appointment since he has a runny nose but it seems to be going away so I just went.
We had fun! Q went in and took of his hat, coat and boots and sat down on the mat. he was *really* fidgety today. He was jumping all over the place and just not sitting down.
The first thing they did was play with an alligator. You push his teeth down and they practiced saying "My turn" and "push" with working on the "P" of push. Eventually the alligator bites your finger. It's silly but Q had fun.
They moved onto the next little square on the board and it was a book. They read a book called (I think) "Too Many Bubbles". It was about all these animals who played at the park and then got all muddy. So they had to go and have a bath in the "TUB". Sets of animals (around 3 or so) would go and ask the lady to get clean and she would give them "SOAP" and then say "GO TO THE TUB". Each of these are things that she would get Q to say. Eventually all the animals got in the "TUB" and then they would have a bath. Since each of the animals got "SOAP" there were too many "BUBBLES". The lady took a "HOSE" and "WASHED" the animals with the "WATER".
During the book each time he said who the animal was he got that cut out of an animal and had to "GO TO THE TUB" and put the animal on a photo of a tub.
After it was over the ST took Q to the kitchen and they got water and bubbles in a little "TUB" (looked more like a boat). When they came back Q and the ST played at the table with the "TUB". They would get an animal out of the bag, after Q asked for her to "OPEN THE BAG" and then no peaking he would get one out and say what the animal was and tell it to "GO TO THE TUB" and then put it in the water. This went on until they had all the animals in the tub and then took the animals "OUT".
We got to play the game where you feed the animal in the box different food. We redid the "MONKEY" and fed it some "BANANA" pieces. We worked around the box to feed the "ELEPHANT" "PEANUTS" by telling it to "ELEPHANT EAT". Next was the "DOG" and the "BONES" again telling it to "EAT DOG!". Last was the "BUNNY" (which I was surprised that Q was told it was a rabbit not a bunny). Q had to tell the bunny to "EAT CARROT" to get the "T" sound.
Once that was done we had finished everything for the day, said thank you and headed out. She was really impressed with how Q was doing with "BANANA" and "MORE". I guess she talked to our primary ST and they said to keep moving forward with everything they can since Q is very impressionable and can get the things they are working on (F's at the end of a word, G's at the end of a word, T's at the end of a word). Q does really well and eventually does get it.
We had fun! Q went in and took of his hat, coat and boots and sat down on the mat. he was *really* fidgety today. He was jumping all over the place and just not sitting down.
The first thing they did was play with an alligator. You push his teeth down and they practiced saying "My turn" and "push" with working on the "P" of push. Eventually the alligator bites your finger. It's silly but Q had fun.
They moved onto the next little square on the board and it was a book. They read a book called (I think) "Too Many Bubbles". It was about all these animals who played at the park and then got all muddy. So they had to go and have a bath in the "TUB". Sets of animals (around 3 or so) would go and ask the lady to get clean and she would give them "SOAP" and then say "GO TO THE TUB". Each of these are things that she would get Q to say. Eventually all the animals got in the "TUB" and then they would have a bath. Since each of the animals got "SOAP" there were too many "BUBBLES". The lady took a "HOSE" and "WASHED" the animals with the "WATER".
During the book each time he said who the animal was he got that cut out of an animal and had to "GO TO THE TUB" and put the animal on a photo of a tub.
After it was over the ST took Q to the kitchen and they got water and bubbles in a little "TUB" (looked more like a boat). When they came back Q and the ST played at the table with the "TUB". They would get an animal out of the bag, after Q asked for her to "OPEN THE BAG" and then no peaking he would get one out and say what the animal was and tell it to "GO TO THE TUB" and then put it in the water. This went on until they had all the animals in the tub and then took the animals "OUT".
We got to play the game where you feed the animal in the box different food. We redid the "MONKEY" and fed it some "BANANA" pieces. We worked around the box to feed the "ELEPHANT" "PEANUTS" by telling it to "ELEPHANT EAT". Next was the "DOG" and the "BONES" again telling it to "EAT DOG!". Last was the "BUNNY" (which I was surprised that Q was told it was a rabbit not a bunny). Q had to tell the bunny to "EAT CARROT" to get the "T" sound.
Once that was done we had finished everything for the day, said thank you and headed out. She was really impressed with how Q was doing with "BANANA" and "MORE". I guess she talked to our primary ST and they said to keep moving forward with everything they can since Q is very impressionable and can get the things they are working on (F's at the end of a word, G's at the end of a word, T's at the end of a word). Q does really well and eventually does get it.
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