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Over the last couple of days Jacob and Melissa have been hard at work cutting, gluing and sparkling. Of course it was split between them, though Jacob wrote the names each of his 20 classmates. It’s amazing to watch how his handwriting is improving. Do kids have to grow up so fast?
Today we have a preview of what Jacob will be taking to his class on Monday. More Tomorrow or Monday.
Today Jacob brought home his first box of fund-raising chocolates. It’s quite a box, with a wide selection. Of course it’s tempting to support the school by buying the chocolate our selves, but that doesn’t fit with the diet. So it’s time to find friends and family who want to get a bar or box of $2 chocolate.
Today Jacob took the time to write a notes for Melissa and Violet. It’s such a sweet thing for my little guy to do.
Today before bed Jacob brought me this note. It was so unexpected and sweet. Now I have my own spontaneous note from Jacob, back in November he gave one to Melissa (Project 365-321: A note for Mommy).
We had our follow-up appointment at the fracture clinic. Our little girls collar-bone is broke in two places, and should heal on it own. She just has to keep her arm in sling. Day one with the sling went alright, sure there was times that she wanted off but for the most part she wore it all day. We’ve got a follow-up next Monday to make sure everything is healing alright. It’s hard to watch her when she’s clearly in pain and knowing there isn’t anything I can do to help.
Today Violet had an accident. While coming down the stairs as she neared the bottom, and was beyond what I thought of as the danger zone, she slipped and fell. At first we didn’t think it was serious, but it soon became clear that it was something more serious. So we packed the kids into the car, dropped Jacob off at his Nana and Papa’s House and headed to the ER.
The ER at St. Josephs was busy when we got there and so we settled down for what we’d know would be a long wait. Through all of it Violet was doing really great with the pain she must have been in. After she had some Advil she brightened up and started chatting up a storm. She even tried to sing a lullaby to a baby who was crying in the ER.
Continue reading “POD: Broken Bone, but not a broken spirit”
Last week we received a box of books, going through it this weekend I found lots of great books that the kids will love, I also found one that interested me, CyberSurfer: The OWL Internet Guide for Kids, by Nyla Ahmad. The first thing that caught my eye was how proudly it proclaimed “Cyber Blastoff Disk: With Hypertext Links for WIN/MAC”. It seemed so quant. What amused me more was as I flipped through the pages and found this:
The book was published in 1996 so it’s a window on a completely different internet then the one we have today. So the addresses in the book are no longer active, but it still presents an interesting look at how the internet works. If fact it even includes information about Archie, Gopher and Newsgroups. Now if I could only find a floppy drive to see what’s on the disk.
Today for the kids lunch Melissa and I got creative. Using decorative baking trays we put together a sample tray for each of them. They seemed to really like it. I’m thinking we’re going to have to get a few more baking trays. Of course if I was going to be fair about it, I’d talk about how Melissa used to make that kind of lunches for Jacob all the time, but you don’t need to know that.
Today Jacob brought home some new homework. It’s something we signed up for last week and have been waiting to start. It’s the Kindergarten Snuggle-Up-and-Read Club. Each week Jacob will pick a couple of books to bring home. He’ll read them with mommy or daddy there to encourage him and help if one of the words is too hard. Once the book is complete we as questions about the story. Then we fill out his reading log. Jacob writes out the of the story, draws a picture of his favourite part and then writes his opinion of the story. It’s a great exercise and I’m looking forward to doing it with him each week.