I am falling behind in my school duties. Here are the letter A activities.
alligator
drawing of an apple
an apple art project
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
SIX
Jakob turned 6 on the 27th of October. It is truly amazing he is 6. George and I do the typical parent thing and tell him how we remember when he was so tiny he could fit here or there and how he couldn't talk not that long ago (that's a hard one to believe) and how lucky we are he is here with us.
On his birthday he went to school with a special snack for the class. His school is very rigid about always having a healthy snack and on birthdays they can bring ice cream and fruit. He was so excited. That evening we had a small cake and opened presents. He loved everything.
Jakob is most excited about getting an allowance now that he is six. We debated as to how this allowance would work and came up with a way that worked for us. He will get $3 every Sunday and will divide it up into spend, save and give. He is already planning a trip to the Dollar Store to spend his loot. He decided he could get more bang for his spending buck. I'll keep you up-to-date on his purchases.
On his birthday he went to school with a special snack for the class. His school is very rigid about always having a healthy snack and on birthdays they can bring ice cream and fruit. He was so excited. That evening we had a small cake and opened presents. He loved everything.
Jakob is most excited about getting an allowance now that he is six. We debated as to how this allowance would work and came up with a way that worked for us. He will get $3 every Sunday and will divide it up into spend, save and give. He is already planning a trip to the Dollar Store to spend his loot. He decided he could get more bang for his spending buck. I'll keep you up-to-date on his purchases.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Bible Study
Earlier I had mentioned I was attending a bible study on Wednesday mornings. I am enjoying the fellowship and the book. (Everybody is Normal Till You Get to Know Them) It has definitely given me much to think about and lots of questions about myself and how I make friends and acquaintances.
The most important question this book has made me ask myself is, "How do I appear to others?"
During college I was often told I looked angry or upset. I had a hard time believing this and thought maybe it was a new pick-up line so they could come up and talk to me. (most of these comments came from men I hardly knew) I was a cheerleader in college and I thought I was very outgoing and had lots of "friends". Looking back I had many people I saw on a daily basis, however they never really knew much about me and I no longer keep in contact with them. I wouldn't have trusted them with any of my ABNORMAL ways.
I look at pictures from college up to the present and notice I hardly ever smiled if I didn't know the camera was there. I asked George what he thought of my "approachability" and he confirmed I almost always look "pissed off" (as he so graciously put it).
So this book has made look at myself and how I look outwardly when I am around other people. Once I established I did not look happy I asked the question, "Why?"
I fear rejection and failure. I have since I was a child and if I don't put myself out there and I make it hard for people to get to know me then I will not be rejected. I need to change this because I long for conversation. I enjoy talking to other people. However, I fear they will look at me and my beliefs and think I am wrong, uneducated or naive. I am trying to find a way to overcome this and have taken little steps to open myself up to other people. It is unbelievably hard.
We are only on chapter 3 of this book and it already has changed my life. So far I would recommend it as it makes the reader look at community skills, interpersonal skills and accepting others and we know God accepts us (abnormalities and all).
My sincere thanks to all my friends who have broken through my walls and know some of my not so normal ways. What is normal anyway?
The most important question this book has made me ask myself is, "How do I appear to others?"
During college I was often told I looked angry or upset. I had a hard time believing this and thought maybe it was a new pick-up line so they could come up and talk to me. (most of these comments came from men I hardly knew) I was a cheerleader in college and I thought I was very outgoing and had lots of "friends". Looking back I had many people I saw on a daily basis, however they never really knew much about me and I no longer keep in contact with them. I wouldn't have trusted them with any of my ABNORMAL ways.
I look at pictures from college up to the present and notice I hardly ever smiled if I didn't know the camera was there. I asked George what he thought of my "approachability" and he confirmed I almost always look "pissed off" (as he so graciously put it).
So this book has made look at myself and how I look outwardly when I am around other people. Once I established I did not look happy I asked the question, "Why?"
I fear rejection and failure. I have since I was a child and if I don't put myself out there and I make it hard for people to get to know me then I will not be rejected. I need to change this because I long for conversation. I enjoy talking to other people. However, I fear they will look at me and my beliefs and think I am wrong, uneducated or naive. I am trying to find a way to overcome this and have taken little steps to open myself up to other people. It is unbelievably hard.
We are only on chapter 3 of this book and it already has changed my life. So far I would recommend it as it makes the reader look at community skills, interpersonal skills and accepting others and we know God accepts us (abnormalities and all).
My sincere thanks to all my friends who have broken through my walls and know some of my not so normal ways. What is normal anyway?
Sunday, October 12, 2008
The Holiday
After we got home from church today Jakob asked, "When is North America Day?"
Without a second thought George answered, "It's Monday and it's called Columbus Day."
I like Jakob's holiday name.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
The Letter F
When your Kindergartner comes home and says he is working on F words this week your mind goes there. Okay, maybe just mine.
Anyway, Jakob brought home a painting he did of the letter F and it was awesome. It had a blue capital F and a lowercase f surrounded by a sea of red and brown. He also brought home a page of words he had copied while he was at the writing station. He was not the least bit proud of these and didn't think I would want to keep them. I told him how wonderful they were and how proud I was he wrote these words.
"But mommy," he said, "I just copied them. Is it okay to copy words and not just think of them myself?"
My overachiever. He thought I would only want words he thought of and then wrote down. I explained how important it was for him to copy all his words at the writing center and how proud I was he took the time to make each letter.
Can you tell what the words are? I know the first four and I'm still guessing on the last one.
Anyway, Jakob brought home a painting he did of the letter F and it was awesome. It had a blue capital F and a lowercase f surrounded by a sea of red and brown. He also brought home a page of words he had copied while he was at the writing station. He was not the least bit proud of these and didn't think I would want to keep them. I told him how wonderful they were and how proud I was he wrote these words.
"But mommy," he said, "I just copied them. Is it okay to copy words and not just think of them myself?"
My overachiever. He thought I would only want words he thought of and then wrote down. I explained how important it was for him to copy all his words at the writing center and how proud I was he took the time to make each letter.
Can you tell what the words are? I know the first four and I'm still guessing on the last one.
friend, Friday (he even capitalized the F), fairy, fall and ?
Send me your thoughts.
How Things Work
Jakob has long been fascinated with how things work. He will study electronic items and try to understand what makes it do what it does. While we were moving we had an old computer tower we wanted to get rid of. George let Jakob take a screwdriver to it and he loved every minute of it. George said he would have spent hours on it if he'd let him.
Last week Jakob's boom box stopped playing CDs. Jakob goes to sleep every night with music and if he wakes up in the middle of the night he will turn it on again and again and again. It was played out. We bought a new one so he wanted to see if he could fix the old one. With a screwdriver and wire cutters he and George tore apart the boom box and saw all the cool circuits and wires. Jakob decided he couldn't fix it, but it was fun trying.
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