tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68440385466662900132024-03-13T07:26:43.681-06:00just the three of us, for now...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181443269723294635noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844038546666290013.post-28993142663097946292013-03-02T13:43:00.001-07:002013-03-02T13:43:53.944-07:00Z weekThis week took two weeks to accomplish. For various reasons: holidaying, half marathon training, job shadowing, job interviewing, Stake Temple daying, Tire troubling and working; I could only salvage one weeks worth of <b>Z</b> time, so I mostly just added those days.<br />
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Monday:<br />
I've learned my lesson. If Monday is a holiday, I don't even go see if the library is open, I just assume its closed. I picked up a shift for someone at work - I worked 8 hrs on my President's Day :) AND I ran 4 miles of intervals all by myself - it felt good too! Not much <b>Z</b> stuff happened today<br />
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Tuesday:<br />
Library Day! We got our <b>Z</b> books and discussed <b>Z</b> things. Like: <b>Z</b>ebra, <b>Z</b>oo and I added in <b>Z</b>ero. I taught him how to do a <b>Z</b>ero with his hand - so funny watching him try to figure out finger movement and placement.<br />
We read: <i>Zlata, Me and the Letter Z</i> by Cynthia Klingel<br />
<i>My X, Y, Z Sound Box</i> by Jane Belk Moncure<br />
<i>It's Z!</i>by Mary Elizabeth Salzmann<br />
<i>The Sound of Z</i> by Celcilia Minden<br />
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Wednesday:<br />
I had to pick up extra shifts so that people will pick up mine while we go on vacation soon. I hope we can get to the vacation, we get to fly stand-by, as in you can go if space is available. After work I trained at the gym, showered quickly then headed to the temple with some of the cutest 12 year-olds ever. I managed to squeeze a few books into the day here and there.<br />
We read: <i>Potty Time</i> by David Bedford<br />
<i>On Beyond Zebra!</i> by Dr. Seuss (long)<br />
<i>Z is for Moose</i> by Kelly Bingham<br />
<i>Zara Zebra Draws</i> by Brigitte Weninger<br />
<i>A is for Zebra</i> by Mark Shulman<br />
<i>I Love My Mom</i> by Anna Walker<br />
<i>Do Zebras Have Stripes? </i>by DK Publishing, Inc.<br />
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Friday:<br />
More work, running and then more work. No <b>Z</b>, except for the <b>Zzzzzz</b> in bed.<br />
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Monday<br />
I ran in the morning, then Javin and I worked on some numbers all day. We focused on <b>Z</b>eros, he calls them <b>Z</b>errios. Why he makes it MORE difficult to say I'm not quite sure, but we're working on it.<br />
We read: <i>Zero the Hero</i> by Joan Holub (simple adding, we'll keep it for 1 more week)<br />
<i>Zero Is the Leaves on the Tree</i> by Betsy Franco<br />
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Wednesday<br />
I had an interview with JetBlue today that I bombed. Not a HUGE deal, its a bit disappointing, but it doesn't jeopardize my current position - so I guess its ok. Javin and I went to the <b>Z</b>oo for a little bit, then we had a late lunch with Mr. Robbins. It was a good end to a depressing morning.<br />
We read: <i>Peek-a-Zoo!</i> by Marie Cimarusti (Great)<br />
<i>At the Zoo</i> by Priddy Books (LOVED)<br />
<i>Two at the Zoo</i> by Danna Smith (LOVED)<br />
<i>1, 2, 3 To The Zoo</i> by Eric Carle (LOVED)<br />
<i>The Zoo</i> by Suzy Lee<br />
<i>Zoo-Looking</i> by Mem Fox (Great)<br />
<i>When No-one's Looking At the Zoo</i> by Zana Fraillon (I LOVED)<br />
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Friday<br />
I had the last of the extra shifts today, then my regular shift so my awesome mom came to play with Javin for a bit.<br />
Gram read: <i>Zoom Broom</i> by Margie Palatini<br />
<i>Zoom, Zoom, Zoom</i> by Kirsten Hall (which inspired him to drive his cars around)<br />
<i>Zella, Zack and Zodiac</i> by Bill Peet<br />
<i>Say Hello to Zorro!</i> by Carter Goodrich<br />
<i>Zip It!</i> by Jane Lindaman<br />
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Its been super nice having some relaxing days, but I can feel the laziness taking over. I must get a new teaching schedule in place before the lethargy takes over completely. I think I'll do letter combos like: sh, ch, ing, ed, er, th, etc. Also on the list is the silent e. Any other topics or letter combos I should do? Please share, this is my first teaching experience.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181443269723294635noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844038546666290013.post-43943923284042863262013-02-23T10:44:00.000-07:002013-02-23T10:44:53.750-07:00Y weekMonday:<br />
Library day! Got a late start, but still had enough time for the library - <b>Y</b>AY!<br />
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We read: <i>Star Wars ABC</i> by Scholastic (Javin's pic, he LOVED it and <b>Y</b>oda was in it!)<br />
<i>Sometimes Y</i> by Mary Salzmann<br />
<i>Yum! The Sound of Y</i> by Alice Flanagan<br />
<i>Yesterday and the Letter Y</i> by Cynthia Klingel<br />
<i>It's Y!</i> by Oona Gaarder-Juntti<br />
<i>Yana and Yosef</i> by Pam Scheunemann<br />
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Tuesday:<br />
We had a doctor's appointment in the morning, by the time it was over we were hungry, sooo hungry we couldn't wait to eat. We stopped at Village Inn and had a wonderful brunch, just Javin and me. We brought some books to read while we waited. **If you have a slow eater or even a non-eater who likes books, bribe them! For every bite, you'll read another page - it works!** Also during brunch, we tried to find things that started with <b>Y</b>. I found the <b>Y</b>oke of my egg and Javin found a <b>Y</b>ellow light (that was really orange).<br />
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We also tried to say, "<b>Y</b>es!", as much as possible all day. It was surprisingly really fun.<br />
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We read: <i>Yes</i> by Jez Alborough<br />
<i>Yes, Please! No, Thank you!</i> by Valerie Wheeler<br />
<i>Oh Yeah! </i>by Tom Birdseye (LOVED)<br />
<i>Yes We Can!</i> by Sam McBratney (LOVED)<br />
<i>Yes Day!</i> by Amy Rosenthal<br />
<i>Yes, No, Maybe So</i> by Charise Harper (LOVED)<br />
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Wednesday:<br />
We ran a TON of errands all day, while we were out I was hoping to grab Mr. Robbins from work for a lunch appointment at Zupas. But that didn't happen, so Javin and I went anyway (he and I are eating out A LOT). After Zupas I sent Mr. Robbins this pic of what he missed, Javin all sugared up on fruit punch and me out of my pjs, makeup and hair done (hardly happens mid-week).<br />
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Javin has called <b>Y</b>ellow "Lellow" since he started speaking. Try as I might, I've never been able to convince him that its <b>Y</b>ellow, with a <b>Y</b>. During W week I got him to read the word Wall-e and say it right so I had hopes for <b>Y</b> week and <b>Y</b>ellow. I had him read it all day and we discussed ANY and EVERYTHING that was <b>Y</b>ellow. No luck today, hopefully by the end of the week he'll get it.<br />
We got to hang out with Mr. Robbins a little later anyway. I got some tickets to the Grizzlies Hocke<b>Y</b> game through my work, Javin's first hocke<b>Y</b> game! He loved it, mostly he loved the big foam finger and the bear that was running around.<br />
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The bear was doing the rounds and didn't quite make it up to us, so Javin <b>Y</b>elled at him for about 5 minutes, something like, "Hey, you, bear! Get over here!". Finally, we had to chase down the bear so Javin could see him and give him a high-five and bones. **Side Note: Its amazing the power of a costume. Javin would NEVER approach a stranger under normal circumstances, but a stranger in a bear costume is TOTALLY fine.<br />
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We read: <i>Yellow Bird, Black Spider</i> by Dosh and Mike Archer (LOVED)<br />
<i>The Little Yellow Leaf </i>by Carin Berger<br />
<i>Yellow Blues</i> by Sean L. Moore<br />
<i>Red & Yellow's Noisy Night</i> by Josh Selig<br />
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Thursday:<br />
Since it was Valentine's Day and we talked about <b>Y</b>ou a lot, with all the "I love <b>Y</b>ou"s and such. I got Javin his very own heart shaped box of chocolates (mostly because I didn't want to share mine), his own special Valentine.<br />
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We read: <i>Yucka Drucka Droni</i> by Eugenia Radunsky (WEIRD)<br />
<i>Why Do You Cry? </i>by Kate Klise<br />
<i>Look at You! </i>by Kathy Henderson<br />
<i>I Love You Dude</i> by V. Radunsky (Also WEIRD)<br />
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Friday:<br />
I've mostly decided to do the <a href="http://www.moabhalfmarathon.com/tlhm/index.cfm" target="_blank">Thelma & Louise Half Marathon</a> in Moab, this June. I say mostly because I haven't paid for it yet, but I've begun training. I've never even run a 5k in practice or in a real race, so I'm not quite sure how my body will react. Today was the first day of training, and it went pretty well. I didn't get to finish the whole run (another time commitment), but I ran 3.5 miles and I was sweating like a pig.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181443269723294635noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844038546666290013.post-53676598191774563812013-02-12T14:33:00.000-07:002013-02-12T14:33:26.454-07:00X WeekMonday:<br />
Library day! The ONLY words I could think of that start with <b>X</b> are <b>X</b>-ray and <b>X</b>ylophone (which doesn't really count because it makes a Z sound). So, I made an e<b>X</b>ecutive decision to include words that have <b>X</b> anywhere in them. Best decision of the week! We didn't go straight home after the library, I had to stop off at Walmart to get some stuff, so we ate McD's since we were there. I brought some books in and we read while we ate, it was awesome! And we found an <b>X</b> word at lunch, bo<b>X</b>!<br />
We read: <i>Alex and Max</i> by Mary Salzmann<br />
<i>My X Words </i>by Sharon Coan<br />
<i>A Fox: The Sound of X</i> by Alice Flanagan<br />
<i>Alex and the Box Shop</i> by Cecilia Minden<br />
<i>It's X!</i> by Katherine Hengel (LOVED)<br />
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Tuesday:<br />
Super e<b>X</b>citing day! We were suppose to have a nice leisurely day talking about fo<b>X</b>es and maybe doing some e<b>X</b>ploring, but instead we cleaned up the "water" coming back up the sewage drain pipe in our/Tara's backroom. I say "water" because it was MOSTLY water and I don't have any real evidence that there was anything e<b>X</b>cremental in it, but it smelled gross, that's enough for me. I've convinced myself its Poop water. Tara and I spent the morning, well into the afternoon diverting "water" flow, wet-vaccing rising water and cleaning carpets - then I did my side (which was considerably worse, Tara caught the flood early). After the majority of the clean up was done I moved on to the task of finding a local, affordable plumber. Luckily we found <a href="http://www.drainchamp.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dan the Drain Champ</a>, he was amazing at doing the plumber thing.<br />
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We read: <i>Dinosaurs</i> by Simms Taback (there is a T-Re<b>X</b>)<br />
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Wednesday:<br />
I meet my friend at <a href="http://www.24hourfitness.com/" target="_blank">my gym</a> and we did a free spinning class while Javin e<b>X</b>ercised in the kid's club. After I picked him up I had him fle<b>X</b> his strong muscles for me. On our way home we talked about muscles and bones and how a picture of bones is called an <b>X</b>-ray. We even made our own '<b>X</b>-ray' (skeleton), don't judge my artistic ability - I know the arms are attached to the rib cage and the legs are shorter than the arms.<br />
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We read: <i>Hospital</i> by Jess Stockham<br />
and I tried to read: <i>A if for Musk Ox</i> by Erin Cabatingan (I thought it was good, but Javin wasn't in a patient mood).<br />
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Thursday:<br />
Javin's friends, Luke and Stanley, came over and played for hours - its SO nice to have Javin play in his room and not have to worry because he's being too quiet. After they left we have some lunch, PB and Js with celery and carrots in the shape of <b>X</b>'s.<br />
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Mr. Robbins had to take over for bedtime because I had to complete 3 hours of mandatory overtime at work. They read: <i>Fox in Socks</i> by Dr. Seuss<br />
<i>My Six Book</i> by Jame Moncure<br />
<i>Fox Tale Soup</i> by Tony Bonning<br />
<i>Aesop's Fox</i> by Aki Sogabe<br />
<i>Little Fox Goes to the End of the World</i> by Ann Tompert<br />
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Friday:<br />
