Last Warm Beach Day

It was unseasonably warm tonight so we went to the beach assuming that it would be the last warm night of the year to go!

Pumpkin Pickin'

Today we went to the same pumpkin place we went last year. Here's some pictures!

Pickin' out pumpkins!

Being silly!

Posing for pictures

Maddy and Jaycob! Abygail wouldn't sit with them.

October Stats

Yeah Ok I didn't get this done every month like I stated in the last stat post... But hey every few months isn't to bad, right? Right?
We were excited at some point in the last few months because the kids had each finally reached the 30Lb mark! But this week we found out that our scale has been reading 4 LBs heavier then the medical scales! Bought a new scale and these are the weights we have now!


Jaycob ~ 4 years, 1 month, 1 days

Weight: 28.9

Height: 39 & 5/8 inches

Head: 20

Waist: 19

Inseam: 15

Abygail ~ 2 years, 11 months, 6 days

Weight: 28.8

Heaght: 38 & 1/8 inches

Head: 19 & 1/4

Waist: 19

Inseam: 14.5

Week 8 of School, October 7-10

This week they continued to learn about our community helpers. On top of these things that he worked on he came home with a fireman's hat!

From the looks of the papers they also worked on the letters 'P' and 'S'. You can't see it very well in this picture, but Jaycob did trace all of these letters very nicely! You can tell where he had some direction and where he did it by himself. He tells me, "P, pa-pa-pa P. Pa-pa-pa penguin. Pa-pa-pa pumpkin." And the same thing with the 'S'. Very cute to see that he's actually learning these things!
Seems they continue to reinforce the shapes they're working on, separating the triangles and the circles. And of course another one of these little books. This week, the same as the past few, only the first few pages are colored. Check out his coloring skills on the front of this one!!

Added a Song

Something new here! I added a song! This song has been stuck in my head non-stop since Friday. I'll have to say more about it later, but take a listen and just imagine 12 two to four year olds (plus Aby). doing a little dance with it!

Parent Teacher Conference October 6

Well we had our first (and I guess only planned) parent/teacher conference today. Jaycob is doing well in class. He listens and participates. He will interact with the other children, but he does not usually initiate it. He does sneak over to the sensory table more often then he's supposed to. But for now she lets it slid, I don't know how I feel about that one! To top it off he keeps sneaking a certain truck into the sensory table. I guess measuring cups are just to boring for him!

We talked about his speech sessions starting and she personally didn't think he needed a whole lot of help with it. But she did promise me that she would get the ball rolling with it.

These pages are what we discussed academically. I was told these three papers contain everything he should know by the end of kindergarten. The teacher said he was actually up to speed per most kids his age.
And knowing our Jaycob he knew some of this information and he was done with her questions and didn't want to answer them any more! Especially the body parts section. I KNOW he knows most of these without thinking that aren't checked. Same with some of the shapes. But hey she did say that most the kids in her classes didn't even have this much knowledge only a month into the school year! Never mind that Jaycob is her oldest student this year.

All in all so far he's having a good year and doing good in class and as an idividual!

Why Again??

Why again is it my children don't sleep in their beds? And why must the youngest sleep so close to her brother? He goes to bed a good hour or more before she does, so this is her preferred sleeping spot this night! Oh and if only he knew she was sleeping on his pillow!!!

7th Week of School, September 30 - October 3

This whole months focus, I think, is supposed to be community helpers and the roles the play. This week was police officers.

The day the police hat came home... Bus pulled up and all you could see were little heads wearing these hats!! Come to think of it I should have expected it since when the bus picked Jaycob up the morning kids all had them on!!
He also won this "Outstanding Character Award". He did say everyone got one though... So who knows!

Also, on Friday they had a Family Celebration Day. Us parents and siblings got to come into school and experience their last hour of school. When we (Abygail and I) walked in they were in the middle of circle time. I love the way the teacher is with the kids. She seems great! I'm really glad that Jaycob likes her so much. A good way to start out his school experience! Anyway... I heard a different version of 'Itsy Bitsy Spider' that I had never heard before that included a wolf and an ant. And then came the 'Tooty Ta' song! Yep, the one you now here when you open up the main blog page! The kids LOVED this! Abygail had joined their circle time by then and was dancing and singing right along with the other kids. After circle time we had a snack and played outside.

Small problem though... After circle time Jaycob went and hid under a table. Talk about feeling like parent of the year! Come to find out that before we got there, earlier in the afternoon, they had an intruder drill... Not such a smart move if you ask me. Go through an intruder drill and then ask all kinds of strangers to come into the classroom! I wasn't the only parent that was a little confused by this logic, but my kid was the only one hiding under the table and redoing the intruder drill! Other kids had shouted out "Stranger!" but that was all. So after most the 'strangers' (other parents) went outside with their child Jaycob finally came out and ate a bit of snack and then we went out and played for a bit! At first he wanted to ride the bus home, but he changed his mind once he knew I was taking the rest of his snack home! It was a very busy, long, and stressful day for him!

