For Christmas we are building a sensory gym for the kids. It got delayed due to the stomach flu, but on New Years day Allan finished the rock wall. The kids are so excited about it. We're hoping to finish the rest of the gym this weekend!
L enjoyed helping Daddy screw the handles onto the rock wall!
L enjoyed helping Daddy screw the handles onto the rock wall!
Grandma and Grandpa H got the kids this swinging ladder and some weighted balls for their gym. They've all figured out some fun ways to swing on it, but A is already doing some pretty awesome tricks!
L and S are the sweetest little buddies. They pal around most of the day. One day L decided to put S to bed with her scarves. He laid down and she covered him with all of them and then lay down beside him and sang to him. He sang with her because he likes to sing himself to sleep. They're the cutest!
Nana and Pops bought the kids this sensory sock for their sensory gym! They love to hide their heads in it too and pretend to be monsters, lol!
A cut her finger on a can. It bled a ton! After we got her all cleaned up she drew this picture of the event. She told me "Mommy, it's me and my owie!"
L is my dolly girl. She plays dolls in one way or another all day long. One Sunday after church she got her doll and her baby mouse, tucked them in, lay down between them and sang them to sleep. Then she came to the table (we were eating lunch) and told us all "Shhhhh." Haha!
We love having smoothies. One day A decided to drink hers without the straw. It was pretty thick and all fell on her face, lol! She was pretty surprised!
A has already successfully managed climbing to the top and ringing the bell. A big feat for her as she's really hesitant about heights. L and S can do it with some help. I think S will be able to do it alone fairly soon, but L will need help for a while still. She's quite the determined girl though and was so proud to climb it!
S loves to receive compliments. One morning he came running to me to show me the shirt Daddy had dressed him in. I told him he looked so handsome and he puffed out his chest, smiled so huge, and wandered away totally elated. He's seriously adorable. He's also mischievous and into everything. If you tell him no he looks at you with his "smolder" and does it anyway. Little stinker.
S learned how to say "Mommy pleeease". And he says it with a smolder. (Think Flynn from Tangled) It melts me. I don't know how we're going to say no to him.
I was working on finishing up some Christmas gifts (I'm behind as usual) when I noticed that L and S were being really quiet. When I walked away from them they were rocking in the rocking chairs giggling together. A had been coloring with the markers earlier, but hadn't put them away. I found L and S sitting on the floor amongst all of the markers. S was putting the lids on and off. L was coloring S. She covered his torso in stripes and scribbles! I asked him if he was a zebra and he said yes, lol!
I remember another 3 year old who colored her sister and gave herself a matching picture, ha!
Allan has taken a short hiatus from the sensory gym to build A's birthday present. She is so excited about her birthday she can't even stand it. She squeals about it daily.
We decided to homeschool A. School was just so exhausting for her, a constant sensory overload. And she was bored out of her mind because there were a lot of things she couldn't move forward in until she could verbalize it, but she can't. So, we're giving homeschool a try. So far it's gone great! We're using The Good and the Beautiful curriculum and we love it! We've done preschool, Pre K, and now we're doing Kindergarten. She loves to learn and asks me regularly when we're doing school.
L can recognize the first three letters in her name! She is really into coloring, especially on a white board. She loves to do puzzles and is very good at matching.
S also loves to color. He is very upset that he can't do the same things that girls do for school so I've had to get creative to occupy him and then give him his turn. He has started getting interested in legos and built his first lego creation, a "baba"! He was so proud of himself and came running to me saying "Mama! Mama! A baba! A baba!"
We've gotten some snow lately and have been enjoying that. A really nice thing about where we're living is that there is less snow, and its 15-20 degrees warmer! Hallelujah!
The snow we got was really wet, perfect to build some snowmen! A and L love the snow, S is not so sure. The first time we went out his boot fell off, then his glove fell off, he fell down. didn't like being pulled on the sled, and mostly just cried the whole time. Poor little guy. He's slowly getting used to it but doesn't ever stay out for long.
I was working on finishing up some Christmas gifts (I'm behind as usual) when I noticed that L and S were being really quiet. When I walked away from them they were rocking in the rocking chairs giggling together. A had been coloring with the markers earlier, but hadn't put them away. I found L and S sitting on the floor amongst all of the markers. S was putting the lids on and off. L was coloring S. She covered his torso in stripes and scribbles! I asked him if he was a zebra and he said yes, lol!
I remember another 3 year old who colored her sister and gave herself a matching picture, ha!
Allan has taken a short hiatus from the sensory gym to build A's birthday present. She is so excited about her birthday she can't even stand it. She squeals about it daily.
We decided to homeschool A. School was just so exhausting for her, a constant sensory overload. And she was bored out of her mind because there were a lot of things she couldn't move forward in until she could verbalize it, but she can't. So, we're giving homeschool a try. So far it's gone great! We're using The Good and the Beautiful curriculum and we love it! We've done preschool, Pre K, and now we're doing Kindergarten. She loves to learn and asks me regularly when we're doing school.
L can recognize the first three letters in her name! She is really into coloring, especially on a white board. She loves to do puzzles and is very good at matching.
S also loves to color. He is very upset that he can't do the same things that girls do for school so I've had to get creative to occupy him and then give him his turn. He has started getting interested in legos and built his first lego creation, a "baba"! He was so proud of himself and came running to me saying "Mama! Mama! A baba! A baba!"
We've gotten some snow lately and have been enjoying that. A really nice thing about where we're living is that there is less snow, and its 15-20 degrees warmer! Hallelujah!
The snow we got was really wet, perfect to build some snowmen! A and L love the snow, S is not so sure. The first time we went out his boot fell off, then his glove fell off, he fell down. didn't like being pulled on the sled, and mostly just cried the whole time. Poor little guy. He's slowly getting used to it but doesn't ever stay out for long.
