Went to the library briefly to return a few books and pick up a few books on the immune system. A librarian was decorating for the summer reading program. Lucy asked what she was doing, and the next thing I knew Lucy was signing up for summer reading! LOL. I'm guessing the library in Charleston will honor her book log...
Then we went to the natural history museum. It's free for the next month! Coloring, digging for bones, dinosaur toys, bug life cycles, puzzles, wildlife, caves, touch screens, anthills, giant Oklahoma map, traditional Native American homes, etc, etc, etc.
I read her Jessica's X-Ray (very cool book -- it has transparencies!) and Our Immune System. She reminded me to write them on the log.
I set her up to watch Blue's Clues on my computer (free through Amazon Prime), then I went to lie down. When I got up less than an hour later, I found her watching Dora, which she had bought. She spent $10 total on streaming Nick Jr. videos. So I guess it could have been worse. Gotta get her a tablet. With some password protection.
Also lots of drawing today. The door to Blue's house, people, some other stuff.
And more reading, of course. "Warning", "Disney", some stuff at the museum...
Magic School Bus video about the immune system.
I read her Doctor Meow's Big Emergency.
Unschooling myself and the 6-year-old
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Duplos. She tried to explain what was going on (it was very elaborate), but all I understood was "They're waiting in a big line." I asked her what for, and she said, "For January 1st." Oh.
Spent quite a bit of time looking at Doctor Meow by herself. She identified a question mark and asked why it was there. Read quite a few words, including a whole sentence, and the words "boys" and "girls", which I didn't read to her last night (they were on signs in the illustrations).
Went to Grandmary's and apparently spent the whole time watching Curious George on Grandmary's tablet and wearing her new blinky Christmas socks. Gotta get her a tablet one of these Christmases... I think she'd get a lot out of it.
Came home and played Doctor Meow in the kitchen. She is seriously into animals driving ambulances and being in hospitals. Best thing ever!
Listened to one of her Between the Lions CDs.
I read her Raise the Roof.
Spent quite a bit of time looking at Doctor Meow by herself. She identified a question mark and asked why it was there. Read quite a few words, including a whole sentence, and the words "boys" and "girls", which I didn't read to her last night (they were on signs in the illustrations).
Went to Grandmary's and apparently spent the whole time watching Curious George on Grandmary's tablet and wearing her new blinky Christmas socks. Gotta get her a tablet one of these Christmases... I think she'd get a lot out of it.
Came home and played Doctor Meow in the kitchen. She is seriously into animals driving ambulances and being in hospitals. Best thing ever!
Listened to one of her Between the Lions CDs.
I read her Raise the Roof.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Givens: May-June 2013
I thought I'd write a post every now and then about the givens in Lucy's
life -- things that I don't bother mentioning in the posts because they
happen every day, frequently, or regularly. These are constantly
changing -- having a kid is a continuing exercise in adapting to the New
Normal.
So here are some things that are so normal they don't even warrant a mention in my daily posts (so they may or may not get one).
Once a week:
*We go to the grocery stores (usually Target and a natural foods store in town). Lucy gets to pick one food item to buy for herself each week -- the only restriction is it cannot have artificial colors.
*We babysit Baby Henry at our house.
*We go to the library to borrow a stack of children's books (mostly picture books or easy readers, fiction and non-fiction -- I try to find books on things she's been interested in or asking questions about that week), one children's DVD, sometimes a read-along book/CD, and to attend story time and play with the toys.
*Lucy goes to be babysat at Baby Henry's house.
*I leave Lucy with at her grandma's house for several hours so I can go ice skating.
*Norman usually takes her to a park or the splash pad some time over the weekend.
*We go to church.
Every day:
*Lucy wakes up before we do, gets herself something to eat, and usually dresses herself.
*Lucy eats when she is hungry, and often gets her own snacks (crackers, cheese sticks, fruit, nuts, etc).
*Lucy spends time talking to or about her imaginary friends, who are all characters from TV shows, movies, or books. There are A LOT of them.
*Lucy watches TV. Unless we are just out of the house all day long. She gets to pick something to watch after lunch. The kind of stuff she watches: Sesame Street, Blue's Clues, The Muppets (2011), Tangled, Despicable Me, Charlie & Lola, Between the Lions, VeggieTales, Pixar movies. Some of this is on DVD (some we own, some we get from the library), some is on Netflix on our Wii, and every now and then she wants to watch something that I converted from VHS to our external hard drive, which means she has to borrow my laptop to watch. Sometimes she watches stuff all afternoon until around 4pm, sometimes she only wants to watch one half-hour show.
*Lucy draws, sticks stickers, and/or cuts paper. She has free access to a whole bunch of paper, stickers, writing implements, Scotch tape, and some safety scissors. She usually takes advantage of this fact at least once a day.
*Lucy changes her clothes. A lot. She's free to take things out of her dresser, she can climb up some storage tubs and take dresses out of her closet, and she has a bunch of dress-up stuff in her playroom. She probably changes clothes 3-5 times a day.
*Lucy entertains herself. She is fairly free to roam the house. She's allowed to climb on top of the coffee table, climb over the back of the couch and take the cushions off of it. There are some things we don't let her play with, and she's not allowed in my craft room (mostly for safety reasons). But she's really good at finding something to do if I need to do some work.
*Lucy takes care of her bodily functions. She's pretty well potty-trained at this point and usually makes it to the toilet before her bladder gives out. She never has #2 accidents, she never wets the bed, and she never has an accident in public.
*Whenever Norman or I reads Lucy a book, it's always something she picks, usually from the stack of the week's library books.
I think that about covers it. Things will change a lot this summer as we move cross-country in July!