I woke up at 4:30 am to go sit by the Porcelain God for about a hour. Being ill is e<b>X</b>hausting: chills, dry heaving, doubled over in pain, fever. Not sure if it was something I ate or something someone breathed on me. Regardless, it was a couch day. Until Javin and I made Pumpkin Chocolate Chip cookies for the YW Girls Camp fundraiser (I didn't breathe on them, just in case). Javin actually did most of it. He poured the bo<b>X</b> of cake mi<b>X </b>into the mi<b>X</b>er, I put the can of pumpkin in and he poured in the chocolate chips. Then I had to go to work AND do the rest of my overtime :)<br />
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Javin has started sounding out words on his own, he sounded out Fff Ooo <b>Xxx</b> all by himself today!<br />
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We read:<br />
<i>Thesaurus Rex</i> by Laya Steinberg<br />
<i>Outfoxing the Fox</i> by Friederike Rave<br />
<i>Fox </i>by Kate Banks<br />
<i>Hello, Red Fox</i> by Eric CarleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181443269723294635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844038546666290013.post-77996386991198570302013-02-03T21:24:00.000-07:002013-02-03T21:24:34.389-07:00W WeekMonday:<br />
Fail. We didn't even venture out of the house. Last snow storm I got my car stuck 3 times getting in and out of my driveway, no way was I trying to leave by myself. On Sunday evening I knew Monday was going to be an inside day. We did talk about the new letter of the <b>W</b>eek, <b>W</b>! Gram came over for a minute (while I went to work and Mr. Robbins was on his way home), they <b>W</b>atched <b>W</b>all-e. He LOVES that movie, his favorite undies are <b>W</b>all-e. Javin has always called it "lolly", but since it was <b>W</b> <b>W</b>eek and we were focusing on the sound, he recognized the <b>W</b> at the beginning of the word and he realized he wasn't saying it right. I was amazed! I've been telling him its <b>W</b>wwwaaall-e for years, he just needed to read it for himself.<br />
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After work I found it appropriate to discuss <b>W</b>inter with Javin, since we've been sledding and playing in the snow so much. As homeowners we get to shovel our sidewalk within a few hours after each storm or run the risk of being ticketed. And since the city blessed us with not only a front sidewalk, but a side sidewalk too its <strike>twice</strike> three times the work (the side sidewalk is LONG). If I shovel it myself, I'm wiped for the rest of the day, luckily I've only had to shovel it alone once. This week has been great though. We all donned our layers and trudged out into the quiet night and got to work, even Javin. Mr. Robbins gave him a hoe (the lightest semi-shovel we have) and he 'shoveled' away.<br />
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After all the shoveling Mr. Robbins still wasn't done with the elements, so we had a mini snowball fight, made several snow angels and a My Sized Snowman for Javin.</div>
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Tuesday:<br />
We made it out of the driveway and got to the library, YAY! On our way to the library it was snowing and Javin said, "Mom! It's snowing, it's a <b>W</b>hite Christmas!". So random, but it made me laugh. I made some lunches and after we got books we sat by the big <b>W</b>indows at the library and <b>W</b>atched the <b>W</b>indy <b>W</b>inter <b>W</b>eather. While reading: <i>Stormy Weather</i> by Debi Gliori<br />
<i>Winter Is</i> by Ann Dixon<br />
<i>My "W" Sound Box</i> by Jane Moncure (great)<br />
<i>Snowy, Blowy Winter</i> by Bob Raczka.<br />
Next we went to <b>W</b>almart, got the essentials (Tuesday afternoon at <b>W</b>almart wasn't too bad) and headed home.<br />
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After YW we got ready for bed and read: <i>Smash Trash!</i> by Laura Driscoll (WALL-E)<br />
<i>There's a Wocket in my Pocket! </i>by Dr. Seuss<br />
<i>Where's Walrus</i> by Stephen Savage<br />
<i>The Wind Blew</i> by Pat Hutchins<br />
<i>Wormy Worm</i> by Chris Raschka<br />
<i>Worm Gets a Job</i> by Kathy Caple<br />
<i>Diary of a Worm</i> by Doreen Cronin<br />
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<b>W</b>ednesday:<br />
We talked about the days of the <b>W</b>eek, I don't think he gets it yet, but maybe soon.<br />
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We read: <i>What Happens on Wednesdays</i> by Emily Jenkins<br />
<i>The Wednesday Surprise</i> by Eve Bunting<br />
<i>One Windy Wednesday</i> by Phyllis Root<br />
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Thursday:<br />
Zoo day! Even though we've been to the zoo weekly since the Summer, Javin was really surprised and upset when we didn't see a <b>W</b>alrus. I can't ever remember a <b>W</b>alrus being at the Hogle Zoo.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Javin was scared of the <b>W</b>olf, he was just staring at us. While we ate our lunch at home we watched an episode of <b>W</b>ild Kratts, they were teaching about <b>W</b>olves! He felt more comfortable about the cartoon <b>W</b>olf pup on the tv than he did the real one at the zoo.</td></tr>
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After the zoo we ate some lunch, read our books and hit the gym. Javin really enjoys his time at the gym, I'm all about the dual functional activities. He plays while I do something for me, in this case, work-it-out. The 'Body Pump' class at the Trolley 24 Hour Fitness was awesome, until I got paged into the kid's club. Javin peed himself, GRRR...second time today. When we got home I had had enough of everything, the attitude, the accidents, the whining, the crying, everything. I bathed him, put him in a diaper and pjs, shoved some food in him and sent him to bed. Very, Very Long day.<br />
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**As a side note. Javin has had a dry fake-sounding cough since the beginning of the month. In the beginning I wasn't too worried, as time progressed I set up an appt. with the Pediatrician. She gave us a prescription for Amoxicillin, since I was up at the U already (for the appt) I just drove down the road to the Walmart on Parleys Way. Oh My! The nicest, calmest, cleanest Walmart I've ever been to. The pharmacist was very pleasant and helpful, great experience. Javin has been taking his meds for a week, cough is reducing and life is good. The pharmacy called me today, I thought it was to advise me of a problem with Javin's medication. But, no. They just called to see how Javin was feeling and see if the Amoxicillin was working on his cough. I almost dropped the phone, Walmart called ME to see how my son's cough was! Pleasantly SHOCKED**<br />
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We read: <i>The Runaway Whale</i> by Keith Faulkner<br />
<i>Wolf Won't Bite!</i> by Emily Gravett<br />
<i>Woof! Woof!</i> by David Carter<br />
<i>Little Wolf's Song</i> by Britta Teckentrup (Great)<br />
<i>Wiener Wolf</i> by Jeff Crosby<br />
<i>Red Wolf Country</i> by Jonathan London<br />
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Friday:<br />
We went to Jump Around Utah, ever since I bought a punch card its been more of a temptation. I love that Javin gets to run and jump and exhaust himself, while I get a break (or catch up on my blog).<br />
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This is kind of a weird, gross question for the parents of potty training/trained kids: Do you ever look at the #2 that just came out of your child and wonder if there is anything left in them? Seriously, I don't think Javin eats THAT much, but the poops this kid leaves in the toilet are, in one word, amazing. Javin isn't pushing really hard, so I'm not worried about his health, I just wonder if any other kids have adult sized excrement? I warned, "weird, gross question".<br />
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We read: <i>Wiggle </i>by Doreen Cronin<br />
<i>When You Wish Upon a Star</i> by Ned Washington (with DVD)<br />
<i>The Elephant Wish</i> by Lou Berger<br />
<i>A Wish for You</i> by Matt Novak<br />
<i>The Big Wish</i> by Carolyn ConahanAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181443269723294635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844038546666290013.post-39016314895618301702013-01-28T23:40:00.000-07:002013-01-28T23:40:24.714-07:00V weekMonday:<br />
No library today, it was Martin Luther King Jr. Day and I think the library was closed. Plus, one of my Young Women needed some help getting an outfit ready for a job interview, they grow up so fast. So, we made it a family outing, we all (Jaron, Javin, YW and I) went to DI and had a blast!<br />
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We did talk about the letter <b>V</b> and put a <b>V</b>iolet <b>V</b> on a <b>V</b>ertical <b>V</b>iolet piece of paper.<br />
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We went to the library and then mostly hung out at home. We ate some <b>V</b>eggies and Javin argued with me about how lettuce isn't a <b>V</b>egetable. This kid! He argues with me about EVERYTHING. Most days I have the patience to set him straight nicely, but sometimes I just want him to accept what I say as truth. I can't help but think this shouldn't be happening until he's at least a teenager.<br />
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We were going to do some <a href="http://acoupleofcraftaddicts.blogspot.com/2012/01/painting-with-veggies.html" target="_blank"><b>V</b>eggie painting</a>, but I couldn't in good conscience buy <b>V</b>egetables just to paint with them. I guess, we could of just used potatoes, they're cheap.<br />
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We read: <i>Night of the Veggie Monster</i> by George McClements<br />
<i>The Ugly Vegetables</i> by Grace Lin<br />
<i>June 29, 1999</i> by David Wiesner<br />
<i>When Vegetables Go Bad!</i> by Don Gillmor<br />
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Wednesday:<br />
We took advantage of the Winter Wednesdays at the Tracy Aviary. What is that? You ask. Well, each Wednesday until March-ish the admission fee is $1 per person. Hooray! Also, at 11:00 they do a reading time and the book was <i>The Sulky Vulture</i> by Sally Grindley, it was pretty good and the reader did a surprisingly good job. After he was done they brought out Chewy, the <b>V</b>ulture, for an up close encounter. He was REALLY excited for something (either the food, being out of his cage or the captive audience), but he kept squawking and running, which mostly scared the little kids.<br />
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Later that night my mom came over (on her birthday) to watch Javin so that Jaron and I could go out. Its a very long story, but she really wanted to and to make up for it being her birthday I made her birthday dinner and lemon bars. They watched Jungle Book and sang the <b>V</b>ulture song, "...we're your friends to the bitter end...".<br />
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We read: <i>Zagazoo</i> by Quentin Blake<br />
<i>Veronica</i> by Roger Duvoisin<br />
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Thursday:<br />
The inversion was so bad that we just stayed inside and talked about <b>V</b>iolins.<br />
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We read: <i>Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin </i>by Lloyd Moss<br />
<i>When Uncle Took the Fiddle</i> by Libba Gray<br />
<i>Valentine and His Violin</i> by Philip Hopman (OMG, Hilarious)<br />
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Friday:<br />
We were going to make a <a href="http://www.toddlerapproved.com/2011/09/tp-tube-volcano.html" target="_blank"><b>V</b>olcano</a>, but that didn't happen on the account that my house was a mess from being inside the day before. Since we didn't do the <b>V</b>olcano I was going to get Javin to make a <b>V</b>alentine for Mr. Robbins, but I couldn't find my heart punch or my contact paper to do <a href="http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2013/01/valentines-day-rainbow-wall.html" target="_blank">this</a> (that's the whole project). I really need a craft room.<br />
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We read: <i>Uncle Blubbafink's Seriously Ridiculous Stories</i> by Keith Graves<br />
<i>An Island Grows</i> by Lola Schaefer<br />
<i>Dear Katie, The Volcano Is a Girl</i> by Jean George<br />
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We saw the <b>U</b>tahceratops :)</div>
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We had a great time, as usual. The museum never disappoints. When we got home 'we' (he) put on some <b>U</b>ndies and took a nap (hardly ever happens)! When he woke <b>U</b>p he was still dry and went pee pee on the potty the rest of the night!<br />
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We read: <i>Let's Have Fun With Alphabet Riddles</i> by Caolan Madden<br />
<i>Bear in Pink Underwear</i> by Todd H. Doodler<br />
<i>Charlie's Superhero Underpants</i> by Lee Wildish<br />
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Tuesday:<br />
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Javin was in <b>U</b>ndies all day and watched <b>U</b>p.<br />
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We read: <i>The Midnight Unicorn</i> by Neil Reed<br />
<i>An Undone Fairy Tale</i> by Ian Lendler (good)<br />
<i>The Fish Who Cried Wolf </i> by Julia Donaldson<br />
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Wednesday:<br />
