The last few days have been pretty busy for me. I worked on Friday & Saturday, and the Sunchild spent those days with Nana & Grandpa, and his Papa, respectively.
On Friday, he went to the library to receive a present from the staff, in honor of finishing the summer reading program, and enjoying books so much. It was a neat honor for him, and they wrote him a letter & gave him an apple shaped dry-erase board to practice his writing on.
We finished Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban last night. Already, the family is clamoring to hear the next one. I love having family story time. It gives us a common mythos to draw from.
I learned that the Sunchild can catch today. I think he learned it too. We have never had much luck with it before. It seemed like a good thing to practice, and this time, he was very good at it. We have never before had such a successful game of catch, as previously it involved a lot of missing & frustration. Now our recreational possibilities have expanded.
We also spent some time messing around with the tape measure today. We learned that we have a 12' tape measure, and that is how long our hallway is. We measured the ceiling too (7'10"), and the height of the Sunchild. After that, he went crazy measuring all sorts of things.
We all took a field trip out to Western Reserve Hardwoods in order for Papa to buy some wood for a project he has in mind. He chose purple heart wood for the guitar he has been planning. We spent over an hour at the shop, lifting & touching all manner of wood, and even got a tour of the shop in back. And there was a tape measure there, which he asked to use, and then he measured different boards, and the dimensions of the room, and practiced getting the tape to snap back into the mechanism.
This evening, we all watched Bionicle: Mask of Light. I figured that since he is so very interested in Bionicles, we should all watch the movie together so that the adults can understand the mythos behind the toys. It is interesting so far, with different 'toa' which represent different elements like fire, water, earth, etc. The finale will be playing tomorrow night.
On Friday, he went to the library to receive a present from the staff, in honor of finishing the summer reading program, and enjoying books so much. It was a neat honor for him, and they wrote him a letter & gave him an apple shaped dry-erase board to practice his writing on.
We finished Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban last night. Already, the family is clamoring to hear the next one. I love having family story time. It gives us a common mythos to draw from.
I learned that the Sunchild can catch today. I think he learned it too. We have never had much luck with it before. It seemed like a good thing to practice, and this time, he was very good at it. We have never before had such a successful game of catch, as previously it involved a lot of missing & frustration. Now our recreational possibilities have expanded.
We also spent some time messing around with the tape measure today. We learned that we have a 12' tape measure, and that is how long our hallway is. We measured the ceiling too (7'10"), and the height of the Sunchild. After that, he went crazy measuring all sorts of things.
We all took a field trip out to Western Reserve Hardwoods in order for Papa to buy some wood for a project he has in mind. He chose purple heart wood for the guitar he has been planning. We spent over an hour at the shop, lifting & touching all manner of wood, and even got a tour of the shop in back. And there was a tape measure there, which he asked to use, and then he measured different boards, and the dimensions of the room, and practiced getting the tape to snap back into the mechanism.
This evening, we all watched Bionicle: Mask of Light. I figured that since he is so very interested in Bionicles, we should all watch the movie together so that the adults can understand the mythos behind the toys. It is interesting so far, with different 'toa' which represent different elements like fire, water, earth, etc. The finale will be playing tomorrow night.
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