fine motor, play, school, speech

End of the School Year

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Mama picked up Janie today and found her making tracks with Magna-Tiles for the trains. She’s been into trains lately and now I see why.

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Her teacher also sent home a collection of pictures that she has drawn over the school year with her words dictated by her teacher. Most of them are based on a series of Jack and Annie books. Is it a coincidence that she drew Annie with slanted eyes in this picture?!

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This one was my favorite (and the most recent). That figure on the right in orange-yellow is Little Guy. The dots are her spots, the two lines are her legs, and the squiggles are her body/mane. Her drawing of a person still doesn’t have a body but she’s added fingers and toes. Interesting.

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expressions, outings, play, speech, squeaks, videos

Happy Guy

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This afternoon, Peanut was in a great mood. He must have known it was the longest day of the year. When Mama came home, he played by himself on the floor while Mama cleaned up.

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Then we took a walk to Safeway and he had a fun time looking at himself in the mirror under while we were in line.

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On our walk home, he was talking to himself and making the “wah-wah” sounds all the way home.

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fine motor, speech, videos

making progress

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Janie is making progress on her homework lessons. She’s still pretty enthusiastic about it each night and we are so happy. Certain lessons that used to frustrate her have become almost too easy for her.

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Her writing is also coming along nicely. In this video she is writing the letter “n”.

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eating, expressions, family, fine motor, school, speech

Parent Day

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School was closing early today so I had to leave work early to get there on time. It also happened to be Parent Day and I caught the tail end of it. When she saw me, she said “you’re late!” Oh well, at least I was there for some of it.

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All the kids had a gift for their parents. Hers said “My mom’s job is to put Peanut to bed and to bring me my giraffe. Dad’s job is reading books to us.”

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She also had a quick snack of strawberries, pound cake, and whipped cream before heading home.

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On the board this month are new Words of Wisdom. The question this month is “How I Help My Mom and Dad”.

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Janie said “I help Mom and Dad with Peanut.  I put the bottle in the kitchen.”

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She also drew this house on the table cover on the snack table. She pointed it out across the table and said the star at the top was for Mama “for doing everything by herself without Daddy”. I thought I was gonna cry.

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