We talked about <b>U</b>mbrellas and that they can be used for rain and sun. He wasn't really interested so we just hung out, <b>U</b> week is difficult.<br />
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While getting ready for Relief Society Javin told me he wanted to wear his <b>U</b>ndies, so we went for it. First time out of the house in <b>U</b>ndies and no accident! Thanks mostly to the wonderful gentlemen that were in the nursery watching the "kids" (just Javin).<br />
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We read: <i>The Umbrella</i> by Ingrid & Dieter Schubert (cute)<br />
<i>Rain Song</i> by Lezlie Evans<br />
<i>Never Give a Fish an Umbrella</i> by Mike Thaler (LOVED)<br />
<i>Yellow Umbrella</i> by Jae Soo Liu<br />
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Thursday:<br />
We stopped by Jump Around <b>U</b>tah so Javin could 'jump <b>U</b>p, jump <b>U</b>p and get down' (or <b>U</b>nder).<br />
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We read: <i>Up! Tall! and High!</i> by Ethan Long (LOVED because he read all the "up"'s)<br />
<i>Great Day for UP</i> by Dr. Seuss (great)<br />
<i>Up Above & Down Below</i> by Sue Redding<br />
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Friday:<br />
We talked about the only other <b>U</b> word I could think of <b>U</b>ncle. I told him that he has two <b>U</b>ncles; Briggy (brought Javin the Horseshoe for H week) and Scotty.<br />
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Then <b>U</b>ncle Scotty came over with his girlie friend, Amanda, right before bed time. YAY! It was a perfect surprise on the last day of <b>U</b> week!<br />
Then we read: <i>Willie and Uncle Bill</i> by Amy Schwartz<br />
<i>Uncle Wally's Old Brown Shoe</i> by Wallace Edwards (LOVED).Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181443269723294635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844038546666290013.post-82870655065960056492013-01-21T00:14:00.004-07:002013-01-21T00:15:26.944-07:00T weekI get SO frustrated when I've saved my blog work daily on the same tab, then I close it and (of course) it didn't save. RRRrrr! Anyway...<br />
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Monday:<br />
We made it to the library, YAY! Since work starts at 4:30 now it makes Mondays a little more relaxed - I'm not in such a rush to get everything done. Being a mom is stressful.<br />
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Because I'm cheap and don't want to pay to park, we park on the South-East corner of the library, so each trip we get a little bit of a walk. On the way to the library we decided that <b>T</b>ree starts with <b>T</b>. On the way back to the car we looked at what was around and I suggested <b>T</b>oes and <b>T</b>eeth start with <b>T</b> and Javin shouted "<b>T</b>ongue!".<br />
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On the way home from the library we made our first trip to the new <b>T</b>rader Joe's, we got Grape <b>T</b>omatoes, Blue <b>T</b>ortilla Chips and a <b>T</b>urkey Wrap (unfortunately it was unappetizing).<br />
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Mr. Robbins and Javin read: <i>Dear Tyrannosaurus Rex</i> by Lisa McClatchy<br />
<i>The Tortoise and the Hare</i> by Janet Stevens<br />
<i>DC Super Friends: T. Rex Trouble! </i>by Dennis Shealy<br />
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<b>T</b>uesday:<br />
We made and ate Dino Muffins for breakfast, they were delicious and way too many calories. Javin ate the <b>T</b>riceratops. We went to the gym next and both LOVED it. He gets to play in the kids club while I sweat it up - its a win for both of us! We we got home he ate the <b>T</b>-Rex muffin. Javin watched Land Before Time and drew a couple pictures of dinosaurs while I did laundry and then we got ready for Young Womens (it feels still pluralizing 'women', oh well).<br />
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We read: <i>It's T!</i> by Kelly Doudna<br />
<i>Ten Apples Up On Top!</i> by Dr. Seuss<br />
<i>I'm a T. Rex!</i> by Dennis Shealy<br />
<i>The Voyage of Turtle Rex</i> by Kurt Cyrus<br />
<i>Tadpole Rex</i> by Kurt Cyrus<br />
<i>No T. Rex in the Library</i> by Toni Buzzeo<br />
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Wednesday:<br />
We went to the gym again (the Sugarhouse 24 hour Fitness), and I did my first Spinning class. It mostly feels like my inner butt cheeks are on fire and there is NO way that I can go again on Friday. The leg workout was great though, I just need a squishier seat :) then we had lunch at Chick-fil-A. And I ate all the calories I had just burned. Hooray! On our way home Javin was complaining that his <b>T</b>ummy hurt (for my son that means he has to poop) so we went home and I stripped him down and sat him on his potty. Six hours and two pees later we had a POOP in the POTTY! I'm pretty sure I heard the angels singing 'Hallelujah' with me. For more on the Potty Training experience go <a href="http://laurenandjaron.blogspot.com/2013/01/potty-training-part-i-1.html" target="_blank">here</a> (yes, there are details).<br />
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We read: <i>I Love Tools! </i>by Philemon Sturges<br />
<i>Tired Trucks</i> by Melinda Crow<br />
<i>Freight Train</i> by Donald Crews (LOVED)<br />
<i>Prairie Train</i> by Marsha Chall<br />
<i>Whoo! Whoo! Goes the Train</i> by Anne Rockwell<br />
<i>Busy Busy Train</i> by Melinda Crow<br />
<i>Shark vs. Train</i> by Chris Barton<br />
<i>Thomas the Tank Engine: Stop, Train, Stop!</i> by Rev. W. Awdry<br />
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Thursday:<br />
It was such a lovely warm-er morning, so we went to the zoo. It was so nice. We walked the whole zoo and talked about the difference between <b>T</b>ortoises and <b>T</b>urtles. And we stopped by the <b>T</b>igers too.<br />
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We read:<i> Riding The Tiger</i> by Eve Bunting (weird)<br />
<i>The Dancing Tiger</i> by Malachy Doyle<br />
<i>Tiger and Turtle</i> by James Rumford<br />
<i>Read to Tiger </i>by SJ Fore<br />
<i>Tiger Can't Sleep</i> by SJ Fore<br />
<i>Raj the Bookstore Tiger</i> by Kathleen Pelley<br />
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Friday:<br />
Javin is in LOVE with his 'shooters' (I don't like calling them guns), you know, those Nerf guns that shoot suction cup darts. So I thought we'd make him a <b>T</b>arget. I put tape on some paper I had and poured some red pant on it and told him to go to town. He liked his 'hexagon <b>T</b>arget' - the darts wouldn't stick to it though :( I was hoping they would so I could stop having to pull darts off my ceiling for him to reload.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181443269723294635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844038546666290013.post-9843645356468557912013-01-15T23:08:00.000-07:002013-01-15T23:08:55.036-07:00Potty Training Part I (the #1)There have been several phases to 'our' potty training experience and I'm sure there will be a couple more before we're 100% undies. Here is where we started:<br />
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Mr. Robbins and I have talked to Javin about all the w's of going to the toilet. We have been for about a year (starting at age 2 1/2, just in case he was an overachiever).<br />
*who goes pee pee on the potty (all his girlfriends, mommy, daddy & 'big boys')<br />
*what to do and what goes where<br />
*when your body tells you that you have to go...GO<br />
*where pee pee comes from and where poop come from<br />
*why we have to go<br />
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We got special potty books, that we only read while sitting on the potty.<br />
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He wasn't impressed by the," 'Big Boys' go pee pee on the potty", so we tried Stickers (healthy version of pee pee treat)...to no avail. So I broke down and tried real pee pee treats. Still zilch. Nothing. Nada.<br />
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So in July we tried some cool new undies! We went to Walmart and got the totally awesome Disney and Superhero undies. He was super excited to wear them, so we tried Undie Afternoons.<br />
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Undie Afternoons: Where 'we' just wear underwear for a few hours in the afternoon while we watch a movie and drink a lot. The potty is close and very accessible.<br />
The first day he peed through the first pair of undies in a matter of minutes. He cried and cried when he couldn't wear them anymore. The second pair, were a little less painful, but still almost inconsolable. By the third pair, I was done for the day and so was he (he requested the diaper). I was also worried that I had single-handedly given my son an aversion to undies and ruined any chance of future potty training.<br />
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After that I just took the 'easy' road and didn't pushed. I only complained each time we were out somewhere and had to use one of those ultra mini-sized diaper changing station. I'd try to make it as uncomfortable as possible for him, it wasn't difficult, his legs already hung off the edge. Those things weren't made for tall 3 year-olds. I've been done with changing poopy diapers for a long time now. Doing nothing for months had brought about...nothing. I was also sick of hearing, "He'll let you know when he's ready" or "He won't graduated high school in diapers". I know the nice ladies in the JoAnn's restroom meant well, but I mostly wanted to choke them (I know, a little morbid).<br />
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So...a month after Javin's third birthday (October) I became motivated again. Under Afternoons on steroids and sans undies! I think, for my son, the tighty-whities felt too much like a diaper...so I'm putting them on hold until we get the peeing down pat.<br />
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On October 23rd I gave Javin his usual diluted apple juice and we sat down for the long haul. He was going to go pee on the potty. I told him once he goes potty we could go to DI and get a new race car, that might not sound like much to you, but it worked!! He peed and it was great (see below).<br />
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More peeing and #2 to come...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181443269723294635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844038546666290013.post-59508003879699608462013-01-07T15:03:00.001-07:002013-01-07T15:03:37.478-07:00S WeekMonday:<br />
Library! We made it! As we got our coats and boots on to go outside I told Javin that it was <b>S</b> week. He said, "<b>S</b>?! <b>S</b>kunk starts with <b>S</b>!" - yes, yes it does.<br />
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Javin has been <b>S</b>ick since <b>S</b>unday when he threw-up on the livingroom carpet at Grandpa's. He keeps having the 'Hershey Squirts', poor kid, has the reddest butt cheeks I've ever seen. So I drugged him and put him to bed early. I snuck over to Tara's and rung in the New Year playing <b>S</b>crabble - good times!<br />
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We read: <i>"Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth</i> by Eric Carle<br />
<i>The Very Busy Spider</i> by Eric Carle<br />
<i>Diary of A Spider </i>by Doreen Cronin<br />
<i>Spartacus The Spider</i> by Etienne Delessert<br />
<i>Skunkdog</i> by Emily Jenkins<br />
<i>Sleepy ABC</i> by Margaret Brown<br />
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Tuesday:<br />
Javin and I drove down to Herriman to drop off his cousin gift from Christmas, Nate got a flying Millenium Falcon. Then we stopped off at Ikea (in the neighborhood) and had lunch, kids eat free Tuesday. YAY!<br />
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We read:<i> Stanley at Sea</i> by Linda Bailey<br />
<i>Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea</i> by Jan Peck (LOVED)<br />
<i>Mister Seahorse</i> by Eric Carle<br />
<i>Song and Dance Man</i> by Karen Ackerman<br />
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Wednesday:<br />
<b>S</b>now day! Which normally means that we stay inside and watch movies while I clean; however, today it meant <b>S</b>now talk and errands. You know, gotta get things done when there is motivation, because it'll fizzle in about 2 weeks, so I must get everything done now :)<br />
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We ate <b>S</b>alad, one of Javin's favorite, and <b>S</b>oup at Zupa's. Mmmm...<b>S</b>oup.<br />
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We read: <i>The Snow Show</i> by Carolyn Fisher (very informational)<br />
<i>This Place in the Snow</i> by Rebecca Bond<br />
<i>Snowmen at Work</i> by Caralyn Buehner (great)<br />
<i>Snow! Snow! Snow! </i>by Lee Harper<br />
<i>Super Snow Day</i> by Michael Garland (LOVED)<br />
<i>The Snowman</i> by Raymond Briggs (I forgot it has no words and that it has a sad, yet predictable ending)<br />
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Thursday:<br />
Zoo day! Oh my goodness, it was FREEZING!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first <b>S</b> we saw was an ice <b>S</b>wan making an <b>S</b>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We ate some <b>S</b>andwiches. When they are cut into 4 triangles like that we call them <b>S</b>ailboats (thanks mom). </td></tr>
