The Writer

The Boy is very creative.  He loves his Legos, but his new thing has been writing.  In school they have written a couple of stories.  The first was a fall story that he wrote about racing squirrels in the gym, he even continued to write two more parts to it at home.  They have also recently written a turkey story.  This one is a turkey going to Turkeyton, it comes complete with illustrations.  He likes these stories he makes copies of them, not copier machine copies but he actually rewrites them in his notebook.  I have offered to scan and make copies for him but he insists on making his copies.  I will try to scan and post them later.

Black Friday

Does the Boy really know what I am shopping for at the super early hours of Black Friday? I believe he does sometimes as this week he has been super keen on telling me what toys he "needs". I still think he believes in Santa, but with all the ads on tv and the paper I think he knows something is up. Although he will stroll freak out if I say I am calling Santa and pick up the phone, granted I would too as I still believe. This year with even earlier openings I am starting to wonder if the stores are trying to see the threshold of health an sanity of parents. I didnt go out at midnight but I am holding to my traditional early morning craziness. Happy Thanksgiving.

Graphs, Charts, and Venn Diagrams

In math at school the Boy is learning about graphs, charts and Venn diagrams.  What the heck is a Venn diagram?  I didn't know either until he should me.  It is basically two groups, one likes one thing and the other likes something else, but then there is a section where they overlap where people from either circle like both things.

He is really into all of the graphs, so much so that he made a graph out of Legos with how many people in our family like apples, bananas, pears and oranges.  He even made a the word fruit out of Legos for the top.  He has taken this into school and I can't wait to hear how this all turned out.

Meanwhile the Girl is being a girl and constantly changing here clothes.  She puts on clothes and takes them off all the time, sometimes she will wear 3 or 4 outfits in the same day.  When she picks something out the decision is made and there is no changing her mind.  At least I have now replaced her turtlenecks that are too small.  There is nothing like sending your kid to preschool in a belly shirt.

Lego Man

For Halloween the Boy wanted to be a Lego Man and the girl was Tinkerbell.  It took a little effort, a Ballreich's chip box, a cement form tube, a peice of PVC, and some spray paint.  For one day he got to be a Lego Man: