It’s another week where Monday feels like a lifetime ago. Jason and I both had board meetings this week with mine taking me out of town. Jason had to leave for work around 6:30am on Thursday morning, with no room for error, so Grandma Sunshine came and stayed for a few days to be sure everything went without a hitch. (It did!)
Sammy sometimes gets the Sunday Night Blues but these kids are always happy at the bus stop on Monday mornings. I really hope they continue to have such good experiences at school with great teachers and great classmates.
Amaya’s interesting fashion choices continue. On Monday it was a button up – buttoned all the way up – with rainbow tiger leggings. Because why not? I can’t wait for the day she sees these pictures and asks why I let her wear these outfits. 🙂
Piano lessons! This week Steven learned about the pedals on the piano. It will be a little while before he can use them independently, though. (This reminds me that he hasn’t practiced all week. We need to remember to suggest he practice for at least 5 minutes every day or so. But with his eye patch and school reading and everything else going on, it’s so easy to forget. For him and for us.)
The way Steven shows his love for me is really something special.
Tablets can get a bad rap but Steven has discovered audio books. And he loves them! The ones on his kindle are great because they highlight the words as they’re read. On Tuesday morning I let him stay in bed a little longer so he could finish his book. (And, wow, can I relate to wanting to stay put until a book is done.)
On Thursday morning I asked Grandma for a pic of the kids before school so I could see their gorgeous little faces. My little loves.
At school on Thursday the kids had an event called “Science Switch”. All three kindergarten classes rotated between classrooms for science activities. I love that we get pictures like this or I wouldn’t know a thing about it. Questions like, “Did you do anything fun at school today?”, generally end up with answers about recess or French class or Art.
In this game, the kids had to use the push pins to guide a ball from the top cup to the bottom cup.
This smile!!
I think Sammy explained this as some sort of bowling game using books to guide the ball.
I got back to MI on Thursday night, in time to help give the kids a hand using their new umbrellas. (Funbrellas. Hahaha.)
Jason and I had dinner plans on Friday night but, when Sammy heard I was going out, he got really upset. “But you just got home to us!” He was right, and truly sad that I was leaving, so Jason and I canceled our reservations and Sammy and I got some quality time together. It was 100% the right choice. <3
OMG, so apparently Steven had a rotting pumpkin in his room. It was a little white pumpkin that he named Pumpky and he was very sad when I told him that he had to throw it out. To ease the blow, he asked if he could make a card for Pumpky. It says, “I love you so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so much Pumpky. Love Steven.” Then he put the pumpkin and card together in a bag so they’d get “crushed” together.
Every Saturday we watch Lego Masters together and, from the beginning, Amaya has been “scoring” for Amie and Krystal. They were in the bottom two the past two weeks and she was really nervous all throughout the episode. Sure enough, they were eliminated and Amaya immediately burst into tears. She was so sad that I almost started to cry, too.
To help her process I suggested she make cards to send to Amie and Krystal. That idea helped a lot and she also asked if she could dye her hair blue because Krystal has blue hair and Amie has pink and blue in her hair. We’ve never done a whole head of hair dye for Amaya but we went for it.
Here she is in her tinfoil bonnet.
Making her cards.
Our blue haired girl! (As a bonus, she looks like Evie from Descendants.)
Her matching cards for Amie and Krystal.
Rather than try to mail the cards, I decided to tweet Amie and Krystal.
Within a few hours, we heard back!! Amaya was so excited. How cool is that? A message from Amie straight to Amaya. And how awesome is it that little girls can see builders like Amie and Krystal on TV?
Krystal and Amie
For now Amaya says shes not watching the show anymore but well see how that plays out. Sammy has decided hes scoring for Christina and Aaron and Steven is scoring for Tyler and Amy. “Do you remember when I was scoring for them and then they won!?!”
Such a fun show for us to watch as a family.
Our March Raddish Kids package arrived this week. First up on the menu was a country breakfast with eggs, ham and (our addition) steak. We also had some amazing onion & pepper seasoned tater tots. Amazing what seasoning can do. 🙂
We’re ready to work on egg cracking skills! I was really impressed with all three of the kids’ efforts.
Steven really loves cooking at the stove. Here, he was transferring pan seared steak to the ham & eggs.
Today was a big day of Purim festivities at school. The kids could dress in any costume (minus masks and weapons) but SSA all wanted Purim themed costumes. We had two Hamans and a Queen Esther.
At Hebrew school they went to a Purim Spiel that was Frozen themed. The kids raved about it. Amaya even got to go on stage for part of it. Afterward, we stayed for the Temple Israel Purim Carnival. They had games, bounce houses, crafts and food for the kids and it was Frozen themed, too. Even Anna was there. I was really impressed but, after the time we’ve spent at Temple Israel, not surprised.
The bounce house obstacle course was Sammy’s favorite.
The boys’ Haman hats cracked me up, and got a lot of compliments.
While Steven was coloring this clown I told him I like his design and he said, “Well, I usually know what looks good.”
From yesterday morning, here’s Amaya’s telling of the Purim story.
When we got home, Jason and the kids went for bike/scooter ride around the neighborhood.
Today the kids and I cooked jambalaya and blueberry lemon bars. It was a good recipe in terms of the distribution of jobs for Steven, Sammy and Amaya. Steven got his first cooking cut so we bandaged him up and popped a cooking glove on his hand.
This girl loves lemons.
Did I mention that March is reading month full of all sorts of reading challenges activities? They have reading bingo. A reading log. Friday in-school themed activities. And a bookmark challenge. Only Amaya and Steven participated. Here are their entries…
Amaya’s is a Super Gator for their school mascot. (She wrote CT, meaning TC for Thornton Creek.
“On a snowy day, I like to bury myself in the snow.”
“This weekend I watched Lego Masters and I like it. I did not eat anything at all.”
In art class this week the boys did finger paintings. As is often the case, the difference in their art aligns so well with their personalities. Steven has the barn and the tornado, specifically planned and executed. As my friend Ames said, “I see Sammy’s as art done by a kid who enjoys it but would happily do anything else. ‘Paint paint paint done! What’s next?'”
And that’s our week. Have a great one!