Weekly Glance...

Weekly Glance (Monday, May 4th - Sunday, May 10th, 2009)

• Woke up pretty early almost every morning
• Had a good week at school
• Played outside or went for walks when it wasn't raining
• Got a gold star for helping clean up
• Played with Grace and would ask for her on the way into school
• Went to the grocery store with Mommy and got some meatballs - he was in heaven. I think I've decided that next week I'm going to make some homemade meatballs from scratch so I always have them for him
• Helped Daddy mow the lawn - he loves doing yardwork using his tools with Daddy
• Friday morning was the first morning Daddy had to get Alexander ready all by himself as Mommy was in NYC for a very quick trip but they did very well
• Played out in the yard after school on Friday - Daddy & Alexander showed Mommy how they push balls around with the leaf blowers
• Saturday morning, went for a walk with Daddy
• Saturday afternoon, Daddy & Alexander went to cousin Will's communion party (Mommy had another family communion party for Claire) so Alexander was able to see Grandma & Grandpa from NJ (Daddy forgot to take pictures)
• Alexander played with Michael and his cousins (he also ate well)
• Sunday was Mother's Day so Alexander and Mommy spent the morning together playing
• Mimi, Papi & Auntie came over for Mother's Day BBQ
• Alexander made me a purple potted plant, in school, with his face as the flower for Mother's Day
• Played outside with Mimi, and helped Daddy with the lawn
• Took a great nap despite fighting it because people were over
• Ate very well and dived in to the strawberry liquid for dessert
• Showed Mimi & Papi how his swimming has improved during tubby time
• His vocab is improving every day with new words/phrases
• Loves jumping in puddles, much to Mommy's shagrin
• Overall had a very good week