Aug 19

Show and Tell

At Preschool sign-up  Thade’s teacher told us all about the daily activities at School. One that we can get started on now is Show and Tell. They will have Show and Tell everyday at school. They can bring small items such as leaves, pictures, or an interesting insect (in a bag of course). I thought we had better find a place to store all of his new show and tell finds.

I found a Gladware container that no longer had a lid, and I labeled it in bright colors for Thade. Thade has been busy filling the container with Rocks, Marbles, and Bark from our neighborhood walks. Our Show and Tell Box is staying in the kitchen at the moment, so Dylan can’t get into the treasures.

I hope that we can check out a few of the local sites before school and pick up little souvenirs for Thade to take along.  We also need to make one more trip to the Bird Display at the park, and look for feathers. I’m sure that Thade will find many cool show and tell finds before school starts.

Aug 18

Early Bird vs. Night Owl

Hi, my name’s Nico and I have a problem… I can’t seem to wake up early. Try as I might, I am struggling to switch my internal clock over to “morning person”, and away from “night owl”. Any tips and pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Thade has Preschool coming up soon, and it is first thing in the morning. I really need to get my act together and have both boys up, dressed, breakfast, and ready to go, oh yeah and me ready too. I just can’t seem to get up and going though.  I’m a night owl by design, and this early bird notion is giving me trouble.

This morning I overslept big time, and I’ve been playing catch up ever since. Maybe its just Monday, even so I’ve got to get up and get going earlier.

Aug 17

Thade can S-P-E-L-L

One of my before Preschool goals for Thade was for him to learn how to write his first and last name. He has been practicing all week on his Doodle Pro, and he can write both!

Dylan has a mini Doodle Pro, and he has had fun trying to write too.

One Preschool goal down, and a few more to go!

Aug 16

My Pet Toad

I have a new pet… Never before have I been so excited to have a toad in the garden, but he is too cute, and he is doing a great job too. This morning I was watering the plants, and my little toad hopped right along with me. Maybe I should give him a name… Anyway since he has made a home in the garden the melons are growing like crazy and I counted at least 4 zucchinis and 3 cucumbers. I hope the veggies will be ready to be picked next week.

Aug 15

Dylan’s Clipper Cut

A few days ago Dylan smashed his breakfast of bananas all over his super fine hair. I was struggling to get the mess of banana dread locks out of his tangled mop and I decided it was time for a hair cut. I  have been cutting Thade’s hair for quite some time, but Dylan is another story… I’ve given him only one hair cut, a scissor cut, that left him pretty grumpy, and me pretty stressed. Oh well stresses aside, it has to be done.

I set Dylan up in the kitchen, in his high chair, along with plenty of toys. I thought the kitchen would be the easiest place to clean up, and he loves hanging out in the kitchen anyway… I grabbed my trusty clippers, and crossed my fingers.

At first Dylan wasn’t too upset, and then all of the sudden came the kicking, screaming, and the tears. He was so mad at Mommy for cutting his long and messy hair, but there was no turning back. I channeled my inner “Shear Genius” and completed the cut.

I think that his cut turned out great, and now he can smash whatever he wants into his new short hair, it won’t tangle and make a mess. He even liked it just a bit, he kept running his fingers across his noggin and saying, “Oooo”.

Mommy is sorry that she mad you so mad though…