Galen's tooth fairy story get cuter. Last night he came up to me at bed time and had me help him spell out his letter back to the tooth fairy. He even used the fancy curly letter style the tooth fairy used in her note. Then he stuck it under his pillow along with his tooth.
The tooth fairy was so charmed. She had to write a letter back and leave a whole dollar for his tooth. The tooth fairy invited Galen to become pen pals with her.
So he took his dollar to church with him today and heard a talk on how fast offerings feed the poor. So he grabbed a tithing envolope and put his whole dollar in there. I helped him fill out the form. He said he wanted his money to buy food for the the hungry. And then we gave it to the bishop.
What a sweetie, finally I am seeing some of what it means to become as little children.
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Saturday, January 21, 2006
Galen and the tooth fairy
Galen lost his first tooth yesterday. And he was so excited he said he was going to go to bed early so the tooth fairy could come. At 1am I finally tucked him in. At 2am I jumped out of bed and remembered I hadn't played tooth fairy.
So I ran downstairs and carefully stuck my hand under the kids' pillows. No tooth- actually no envolope that I gave Galen to put his tooth in.
So the tooth fairy wrote a note instead, telling Galen that she would come tonight and asking him to put the tooth in the envolpe and then under his pillow for her. THis time is listened. So if he goes to bed tonight the toothfairy will hopefully remember to come.
So I ran downstairs and carefully stuck my hand under the kids' pillows. No tooth- actually no envolope that I gave Galen to put his tooth in.
So the tooth fairy wrote a note instead, telling Galen that she would come tonight and asking him to put the tooth in the envolpe and then under his pillow for her. THis time is listened. So if he goes to bed tonight the toothfairy will hopefully remember to come.
Thursday, January 19, 2006
wetting the bed
It is not unusual for a three year old to wet his bed, that is why you keep the waterproof matress cover on it.
However the matress cover is no match for the way Ian wets his bed. Yesterday I was in the basment when I noticed water cascading down the walls. So I ran upstairs and bellowed "Who's playing in the water?"
Ian had taken buckets of water and was dumping unto his bed. The water has soaked through the matress, the bed, the floor and then ran into the floor and down the basment walls onto Mom's bed. Luckily I had organized our house's bedding on her bed and the blanket pile soaked up the dripping water, before it ever got to her bed.
3 years olds are trouble, every one has to find a unique wat to cause problems.- just when you think you've seen it all.
However the matress cover is no match for the way Ian wets his bed. Yesterday I was in the basment when I noticed water cascading down the walls. So I ran upstairs and bellowed "Who's playing in the water?"
Ian had taken buckets of water and was dumping unto his bed. The water has soaked through the matress, the bed, the floor and then ran into the floor and down the basment walls onto Mom's bed. Luckily I had organized our house's bedding on her bed and the blanket pile soaked up the dripping water, before it ever got to her bed.
3 years olds are trouble, every one has to find a unique wat to cause problems.- just when you think you've seen it all.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
another chat worth saving
Paul Hunt: emoticon is another addition to our language
me: what would we do with out being able to smile with our chating/emailing?
We are trying to teach galen about non-verbal communication. We are asking him alot about how he thinks others feel- usually using thier expressions as cues
Paul Hunt: cool
me: his autsim slows him down on that kind of them more then the average child. We also hope to use it as a base to teach empathy.
Paul Hunt: yup
me: if boys are so emotionally vulnerable then why does our society try to forget that they even have emotions?
Paul Hunt: that is part of the issue
me: the show really opened my eyes to that fact. It was like, ohh, yes I guess they ought to learn they have emotions and that emotions need expression.
Paul Hunt: we are a slow learning society on some topics.
me: girls just assume that the men don't have emotions because they never undestand thier (girl's) emotions anyways, but I gues martians have them too, adn we better teach them what to do with them
Paul Hunt: knowledge is power
me: ye, power. Then of course along with emotions it only makes sense to teach things like polietness, manors and respect
Define "Respect" for a 5 year old
Paul Hunt: oooh, that sounds challenging
me: lol . . kids are tucked
Paul Hunt: sleep well kiddies
me: so can you define respect for an adult?
Paul Hunt: # Respect is the objective, unbiased consideration and regard for the rights, values, beliefs and property of all people. Kant's categorical imperative as well as what is commonly understood of being a gentleman incorporate the concept of respect.
me: so what dictionary did you steal that from?
Paul Hunt: googles first hit
me: ok, so simplify that
Paul Hunt: an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him"
obedience: behavior intended to please your parents; "their children were never very strong on obedience";
this is a good one: deference: courteous regard for people's feelings; "in deference to your wishes"; "out of respect for his privacy"
me: I like that in of regards for people's feelings. That might do for teaching the generalities of respect, also to show diffrence to those you admire, look up to
Paul Hunt: courteous is a good adjective too
me: yep, Now to try to teach those things
me: example, and practice
Paul Hunt: nothing works except example and practice. Nothing works WITHOUT example and practice
me: once the kids have the fundimentals down then I will bring them out into the world to intteract with real people. I think our test will be "how many people will leave your interactions smiling?"