So here are some things that are so normal they don't even warrant a mention in my daily posts (so they may or may not get one).
Once a week:
*We go to the grocery stores (usually Target and a natural foods store in town). Lucy gets to pick one food item to buy for herself each week -- the only restriction is it cannot have artificial colors.
*We babysit Baby Henry at our house.
*We go to the library to borrow a stack of children's books (mostly picture books or easy readers, fiction and non-fiction -- I try to find books on things she's been interested in or asking questions about that week), one children's DVD, sometimes a read-along book/CD, and to attend story time and play with the toys.
*Lucy goes to be babysat at Baby Henry's house.
*I leave Lucy with at her grandma's house for several hours so I can go ice skating.
*Norman usually takes her to a park or the splash pad some time over the weekend.
*We go to church.
Every day:
*Lucy wakes up before we do, gets herself something to eat, and usually dresses herself.
*Lucy eats when she is hungry, and often gets her own snacks (crackers, cheese sticks, fruit, nuts, etc).
*Lucy spends time talking to or about her imaginary friends, who are all characters from TV shows, movies, or books. There are A LOT of them.
*Lucy watches TV. Unless we are just out of the house all day long. She gets to pick something to watch after lunch. The kind of stuff she watches: Sesame Street, Blue's Clues, The Muppets (2011), Tangled, Despicable Me, Charlie & Lola, Between the Lions, VeggieTales, Pixar movies. Some of this is on DVD (some we own, some we get from the library), some is on Netflix on our Wii, and every now and then she wants to watch something that I converted from VHS to our external hard drive, which means she has to borrow my laptop to watch. Sometimes she watches stuff all afternoon until around 4pm, sometimes she only wants to watch one half-hour show.
*Lucy draws, sticks stickers, and/or cuts paper. She has free access to a whole bunch of paper, stickers, writing implements, Scotch tape, and some safety scissors. She usually takes advantage of this fact at least once a day.
*Lucy changes her clothes. A lot. She's free to take things out of her dresser, she can climb up some storage tubs and take dresses out of her closet, and she has a bunch of dress-up stuff in her playroom. She probably changes clothes 3-5 times a day.
*Lucy entertains herself. She is fairly free to roam the house. She's allowed to climb on top of the coffee table, climb over the back of the couch and take the cushions off of it. There are some things we don't let her play with, and she's not allowed in my craft room (mostly for safety reasons). But she's really good at finding something to do if I need to do some work.
*Lucy takes care of her bodily functions. She's pretty well potty-trained at this point and usually makes it to the toilet before her bladder gives out. She never has #2 accidents, she never wets the bed, and she never has an accident in public.
*Whenever Norman or I reads Lucy a book, it's always something she picks, usually from the stack of the week's library books.
I think that about covers it. Things will change a lot this summer as we move cross-country in July!
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Baby Henry day. She set up chairs and fake food for both of them, and he played along quite well. Also we watched The Price Is Right, which as I've previously noted is pretty great for thinking about math.
Duplos.
A much needed lesson in record science and etiquette, after I found her drawing on one with a pencil and then trying to erase it. Eek!
Watched a Sesame Street episode about school and graduating high school twice.
I read her Where Is the Green Sheep?
We went to Chipotle for dinner. We sat on the patio and she talked to every person and animal that came by.
On the way home she asked how people get better when they're sick, so I found a little cartoon on YouTube about the immune system. It was weird and confusing, so I'm going to look for something better, maybe at the library on Thursday.
I read her Doctor Meow's Big Emergency.
Duplos.
A much needed lesson in record science and etiquette, after I found her drawing on one with a pencil and then trying to erase it. Eek!
Watched a Sesame Street episode about school and graduating high school twice.
I read her Where Is the Green Sheep?
We went to Chipotle for dinner. We sat on the patio and she talked to every person and animal that came by.
On the way home she asked how people get better when they're sick, so I found a little cartoon on YouTube about the immune system. It was weird and confusing, so I'm going to look for something better, maybe at the library on Thursday.
I read her Doctor Meow's Big Emergency.
Monday, May 27, 2013
Monday, May 27, 2013
We talked about book glossaries and indexes again.
She was playing Duplos and said it was nighttime -- that's why everyone was lying down.
Did a lot of paper cutting with scissors.
Read herself Otis and the Tornado.
We went to the grocery stores. She read "closed" and something else I can't remember.
She watched Despicable Me and a bunch of the bonus features.
Her y's are getting more y-like, without one word from me or anyone else about it.
Made up a game outside called "throw wet rocks." Yup.
Moved on to riding bike / making stone soup / talking to neighbor kids through the fence. The five-year-old boy showed her several bugs he found.
Played that game on the fridge with the animal magnets again...
I read her Otis and the Tornado.
She was playing Duplos and said it was nighttime -- that's why everyone was lying down.
Did a lot of paper cutting with scissors.
Read herself Otis and the Tornado.
We went to the grocery stores. She read "closed" and something else I can't remember.
She watched Despicable Me and a bunch of the bonus features.
Her y's are getting more y-like, without one word from me or anyone else about it.
Made up a game outside called "throw wet rocks." Yup.
Moved on to riding bike / making stone soup / talking to neighbor kids through the fence. The five-year-old boy showed her several bugs he found.
Played that game on the fridge with the animal magnets again...
I read her Otis and the Tornado.
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Not such a great day for parent-child interactions, but I'm sure she did some interesting things today. Let me see...
She tried to put together one of her felt hand puppet kits. It was right before we were going to leave for church, so I told her I wouldn't help her. She made a valiant effort, but was ultimately frustrated because "I don't know how to read yet!"
