Victor has all new classmates this year.
After the first few days, he was either unwilling or unable to tell me the names of any of them except Scott. But I think every class has a Scott.
So yesterday, I reminded him that everyone at his school was new. And that he could tell his new classmates his name, and ask theirs.
"Oh. Everybody knows my name," he replied with total confidence.
"They do?" I asked.
"Yes," he said. "It is Victor. It is a pretty easy name. Victor."
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Get-to-Know-You Necklace
Victor started school this Wednesday!
Hooray!
On the first day, his teacher had the children make Get-to-Know-You bead necklaces. Each bead has a meaning.
According to the instruction sheet, Victor's necklace means:
He is a boy.
He has one brother.
He has one pet. (He thought this was pretty funny to include because Dog is, of course, a stuffed dog.)
He likes reading.
He really likes math.
He has attended two schools before this one.
His initials are V. S.
He also added extra pink beads and extra letter beads "to make it look nice."
Hooray!
On the first day, his teacher had the children make Get-to-Know-You bead necklaces. Each bead has a meaning.
According to the instruction sheet, Victor's necklace means:
He is a boy.
He has one brother.
He has one pet. (He thought this was pretty funny to include because Dog is, of course, a stuffed dog.)
He likes reading.
He really likes math.
He has attended two schools before this one.
His initials are V. S.
He also added extra pink beads and extra letter beads "to make it look nice."
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Down by the Bay
When I was in elementary school, my siblings learned the song "Down by the Bay" at preschool.
You may know this song from Raffi's album, "Singable Songs for the Very Young."
It goes like this:
Down by the bay
Where the watermelons grow
Back to my home
I dare not go
For if I do
My mother would say:
Did you ever see a [bear]
[Combing his hair]
Down by the bay!
Obviously, you fill in your own words for the ones in brackets.
Zeke has really taken to this song. His most interesting lyric this week was:
Did you ever see a destructive meteor
Killing a meat-eater?
Down by the bay!
You may know this song from Raffi's album, "Singable Songs for the Very Young."
It goes like this:
Down by the bay
Where the watermelons grow
Back to my home
I dare not go
For if I do
My mother would say:
Did you ever see a [bear]
[Combing his hair]
Down by the bay!
Obviously, you fill in your own words for the ones in brackets.
Zeke has really taken to this song. His most interesting lyric this week was:
Did you ever see a destructive meteor
Killing a meat-eater?
Down by the bay!
Monday, July 30, 2012
Olympic Medals
Victor and I were just discussing the gold, silver, and bronze medals that Olympic atheletes earn.
He wanted to know what the worst person got.
He suggested a black medal, so the person knows he did poorly.
He wanted to know what the worst person got.
He suggested a black medal, so the person knows he did poorly.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Zeke Jumps and Swims
Zeke has taught himself to swim this summer. His strategy was to get in the four foot part of pool with me, then launch himself away from me. Then, he would struggle madly to stay afloat. I was not allowed to touch him, and if I tried, he'd stick just his little hand out of the water and finger-wag me. If I moved toward him, he would use his brief breaths to tell me to stay away.
It was alarming/funny. So I would stand in the pool with my arms out, and he'd grab them when he was ready.
Eventually, he figured out how to swim underwater with breast stroke arms and a flutter kick. (Adorable.) He also figured out how to flutter kick on his back, float on his belly, and dive under my legs. Like Victor, he will not let me teach him how to do any strokes.
Zeke has never been particularly daring, so it was interesting to watch him try so hard at something difficult.
Last night was our ward pool party.
It was Victor and Zeke's first experience with a real diving board and a real deep end.
I was not concerned about Victor, but I was not sure Zeke would be able to make it back to the wall after his jump.
The lifeguard made him swim across the entire deep end of the pool before he was allowed to use the diving board, and he did it! He was so proud.
The diving board itself was super fun. He used it to exhaustion, and I had to pluck him out of the water after his last jump.
It was alarming/funny. So I would stand in the pool with my arms out, and he'd grab them when he was ready.
Eventually, he figured out how to swim underwater with breast stroke arms and a flutter kick. (Adorable.) He also figured out how to flutter kick on his back, float on his belly, and dive under my legs. Like Victor, he will not let me teach him how to do any strokes.
Zeke has never been particularly daring, so it was interesting to watch him try so hard at something difficult.
Last night was our ward pool party.
It was Victor and Zeke's first experience with a real diving board and a real deep end.
I was not concerned about Victor, but I was not sure Zeke would be able to make it back to the wall after his jump.
The lifeguard made him swim across the entire deep end of the pool before he was allowed to use the diving board, and he did it! He was so proud.
The diving board itself was super fun. He used it to exhaustion, and I had to pluck him out of the water after his last jump.
Friday, July 13, 2012
Ice Cream Surprise
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