Sunday, June 24, 2012
crawling...
Our dear little H decided once again not to be like normal babies. Normal babies start sitting up around 6 months. Nope, not H. He decided to crawl...kind of a cross between an army crawl and the butterfly stroke, but it gets him around and he gets faster every day!
Monday, June 18, 2012
happy father's day!
Happy Father's Day to my wonderful dad, my great father-in-law, my amazing husband, and all the other dads out there.
I think my favorite part was seeing how excited our kids were about Father's Day and how they wanted to plan all sorts of special things: baseball gloves, a special crossword puzzle, a few extra holes of "golf", and homemade angel food cake with strawberries and ice cream...good day with dadda!
I am so blessed.
Sunday, June 17, 2012
picture perfect mother's day weekend...
{I know, I know...Happy Father's Day to all! I'm just a little behind on posting. Hope you all have a wonderful day celebrating the great dads in your life!}
Saturday, June 9, 2012
penguins!
G is all done with school now (yay! summer vacation!), but I thought I would share about one of the big projects that the first graders did at the end of the year - animal reports. They each picked an animal, read books and did research on that animal, and then had to present certain information about that animal to the class. It was nice that the project form was left up to them though - they could do anything as long as the few required pieces of information were included. G picked a penguin and we had a great time learning all about penguins with her. Here is how she completed her project:
Step 1: Read, read, read, read, read! She found 9 books on penguins at the library! And the librarian showed her and all the first graders how to take notes, or basically write down interesting information that they learned without copying.
Step 2: Visit the zoo! We took the whole family to the MN zoo to see the African Penguin exhibit. We made sure that we were there for the penguin feeding and enjoyed hearing the zookeepers talk about the penguins. G took notes, observed, and took pictures of the penguins.
Step 3: Decide what type of report to do. G really really really wanted to type on the computer, and also show all her photos from the zoo, so she decided to make a poster. Then she could type her penguin information on the computer, and also paste all her photos on the posterboard as well. (insert momma note here - I had to summon ALL of my patience to sit with her while she did this as it took about 3 hours to type her notes.)
Step 4: Add that G touch to her poster. This would not be a report from my daughter without a crafty touch added to it. One of the penguin facts that G read in her books that fascinated her the most was that emperor penguins can grow to be as tall as a 6-yr-old child. G immediately comes running to us and exclaims "I'M a 6-yr-old child! That means that emperor penguins are as tall as ME!" She asked if she could draw a penguin as tall as her to show her classmates, so I got the paper for her and marked how tall she was on it. G looked at the photos of emperor penguins in her books and drew one just like that. I helped a little bit with getting the white belly on, but the rest of it was all her. She cut it out and we pasted it on one side of her poster. (insert another momma note - I know we are biased parents, but S and I are continually impressed with G's drawing ability and are baffled where she gets it. G never is inhibited in her drawing, and is quite good at it too.)
Step 5: Bring animal report to school and present it to her classmates. This was the fun part for G. She also got to show it off for Grandparents' Day, as well as a special Parent afternoon. She was so proud of it and we were proud of her - what a great job! And all the first-graders did so well and had some neat and different projects with their animals. Mrs. H commented that every year she learns something new and wonderful about the animals that God has created.
Step 1: Read, read, read, read, read! She found 9 books on penguins at the library! And the librarian showed her and all the first graders how to take notes, or basically write down interesting information that they learned without copying.
Step 2: Visit the zoo! We took the whole family to the MN zoo to see the African Penguin exhibit. We made sure that we were there for the penguin feeding and enjoyed hearing the zookeepers talk about the penguins. G took notes, observed, and took pictures of the penguins.
Step 3: Decide what type of report to do. G really really really wanted to type on the computer, and also show all her photos from the zoo, so she decided to make a poster. Then she could type her penguin information on the computer, and also paste all her photos on the posterboard as well. (insert momma note here - I had to summon ALL of my patience to sit with her while she did this as it took about 3 hours to type her notes.)
Step 4: Add that G touch to her poster. This would not be a report from my daughter without a crafty touch added to it. One of the penguin facts that G read in her books that fascinated her the most was that emperor penguins can grow to be as tall as a 6-yr-old child. G immediately comes running to us and exclaims "I'M a 6-yr-old child! That means that emperor penguins are as tall as ME!" She asked if she could draw a penguin as tall as her to show her classmates, so I got the paper for her and marked how tall she was on it. G looked at the photos of emperor penguins in her books and drew one just like that. I helped a little bit with getting the white belly on, but the rest of it was all her. She cut it out and we pasted it on one side of her poster. (insert another momma note - I know we are biased parents, but S and I are continually impressed with G's drawing ability and are baffled where she gets it. G never is inhibited in her drawing, and is quite good at it too.)
Step 5: Bring animal report to school and present it to her classmates. This was the fun part for G. She also got to show it off for Grandparents' Day, as well as a special Parent afternoon. She was so proud of it and we were proud of her - what a great job! And all the first-graders did so well and had some neat and different projects with their animals. Mrs. H commented that every year she learns something new and wonderful about the animals that God has created.
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