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The next animal after the <b>S</b>ealions are the bears. The Polar wasn't out, but the Grizzlies were just waking up and it was hilarious. You could tell they weren't 'all there'. They were stumbling over their own feet and their fur was so disheveled. It just makes me happy that the post-wake-up grogginess crosses species.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>S</b>uccessful zoo trip - <b>S</b>miles all around!</td></tr>
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We read: <i>King Snake </i>by Wendy Slotboom<br />
<i>Diamond Jim Dandy and the Sheriff</i> by Sarah Burell (great)<br />
<i>Hank Finds Inspiration</i> by Craig Frazier<br />
<i>How Snake Got His Hiss</i> by Marguerite Davol<br />
<i>Splendid Spotted Snake</i> by Betty Ann Schwartz (LOVED)<br />
<i>Opposnakes</i> by Salina Yoon<br />
<i>The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and The Big Hungry Bear</i> by Don and Audrey Wood<br />
<i>The Sandwich Swap</i> by Kelly DiPucchio<br />
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Friday:<br />
We opened a Cyprus Credit Union <b>S</b>avings Account for Javin. Its a great little program called a Dollar Dog Savings Account, they give you a little Dollar Dog <b>S</b>tuffed animal (he has a cape=<b>S</b>uper hero), a <b>S</b>ticker, a Bouncy ball and a <b>S</b>tamp for every $10 deposit you make and when you get 10 <b>S</b>tamps they give you a gift card for somewhere. They even have online games for kids.<br />
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We read: <i>Light Up the Night</i> by Jean Reidy<br />
<i>On The Launch Pad</i> by Michael Dahl<br />
<i>Super Duck</i> by Jez Alborough<br />
<i>Eliot Jones Midnight Superhero</i> by Anne Cottringer (LOVED)<br />
<i>Super Hero Squad: Things That Go Bump In The Night</i> by Marvel<br />
<i>The Way Back Home</i> by Oliver JeffersAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181443269723294635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844038546666290013.post-91338491058553437772012-12-31T21:34:00.003-07:002012-12-31T21:35:22.209-07:00Christmas Break<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="text-align: left;">We took a break from the Letter-A-Week for Christmas, some family time and playing with all our cool new toys. Javin slept in until almost 10 - it was AMAZING!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oh! That's a BIG box! Is it for me?!"</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181443269723294635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844038546666290013.post-81625666281477587042012-12-31T21:13:00.001-07:002012-12-31T21:14:20.586-07:00R WeekMonday:<br />
I was hoping to make a quick trip to the dollar store for some cheap stocking stuffers before we headed to the library, then over to a friend's house, all before work at 1. Unfortunately, we got a late start AGAIN and once we were done and checking out I realized I had no way to pay for it all AND a screaming child. WONDERFUL! Luckily, the clerk held my bags while I <b>R</b>an home to grab Mr. <b>R</b>obbins' credit card. By the time I was really done I had about 30 minutes before work, so I spent my time tearing every room in my house apart for my credit card - checking all my pants' and hoodie pockets, all my purses and Javin's room. I found it under my bed, of course, that's where everyone keeps their credit cards. Grr! Needless to say, no library today.<br />
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It was a wet day so we talked about <b>R</b> and how <b>R</b>ain, <b>R</b>ainbow and <b>R</b>oad all start with <b>R</b>.<br />
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Book# 17 (from the Christmas Countdown): <i>Christmas with Rita and Whatsit</i> by Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod<br />
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Tuesday:<br />
We went to the library nice and early, Javin <b>R</b>an around with the gaggles of 8-9 year-olds for about 45 minutes while I grabbed a few books. Then he pitched a fit when I tried to get him to leave. I finally had to put him in time out for 3 minutes, he screamed the whole 3 minutes and held my leg, but kept his butt on the stool I put him on. Afterward, we had a long talk about how he can NOT act like that or we won't be able to go to fun places; only good, obedient children get to go do fun things - it worked the rest of the day, we'll see about tomorrow.<br />
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We came home and ate hot dogs, <b>R</b>ice and <b>R</b>aisins for lunch.<br />
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We read: <i>Raisin and Grape</i> by Tom Amico<br />
<i>Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes</i> by Margaret Atwood (fun, but A LOT of <b>R</b>s)<br />
<i>One Rainy Day</i> by M. Christina Butler<br />
<i>Raccoon on His Own</i> by Jim Arnosky<br />
<i>Chester Raccoon and the Big Bad Bully</i> by Audrey Penn<br />
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Book# 18: <i>A Shepherd's Gift</i> by Mary Calhoun<br />
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Wednesday:<br />
It snowed and we stayed in, boring, I know.<br />
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We read: <i>Elmer and the Rainbow </i>by David McKee<br />
<i>Rainbow Fish Discovers the Deep Sea</i> by Marcus Pfister (we already read <i>Rainbow Fish </i>for F week)<br />
<i>Planting a Rainbow </i>by Lois Ehlert<br />
<i>R Robot Saves Lunch</i> by R. Nicholas Kuszyk<br />
<i>Robot Dog</i> by Mark Oliver<br />
<i>Robot </i>by John Scieszka<br />
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Book# 19: <i>Robot Santa </i>by Phil Parks (LONG)<br />
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Thursday:<br />
We originally had plans to go to the park and <b>R</b>un around, but it was FREEZING, literally. So we went to the Utah Museum of Natural History, it was super fun (as always) and Javin had been asking to go back to the "big building where the dinosaurs live" for weeks. He <b>R</b>an around with his friend, Luke, for a few hours. He also drew a <b>R</b>ed <b>R</b>aptor and at the end we ate some lunch - it was a good day.<br />
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We read: <i>The Big Squirrel and the Little Rhinoceros</i> by Mischa Damjan<br />
<i>I know a Rhino</i> by Charles Fuge<br />
<i>Hippo! No, Rhino!</i> by Jeff Newman<br />
<i>Rhino's Great Big Itch! </i>by Natalie Chivers<br />
<i>One Red Apple</i> by Harriet Ziefert<br />
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Book# 19: <i>Melrose and Croc: A Christmas to Remember</i> by Emma Chichester Clark<br />
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Friday:<br />
We kept today mostly low-key, I had work and was starting to get overwhelmed about the impending holiday. We <b>R</b>ead our Christmas book early and had arts and crafts seen <a href="http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/category/rudolf" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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When Mr.Robbins takes Javin on Mondays and Fridays they usually go shopping somewhere (ie, DI, Ross, Walmart). I can tell where they go by the toy of the day, if it looks big/expensive and maybe a little used it was a DI find. Which was what we had on our hands this day, a <b>R</b>obot. A big, white, walking (rolling) <b>R</b>obot that Javin wouldn't put down, he slept with it - while it was on, all night.<br />
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We read: <i>The Little Rabbit Who Liked to Say Moo </i>by Jonathan Allen<br />
<i>Really Rabbits</i> by Virginia Kroll<br />
<i>Little White Rabbit</i> by Kevin Henkes<br />
<i>White Rabbit's Color Book</i> by Alan Baker<br />
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I wish we would've had time to read, <i>The Velveteen Rabbit</i> by Margery Williams, but it was long and I was having a issues.<br />
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Book# 20: <i>Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer</i> by Alan Benjamin<br />
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Saturday:<br />
Book# 21: <i>The Elf on the Shelf</i> by Carol V. Aebersold<br />
I didn't just borrow this book from the library, I bought the box set from Barnes & Noble with the toy stuffed elf. We read it this year to prepare for next year, I think an elf spy was just a little too much for him to handle this year, but next year I'll hold Christmas over his head like nobody's business. Any hint of an attitude and I'll whip out the "Elf/Santa is watching" card. You better believe I'll guilt trip to get good behavior.<br />
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Sunday:<br />
Book# 22: <i>Christmas Eve The Joy of Giving</i> by Lisa Johnson<br />
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Monday:<br />
Book# 23: <i>The Night Before Christmas</i> by Clement C. MooreAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181443269723294635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844038546666290013.post-62393022806258194762012-12-18T15:20:00.000-07:002012-12-18T15:20:38.502-07:00Q WeekMonday:<br />
Suppose to be our library day, but we got a REALLY late start and Mr. Robbins came home early from school. So, Javin wanted to stay home and play with daddy rather than go to the library.<br />
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We read: <i>The Teddy Bears' Picnic </i>by Jimmy Kennedy (we didn't get to it last week)<br />
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Book#10 (of the Christmas Countdown): <i>We Believe in Christmas</i> by Karen Kingsbury<br />
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Tuesday:<br />
Ok! Woke up with a good-get-stuff-done attitude. On the agenda for today? Library, Store, Michael's, Friend's & Young Women's.<br />
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We did get to the library and it was great, we got a ton more books than I thought we would. We talked about what a <b>Q</b>uestion is and how you can tell a sentence is a <b>Q</b>uestion (its a <b>Q</b>uestion mark, duh). Javin then tried to pass off an exclamation mark as a <b>Q</b>uestion mark, I explained the difference, who knows if he really gets it.<br />
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We read: <i>The Three Questions</i> by Jon Muth<br />
<i>ABC Kids</i> by Basher (great)<br />
<i>Little Raccoon's Big Question</i> by Miriam Schlein (great)<br />
<i>The Big Question</i> by Wolf Erlbruch<br />
<i>Why Not?</i> by Mary Wormell<br />
<i>Do Cows Meow?</i> by Salina Yoon (LOVED)<br />
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We ate Chicken Stew with Butternut Squash and <b>Q</b>uinoa, you can find the recipe <a href="http://www.cookincanuck.com/2011/11/hearty-chicken-stew-with-butternut-squash-quinoa-recipe/" target="_blank">here</a>. (I excluded the olives and parsley - the people that I feed aren't parsley people, they're more meat & potatoes or mac & cheese with hot dogs kind of guys.)<br />
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Book#11:<i>This Is the Stable</i> by Cynthia Cotten<br />
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Wednesday:<br />
We watched Mirror Mirror, the Snow White movie, I thought it was hilarious. We watched it for the <b>Q</b>ueen, Julia Roberts. Javin wasn't too interested in it, but liked the fighting parts and the part were Brighton gets turned into a bug.<br />
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We read: <i>The Human Alphabet </i> by (Human) Pilobolus<br />
<i>Mrs. Armitage Queen of the Road</i> by Quentin Blake<br />
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Book#12: <i>Queen of Christmas</i> by Mary Engelbreit<br />
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Thursday:<br />
I don't even remember what we did today. I've really gotten off the Letter of the Week track with Christmas gift shopping and wrapping and list making. I think we were suppose to go to the park and feed the ducks, they say <b>Q</b>uack - duh, but we didn't make it.<br />
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We read: <i>Be Quiet, Mike</i> by Leslie Patricelli (great)<br />
<i>Q is for Duck</i> by Mary Elting (confusing for kids that just barely know their alphabet and sounds)<br />
<i>Little Quack's Bedtime</i> by Lauren Thompson<br />
<i>Alphabeasties</i> by Sharon Werner (still LOVES)<br />
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Book#13: <i>N Is for Navidad </i>by Susan Elya<br />
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Friday:<br />
We talked about some opposites, mostly <b>Q</b>uiet vs loud and <b>Q</b>uick vs slow. We did some experiments with the opposites, it was super fun!<br />
We read: <i>Quick, Slow, Mango! </i>by Anik McGrory (cute)<br />
<i>While Mama had a Quick Little Chat</i> by Amy Reichert (great)<br />
<i>Quick as a Cricket</i> by Audrey Wood (cute)<br />
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Book#14: <i>I'm not Santa</i> by Jonathan Allen<br />
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Saturday:<br />
Book#15: <i>Always the Elf </i> by Kimberly Jensen (cute, but long)<br />
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Sunday:<br />
