Words to live by
If it is to be, it is up to me.
Jack and his classmates have been busying themselves preparing for their upcoming First Communion. They met last weekend to learn about the Ciborium and the Chalice and to create their own from clay.
We had a pretty big day with his Communion meeting at 9:30, Mass at 11:00, his piano recital at 1:15 and then my recital at 2:30 so we just got him dressed up before we even left the house.
We did not know he would be working with clay and he gave me an earful for making him dress up. He at least had the sense to take off his vest and tie before really getting to work with his block of clay.
Stephen appreciates a helping push. That is a good thing because Jack likes to push him around the house on this little bike-thing.
And well, fair is fair isn't it? Unfortunately for Jack, Stephen doesn't handle turns very well and they wind up crashing into walls, the fireplace, the piano, ottoman, sofa, table...
And here are the big boys making sure Stephen stays safe as we do some shopping. They asked if they could hold his hand and walk him into the store "just to be SURE he is safe, Mom."
Here are a few examples of what Jack can do in 100 seconds.
Let us know what YOU can do in 100 seconds!
Self explanatory.
Wyatt's class spent last week learning about Dinosaurs. Here is Wy's dino-work.
And I can't figure out how to get this darn thing to rotate but I had to include it because Wyatt's teacher gave him an award for his great ideas!
The Kinder teacher elects 1 boy and 1 girl every day in the month of February to be the King and Queen of Hearts. here is Wyatt making his stand as the king.
A closer look at his necklace/badge/thing tells us that he is a good friend and hosts fun play dates.
As Wyatt would say..."Duh."
The boys had been asking to practice on my ukulele but weren't that interested in my showing them any chords. I found out about a free beginner's lesson at Guitar Center and took the boys there of a Saturday morning. Jack did really well until it came time to put the chords together in a song. The instructor went a bit too fast for Jack to get his hands to comply. Jack decided it was too embarassing, gave me the uke and sat down at the back of the room. Wy kept trying though he really only did strumming. I can't blame him: it is quite a lot to hold the thing, strum with one hand and make the other hand form chords...too much. I let them play with mine at home and Jack seems actually interested in trying to learn a few chords. We shall see where it gets us! In the meantime, John is making a guitar/ukulele stand for me. (You may or may not remember but we got Jack a kid guitar for Christmas a year ago - we haven't done anything with it, but we have one.) Now that we have two stringed instruments they really need a nice looking home. I will post a pic once we get the stand together.
I am in love with Pinterest which means John's Honey-Do list is getting longer by the day. He recently finished this height chart/board thing for me. As you can see, we put it to use immediately. Then I pulled out our little Winnie-The-Pooh chart and transferred all their little heights onto the board. It is SO cute!
Here are my menfolks with their snowman a few days into the Snowpacolypse.
And the poor headless snowman a few days later.
I had a baseball game and I got to
pitch.
After the game we went to the
beach.
Each of us got to go even my dog
Patch.
Me and dad had a
match playing beach volley ball and I won.
After that we went fishing and my dad helped me
catch a fish.
Then I got to call Grandma and Grandpa on the
phone.
After that I had a penut butter and jelly
sandwich for lunch.
Mom had to fill in a big
graph. Boy she was tired.
Later my Dad got the flue so we had to leave the
beach to go to his docter.
The docter said we couldn't hug or
touch him for five weeks.
The end.
Jack
