Brooke came busting out of the playroom last night, drum in hand, singing a rousing addition of Boker Tov! (Good morning in Hebrew).
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
Grandpa's Visit
Grandpa was here last month and the girls had so much fun with him. They really enjoyed going to the park with him and playing with all their toys. Reilly talks about Grandpa all the time, but we weren't sure if Brooke would remember him this time. i don't know if she remembered him, but she took a liking to him immediately and loved on him!!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Ms. R
When I was in kindergarten I lived literally NEXT to my elementary school. So I would spend weekends on my bike and with my friends (Monica and Jonathan) at the school. I remember spending a great deal of time specifically on those weekends inside the kindergarten playground. It was fenced in and locked, but my sister and I used to hop the fence, or climb the tree and then jump down on the other side.
There were these large wooden bins that were probably 8 ft wide, 8 ft long and 6 feet tall (maybe it wasn't that big, I was small). Wendy and I would climb that and lay up there and play up there, it was such fun.
OK, OK so this blog isn't about me...to my point. Sometimes if we jumped up high, we could also see inside the classroom. And sometimes on the weekends, we could see next week's letter person! You know the letter people right? Back then they were balloons and they came with a cassette tape that taught you about that letter. I looked forward to those letter people each week, they were magical!
Fast forward 28 years, and Reilly is in Pre-K and has the letter people program. They are now stuffed animals and are just as admired by her and her friends as they were by me and my friends. This week marks week 26 for her of the program -- the last letter, Q! And to end the program they do a really cute event where Q marries U, because afterall they are always together. To celebrate, each child was encouraged to dress as their favorite letter person.
Reilly, obviously loves the letter R. But R, is Mr. R, so with some convincing I got her to let me turn her into the female version of Ms. R who loves ribbons and rainbows. Well, I didn't have rainbows on hand, so we went with ribbons.
I have to say that some of the parents went WAY out - but I thought we put in a pretty good effort. And I hope Reilly has fond memories of the letter people, just as I do!
There were these large wooden bins that were probably 8 ft wide, 8 ft long and 6 feet tall (maybe it wasn't that big, I was small). Wendy and I would climb that and lay up there and play up there, it was such fun.
OK, OK so this blog isn't about me...to my point. Sometimes if we jumped up high, we could also see inside the classroom. And sometimes on the weekends, we could see next week's letter person! You know the letter people right? Back then they were balloons and they came with a cassette tape that taught you about that letter. I looked forward to those letter people each week, they were magical!
Fast forward 28 years, and Reilly is in Pre-K and has the letter people program. They are now stuffed animals and are just as admired by her and her friends as they were by me and my friends. This week marks week 26 for her of the program -- the last letter, Q! And to end the program they do a really cute event where Q marries U, because afterall they are always together. To celebrate, each child was encouraged to dress as their favorite letter person.
Reilly, obviously loves the letter R. But R, is Mr. R, so with some convincing I got her to let me turn her into the female version of Ms. R who loves ribbons and rainbows. Well, I didn't have rainbows on hand, so we went with ribbons.
I have to say that some of the parents went WAY out - but I thought we put in a pretty good effort. And I hope Reilly has fond memories of the letter people, just as I do!
Friday, April 1, 2011
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Spring Training
We took in a nice spring training game at Disney....here is Brooke enjoying a PB&J while watching the game.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Honey I Shrunk the Kids
We have been enjoying Spring in Florida. The weather is perfect - we are out of the cold and not yet hot. So we took advantage of the fact that we live here and that it is 80 degrees in March - we took the kids to Disney for a few hours the other weekend. Here is a great picture of Brooke on top of the ant in Honey I Shrunk the Kids.
Brooke has quite the personality. She is stubborn as a mule, and a tad bit defiant. On days when I think about having another child, Brooke reminds me how challenging she can be ;-). The good news is that she is about 90% potty trained. She went two weeks without an accident...just had a couple off days, but seems to be back on, including at night! So I can't complain about that!
Brooke has quite the personality. She is stubborn as a mule, and a tad bit defiant. On days when I think about having another child, Brooke reminds me how challenging she can be ;-). The good news is that she is about 90% potty trained. She went two weeks without an accident...just had a couple off days, but seems to be back on, including at night! So I can't complain about that!
Friday, March 11, 2011
Chocolate Party
It's birthday party season!!! And Reilly loves that!! Here she is with Doron at Doron and Livie's birthday party.
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