Photo Recap...
Photo Recap (Monday, November 7th - Sunday, November 13th, 2011)
Monday, November 14, 2011
Weekly Glance...
Weekly Glance (Monday, November 7th - Sunday, November 13th, 2011)
- Had a pretty good week at school
- Got at least one star a day - And the reason why he missed out on the 2nd star were for silly reasons of rough-housing/playing with friends a bit rough. And two of those days he lost the 2nd star with MINUTES left in the day so overall had pretty good days
- Sleeping was disrupted each night - came in to cuddle with Mommy. Hoping to make some changes to benefit both of us!
- Worked on his homework this week
- Started taking vitamins & Vitamin D this week - I thought he was going to put up a fight about it but he was so excited when I told him he has his own vitamins. It's also been helping to motivate him to brush his teeth
- Thursday night, Mommy & Alexander had a date night at home where we made dinner, cuddled, did some puzzles
- Friday night, Alexander & Mommy had another date night where we made pizzas and played cars
- Saturday was a busy day - soccer, and afternoon with Marina & Deanna at the Aquarium
- Sunday, Alexander & Daddy spent the afternoon at uncle Matt's, playing sports with Michael
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Weekend Activities...
Weekend Activities..yet another busy weekend!
Saturday
Saturday was a busy yet fun day! Alexander woke up at 6a (Mommy's morning), and wanted to go downstairs around 7:30a. After a good breakfast, Mommy & Alexander got ready for soccer. Soccer went very well! He listened to his coaches - did all the drills, wasn't too silly, and paid attention to what steps they were asking him to do. When he listens & pays attention, he does very well.
After soccer, we met Deanna & Marina at Mommy's work so we could head into the Aquarium for the afternoon. Alexander & Marina always have a great time when they are together - and the trip to the Aquarium was no exception. The kids loved checking out the fish in the big tank - especially the sharks. But then after lunch, we spent a great deal of time at the penguins watching them feed & the caretakers take care of a few in particular! It was a long afternoon but that the aquarium but both kids had a blast and it was such a great time!
Sunday
Sunday's morning was low-key but relaxing. Alexander slept til 7:20 (Daddy's morning) and then cuddled with Mommy watching cartoons til 8am. After breakfast, Daddy & Alexander played Wii before going over uncle Matt's for the afternoon. In the afternoon, Alexander & Michael played so many sports (baseball, soccer) and had a really good afternoon together. Then Daddy & Alexander stayed for dinner.
Overall a nice, yet busy weekend
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Aquarium...
Today Alexander & Mommy went to the Aquarium with Marina & Deanna. The kids had a great time and it was such a great way to hang out while the kids enjoy each other & all the fish.
We checked out the sharks, the penguins, the sea lions and the sting rays in the touch tank! Marina & Alexander had a blast checking it all out together!
Friday, November 11, 2011
Homework...
Homework Time!
For this month's homework assignment, each kid had to write at least 3 sentences relating to any type of transportation they are familiar with. But the key is that they had to do it on their own! Here are Alexander's three sentences that he wrote all by himself - with MINIMAL help from Mommy. I gave him the different modes of transportation that he's been in and then he picked how he wanted to write about them.
Sentence #1: I like to go to the aquarium on the green line train
Monday, November 7, 2011
Storytime...
Conversation Alexander & I just had:
He spells out the name 'Sandy' by himself and I asked him who Sandy was and he said it was his friend who he used to live with two years ago. Then he said he couldn't live with her anymore because she died. She died a long time ago and now he has to live here at home with us. Then he says that Sandy was his girlfriend and she was really nice to him.
He said he came home to live and he went into the closet and Sandy helped him find the ghost but there was no ghost so he wasn't ascared anymore.
I told him that was a very interesting story and he asked if I wanted to hear more! I like that he's using his imagination a lot now...but let's hope that someone doesn't ask who Sandy is and that he tells them he used to live with this lady and they wonder why some strange lady name Sandy has died on him.
Weekly Glance...