Book#16: <i>On This Special Night</i> by Claire Freedman (great)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181443269723294635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844038546666290013.post-2864762576067515602012-12-10T12:58:00.004-07:002012-12-10T13:01:29.909-07:00P WeekSunday:<br />
Book#2 (of the Christmas countdown): <i>Inside, Outside Christmas</i> by Robin Spowart<br />
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Monday:<br />
Library Day! We talked about <b>P</b>ants and <b>P</b>ink and <b>P</b>urple on our way to the library.<br />
We read: <i>A Penguin Story</i> by Antoinette Portis<br />
<i>Playful Little Penguin</i> by Tony Mitton<br />
<i>Tacky the Penguin</i> by Helen Lester<br />
<i>The Little Penguin</i> by AJ Wood<br />
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Book#3: <i>The Perfect Present </i>by Michael Hague<br />
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Tuesday:<br />
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We went to the <b>P</b>ost Office and mailed out some of our Christmas cards. </div>
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Then we went to the <b>P</b>ark and had a ton of fun! </div>
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When we got back home we ate <b>P</b>istachios. And <b>P</b>etunia, the cat, caught Javin in a weak moment and scratched him on the face.<br />
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We read: <i>The Poky Little Puppy </i>by Janette Lowrey<br />
<i>Puppy is Lost</i> by Harriet Ziefert<br />
<i>The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!</i> by Mo Willems (cute)<br />
<i>Please Take Me for a Walk</i> by Susan Gal<br />
<i>A Porcupine Named Fluffy</i> by Helen Lester (good)<br />
<i>LMNOPeas</i> by Keith Baker (GREAT)<br />
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Book#4:<i> </i><i>The Legend of Papa Noel</i> by Terri Dunbar (GREAT)<br />
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Wednesday:<br />
While I made <b>P</b>ancakes for breakfast Javin while he went <b>P</b>ee <b>P</b>ee on the <b>P</b>otty. We tried going <b>P</b>oop, but that didn't work, he <b>P</b>ooped in his diaper in the 15 mins we were out of the house.<br />
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We read: <i>Pretty Pru</i> by Polly Dunbar<br />
<i>Petunia</i> by Roger Duvoisin<br />
<i>Princess Penelope's Parrot</i> by Helen Lester<br />
<i>Three Hens and a Peacock</i> by Lester Laminack<br />
<i>Madam President</i> by Lane Smith<br />
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Book#5: <i>When Posy Peeked at Christmas</i> by Ann Dixon<br />
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Thursday:<br />
I asked Javin what he wanted for breakfast, he said <b>P</b>istachios - what 'normal' kid wants <b>P</b>istachios for breakfast? They are delicious, but for breakfast?<br />
Today was our <b>P</b>irate day! I was so SUPER excited about it too! I made this treasure map for Javin, I had to get some stuff done and I wanted to make it fun for him.<br />
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First: We had to traverse the "Mountains of dirty dishes" - he rinsed while I washed.</div>
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Second: We stopped at the "Apple Juice Tavern & Grill" - he only wanted applesauce.</div>
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Third: We went back to the "Mountains of now clean dishes" to put in our dirty dishes.</div>
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Fourth: We quickly stopped by the "Waterfall & Tub" for a bath.</div>
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Fifth: We "Scrubbed the deck" by cleaning his room, just a few things on the floor.</div>
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Sixth: "Hiding the Booty", Javin doesn't only have toys in his bedroom, so we hid/put away the toys in the livingroom too.</div>
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Lastly: I had put some starbursts, bag of <b>P</b>opcorn and thumb drive with the movie <b>P</b>eter <b>P</b>an in his sea turtle backpack and hid it under the table in the hall.</div>
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It was way fun and reminding Javin of the treasure hunt kept him on task, it worked like a charm :)</div>
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We read: <i>How I Became a Pirate </i>by Melinda Long (LOVED)</div>
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<i>Pirates Don't Change Diapers</i> by Melinda Long</div>
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<i>Pirate Pete's Talk Like A Pirate</i> by Kim Kennedy (good)</div>
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<i>Papa is a Pirate</i> by Katharina Grossmann-Hensel (ok)</div>
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<i>The Pirate Cruncher</i> by Jonny Duddle (LOVED, again)<br />
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Book#6: <i>Jesus' Christmas Party</i> by Nicholas Allan</div>
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I introduced Javin to the wonderful world of <b>P</b>lay-doh today.</div>
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He made a all sorts of animals, when I put away his yellow seahorse he cried, it was so sad. I reminded him that we can <b>P</b>lay with it another day, he seemed to be satisfied with that answer.</div>
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We made <b>P</b>ink <b>P</b>lay-doh <b>P</b>s, He LOVED it!</div>
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We read: <i>Pigsty</i> by Mark Teague<br />
<i>Pie for Piglets</i> by Michael Dahl (LOVED)<br />
<i>Some of My Best Friends are Polka-Dot Pigs</i> by Sara Anderson (weird)<br />
<i>Panda & Polar Bear</i> by Matthew J. Baek (great)<br />
<i>Pickle & Penguin</i> by Lawrence David<br />
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Book#7: <i>Prancer</i> by Stephen Cosgrove<br />
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Saturday<br />
Book#8: <i>A Christmas Tree for Pyn</i> by Olivier Dunrea<br />
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Sunday<br />
Book#9: <i>Have You Been Naughty or Nice?</i> by Ethan Long </div>
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Monday:<br />
Library day! Once we get to the library Javin never wants to leave, I had to bribe him with a different <i>I Spy</i> book and an <b>O</b>range (he loves <b>O</b>ranges).<br />
We read: <i>The Friend </i>by Sarah Stewart<br />
<i>Ocean Babies</i> by Hiroe Nakata (great)<br />
<i>WOW! Ocean!</i> by Robert Nuebecker (LOVED)<br />
<i>Otis </i>by Loren Long (LOVED)<br />
<i>Otis and the Tornado</i> by Loren Long (LOVED)<br />
<i>Oh, No!</i> by Candace Fleming (good)<br />
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Tuesday:<br />
Niece/friend Brit came over and color/trimmed my hair - she did such a good job! Needless to say, it was an indoor day. Javin snacked on Fruit Loops because they look like little <b>O</b>s.<br />
We read: <i>A Garden of Opposites</i> by Nancy Davis<br />
<i>Hands Off, Harry!</i> by Rosemary Wells (great)<br />
<i>Wow! Said the Owl </i>by Tim Hopgood (great)<br />
<i>Owl Howl </i>by Paul Friester<br />
<i>The Owl and the Pussycat</i> by Edward Lear<br />
<i>Owl Babies</i> by Martin Waddell (great)<br />
<i>White Owl, Barn Owl</i> by Nicola Davies (great)<br />
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Wednesday:<br />
Really Great day! Started early (7:30 am), made great breakfast (pancakes), stopped by Smith's for some last minute ingredients and some snacks on our way to the zoo. We say the River <b>O</b>tters, they were so cute and playful.<br />
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And the <b>O</b>rangutans never disappoint :)</div>
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Even when all they do is sun bathe.</div>
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I don't know if you can tell, but this <b>O</b>wl was totally giving me a crusty.</div>
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We came home from the zoo after only a couple meltdowns and two timeouts to make <b>O</b>rnaments. My mom gave me a recipe for homemade cinnamon <b>O</b>rnaments:<br />
1 C. ground Cinnamon<br />
3 Tbs ground cloves<br />
3 Tbs ground nutmeg<br />
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3/4 C. applesauce<br />
2 Tbs white glue<br />
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Combine dry together, also combine wet - then slowly add dry to wet. Roll out dough to 1/4" thick and cut out shapes with cookie cutters. I also made holes in them with a straw while wet, dry them on a wire rack for a day or so, then color/paint if you want to. They smell divine!<br />
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We read: <i>Do Unto Otters</i> by Laurie Keller<br />
<i>Little Otter's Big Journey</i> by David Bedford (great)<br />
<i>Utterly Otterly Day</i> by Mary Casanova (LOVED)<br />
<i>Stop Snoring Bernard!</i> by Zachariah O'Hara<br />
<i>Little by Little</i> by Amber Stewart (great)<br />
<i>Utterly Otterly Night</i> by Mary Casanova (great)<br />
And I wrapped the <a href="http://www.simplysara.ca/2011/11/traditions.html" target="_blank">24 Christmas</a> LIBRARY books for Javin to open everyday til Christmas, he is SO excited. He's been grabbing one from the pile and walking around the house with it saying, "This is my surprise. What is it? Can I open it?"<br />
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Thursday:<br />
Brit and Danny came back over and took some super cute pics of us, here's a little preview:<br />
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We read: <i>My One Book </i>by Jane Moncure (good)<br />
<i>The One And Only Marigold</i> by Florence Heide (weird)<br />
<i>My Penguin Osbert</i> by Elizabeth Kimmel<br />
<i>Inside, Outside Christmas</i> by Robin Spowart (great)<br />
<i>One Two That's My Shoe!</i> by Alison Murray<br />
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Friday:<br />
We made an <b>O</b> <b>O</b>ctopus because Mr. Robbins was suppose to take Javin to the Aquarium later to see one, but the Aquarium didn't happen - maybe it'll happen tomorrow.<br />
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We read: <i>We'll Paint the Octopus Red</i> by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen (not what I expected)<br />
<i>Cowboy & Octopus</i> by Jon Scieszka (good, but weird)<br />
<i>Octopus Hug</i> by Laurence Pringle (good)<br />
<i>Follow Me! </i>by Bethany Roberts (great)<br />
<i>Ollie the Purple Elephant</i> by Jarrett Krosoczka (great)<br />
<i>Tickly Octopus </i>by Ruth Galloway (great)<br />
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Saturday:<br />
The Aquarium HAPPENED! They got to see the <b>O</b>tters and the <b>O</b>ctopus, he was actually moving around the tank, usually he just sits in the corner.<br />
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AND we opened our first (and second, without permission) of the 24 Christmas books today - <i>Christmas Oranges</i> by Linda Bethers, Gram was here for the unwrapping :)<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181443269723294635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844038546666290013.post-10113617017203227472012-11-26T23:15:00.000-07:002012-11-26T23:15:47.585-07:00N weekShould be called <b>N</b>ot Feelin' It Week - the steroids that my doc put me on to get rid of the rash that the other meds gave me are giving me a mini Roid Rage - I'm mad at everyone.<br />
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Monday:<br />
Library Day! Javin likes to play the I Spy game on the library computer while I grab our week's worth of books. I love it because I can leave him to play on his own, while I get my stuff done. I found an <i>I Spy</i> book online that looked simple enough and revolved around <b>N</b>ests and birds, but I couldn't find it on the shelf :( So I got a different one: <i>Seymour Makes New Friends</i> by Walter Wick. We read it tonight and Javin loved it. We also read: <i>Night at the Fair</i> by Donald Crews<br />
<i>A Quiet Night In</i><b style="font-style: italic;"> </b>by Jill Murphy (good)<br />
<i>The House in the Night</i> by Susan Marie Swanson<br />
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Javin went pee pee twice in one day! So we tried some undies, and he peed them. Two steps forward, one step back :)<br />
We're still playing inside - so rash doesn't flare up. Javin watched Finding <b>N</b>emo while sitting on the potty, so I could get food in the crock pot for dinner in peace. We had Chicken <b>N</b>oodle Soup, it was delicious, recipe <a href="http://www.craft-o-maniac.com/2011/10/crock-pot-creamy-chicken-noodle-soup.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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We did a lot of <b>N</b>umber talk today. Each time Javin pees in the potty we (he) get a pee pee treat AND put a star sticker on the pee pee chart, when he gets 7 pees in a week we'll have a party. He loves counting the days to find out where to put the star. So we kept the theme going with <b>N</b>umber books.<br />
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We read: <i>Cecily G. and the Nine Monkeys</i> by H.A. Rey (good)<br />
<i>Eggs 123</i> by Janet Halfmann (great)<br />
<i>123 To The Zoo </i>by Eric Carle (great)<br />
<i>The Nose Book</i> by Al Perkins (LOVES)<br />
<i>Dog's Noisy Day</i> by Emma Dodd (LOVES)<br />