She's been coloring inside the lines again. But again, mostly just in tiny patches, like this:
We read some signs at church. She can read "library", and we talked about why bathrooms are sometimes called "restrooms".
Put on a music record for a while.
Played with her Duplos.
Played some sort of game on the refrigerator with the animal magnets. I think maybe they were at a restaurant?
Splash pad with Norman.
I read her Otis and the Tornado.
She tried to put together one of her felt hand puppet kits. It was right before we were going to leave for church, so I told her I wouldn't help her. She made a valiant effort, but was ultimately frustrated because "I don't know how to read yet!"
She's been coloring inside the lines again. But again, mostly just in tiny patches, like this:
We read some signs at church. She can read "library", and we talked about why bathrooms are sometimes called "restrooms".
Put on a music record for a while.
Played with her Duplos.
Played some sort of game on the refrigerator with the animal magnets. I think maybe they were at a restaurant?
Splash pad with Norman.
I read her Otis and the Tornado.
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Friday and Saturday, May 24 & 25, 2013
My brain is all over the place lately so I can't even keep track of most of what we did today, let alone yesterday. So here are some highlights.
Miss Megan's. When I got there to pick her up she was pretending to be a paramedic waiting for a call from someone who needed help. Also she does really incredible imitations of what Baby Henry sounds like when he says certain words.
Watched some Curious George (which she now insists on having the closed captioning turned on for). Watched some Sesame Street.
I read her part of a book about weather, and all of Otis and the Tornado and But I Wanted a Baby Brother!
Had lunch with Norman's family. While at the restaurant I kept her busy by doing some math dry erase worksheets with her. She insisted on introducing herself to our waitress and told her "My name is Lucy, so... keep it in mind!" LOL.
We had to drive through some tornado damage to get to the restaurant. Lucy was actually pretty excited to see some "knocked-down houses". I guess she was curious about what they really looked like up close.
She's been scribbling and taping paper like crazy lately. She wrapped up a present for Aunt Dotty's birthday. So much tape.
I know there has also been Duplo playing.
And on and on.
Miss Megan's. When I got there to pick her up she was pretending to be a paramedic waiting for a call from someone who needed help. Also she does really incredible imitations of what Baby Henry sounds like when he says certain words.
Watched some Curious George (which she now insists on having the closed captioning turned on for). Watched some Sesame Street.
I read her part of a book about weather, and all of Otis and the Tornado and But I Wanted a Baby Brother!
Had lunch with Norman's family. While at the restaurant I kept her busy by doing some math dry erase worksheets with her. She insisted on introducing herself to our waitress and told her "My name is Lucy, so... keep it in mind!" LOL.
We had to drive through some tornado damage to get to the restaurant. Lucy was actually pretty excited to see some "knocked-down houses". I guess she was curious about what they really looked like up close.
She's been scribbling and taping paper like crazy lately. She wrapped up a present for Aunt Dotty's birthday. So much tape.
I know there has also been Duplo playing.
And on and on.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Sorted through her toys looking for stuff to give away to people who lost their houses in the tornado (her idea). But now she's rediscovered them and was playing with them, so we'll see if that decision sticks.
Library: spent most of her time on the computer playing a Sesame Street game. Talked to the librarian about moving again.
Watched The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything (and the bonus features about community heroes and sailing).
Watched a bunch of Between the Lions episodes.
I read her Curious George and the Birthday Surprise.
Subsequently she made a bunch of paper drawings and taped them up all over for birthday decorations for Lionel's birthday. (Lionel being one of the characters on Between the Lions.)
Made a drawing of a big tornado and a bunch of water writing. She said it tells all about how you won't actually see the tornado because you'll be in your house hiding.
I read her Meet My Neighbor, the Paramedic.
Library: spent most of her time on the computer playing a Sesame Street game. Talked to the librarian about moving again.
Watched The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything (and the bonus features about community heroes and sailing).
Watched a bunch of Between the Lions episodes.
I read her Curious George and the Birthday Surprise.
Subsequently she made a bunch of paper drawings and taped them up all over for birthday decorations for Lionel's birthday. (Lionel being one of the characters on Between the Lions.)
Made a drawing of a big tornado and a bunch of water writing. She said it tells all about how you won't actually see the tornado because you'll be in your house hiding.
I read her Meet My Neighbor, the Paramedic.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
First thing this morning, Lucy drew a picture. It's called "Tornado at Night". She explained that there are stars and a moon, and that the person is a helper. She showed this to me while I was still in bed, so then she climbed in and we played hide-in-the-tornado-shelter. We talked about lots of tornado-related things.
She built a hospital out of her Duplos.
Wrote a lot of notes in water writing. Really long ones. And then she taped them up all over everywhere. Also made a cross out of cut paper and tape.
We went to the mall. Pizza, play space, Hot Topic, frozen yogurt, playing on those mechanical ride-on cars without putting money in them. Had way too much fun with a very kind 5-ish-year-old girl at the play space.
She built a hospital out of her Duplos.
[According to Lucy, a little girl named Arkansas is on the bed, surrounded by 3 doctors, her mom, her dad, and her new friend who is going to move into her house with her.]
Wrote a lot of notes in water writing. Really long ones. And then she taped them up all over everywhere. Also made a cross out of cut paper and tape.
We went to the mall. Pizza, play space, Hot Topic, frozen yogurt, playing on those mechanical ride-on cars without putting money in them. Had way too much fun with a very kind 5-ish-year-old girl at the play space.
Came home and watched Curious George (the one about the doctor's office).
More duplos.
Spraying and mopping.
Water play.