Paul Hunt: good one
me: through the homeschooling I have come to the opnion that acedemics is very little, and that to teach acedemics you are missing the actual important items like character
Paul Hunt: academics change, character will encourage real academic acheivement on individual terms
me: yep, character is what I am to teach, then they may be ready to learn the acedimeics correctly (with out much pushing)
Paul Hunt: yup
me: the strange thing is that this is not something I would have immagined a month ago
Paul Hunt: why?
me: I was focused on the acedemics. Now I am focused on the child(ren) and real interactions with life and people. But the more time I am with them the more clear the need of teaching these character traits become
Paul Hunt: teach it, be it
me: yep, we even pulled the attentia connection to the tv, I did not pull him out of school so he could watch pbs all day
Paul Hunt: antenna, attentia, nice slip
me: I had to study the differences before I could see the underlining difference in them
Paul Hunt: one implies a device that pulls in attention
me: yep, that is an ideal
me: Galen had 4 tacos for dinner
Paul Hunt: it takes calories to bounce off of walls
me: the strange thing is that when the kids are hyperactive they are dont' eat
Paul Hunt: they make up for it, Like with meth
me: probably
Paul Hunt: interesting... it IS like meth
me: yes, very much so, and I know it is something in what they ate the the body is reacting to, some kind of toxin.
Paul Hunt: even if it is just natural kid enthusiasm, it is still much like meth. They don't eat, they stay very active, then they crash
me: well, sometimes it is obviously something they ate. There is a different sort of activeness. When it has to do with excitment, you can still get through to them, and they can still process what is going on around them. When it is the toxic reactions then they are lost, hyperactive but on planet 9, and all data that goes in to thier head gets bounced back, unread.
me: what would we do with out being able to smile with our chating/emailing?
We are trying to teach galen about non-verbal communication. We are asking him alot about how he thinks others feel- usually using thier expressions as cues
Paul Hunt: cool
me: his autsim slows him down on that kind of them more then the average child. We also hope to use it as a base to teach empathy.
Paul Hunt: yup
me: if boys are so emotionally vulnerable then why does our society try to forget that they even have emotions?
Paul Hunt: that is part of the issue
me: the show really opened my eyes to that fact. It was like, ohh, yes I guess they ought to learn they have emotions and that emotions need expression.
Paul Hunt: we are a slow learning society on some topics.
me: girls just assume that the men don't have emotions because they never undestand thier (girl's) emotions anyways, but I gues martians have them too, adn we better teach them what to do with them
Paul Hunt: knowledge is power
me: ye, power. Then of course along with emotions it only makes sense to teach things like polietness, manors and respect
Define "Respect" for a 5 year old
Paul Hunt: oooh, that sounds challenging
me: lol . . kids are tucked
Paul Hunt: sleep well kiddies
me: so can you define respect for an adult?
Paul Hunt: # Respect is the objective, unbiased consideration and regard for the rights, values, beliefs and property of all people. Kant's categorical imperative as well as what is commonly understood of being a gentleman incorporate the concept of respect.
me: so what dictionary did you steal that from?
Paul Hunt: googles first hit
me: ok, so simplify that
Paul Hunt: an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him"
obedience: behavior intended to please your parents; "their children were never very strong on obedience";
this is a good one: deference: courteous regard for people's feelings; "in deference to your wishes"; "out of respect for his privacy"
me: I like that in of regards for people's feelings. That might do for teaching the generalities of respect, also to show diffrence to those you admire, look up to
Paul Hunt: courteous is a good adjective too
me: yep, Now to try to teach those things
me: example, and practice
Paul Hunt: nothing works except example and practice. Nothing works WITHOUT example and practice
me: once the kids have the fundimentals down then I will bring them out into the world to intteract with real people. I think our test will be "how many people will leave your interactions smiling?"
Paul Hunt: good one
me: through the homeschooling I have come to the opnion that acedemics is very little, and that to teach acedemics you are missing the actual important items like character
Paul Hunt: academics change, character will encourage real academic acheivement on individual terms
me: yep, character is what I am to teach, then they may be ready to learn the acedimeics correctly (with out much pushing)
Paul Hunt: yup
me: the strange thing is that this is not something I would have immagined a month ago
Paul Hunt: why?
me: I was focused on the acedemics. Now I am focused on the child(ren) and real interactions with life and people. But the more time I am with them the more clear the need of teaching these character traits become
Paul Hunt: teach it, be it
me: yep, we even pulled the attentia connection to the tv, I did not pull him out of school so he could watch pbs all day
Paul Hunt: antenna, attentia, nice slip
me: I had to study the differences before I could see the underlining difference in them
Paul Hunt: one implies a device that pulls in attention
me: yep, that is an ideal
me: Galen had 4 tacos for dinner
Paul Hunt: it takes calories to bounce off of walls
me: the strange thing is that when the kids are hyperactive they are dont' eat
Paul Hunt: they make up for it, Like with meth
me: probably
Paul Hunt: interesting... it IS like meth
me: yes, very much so, and I know it is something in what they ate the the body is reacting to, some kind of toxin.
Paul Hunt: even if it is just natural kid enthusiasm, it is still much like meth. They don't eat, they stay very active, then they crash
me: well, sometimes it is obviously something they ate. There is a different sort of activeness. When it has to do with excitment, you can still get through to them, and they can still process what is going on around them. When it is the toxic reactions then they are lost, hyperactive but on planet 9, and all data that goes in to thier head gets bounced back, unread.
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Milk Chocolate?
I bought a pound of organic chocolate chips on saturday. They were in a deli take out (cheap plastic cillander) And i grabed a few to snck on while holding the baby. He spit up, right into that container. And the spit up went all the way down. Does anybody want milk chocolate?
even more
all this and we didn't even bring our camera to the mall of america with us. :)
Here you see Galen's smile at the conclusion of his Belt Test.
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