<i>Clifford's Noisy Day</i> by Norman Bridwell<br />
<i>The Loud Book! </i>by Deborah Underwood<br />
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Wednesday:<br />
I bought a container of Planters Deluxe Mixed <b>N</b>uts for us all to snack on, Javin picked out all the pistachios, then all the cashews and is now working on the pecans. The only ones left are almonds and brazil <b>N</b>uts, the kid likes his <b>N</b>uts :)<br />
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Weather wasn't great so we painted <b>N</b>ails instead of go outside. And for lunch we did the <b>N</b>oodled Hot dogs from pinterest, he loved stabbing the hot dog chunks, but actually eating them was a different story.<br />
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We read: <i>A Nap in a Lap </i>by Sarah Wilson (great)<br />
<i>The Napping House</i> by Audrey & Don Wood (great)<br />
<i>The Pirate Nap</i> by Danna Smith (great)<br />
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Thursday:<br />
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Turkey Day! We read: <i>The Best Nest </i>by P.D. Eastman<br />
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<i>The Nest Where I Like to Rest</i> by Dawn Prochovnic<br />
<i>The Perfect Nest</i> by Catherine Friend (LOVED)<br />
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Friday:<br />
We made a <b>N</b>oodle <b>N</b>ecklace for daddy, Javin had a hard time getting it around daddy's neck (SO cute to watch).<br />
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And read: <i>Newton </i>by Rory Tyger<br />
<i>A Tree is Nice</i> by Janice May Udry (good)<br />
<i>On Noah's Ark</i> by Jan Brett (great)<br />
<i>Naamah and the Ark at Night</i> by Susan Bartoletti (LOVED)<br />
<i>A Stormy Ride on Noah's Ark</i> by Patricia HooperAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181443269723294635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844038546666290013.post-85835372879719148302012-11-18T22:45:00.001-07:002012-11-18T22:45:47.184-07:00Mmm...week<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We started <b>M</b> week on Saturday with a <b>M</b>ustache Bash Baby Shower for my neighbor and best friend, Tara. Super fun! Javin is wearing 'The Villian'.</div>
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On Monday we bundled up and headed out to the library.</div>
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So we went home and waited for my niece, Britney <b>M</b>agstadt, to come over and cut Javin's hair...</div>
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Tuesday we went to the library AND the Natural History <b>M</b>useum of Utah (aka. the dinosaurs in the big building). Since D week he's been asking to go back, I figured <b>M</b> week was a good one.</div>
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Playing with the <b>M</b>ap.</div>
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'<b>M</b>y Backyard' exhibit - AWESOME!</div>
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<b>M</b>agnets AND dinosaurs?! <b>M</b>ind officially blown!</div>
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Javin drank <b>M</b>ilk, which he does everyday, but we talked about how it starts with <b>M</b>, you could also do <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/271623421247267173/">this</a> (it looks fun).<br />
We read:<br />
<i>Bailey at the Museum</i> by Harry Bliss<br />
<i>All by Myself</i> by Emile Jadoul<br />
<i>It's Milking Time</i> by Phyllis Alsdurf<br />
<i>Can Hens Give Milk?</i> by Joan Betty Stuchner<br />
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Javin woke up in the Lightning <b>M</b>cQueen pjs that he LOVES, good start to a good day.</div>
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Britney came over again and we watched a bit of the LDS General Conference (we didn't get to watch it when it was broadcast). Javin watched his owe <b>M</b>ovie, <b>M</b>onster's Inc. Then proceeded to cause <b>M</b>ayhem the rest of the day.</div>
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Javin is scared of everything. If someone knocks on the door hard - he cries, he's afraid of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FWUjJF1ai0">this</a> and almost anything monster-like. But he's also interested in anything monster-like. So we just found some non-scary monster books.<br />
We read:<br />
<i>Meet the Monsters</i> by Jane Yolen (creepy)<br />
<i>My Friend the Monster</i> by Eleanor Taylor (good and not scary)<br />
<i>Monsters Don't Eat Broccoli</i> by Barbara Hicks<br />
<i>Goodnight, Baby Monster</i> by Laura Leuck<br />
<i>Slow Down for Manatees</i> by Jim Arnosky (great and educational)<br />
<i>I'm A Manatee</i> by John Lithgow<br />
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Thursday:<br />
I woke up on Thursday with a possible <b>M</b>edical emergency, always fun to wake up to one of those. Apparently, I'm allergic to a common antibiotic, Bactrim. I woke up with a rash, called my doctor and had to go in so she could see how bad it was. Her number one instruction? NO SUN for at least a week?! Which, unfortunately, means no zoo. Javin was SO sad :( We were suppose to see the <b>M</b>onkeys. We stayed inside all day and Javin watched <b>M</b>onsters, Inc (again).<br />
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We read: <i>Monkey with a Tool Belt</i> by Chris Monroe<br />
<i>Monkey and Me</i> by Emily Gravett (LOVED)<br />
<i>A Monkey Among Us</i> by Dave Horowitz (great)<br />
<i>Monkey Truck </i>by Michael Slack (great)<br />
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Friday:<br />
Mr. Robbins took Javin to the zoo, they had a great time - he said they saw <b>M</b>onkeys, <b>M</b>eercats & <b>M</b>acaws.<br />
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We ate some dinosaur <b>M</b>uffins, because everything is better when its dinosaur :)<br />
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We read: <i>The Useful Moose </i>by Fiona Robinson (good)<br />
<i>Ernest, the Moose Who Doesn't Fit</i> by Catherine Rayner (great)<br />
<i>Have you ever seen a Moose brushing his teeth? </i>by Jamie McClaine (great)<br />
<i>Beaver Pond Moose Pond</i> by Jim Arnosky<br />
<i>If You Give A Moose A Muffin</i> by Laura Numeroff (great)<br />
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Saturday (we meshed into Saturday because <b>M</b>onday was a wash)<br />
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We read: <i>Moon Dreams </i> by Ruth Martin (good)<br />
<i>Goodnight Moon</i> by Margaret Wise Brown (LOVED, again)<br />
<i>Moonlight </i>by Helen V. Griffith<br />
<i>Happy Birthday, Moon </i>by Frank Asch<br />
<i>Mavis & Her Marvelous Mooncakes </i>by Dar Hosta<br />
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<b>L</b>ibrary Day! We got Javin his very own <b>L</b>ibrary card, he was excited for about 5 minutes, then it passed. Maybe he'll be more excited about it next week when we go back and he can use it. </div>
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We read:<br />
<i>Maisy Goes to the Library </i>by Lucy Cousins<br />
<i>DW's Library Card </i>by Marc Brown<br />
<i>Library Lion</i> by Michelle Knudsen (great)<br />
<i>Crunch Munch Dinosaur Lunch! </i>by Paul Bright<br />
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Tuesday<br />
We read: <i>Big and Little</i> by Samantha Berger<br />
<i>The Little Red Lighthouse and The Great Gray Bridge</i> by Hildegarde H. Swift<br />
<i>Leonardo the Terrible Monster</i> by Mo Willems (cute)<br />
<i>Little Boy</i> by Alison McGhee<br />
<i>Leaf Trouble</i> by Jonathan Emmett<br />
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Because I'm the YW President in my ward and Mr. Robbins has homework most nights Javin gets to accompany me for most activities. This Tuesday we raked <b>L</b>eaves, he <b>L</b>oved it and the girls were good sports. They threw him in the piles and played with him, I <b>L</b>ove my girls!<br />
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Wednesday<br />
Zoo Day!<br />
We read: <i>Is Your Mama a Llama? </i>by Deborah Guarino (LOVED)<br />
<i>The Littlest Llama</i> by Jane Buxton (LOVED)<br />
<i>Llama Llama Mad at Mama </i>by Anna Dewdney (LOVED)<br />
<i>Llama Llama Red Pajama</i> by Anna Dewdney (LOVED)<br />
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Thursday<br />
I cleaned the house most of the day, it was pretty gross and needed some T<b>L</b>C.<br />
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We read: <i>Randy's Dandy Lions</i> by Bill Peet (LOVED)<br />
<i>We're Going on a Lion Hunt</i> by Margery Cuyler<br />
<i>The Lion's Share</i> by Matthew McElligott<br />
<i>Wee Little Lamb</i> by Lauren Thompson<br />
<i>Mary Had a Little Lamp</i> by Jack Lechner<br />
<i>The Lamb-a-roo</i> by Diana Kimpton (cute)<br />
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Friday<br />
Mr. Robbins thought it would be funny to give Javin <b>L</b>emon juice and then leave out the back door and let me deal with the aftermath. Javin whined about how it was icky on his tongue, then whined because he wanted more. I <b>L</b>ove my three year old.<br />
We read: <i>Ladybug Girl</i> by Jacky Davis (cute)<br />
<i>The Grouchy Ladybug</i> by Eric Carle (cute)<br />
<i>The Lamb and the Butterfly</i> by Arnold Sundaard<br />
<i>The Lamb Who Came for Dinner</i> by Steve Smallman<br />
<i>Buzzy Had a Little Lamb</i> by Harriet ZiefertAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181443269723294635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844038546666290013.post-49846912951403604882012-11-05T23:20:00.001-07:002012-11-05T23:20:53.808-07:00eeK weeKMonday<br />
Library Day! I tried something new I saw on pinterest <a href="http://missmancy.com/the-brilliance-of-highlighters/">here</a>, tracing letters in highlighter and have Javin go over it in pen or crayon. It worked better than making all those stinkin' dash letters :)<br />
We read:<br />
<i>A Place Called Kindergarten</i> by Jessica Harper (good)<br />
<i>The Nothing King</i> by Elle Van Lieshout (ok)<br />
<i>The French Fry King</i> by Roge (great)<br />
<i>Princess Kim and too much truth</i> by Maryann Cocca-Leffler (too long)<br />
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Tuesday<br />
We needed an outdoor day, it was SO beautiful. I was thinking about flying <b>K</b>ites, but there wasn't enough wind...so we <b>K</b>icked a ball around instead. It was AWESOME!<br />
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We read: <i>Fly, Kite, Fly!</i> by John Winch (weird)<br />
<i>Henry and the Kite Dragon</i> by Bruce Edward Hall (good)<br />
<i>Kite Day</i> by Will Hillenbrand (great)<br />
<i>Koala Lou</i> by Mem Fox (good)<br />
<i>Koala and the Flower</i> by Mary Murphy<br />
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Wednesday<br />
We dressed up in our Halloween costumes and went to the zoo. I thought that the Hogel Zoo have a <b>K</b>angaroo, but we only saw a couple wallabies - Maybe its too cool for them to be in the outside yard?<br />
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We read: <i>The Duck & The Kangaroo</i> by Jane Wattenberg (weird)<br />
<i>Does A Kangaroo Have A Mother, Too? </i>by Eric Carle (great)<br />
<i>Where Are You, Blue Kangaroo?</i> by Emma Chichester Clark<br />
<i>Class Two at the Zoo</i> by Julia Jarman (great)<br />
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Thursday<br />
We went to story time at the Foothill Library and Javin was a complete pill! We had to go outside and have a time out so that he wasn't disturbing anyone with his screaming, also if I would've be alone with him I would've beaten his bum. I know this is awful to say, but sometimes he just needs a smack on the tush. We got through it though and went back in to 'enjoy' story time, he was 'scared' of the books they were reading.<br />
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Because <b>K</b>itten and cat are pretty much the same thing and start with the same sound we had to talk about how sometimes two letters make the same sound, you just have to know which to use.<br />
We read:<br />
<i>A Kitten Tale</i> by Eric Rohmann<br />
<i>Clifford's Kitten</i> by Norman Bridwell<br />
<i>Kitten's First Full Moon</i> by Kevin Henkes<br />
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Friday<br />
We had lunch at Zupas, Mmm...it was good. We talked a lot about <b>K</b>isses and that's how we show that we love each other. We also make a <b>K</b>aleidoscope, we got directions <a href="http://littlebirdiesecrets.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-to-make-kaleidoscope-craft-camp.html">here</a>.<br />
We read: <i>Kiss Good Night</i> by Amy Hest (great)<br />
<i>Kisses</i> by Nanda Roep<br />
<i>Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck! </i>by Kyle Mewburn<br />
<i>Kiss Kiss! </i>by Margaret Wild<br />
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Library Day! On the way to the library every week we discuss the letter, the sound and a few words that we can see that it starts with. </div>
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I asked him, "Who's name starts with the 'J' sound?" </div>
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To that he replies, "Daddy!"...technically, yes, that it true. </div>
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I say, "Yep, <strong>J</strong>aron does start with <strong>J</strong>, but how about someone in the car?"</div>