Birthday Present in the Mail!

Jaycob got a box in the mail today! Thanks G-G-Ma!!

The kids immediately went and got their fire hats and had a ball playing with this for the rest of the day!

6th Week of School, September 23-26

Nothing special this week. They talked about their families. They had to do homework and have it due at the beginning of the week. It had to be a poster with their family, favorite place, favorite food, and all of it labeled! Jaycob did a very nice poster! Forgot to take a picture though! I'll be sure to post it when we get it back!

County Fair 2008

Today we went to the fair again this year like I said we would last year. We didn't spend nearly as much time with the animals this year as last. The kids were just to weary of them. We made it through one side of a barn and one side of the rabbit and fowl section. That was enough for them! Abygail held her noise the entire way through both saying she smelled something. It was too cute!

We played 1 game this year. The one they loved last year were they got to pick a duck and pick a prize. Jaycob got a car and Abygail picked a stuffed duck.

This year we were able to ride a couple rides! It started with a train, the kids and I rode that around the track more then a few times. They enjoyed it, to me it was the train ride that never ends!! The whole time they were riding the train they seen the kiddie roller coaster and wanted to go on it... Problem being 1)we didn't think Jaycob would handle it well by himself and 2)we didn't have enough tickets for all of us to ride. So we talked them into these cars instead. Jaycob and Abygail seemed to LOVE it!

Afterwards we then introduced them to cotton candy! It didn't go over so well with Jaycob, he's a texture eater like his father and me. Abygail was all about it. Did it taste sweet? Yep, she ate it up! Between her and I the bag has been gone for about 2 hours now...

Note: Daddy has more pictures, I'll hopefully add them tomorrow.

5th Week of School, September 16-17

Well this week was an extra short school week. Jaycob didn't have school Thursday because it was Early Dismissal and since he's an afternoon student he doesn't go to school. And all the students had Friday off. It's the weekend of the fair and so many kids are part of the 4-H around here that they just assume cancel school for the kids than to have them all absent, so I've been told!

Why Oh Why?

Why oh why won't my children fall asleep in their beds? Abygail falls asleep right outside her bedroom door. Jaycob falls asleep just inside his doorway! When we go to bed we move both of them to their beds. Abygail gets up appx 3am and moves back to the floor at the foot of Older Sister's bed. Jaycob has been staying in his bed the last 3 nights, but before that you'd find him on his floor come morning too! What do they have against their beds??

Beach Evening

The weather is getting ohhhh so nice around here! Tonight was perfect so we headed to the beach! The kids did NOT want to leave!

Waiting for the Bus

This is what waiting for the bus looks like. Accompanied by an occasional child blowing bubbles, drawing with chalk, or kicking/throwing some balls!

4th Week of School, September 9-12

3rd Week of School, September 2-5

The first paper he said had his snack on it. They were crackers he had to count he said, all I know is they were greasy. They left little round grease marks all over the paper!

3rd: As I got Jaycob off the bus today all I hear are children screaming, "Jaycob I love you! Jaycob we love you". Yeah it was crazy! That was the loudest I've ever heard the kids on the bus and they were all screaming at my child like he was in a boy band! The bus driver said that when kids get on the bus that's the first thing they say, "Where's Jaycob?" or tells Jaycob HI!

I'm so thrilled he's well liked! As a parent I think this is something we all worry about. The fact that all the kids on the bus are in his class really helps I think. I ask him about all his friends and he has no info... All well!!

4th: Woo Hoo! I've been waiting for this! Book orders were sent home today, our first one! Now I just have to remember they're due on Wednesday the 17th!!

Followers

Ok so Blogger has just rolled out a new feature, Following. You can go to your Blogger home page and right there read all of the blogs you follow, or at least see who updated their blog. Along with this you can let those bloggers know that you follow them and your picture will show up on the side of their blog if they choose to put that feature up! I have choosen to do just that. So if you read me on a normal basis... Please Follow Me!!

Grandma's Coming!!!

The kids are so excited! Last night they were telling us where she was going to sit while watching TV or reading them books and eating dinner. Abygail last night told me that Grandma Cyndi is going to sleep in Older Sisters bed! Both the kids were talking about how she was gonna bring something for Jaycob's birthday. They just went on and on!

They're excited!

Way Too Hot!

Just what the title says! It was almsot to hot for even this!