Norman read her Today I Will Fly (Gerald and Piggie).
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
I woke up to my phone, Lucy yelling at me that my phone was ringing, and realized that she was filling up cups with water and getting out her paints.
She eventually painted a picture.
GrandMary and Uncle Ben came over to fill up tubs with water. (Their house is fine, but the water treatment plant that services their house lost power.)
She got a bunch of random stuff out of her craft drawers and said "I'm making a craft!" She proceeded to make about a billion name tags by cutting receipt tape with her scissors, writing on them with water writing (one of them she actually wrote her name though), and taping them to me. She said I could change my job and sell name tags. Then she made a $10 bill and bought two of my name tags. Then later she gave the $10 bill to Norman and sold him one of the name tags she bought. :-D
Cleaned the bench and some of her stuff by spraying them with soapy water and wiping with a rag.
Water play -- again with the blowing and spitting.
Then we went to OU campus to drop off some donations and sort some clothes. (They are housing displaced families in the dorms.) Lucy got really antsy and upset, so we left and wandered around campus a little. We went up to the floor I lived on, I showed her the cafeteria, we went up to Norman's office, then we went up towards the classroom buildings to see if one of my professors was in (she wasn't).
Duplos.
More water.
More cleaning.
I read her Today I Will Fly! (Gerald and Piggie).
She eventually painted a picture.
GrandMary and Uncle Ben came over to fill up tubs with water. (Their house is fine, but the water treatment plant that services their house lost power.)
She got a bunch of random stuff out of her craft drawers and said "I'm making a craft!" She proceeded to make about a billion name tags by cutting receipt tape with her scissors, writing on them with water writing (one of them she actually wrote her name though), and taping them to me. She said I could change my job and sell name tags. Then she made a $10 bill and bought two of my name tags. Then later she gave the $10 bill to Norman and sold him one of the name tags she bought. :-D
Cleaned the bench and some of her stuff by spraying them with soapy water and wiping with a rag.
Water play -- again with the blowing and spitting.
Then we went to OU campus to drop off some donations and sort some clothes. (They are housing displaced families in the dorms.) Lucy got really antsy and upset, so we left and wandered around campus a little. We went up to the floor I lived on, I showed her the cafeteria, we went up to Norman's office, then we went up towards the classroom buildings to see if one of my professors was in (she wasn't).
Duplos.
More water.
More cleaning.
I read her Today I Will Fly! (Gerald and Piggie).
Monday, May 20, 2013
Monday, May 20, 2013
Lots of reading lately. I can't keep track of all the words. This morning she kept finding words she knows all over my internet browser.
Grocery store. The two of us entertained a 15-month-old baby who was in line in front of us. Lucy asked the baby's name (and the mom's name, and the baby's dad's name), and told the mom her name (and my name, and Norman's name, and our last name...).
The two of us put together a hand puppet kit.
She watched part of an educational video about California, but got bored about 10 minutes in (as did I), so we switched The Muppets.
But we had to stop that about 2/3 of the way through to check on the weather.
Then we spent way too much time 1.) hiding in our hall closet, and 2.) watching live television coverage of a giant tornado destroying a good portion of the town directly north of us. So then we talked more about tornadoes, and also about "bug out" bags (because I mentioned them) and hurricanes.
We went out for dinner (and internet), and she spent some time making rhymes, and I spent some time writing down the words she asked for. So much reading. When our home internet wasn't working, she said, "Click 'try again'!"
I read her part of a kid's book on South Carolina.
Grocery store. The two of us entertained a 15-month-old baby who was in line in front of us. Lucy asked the baby's name (and the mom's name, and the baby's dad's name), and told the mom her name (and my name, and Norman's name, and our last name...).
The two of us put together a hand puppet kit.
She watched part of an educational video about California, but got bored about 10 minutes in (as did I), so we switched The Muppets.
But we had to stop that about 2/3 of the way through to check on the weather.
Then we spent way too much time 1.) hiding in our hall closet, and 2.) watching live television coverage of a giant tornado destroying a good portion of the town directly north of us. So then we talked more about tornadoes, and also about "bug out" bags (because I mentioned them) and hurricanes.
We went out for dinner (and internet), and she spent some time making rhymes, and I spent some time writing down the words she asked for. So much reading. When our home internet wasn't working, she said, "Click 'try again'!"
I read her part of a kid's book on South Carolina.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Sunday School: They got to play with a sand box inside, and she wrote some name tag looking things in water language.
Church: She read along a little during the prayers of the people. Then during the sermon we filled out a visitor card together.
After church picnic: played with her Sunday School teacher, then played outside with some other kids.
Back at home, more water play.
Duplos.
I read her the story of Pentecost from her Jesus Storybook Bible (because it is Pentecost Sunday, and she was wondering about it during church). Then she wanted me to keep going, so we read about Paul and Revelation also.
Then we had weather. Serious tornado warnings. She spent a good half-hour sitting in the hall closet talking to Norman. We talked a lot about tornadoes and wind and stuff. Then after it passed, I brought some hail stones in for her to look at.
I read her Our California.
Church: She read along a little during the prayers of the people. Then during the sermon we filled out a visitor card together.
After church picnic: played with her Sunday School teacher, then played outside with some other kids.
Back at home, more water play.
Duplos.
I read her the story of Pentecost from her Jesus Storybook Bible (because it is Pentecost Sunday, and she was wondering about it during church). Then she wanted me to keep going, so we read about Paul and Revelation also.
Then we had weather. Serious tornado warnings. She spent a good half-hour sitting in the hall closet talking to Norman. We talked a lot about tornadoes and wind and stuff. Then after it passed, I brought some hail stones in for her to look at.