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He says, "Mommy!"</div>
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Um...no sweet child. We had a good talk about how <strong>J</strong>avin starts with the 'J' sound.</div>
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We had a ton of fun at the library today, normally I grab books while <b>J</b>avin quietly runs around informing all the other kids at the library what letter week it is or he goes and plays on the computers. Today, though, he helped me pick out the first few books and he even found a board book he wanted to get that had a "<strong>J</strong>!" on it. </div>
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When we got home we read:</div>
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<em>The Jellybeans and the Big Art Adventure</em> by Laura Numeroff (good)</div>
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<i>Sheep in a Jeep </i>by Margot Apple (great)</div>
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<i>Josefina Javelina</i> by Susan Lowell (great)</div>
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Jungle Day. We woke up on the right side of the bed for once, it was amazing! I am not a morning person and I have passed that on to my child, unfortunately. But this morning we woke up chipper and excited to try and go pee pee on the potty! I bribed him with a special toy if he did, who knew that going to DI for a toy was so motivating? I gave him a crap-ton of apple <strong>J</strong>uice and we (he) sat on the singing potty in the livingroom so we could watch <strong>J</strong>unglebook while we waited for something to happen...and it did! YAY! Luckily, I wasn't naive enough to think that it was the end of diapers, but its a great first step. We went and got him a car garage from DI and some cars from Kid to Kid. He was SO happy with his toys that he wasn't interested in the potty the rest of the day.<br />
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I was able to pry him away from the cars to read a few books:</div>
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<i>Just The Thing</i> by Damian Harvey (good)</div>
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<i>Bedtime in the Jungle</i> by John Butler (great)</div>
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<i>Jungle Gym</i> Marsha Gray Carrington</div>
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<i>If I were a Jungle Animal</i> by Tom & Amanda Ellery (good)</div>
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I tried to set the day off good with another pee pee in the potty, you know, make a routine, <strong>J</strong>avin wasn't interested in anything potty related. I threatened him that we'd stay inside all day and not watch any tv if he didn't pee on the potty (probably not the best tactic, but it worked). He peed and we left, good thing too, I could see him really weighing the choices in his mind. We went to <strong>J</strong>ump Around Utah, a blow-up playground place on 700 E 1700-ish S, of course <strong>J</strong>avin LOVES it. He <strong>J</strong>umped for hours and still pitched a fit when we left.</div>
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I read these while <strong>J</strong>avin reluctantly sat on his potty:</div>
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<i>Here Comes Jack Frost</i> by Kazuno Kohara</div>
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<i>Jubal's Wish</i> by Audrey Wood</div>
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<i>John, Paul George & Ben</i> by Lane Smith</div>
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Wrong side of the bed morning (aka. most mornings) and I didn't want to deal with bribing or threatening so no pee, oh well. The morning moved along with absolutely no motivation, but we read:</div>
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<i>Adventure of Meno</i> by Tony DiTerlizzi (weird)</div>
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<i>Peanut Butter and Jellyfishes</i> by Brian Cleary (LOVED)</div>
<i>The Giant Jam Sandwich</i> by John Lord (great)
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And by noon we made some PB and <strong>J</strong>s, while I finished up our Halloween costumes for the Haunted Library.<br />
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Tara gave us a yummy treat, Peanut Butter <b>J</b>elly Bars - They were delish and of course, I didn't get the recipe. However, I found one online from Martha, so you know its good - <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/338877/peanut-butter-and-jelly-bars">here</a>.<br />
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We met up with my sister, Hollis, at my nephew's grave (I hadn't been there). <b>J</b>avin and I had a good talk about my nephew, <b>J</b>osh, and how some day we'll see him again - its hard to talk to a 3 year-old about death. On our way back to the freeway we stopped at <b>J</b>amba <b>J</b>uice, one of our favorites.</div>
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And we made paper plate <b>J</b>ack-o-lanterns, instead of a real one because of family time restrictions - I wanted Mr. Robbins to be apart of the pumpkin carving, but the only time we are all together is late at night when <b>J</b>avin is in bed :( Oh well, paper will do.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181443269723294635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844038546666290013.post-49486224836748277492012-10-25T23:55:00.001-06:002012-10-26T00:17:30.255-06:00I WeekI week has been off the cuff, I've been pretty selfish - we do what <b>I </b>want.<br />
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Monday was our first day back from the vacation, we got home around 7:00am and my mom volunteered to stay longer so Mr. Robbins and I could get some sleep - it was a very sweet offer, but didn't work. The moment Javin saw us he wouldn't leave us alone - he was a clingy pill all week. After taking my mom home we went over to Auntie's house to spend a little time with her.<br />
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Tuesday:<br />
We mixed it up and did Library Day!<br />
Books: <i>Inch by Inch </i>by Leo Lionni<br />
<i>Inside Outside Upside Down</i> by Stan & Jan Berenstain<br />
<i>Scribbles and Ink</i> by Ethan Long<br />
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I couldn't think of any <b>I</b> food, so we snacked on stick pretzels, that look like <b>I</b>'s (I dipped mine in <b>I</b>cing).<br />
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Wednesday:<br />
Zoo Day! We talked about a few <b>I</b> things we'd see (ie. <b>I</b>guana, <b>I</b>nsects and <b>I</b>bis)<br />
Books: <i>Discovering Nature's Alphabet </i>by Krystina Castella (I thought it would have more <b>I</b>nsects)<br />
<i>Alphabeasties</i> by Sharon Werner (LOVE IT!)<br />
<i>Count on Culebra</i> by Ann Whitford Paul (Great)<br />
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We talked about<i> </i><b>I</b>gloos and <b>I</b>ce Cream and then made them!<br />
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We read: <i>Come Back Soon</i> by Daniel Schallau (Weird)<br />
<i>Casey ans Derek on the Ice </i>by Marty Sederman<br />
<i>Ice</i> by Arthur Geisert (also weird)<br />
<i>Zoomer's Summer Snowstorm</i> by Ned Young<br />
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Made Vanilla Peach Ice Cream using <a href="http://www.2littlehooligans.com/2011/06/02/how-to-make-homemade-ice-cream-in/">this</a> recipe, adding in a few peach chunks.<br />
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Friday:<br />
Island day! As I made breakfast Javin watched The <b>I</b>ncredibles and we talked about the <b>I</b>sland on the movie. We read: <i>It's Mine! </i>by Leo Lionni (Great)<br />
<i>An Island Grows</i> by Lola Schaefer (Good)<br />
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Saturday (Extended into the weekend):<br />
<i>I Am A Tyrannosaurus </i>by Anna Grossnickle Hines (LOVED)<br />
<i>I Love You, Little Monkey </i>by Alan Durant (LOVED)<br />
<i>I Can Dress Myself!</i> by Birte Muller<br />
<i>It's Me!</i> by Eric DrachmanAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181443269723294635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844038546666290013.post-1602781419718114732012-10-25T23:54:00.001-06:002012-10-26T00:10:04.413-06:00H WeekLast week was long and difficult, with the viewing and prepping for the funeral AND scrambling to get Mr. Robbins home from Orlando in time - it was crazy. Mr. Robbins ended up arriving just in time, seriously, 30 minutes later and he would've been too late. After the viewing the Mr. and I ran home and packed for our....trip to France/Spain.<br />
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As many of you know, I work for jetBlue. At the Summer Party I won two round trip tickets on IcelandAir, to anywhere they fly. We wanted to go to Spain (That's where the Mr. served his mission, we both speak Spanish, it was a no brainer), however, their flights to Spain decrease to 1 per week in October. Long story, made short...we flew to Paris, spent a couple days and then flew to Spain, then stopped back off in Paris on our way back home. It was amazing and IcelandAir was AWESOME!<br />
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My brother was here for the funeral, from Kentucky, and knew he'd be at my house with my mom and Javin during <b>H</b> week so he brought a <b>H</b>orse shoe for Javin. An actual, real, racing <b>H</b>orse, little bit of dirt in it <b>H</b>orseshoe. My mom said they did a lot of <b>H</b>orse stuff and they read <i>Heart in my Pocket</i> - that was his favorite.<br />
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My mom also said that Javin was the biggest <b>H</b>elper. And I know for a fact that they ate <b>H</b>ambuger <b>H</b>elper for dinner one night, it was pretty much the only thing in my empty kitchen. My Ma, Pa and brother were such troopers, thanks!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181443269723294635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844038546666290013.post-74462568202627261042012-10-18T16:22:00.000-06:002012-10-22T10:22:54.456-06:00Gee its been a long week!You know how life trials work? In my life, it works like this: Everything is good, so I start to get nervous for 'the bad' to happen. Something inconvenient, but not terrible happens, I think that 'the bad' is over and I relax. Then I get blindsided with something awful and hate myself for being stupid enough to think that the inconvenient was 'the bad'. <span style="color: red;">**</span><b><span style="color: red;">WARNING**</span> </b><span style="color: red;">This post is a bit depressing.</span><br />
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Having said that, it was an AWFUL week. It started normal, library day with <b>G</b>ram, we ate <b>G</b>rapes and talked about <b>G</b>ardens and looked at ours outside, then we colored <b>G</b>reen <b>G</b>s for a while.</div>
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We got a really late start, I wasn't feeling it. It was hard to get out of bed and I knew the next day was going to be the Zoo day (<b>G</b>orillas, <b>G</b>iraffes, <b>G</b>rizzles, <b>G</b>oats, <b>G</b>eese) so we just hung out and I let Javin watch a few shows while I cleaned and tried to collect myself and get it together. We ran a few errands and talked about how the <b>G</b>reen traffic light means <b>G</b>o. That evening we dropped Jaron off at the airport for him to go to a business conference in Orlando.</div>
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I traded someone a shift and was picking up my portion from 7:00am-9:00am. I received an unusual call from my Step-dad's phone at 7:30am, I ignored his call because I was on a call, then my mom called. I knew something was wrong so once I had a minute I paused my work phone and called my mom back - through her tears and sobs she told me that my nephew, Josh, had just hung himself across the street in my sister's garage. I was immediately filled with panic and it felt like all the blood in my body drained to my feet. I told my mom I'd be there shortly. I called my work and managed to use some Paid Time Off and Volunteer Time Off to get off 7:45-9:00 - it was a miracle. I ran downstairs, brushed my teeth, packed a quick bag for Javin and woke him up. Dressed in our pjs we raced out to West Valley to find a small group of people gathered on my sister's driveway. The whole way there I was trying to convince myself that I heard my mom wrong and/or that she was just exaggerating. Once I pulled up and saw the police it set in. The unfortunate and unexpected death of my 16 year-old nephew has been and continues to be a really terrible, confusing, frustrating experience. </div>
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Needless to say, we didn't go to the zoo. Neither did we do anymore <b>G</b> week, we stayed at my sister's house in West Valley the rest of the week and cleaned, cried, ate and talked. It was wonderful to see family and friends, I just wish it had been under different circumstances.<br />
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I couldn't just leave it at that. Here are a few books I thought were cute and was excited to read, but didn't get to:<br />