Weekly Glance (Monday, October 31st - November 6th, 2011)
- Didn't have the greatest weeks - lots of not paying attention or too much rough-housing at the playground
- Alexander's teachers have implemented a new reward program where each kid has the potential to earn two stars each day (one for morning, one for afternoon) - they have to play nice, listen to their teachers, and follow the rules...basic good behavior
- Out of 8 potential stars for the week - Alexander only earned 1. Most of the issues were rough-housing on the playground after his teachers asked him to stop. There was one incident at lunch where he decided to act up and throw stuff around
- Sleeping was also not 100% - while he slept til a good time each morning, he woke up every night to cuddle with Mommy. He mentioned several times that my bed was more cozy than his....
- Mommy & Alexander told Daddy that it was time for his very own big boy bed - so stay tuned!
- Monday was Halloween - he had his school parade in the morning (which one of the Dad's pointed out to me this was my last TNN parade), then that night we went trick or treating with Daddy & Mimi around our neighbors
- Thursday night, Alexander & Mommy had a date night at home - we made dinner, we read books, and got ready for bed...it was a nice relaxing night
- Friday night, Mommy & Alexander went to Target to get Addison's birthday present (Daddy went to cousin Nick's football game)
- Saturday was a busy day: soccer, lunch with Mommy, Addison's birthday party, then trick or treating with Mommy & Mimi
- Daylight savings - this was the first year he wasn't all that effected and woke up at old 6:30am time
- Sunday started off as a low-key morning but then progressed to a bad day with his behavior which resulted in timeout and staying home in the afternoon rather than going to play with Michael
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Weekend Activities...
Weekend Activities - yet another busy weekend!
Saturday
Saturday was a BUSY day! Alexander had soccer, a birthday party, then home for trick or treating in our neighborhood. We told Alexander that if there was any fighting/not listening/temper tantrums that he would be staying home as he didn't have a stellar week at school. Thankfully he did very well Saturday morning and was on his best behavior. He was able to go to all of his activities!
He was a bit silly at soccer but we're noticing that he definitely feeds off the energy of other kids - and there was another boy who was definitely into rough-housing this week. However when the coaches had them do just drills to reduce silliness he did well. He just has to focus and ignore kids around him who could get him into trouble.
After soccer, Mommy & Alexander went out to lunch as we had some time to kill before a birthday party that he was invited to. It was for a girl from his class who left his class in September to go to kindergarten...she likes him so much that he was the only one invited from his class. He had fun at the party - they played different games in the gym and then had some cake & ice cream and played some air hockey.
We headed home to meet up with Mimi and get ready for trick or treating! We got all bundled up and headed out! We let him choose which houses he wanted to go to...if the line was too long or seemed a bit creepy he wanted to pass. And because it was daylight, you were able to see everyone's costumes more and he definitely made it a point to stay way from creepy costumes. Yup, no denying this child is just like me when it comes to Halloween!
Sunday
Sunday was going to be a low-key day. Alexander & Daddy had plans to go hang with Michael for a bit at Uncle Matt's. However that changed when Alexander threw a very large temper tantrum when we told him it was time to shut off the Wii and get dressed. He had to have a timeout and as we told him that if he fought with us, he would not get to do fun things...so needless to say, Alexander got a timeout and his punishment was that he couldn't go to Michael's to play. Once he finally calmed down, he & I had some lunch and relaxed a bit. I also told him that if he remained calm & well behaved he could watch the Patriots game that afternoon. He was able to keep it together in order to watch the game...so Daddy & Alexander watched the game together and Alexander asked questions about the game, the plays, and the rules the entire game. It's great seeing him so interested in sports!
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Trick or Treating....
Due to the recent snow storm, our town rescheduled trick or treating to Saturday Nov 5th (weird, I know) but at least this way folks would have power and branches/power lines would be out of the streets.
Mimi & I headed out with our very own Superman to protect us from the villians of our streets. He leaped tall buildings and collected as much candy as one Superhero can hold!
Walking along with Mimi
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Quotes...
Here are some good quotes from Alexander recently
There are some dead trees. Oh I can't look, it's just too sad
Mom, did you see that? I stopped the ball with my penis.
Monday, October 31, 2011
All Hallow's Eve...
For Halloween tonight, Mommy, Daddy & Mimi went out trick or treating with Alexander. There was still storm damage and folks without power so we only went to our neighbors but for Alexander that was fun!
He had fun visiting our neighbors and then playing pretend trick or treat with Mimi back at the house!
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