I read her Our California.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Coloring... inside the lines! This is new. Although it was more like small patches of cross-hatching inside a giant area of picture.
She can read the word "follow" (Tumblr). I was genuinely surprised at that one.
Also spent awhile asking me about all the different tabs open in my internet browser and what happens when you click certain things.
Water play. Spent a good 15 minutes blowing bubbles/spitting into one of the cups.
Went with Norman to Braum's for ice cream and then to the park.
Duplos.
Helped me pack. Kind of.
Asked specifically to have pickles on her Five Guys burger because she's been wanting to try them. "What is that taste?" (me:) "Sour?" "No." (me:) "Pickly?" "Yeah! Pickle-y!"
Watched 1960s Batman.
I read her an easy reader book about South Carolina.
She can read the word "follow" (Tumblr). I was genuinely surprised at that one.
Also spent awhile asking me about all the different tabs open in my internet browser and what happens when you click certain things.
Water play. Spent a good 15 minutes blowing bubbles/spitting into one of the cups.
Went with Norman to Braum's for ice cream and then to the park.
Duplos.
Helped me pack. Kind of.
Asked specifically to have pickles on her Five Guys burger because she's been wanting to try them. "What is that taste?" (me:) "Sour?" "No." (me:) "Pickly?" "Yeah! Pickle-y!"
Watched 1960s Batman.
I read her an easy reader book about South Carolina.
Friday, May 17, 2013
Friday, May 17, 2013
Pretty much the first thing she did this morning was cut a bunch of her hair off in the bathroom with the hair cutting scissors. Without poking or cutting herself, though. That's good. Also her loose curls are so forgiving -- you can hardly tell the hair is gone.
Went to Miss Megan's. They watched Tangled and also visited a neighbor and her kids across the street. She also recognized Miss Megan's replica Eiffel Tower knick-knack.
Watched The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything.
Went outside to ride her bike and play in her house.
I read her Cookie Monster's Busy Day.
Is that all? I can't remember anything else.
[She also managed to put almost all of it in the trash can. Is this gross? Sorry if this is gross.]
Went to Miss Megan's. They watched Tangled and also visited a neighbor and her kids across the street. She also recognized Miss Megan's replica Eiffel Tower knick-knack.
Watched The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything.
Went outside to ride her bike and play in her house.
I read her Cookie Monster's Busy Day.
Is that all? I can't remember anything else.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Library Day. Best outfit ever: "I <3 Hanson" shirt, Batman pajama pants, and silver glitter shoes! Played on the computers. Talked to the librarians about moving and stuff.
Norman built her a sofa fort, and eventually she started decorating the walls (inside and outside) with paper. Lots of practice using scissors.
She's been talking a lot more about "water writing" (the scribbling she does when she's pretending to write -- I think she started calling it that because it looks like waves). She also calls it "water language", and today she added a new one -- "fish alphabet!" She has this whole mythology built around it. It's what fish read, so sometimes she does it so that her fish friends can read it. It's kinda funny to see her brain justifying it. She knows her writing doesn't look like writing that people can read, and she knows real writing is hard, and that she can't do it yet (and doesn't want the frustration of practicing).
Decided to write her friend Cora a letter. She had to decide between giving it to her in person, seeing her open it, but *not* using a stamp, or mailing it, using a stamp, but not getting to see her open it. Decisions, decisions! She went with giving it to her in person and using a sticker as a stamp.
Can apparently read the words "Happy Birthday" and "The Breakfast Show".
Watched Bye-Bye, Pacifier!: Big Kid Stories with Elmo thrice. (It has episodes about giving up your binky, getting a hair cut, and learning to ride a tricycle.)
Googled the Eiffel Tower because of a TV commercial.
Also YouTube'd monster trucks.
Then she spent quite a bit of time gift wrapping random stuff from her playroom in random stuff from her playroom. Did a pretty good job, actually.
I read her The Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist (which also deals with loose teeth).
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Read herself a Curious George book.
Water play (or possibly "serious science" -- hard to tell).
Played outside while Norman mowed the grass (major advantage of the reel mower).
Watched Josh and the Big Wall (VeggieTales).
Went to the park with Norman. Met a very talkative 12-year-old boy. They talked about movies, Mother's Day, and divorce, among other things.
Watched the educational video about Indonesia that I picked up at the library, about 3 times through.
Norman read her "Go, Go, Go!" (Cars easy reader).
More water pouring. So much water.
I gave her a bunch of index cards, each with a different word related to weddings on them (long story how I got these) -- she read "kiss", "Bible", and "guests"! I was really surprised about "guests".
Watched 1960s Batman.
I read her a book about moving.
Water play (or possibly "serious science" -- hard to tell).
Played outside while Norman mowed the grass (major advantage of the reel mower).
Watched Josh and the Big Wall (VeggieTales).
Went to the park with Norman. Met a very talkative 12-year-old boy. They talked about movies, Mother's Day, and divorce, among other things.
Watched the educational video about Indonesia that I picked up at the library, about 3 times through.
Norman read her "Go, Go, Go!" (Cars easy reader).
More water pouring. So much water.
I gave her a bunch of index cards, each with a different word related to weddings on them (long story how I got these) -- she read "kiss", "Bible", and "guests"! I was really surprised about "guests".
Watched 1960s Batman.
I read her a book about moving.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Thrift Store. Found a Ramone (from Cars) McDonalds toy.
Library. Spent quite a bit of time engage in playing with these cars, until she got fed up with the rowdiness of the boys at the next table. (She actually told me that's why she got up to do something else.) Puppets. Computer. Trains. Etc.