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<i>Duck, Duck, Goose </i>by Tad Hills<br />
<i>Gorilla Garage </i>by Mark Shulman<br />
<i>Furious George Goes Bananas </i>by Michael Rex<br />
<i>Gideon & Otto </i>by Olivier Dunrea<br />
<i>The Girl On The Yellow Giraffe </i>by Ronald Himler<br />
<i>John, Paul, George & Ben</i> by Lane Smith (I might grab this one for J week)<br />
<i>The Legend of the Golden Snail</i> by Graeme Base (Also, this one for S week)</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181443269723294635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844038546666290013.post-36915613208453738532012-10-01T00:54:00.001-06:002012-10-01T00:54:40.183-06:00F weekDespite it being "F" week I had somewhat high hopes for it, mingled with lots of work and an extra busy husband - boy its a good thing I'm NOT pregnant (not that we are trying).<br />
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Monday:<br />
Library Day! We got the usual, way too many books.<br />
We read: <i>Feathers for Lunch </i>by Lois Ehlert<br />
<i>Miss Mingo and the First Day of School </i>by Jamie Harper (LOVED)<br />
<i>Pink! </i>by Lynne Rickards<br />
<i>For Pete's Sake</i> by Ellen Stoll Walsh<br />
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And since it was <b>F</b>lamingo/<b>F</b>eather day, it was...Aviary Day too! Javin and daddy took a nice little ride over to Liberty Park and walked around the Aviary and checked out all the birds. When Javin got home he told me he saw the "<b>F</b>a-ning-os!". So cute!<br />
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Tuesday:<br />
Aquarium day! We were suppose to talk all about <b>F</b>ish today, but Javin was more interested in the <b>F</b>rogs at the Aquarium than the <b>F</b>ish.<br />
We read: <i>Big Al</i> by Andrew Clements<br />
<i>Flotsam</i> by David Wiesner<br />
<i>The Rainbow Fish </i>by<br />
<i>Hop Jump</i> by Ellen Stoll Walsh<br />
<i>Beware of the Frog</i> by William Bee (LOVED)<br />
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This was suppose to be our <b>F</b>rog day, but it lost a little power when the day before had so many <b>F</b>rogs in it.<br />
We read: <i>The Biggest Frog In Australia</i> by Susan Roth<br />
<i>Do Lions Live on Lily Pads </i>by Melanie Walsh (simple, but cute)<br />
<i>What a Party</i> by Sandy Asher<br />
<i>Wanda and the Frogs</i> by Barbara Azore<br />
<i>Once There was a Bull...(Frog)</i> by Rick Walton (Cute)<br />
<i>Five Nice Mice </i>by Chisato Tashiro<br />
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We also talk about <b>F</b>orests and <b>F</b>all (you know, Autumn). We ate some <b>F</b>ranks (aka. hot dogs) and watched <b>F</b>inding Nemo.<br />
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We read these while we (Javin) sat on the potty, bare bummed (nothing came out, we're just practicing):<br />
<i>Frederick</i> by Leo Lionni<br />
<i>Old Black Fly</i> by Jim Aylesworth<br />
<i>The Foggy Foggy Forest </i>by Nick Sharratt (LOVED)<br />
<i>Eating the Alphabet</i> by Lois Ehlert (LOVED)<br />
<i>The Foot Book</i> by Dr. Seuss (LOVED)<br />
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We ate lots of <b>F</b>ruit and talked about our <b>F</b> body parts (<b>F</b>eet and <b>F</b>ingers) and did some <b>F</b>inger painting of <b>F</b>rogs.<br />
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We went outside on the patio and wrote out some <b>F</b>s in chalk until we got swarmed by bees. I got <b>F</b>rustrated with the bees and then with Javin and then we went inside so I could have a time-out. We discussed what a <b>F</b>arm is and what kind of animals we'd find there, like maybe some <b>F</b>oxes. And we read:<br />
<i>Faraway Farm</i> by Ian Whybrow<br />
<i>Herd of Cows! Flock of Sheep</i> by Rick Walton (cute)<br />
<i>Crazy like a Fox </i>by Loreen Leedy<br />
<i>Another Fine Mess</i> by Tony Bonning<br />
<i>Fox and Fluff</i> by Shutta Crum (Cute)<br />
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All in all, it was a pretty good week, despite my tantrums followed closely by Javin's. I'm really enjoying this memory making process :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181443269723294635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844038546666290013.post-77860061788797741782012-09-24T23:20:00.000-06:002012-09-24T23:20:15.991-06:00E wEEkMonday:<br />
Library day! We got a surprising amount of books. I was expecting like 4 books because I could only come up with a few topics starting with <b>E</b>, but we found quite a few. We decided that the <b>E</b>levator at the library starts with <b>E</b> and so we rode it up and down 3-ish times.<br />
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We read: <i>Clemence and His Noisy Little Fire Engine </i>by Jessica Spanyol (weird)<br />
<i>The Elevator Man </i>by Stanley Trachtenberg<br />
<i>Eloise </i>by Kay Thompson<br />
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Tuesday:<br />
We meet Javin's friend Helene and her mother at the zoo to see the <b>E</b>lephants - we talked about which one was bigger and how they use their trunks. Javin wanted to take the picture, not be in it, so he took this:<br />
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Javin chose the Bald <b>E</b>agle as the animal to ride on the carousel, I didn't even have to suggest an <b>E</b> animal!<br />
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We read: <i>Rose & the Bald-Headed Elephant </i>by Wooley Cottswold (weird)<br />
<i>Ronnie the Rhino and the Grumpy Old Elephant </i>by Hector Garcia, Jr (weird)<br />
<i>Monkey & Elephant's Worst Fight Ever</i> by Michael Townsend (LOVED)<br />
<i>What Elephant </i>by Genevieve Cote<br />
<i>Elephant in the Bathtub </i>by Kristina Andres<br />
<i>The Big Elephant in the Room</i> by Lane Smith<br />
<i>Never Mail an Elephant</i> by Mike Thaler (Cute)<br />
<i>Elephant Soup</i> by Ingrid & Dieter Schubert (Cute)<br />
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Wednesday:<br />
<b>E</b>gg Day - We ate tortilla and cheese for breakfast, which doesn't have an <b>E</b> in it, but inside the tortilla is scrambles <b>E</b>gg and cheese; its one of Javin favorites (Jaron got him hooked at a young age).<br />
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I also hard boiled some <b>E</b>ggs for <b>E</b>gg Salad sammies for lunch and we had a lot of <b>E</b>gg talk. (side note: when I asked him to help me creak the eggs for the salad he said,"No! Baby bird in there."-CUTE!)<br />
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We read: <i>An Extraordinary Egg</i> by Leo Lionni<br />
<i>The Cow that Laid an Egg</i> by Andy Cutbill (Cute)<br />
<i>Bear's Eggs </i>by Ingrid & Dieter Schubert<br />
<i>Roly-Poly Eggs </i>by Kali Stileman (LOVED)<br />
<i>Eggday</i> by Joyce Dunbar (Cute)<br />
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Thursday:<br />
<b>E</b>ye Day - We discussed <b>E</b>ye color and figured out that Javin has green, daddy has blue and mommy has brown (first answer was black). We talked about how eyes make it so we can see and when someone's <b>E</b>yes don't work very well they wear glasses.<br />
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Read: <i>The Eye Book</i> by Dr. Seuss (LOVED)<br />
<i>I Spy with My Little Eye</i> by Edward Gibbs (LOVED)<br />
<i>My Traveling Eye</i> by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw<br />
<i>Eye See it!</i> by Scholastic Books<br />
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For our art project I had Javin name some animal bodies for me to draw and he glue-dotted googely <b>E</b>yes onto them. We had a penguin, sea turtle, cat, monkey, <b>E</b>agle, fox, walrus and <b>E</b>lephant. He did pretty good, except for the walrus looks like Sid from Ice Age. And don't judge me because of my pant-less, dirty-faced child. It was our inside day and we needed some icecream. What? Some days you need to stay in PJs all day.<br />
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Friday:<br />
We packed a lunch and some <b>E</b>ngine books and headed out for this little spot by the Union Pacific train tracks. We watch them move back and forth and we count train cars and talk about the artwork on them and try to decide whats in them. This day was a little different though. A random car pulled up and a guy asked me if we were lost, I informed him that we go there on occasion to watch the trains. He told us he was the Yard Director and asked if we wanted a closer look. OF COURSE! We got an up close look at the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus cars that are parked there for the week and some <b>E</b>ngines. He also gave Javin a super cool Union Pacific light and said to call next time and maybe we can ride on one of the <b>E</b>ngines!<br />
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The day would have been awesome to end right there, but we went and picked up a friend who needed a ride to the hospital (non-emergency). But we ended up talking about the hospital while we waited and about the <b>E</b>mergency room and what happens. Then my friend was super nice and got us some stuff from the gift shop for taking her the hospital - way nice and unnecessary. She got Javin a book about birds: <i>Who am I? Birds</i> by Son Schein Press, the <b>E</b>ggs in the book open so you can see what kind of bird is inside - its awesome!<br />
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We read: <i>Runaway Engine! </i>Thomas & Friends book<br />
<i>The Little Engine That Could: Gets a Checkup</i> by Watty Piper
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We got our weekly books, Javin threw a fit about returning <i>The Pirate Cruncher</i> from last week. I took that time to explain that in order to get more books we have to return the once we had. I also explained that we need to take really good care of the library books (don't color, tear or stand on) so that the other kids can read nice library books to read.</div>
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<i>No, David! </i>by Daivd Shannon</div>
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<i>Dot</i> by Patricia Intriago</div>
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<i>All Aboard the Dinotrain</i> by Deb Lund (FAVORITE)<br />
<i>Dinosaur VS The Potty</i> by Bob Shea</div>
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<i>Dinosaur VS The Library</i> by Bob Shea</div>
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<i>Clifford and the Dinosaurs </i>by Norman Bridwell </div>
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We went to the Natural History Museum of Utah. If I had to use one descriptive word about it, it would be - AWESOME! Javin LOVED it; in fact, we walked through the whole things once, ate lunch and he wanted to see the Dinosaurs again. So, we did the dinos again, and then once more on the way out and it STILL wasn't enough for him! On the way out he kept asking for more dinos!</div>
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There are some portions of the floor that are 'glass' - it was hilarious to watch Javin tread as lightly as possible on it. He wouldn't walk in the middle, even when holding my hand, he had to hold onto the railing. It was SO funny!</div>
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Wednesday:<br />
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<i>Duncan the Dancing Duck</i> by Syd Hoff<br />
<i>Ducks Don't Wear Socks</i> by John Nedwidek<br />
<i>One Duck Stuck</i> by Phyllis Root (Liked it)<br />
<i>Duck </i>by Randy Cecil<br />
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We feed the 'Ducks' at Liberty Park, there were 2 whole ducks, but the geese came in waves and even took the bread out of Javin's hand.<br />
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<i>That Pesky Dragon</i> by Julie Sykes (Liked it)<br />
<i>if i had a dragon </i>by Tom & Amanda Ellery (Liked it)<br />
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We took a early morning trip to Banbury Cross and grabbed some Donuts! Mmm..Banbury, it doesn't help my addiction when I can smell them baking a block away.<br />
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We also went to the <b>D</b>octor for Javin's 3 year check up, as we were leaving he kept saying,"Wanna do doctor again!" What can I say, we have an AWESOME Pediatrician.<br />
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Friday:<br />
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We met up with Javin's friend Helene at the Children's Museum across from Temple Square, a cute little place they have up on the 2nd floor. Javin put on a skirt and <b>D</b>anced a little with Helene, then built some towers and <b>D</b>elighted in <b>D</b>estroying them.</div>
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<i>Demolition</i> by Sally Sutton</div>
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<i>Tip Tip Dig Dig </i>by Emma Garcia</div>
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<i>Daddies </i>by Lila Prap (LOVE IT)</div>
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<i>Uno, Dos, Tres </i>by Pat Mora<br />
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AND I found <a href="http://www.raisinglemons.com/category/abcs/">this</a> fabulous site that I'm NOW taking notes from :)</div>
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