Samara's Moments for the Month:
- Love the pool this summer and became a fish, or a mermaid (and a tan one at that!). She loves to swim underwater and can hold her breath quite a while. With a life jacket she can swim even in deep end after jumping in. Did some freestyle type strokes, technique still needs some work. She can get into the back float position on her own and float for ten seconds. If pool wasn't crowded she could do better, was afraid someone would jump one her or make waves to splash over her face, which was justified.
- Last day of summer - she got to choose the agenda for the last day of summer. Bounce house, pick out gift for friend's upcoming bday party, lunch at home while watching power rangers, sewing on her quilt blocks while Wesson was napping, then worked on her "about me" homework for Friday from open house night and sang (loudly with abandon for songs she knew) along with the radio while she reloaded the dishwasher. You can tell when she knows the song because all of a sudden she cranks up the radio volume!
- Second recess of the school year there was an incident where L-girl (my code name for girl who gave her so much trouble last year). She was seemingly jealous that Samara had moved on to other friends this year. She took it out by kicking wood chips when Samara said L-girl wasn't her friend. Then she shoved a piece of trash off the ground into Samara's new friend's mouth! They went to the office for discussion after that...
- She has been really loving first grade so far! Doesn't complain about going, loves her teacher, enjoys classmates, says math is her least favorite subject, helps pack her lunch, proudly shows me all her work in take-home folder each day, apparently loves it when she says or does something silly and everyone laughs. She told me a story about her silly picture she drew, "a cheetah on a toilet seat with wings". She said after she told about her picture, everyone laughed and later people came up to her and said, "that was so funny when you said that". She also said she made a silly face when she shut off the light and closed door (her seat is closest to door) and class laughed. Not afraid of an audience and likes people being happy because of her! She made up a game at recess where she's the teacher/coach for other friends to complete. I think she enjoys being helper to smaller kids at KWG as much as doing challenges herself.
Kalum's Moments for the Month:
- Early this month I gave Kalum a hug and said,
- "I can't believe you're going to school soon for two whole days a week! What am I going to do all day with just Wesson here?"
- Kalum: "Probably sit and think about what it like when I was here all day"
- Me: "Well, we'll miss you, but I think I might try to get some things done too."
- K: "Yeah you might some stuff while you think about us" :)
- By the end of summer he's gotten much better at jumping in from the side of the pool into shallow end. He will put his face underwater briefly. Attempted some swimming and can float with assistance briefly on his back. He knew where the water was too deep and learned to stay where he could touch.
- First Day of Pre-K (Green Class) and Enrichment (afternoon class)- He seemed a little unsure at first, but teacher came and took his hand and off he went to circle time. He loved staying all day (Two snacks and he got to bring his lunch!!), singing, playing, reading...he listed it all off for us. Closer to bedtime I said, "Can I have a hug. Did you miss me or did you have too much fun? K: "I was having so much fun I forgot all about you!" Well, better than being sad all day I guess. Ha!
- Kids Warrior Gym - took him to use a one-hour open gym - he played in the gym area for like 25 minutes then he opted to play with the gear toys in the lobby area. Built cars and a road and had a great time! Maybe he's going to follow the "builder" genes embedded in his DNA. Or he's just lost being at KWG without Samara, time will tell!
- By the end of August, he seems to really enjoy this school year so far! Likes having two snacks and lunchtime there each day. Still has some of his same friends from last year and has made a couple new ones, too. Favorite toy is transforming alpha robots, he tells me to order them on Amazon almost everyday after school!
Wesson's Moments/Milestones for the Month:
- When he wants your attention for something he's going to do, he will look to make sure you're watching and say "mommy watch".
- By the end of the summer pool time he loves to be held on his tummy to kick his legs, laying his head back into water and jumping in the pool to someone's arms (usually doesn't bother him if he goes under water. Would catch him sometimes and let him dip under water some.) One day he jumped when I wasn't facing him yet! He basically rolled off my back and went underwater. I reached down and grabbed him from nearly the bottom of 3' and he came up with huge eyes, but not crying or coughing. He must have instinctively held his breath!
- He is a talker! Can identify red, orange and sometimes yellow. "mom sit", "watch" (as in look at this cool thing I can do) "trains TV" (wants to watch trains on TV - usually this one is said much too early in the morning and then he wants cereal while he watches). Can communicate what he wants or what happened Ex-Kalum flicks water at Samara and some gets on him. He goes to Samara and says "Kamum. Hands. Shirt. Wet." They won't get away with much when he's around!
- Favorite books: Blue Train, Green Train and Go Train Go (Thomas Train books) Roadwork, Commotion in the Ocean. Wants to read them all before sleeping or napping will happen. (And then staying in bed for bedtime has mixed results anyway...)
- Learned to say his name now as Wesson!
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