Got out all her science kit stuff and various other receptacles, laid them all out on the bench, and started pouring water back and forth. At one point she said, "Mom, this is serious science, NOT a water game." Okay then.
Then she put some of the water in her play kitchen sink. She was washing dishes, but then she started washing everything, including scrubbing every nook and cranny of the play kitchen. She said she didn't want Baby Henry to get dusty when he plays with it. She asked me to help, some I grabbed a wet rag to help her. I was done and she was still scrubbing!
Then she moved on to (unbeknownst to me, as I was in my craft room balancing the checkbook) clean the table where the cookbooks go:
Then she moved on to my alarm clock. At that point I intervened to tell her not to use the wet rag on my antique wood dresser. She asked me to get the dry duster for her, so I did, and she dusted my dresser and nightstand!
Then she got out the dominoes, and turned them into food:
She built a Lego ambulance! (If you look at it sideways and squint.) Dobby was in a fire, and the firefighter put out the fire, and then Dobby had to ride in the ambulance while his dad Harry Potter drove.
Cars 2 (finally got it from the library). And the short cartoons on the DVD (one Toy Story, one Mater tall tale).
In the middle of the movie, the guy came to replace the glass in our window (it cracked randomly one day -- the theory is that it was due to drought conditions). He took the window out to his truck to replace the glass and Lucy wanted to watch him do it. So we went and watched him. While were out there, she spotted the water meter manhole cover thing and wanted to know why it said "Mater". :-)
We were looking at animated gifs, and we saw this one:
Lucy said, "That's... go... me..." So close! (I was actually looking for a "This!" gif -- turns out she can read that too.)
Listened to the read-along book This Is the House That Jack Built.
After dinner she found her scrub brush again and scrubbed the outsides of my kitchen cabinets and refrigerator.
She had me write a bunch of names and a couple sentences down on her new mini-legal pad. She then read them out loud several times over the course of an hour.
I read her Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni, but she read about 1/10th of the words for me! That was fun.
Library. Spent quite a bit of time engage in playing with these cars, until she got fed up with the rowdiness of the boys at the next table. (She actually told me that's why she got up to do something else.) Puppets. Computer. Trains. Etc.
Got out all her science kit stuff and various other receptacles, laid them all out on the bench, and started pouring water back and forth. At one point she said, "Mom, this is serious science, NOT a water game." Okay then.
Then she put some of the water in her play kitchen sink. She was washing dishes, but then she started washing everything, including scrubbing every nook and cranny of the play kitchen. She said she didn't want Baby Henry to get dusty when he plays with it. She asked me to help, some I grabbed a wet rag to help her. I was done and she was still scrubbing!
Then she moved on to (unbeknownst to me, as I was in my craft room balancing the checkbook) clean the table where the cookbooks go:
Then she moved on to my alarm clock. At that point I intervened to tell her not to use the wet rag on my antique wood dresser. She asked me to get the dry duster for her, so I did, and she dusted my dresser and nightstand!
Then she got out the dominoes, and turned them into food:
She built a Lego ambulance! (If you look at it sideways and squint.) Dobby was in a fire, and the firefighter put out the fire, and then Dobby had to ride in the ambulance while his dad Harry Potter drove.
Cars 2 (finally got it from the library). And the short cartoons on the DVD (one Toy Story, one Mater tall tale).
In the middle of the movie, the guy came to replace the glass in our window (it cracked randomly one day -- the theory is that it was due to drought conditions). He took the window out to his truck to replace the glass and Lucy wanted to watch him do it. So we went and watched him. While were out there, she spotted the water meter manhole cover thing and wanted to know why it said "Mater". :-)
We were looking at animated gifs, and we saw this one:
Listened to the read-along book This Is the House That Jack Built.
After dinner she found her scrub brush again and scrubbed the outsides of my kitchen cabinets and refrigerator.
She had me write a bunch of names and a couple sentences down on her new mini-legal pad. She then read them out loud several times over the course of an hour.
I read her Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni, but she read about 1/10th of the words for me! That was fun.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
A friend came by to drop something off. Lucy talked and talked, and mentioned she was going to her Grandmary's house. The lady is a mutual friend, so Lucy got to deliver a message of greeting from her to Grandmary.
Saw a trip to Bali on The Price Is Right. Lucy wanted me to show her where Bali is. Then she wanted to know what language they speak. Then she wanted to know how to say "Hello" in Indonesian. Then we looked up a bunch of other words, mostly colors. We hit the little speaker button a lot (on both Indonesian and English) to have the computer read the words to us.
She had me show her how to write checks again.
Legos.
Grandmary's: some Mater short cartoons I haven't seen, The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything, baking cookies, sofa cushion fort, fake garage sale.
Saw Harry Connick, Jr. singing a made-up song for Ellen, so she decided to make up own song with her piano. And she drafted me and Norman to play percussion.
Legos.
I read her The Great Toy Escape.
Saw a trip to Bali on The Price Is Right. Lucy wanted me to show her where Bali is. Then she wanted to know what language they speak. Then she wanted to know how to say "Hello" in Indonesian. Then we looked up a bunch of other words, mostly colors. We hit the little speaker button a lot (on both Indonesian and English) to have the computer read the words to us.
She had me show her how to write checks again.
Legos.
Grandmary's: some Mater short cartoons I haven't seen, The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything, baking cookies, sofa cushion fort, fake garage sale.
Saw Harry Connick, Jr. singing a made-up song for Ellen, so she decided to make up own song with her piano. And she drafted me and Norman to play percussion.
Legos.
I read her The Great Toy Escape.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Legos (lots of race cars going on).
Glitter glue.
Curious George on Netflix.
Read that Pooh book to herself.
Grocery store newspaper circulars + scotch tape.
The two of us went to Mazzio's for lunch. She brought her "satchel" with her new Cars pens, scissors, and paper.
Watched Despicable Me.
More Legos.
She set up this game in the bedroom where she had a bucket (fire), surrounded by plastic "sticks", and she was using Norman's pointy umbrella to roast imaginary marshmallows over the fire. Then one of her dolls decided some of her clothes were too small, so she threw the doll clothes in the fire. Again, ???? Her brain...
Computer games: mostly coloring, puzzles, and animals, I think. Oh, and some typing.
I read her the Brave Golden Book.
Glitter glue.
Curious George on Netflix.
Read that Pooh book to herself.
Grocery store newspaper circulars + scotch tape.
The two of us went to Mazzio's for lunch. She brought her "satchel" with her new Cars pens, scissors, and paper.
Watched Despicable Me.
More Legos.
She set up this game in the bedroom where she had a bucket (fire), surrounded by plastic "sticks", and she was using Norman's pointy umbrella to roast imaginary marshmallows over the fire. Then one of her dolls decided some of her clothes were too small, so she threw the doll clothes in the fire. Again, ???? Her brain...
Computer games: mostly coloring, puzzles, and animals, I think. Oh, and some typing.
I read her the Brave Golden Book.
Monday, May 6, 2013
Woke up in a hotel. She insisted on showing me the swimming pool before we left.
She also decided that the folding luggage rack thing was a horse:
In the car she was eating pretzels and making pictures and letters of the alphabet out of them by biting off different parts.
Foam sticker art and engineering:
Found her calculator and played around with that for a bit.
Lots of errands with me. Had to sit at the tag agency two different times, and all things considered, she was very considerate. She found a form to fill out and put in a box to win free karate lessons. She wanted to fill one of the forms out, so she said she would do "water writing", which is just up-and-down zigzag scribbles that she does when she wants to be writing. On the way out, I saw that she had filled it out and dropped it in the box. Haha... Wonder what the person who checks it will think of that!
Spent a lot of time today playing with the Legos (which were right where she left them when we left for Tulsa yesterday).
She also got out a bunch of her dolls and said she was packing everything up for the ambulance people to take a trip. (??) It seemed really serious.
I read her The Great Toy Escape (Toy Story 3 easy reader).
She also decided that the folding luggage rack thing was a horse:
[She's so fast, and my phone's camera is so slow...]
In the car she was eating pretzels and making pictures and letters of the alphabet out of them by biting off different parts.
Foam sticker art and engineering:
[Those are boats made out of tape and construction paper, on a blue foam lake with a red foam bridge.]
Found her calculator and played around with that for a bit.
Lots of errands with me. Had to sit at the tag agency two different times, and all things considered, she was very considerate. She found a form to fill out and put in a box to win free karate lessons. She wanted to fill one of the forms out, so she said she would do "water writing", which is just up-and-down zigzag scribbles that she does when she wants to be writing. On the way out, I saw that she had filled it out and dropped it in the box. Haha... Wonder what the person who checks it will think of that!
Spent a lot of time today playing with the Legos (which were right where she left them when we left for Tulsa yesterday).
She also got out a bunch of her dolls and said she was packing everything up for the ambulance people to take a trip. (??) It seemed really serious.
I read her The Great Toy Escape (Toy Story 3 easy reader).
Monday, May 6, 2013
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Day trip! We went to Tulsa for a Hanson concert, but stopped by some other fun on the way.
Before we left she got really into her Lego sets. There was a fire and some apparatus she had built to put it out. I was sad to have to stop her so we could get going.
We stopped by the Rock Cafe in Stroud, because the lady who owns it was the inspiration for Sally on Cars, so they have a bunch of Cars stuff. She was SO excited. She saw the Route 66 signs and said "Route 66! That's the Mother Road!" A nice young waiter gave her a set of Cars pens because she was so excited.
At the Rock Cafe (because they're smart), they hand out Sharpies and encourage you to deface the walls in their restrooms. So Lucy wrote her name!
Then we met up with some friends at their church Easter celebration (Eastern Orthodox). There was a moon bounce! Which of course Lucy loved. I don't understand my own daughter -- she is fearless. She owned that place, like she had been raised in that congregation. She tried out one of the razor scooters some of the kids had left out. Then she did the Easter egg hunt, which was exciting because she got second Easter!
Then she went to the hotel with Norman while I went to the concert with a friend. Apparently they checked out the pool (to see "how round it is", at Lucy's request), visited the vending machine, and she took a bath in her swim suit since it was too cold to swim.
Then Norman read her a Magic School Bus book about baking.
Before we left she got really into her Lego sets. There was a fire and some apparatus she had built to put it out. I was sad to have to stop her so we could get going.
We stopped by the Rock Cafe in Stroud, because the lady who owns it was the inspiration for Sally on Cars, so they have a bunch of Cars stuff. She was SO excited. She saw the Route 66 signs and said "Route 66! That's the Mother Road!" A nice young waiter gave her a set of Cars pens because she was so excited.
At the Rock Cafe (because they're smart), they hand out Sharpies and encourage you to deface the walls in their restrooms. So Lucy wrote her name!
Then we met up with some friends at their church Easter celebration (Eastern Orthodox). There was a moon bounce! Which of course Lucy loved. I don't understand my own daughter -- she is fearless. She owned that place, like she had been raised in that congregation. She tried out one of the razor scooters some of the kids had left out. Then she did the Easter egg hunt, which was exciting because she got second Easter!
Then she went to the hotel with Norman while I went to the concert with a friend. Apparently they checked out the pool (to see "how round it is", at Lucy's request), visited the vending machine, and she took a bath in her swim suit since it was too cold to swim.
Then Norman read her a Magic School Bus book about baking.
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Friday and Saturday, May 3 & 4, 2013
Highlights from the last two days:
Miss Megan's and Baby Henry. Emperor's New Groove. Playing outside.
Watched a video about firefighters, fire trucks, and fire safety. Three times.
I read her a book on firefighters.
Book about castles.
Sesame Street DVD.
Talking' 'bout Brave, Brave, Brave, Cars, Cars, Cars.
Norman took her out this afternoon. His version of events:
"It was free comic book day, so we went to the local comic shop. She picked out several free comics (Superman, Batman, Spongebob Squarepants) and got a couple free sketches from local artists. She told them about how much she liked comics, and Charlie Brown, and how she was going to grow up and draw in a comic book shop, too.
Miss Megan's and Baby Henry. Emperor's New Groove. Playing outside.
Watched a video about firefighters, fire trucks, and fire safety. Three times.
I read her a book on firefighters.
Book about castles.
Sesame Street DVD.
Talking' 'bout Brave, Brave, Brave, Cars, Cars, Cars.
Norman took her out this afternoon. His version of events:
"It was free comic book day, so we went to the local comic shop. She picked out several free comics (Superman, Batman, Spongebob Squarepants) and got a couple free sketches from local artists. She told them about how much she liked comics, and Charlie Brown, and how she was going to grow up and draw in a comic book shop, too.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Wanted to hammer nails into wood, but it was *early* and cold outside. I had to shut that down, but she still enjoyed spilling nails everywhere.
Did "science" with some stuff from her science kit and some of our water bottles and things. And by "science", I mean she got a bunch of water from the bathroom and poured it into the bottles and all over everything. But she did it while wearing goggles.
Library. No story time this month, but she spent quite a bit of time navigating sharing one computer with two other girls around her age. As far as I know, no one did any shrieking or crying.
Listened to the Kwanzaa music CD we got from the library. (The library has these things called "literacy kits" -- it's a big tote bag with books, CDs, DVDs, puzzles, and games around one theme. This is the second time Lucy has taken the Kwanzaa bag home.)
Watched Brave.
Put together a Kwanzaa puzzle.
I read her Curious George Rides a Bike.
Watched Kwanzaa DVD.
Made this bed when I wasn't looking:
Did "science" with some stuff from her science kit and some of our water bottles and things. And by "science", I mean she got a bunch of water from the bathroom and poured it into the bottles and all over everything. But she did it while wearing goggles.
Library. No story time this month, but she spent quite a bit of time navigating sharing one computer with two other girls around her age. As far as I know, no one did any shrieking or crying.
Listened to the Kwanzaa music CD we got from the library. (The library has these things called "literacy kits" -- it's a big tote bag with books, CDs, DVDs, puzzles, and games around one theme. This is the second time Lucy has taken the Kwanzaa bag home.)
Watched Brave.
Put together a Kwanzaa puzzle.
I read her Curious George Rides a Bike.
Watched Kwanzaa DVD.
Made this bed when I wasn't looking:
[Side note: Last night Lucy was finally convinced that her monster face pajama shirt was too small for her (size 24 months!). She was pretty upset about it -- she didn't want to give it away. So I offered to turn it into a pillow. So now she has a little monster pillow!]
She asked me to pin that grocery circular to the wall. My first instinct was to refuse, but I'm trying to say "yes" more, so I said yes. I'm glad I did, because at first I think it was the tapestry from Brave, but then it turned into an archery target. Lucy's holding her stuffed Merida doll, an arrow (plastic stick from a balloon), and a bow (her new tool belt).
Speaking of saying "yes"... I heard her using the sink in the bathroom extendedly. When I went in, she was rubbing hand soap all over her RV camper toy. I suggested the bathtub might be better for rinsing the soap off. She did the jeep and trailer that go with it, too.
I read her the Brave golden book.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Norman fixed her bank after she went to bed last night, so first thing this morning she sorted all her coins again.
Between the Lions CD. (The song about the sounds "g" makes seems to be her favorite.)
Got out her maps. (I think this had something to do with playing The Muppets, because she also got out the California magnet, and was singing some of the songs.)
"Read" her lighthouse calendar to herself.
Pretty long session of making up a story with her fairy tale dolls and Rapunzel and Eugene.
Spent about 1.5 hours at Grandmary's without me. Baked cookies, drew on the white board, used the Etch-a-Sketch, played with some Cars toys (!!!). Aunt Dotty showed up after a while.
Watched Brave.
Read Norman part of the "book" that Grandmary wrote for her (and about her) today. Then she got frustrated and let him read the rest. Then she told him a couple extra sentences for him to write at the end.
I read her the book again before bed.
Between the Lions CD. (The song about the sounds "g" makes seems to be her favorite.)
Got out her maps. (I think this had something to do with playing The Muppets, because she also got out the California magnet, and was singing some of the songs.)
"Read" her lighthouse calendar to herself.
Pretty long session of making up a story with her fairy tale dolls and Rapunzel and Eugene.
Spent about 1.5 hours at Grandmary's without me. Baked cookies, drew on the white board, used the Etch-a-Sketch, played with some Cars toys (!!!). Aunt Dotty showed up after a while.
Watched Brave.
Read Norman part of the "book" that Grandmary wrote for her (and about her) today. Then she got frustrated and let him read the rest. Then she told him a couple extra sentences for him to write at the end.
I read her the book again before bed.
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