Creative, Crafty Fun!

Today, was the first official day of Kyle's Spring Break...he is preschool free for ten whole days! Since, we will have a little extra time on our hands next week I thought it would be fun for Kyle and me to have some "Creative, Crafty Fun!". Yesterday, I headed over to Hobby Lobby and picked up some toddler friendly craft items to be used next week. Each day next week Kyle will transform the items pictured below into beautiful toddler "works of art". Be on the look out next week for pictures of his daily accomplishments.

Future Toddler Works of Art

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Yummy....Chocolate

We have a chocolate lover on our hands!! At last, in one eating department he is taking after his Mommy and Daddy...LOL! Below, Kyle is eating his yummy desert....pudding!! Granted, he isn't the neatest eater around...as you can see in the picture it's on his mouth, shirt, and hands. For now we will be happy with whatever he puts in his body (food wise, that is) and work on the eating etiquette in the future. Kyle really wants to be a nice little brother and share the pudding with Chloe, his dog, but since chocholate is toxic for dogs we must monitor this very closely.

With Kyle's new acquired taste, he would be very excited to see plenty of chocolate candy in his Easter basket. I'm sure he will be quite disappointed since he will only receive one or two pieces. Poor little guy...he is so deprived :)

Mmmmm....Yummy, Yummy, for my

Tummy, Tummy, Tummy!!

Moving Along

Yesterday was Kyle's parent-teacher conference at his preschool. John and I planned to attend the meeting together and I arranged for a friend to watch Kyle. With my cough and Kyle's cough still lingering I felt it best that I not attend the meeting, so John went alone. I was very disappointed to miss the meeting since I was anxious to receive the full details on Kyle's progress at school. The meeting included Kyle's teacher and his three therapists. The conference is restricted to a twenty minute time frame so quite a bit of information is covered in a short period of time. I did send John to the meeting armed with a list of questions and we also received a copy of the progress notes in full detail.

Kyle has an education plan in place with detailed goals to hopefully be achieved by the end of the school year. The goals are in many different areas of development...from classroom discipline, school routine, interaction with other children, fine motor skills, speech/language skills, and physical therapy. Kyle is making progress toward his annual goals in all areas of his education plan. All the staff involved had a very encouraging report about Kyle's development. Although, progress still needs to be made, we are so pleased that he continues to move in the right direction. I'm just happy that he still enjoys school and always has such a big smile when I drop him off each day, which at this age is very important!

Getting Close

A couple of reasons to believe that winter is coming to a close and spring is right around the corner. With the mild temperatures recently the trees and annuals are beginning to show signs of life. We are only being teased for the moment, but it makes it easier to see the light at the end of the really cold tunnel!

After School Fun

The weather is absolutely perfect today...can you believe it is 75 degrees on March 10th in the Midwest? After school today Kyle enjoyed running and playing outside. He headed straight to the backyard for some sliding and climbing fun. I couldn't resist and I also allowed him to play in the dirt. Yes, he is "all boy" so I need to learn that he will constantly be covered in dirt, along with scraps and bruises! During Kyle's nap I will relax outside reading a book and sipping my iced tea...what a wonderful way to spend the afternoon! Hope you are enjoying your spring like day as well!

Where Have I Been?

Wow, has it really been one whole week since I last posted on the blog? I guess, the date on my blog doesn't lie so it truly has been one whole week. I wish I had a really wonderful excuse filled with plenty of pictures and amazing stories about our fun family adventures. Unfortunately, that isn't the case...actually, quite the opposite.

Since Thursday of last week I haven't been feeling well. It started out as a pretty bad cough, which turned into a little cold and body aches. John has been poking fun of me since it sounded as though I have been smoking five packs of cigarettes per day...LOL! Unfortunately, we didn't leave the house for two days and when we did it was only for a quick trip to Target...how fun and exciting! Well, Kyle may have thought so since he scored a few clothes for spring/summer and a new pair of shoes. This morning, I woke up and felt so much better which means it's time to get back into the swing of things and get back to my regularly scheduled routine. Kyle inherited the horrible cough so we are monitoring him. I am very skeptical to give Kyle an type of cough medication since all the reports which were in the news several months ago regarding children's cough and cold medication. I spoke with his pediatrician this morning so I feel better about treating the cough if we feel the need.

Hoping for happier and healthier days ahead this week! After this weekend we are looking forward to spring more than ever. The past several days sure have felt like spring, but we weren't able to head outdoors to partake in the beautiful weather.

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR. SEUSS!

Kyle's preschool classroom will be celebrating Dr. Seuss's Birthday this week...March 2-5, 2009. Each day the class will be doing a "Study of Seuss"....which means they will be reading books written by Dr. Seuss. Kyle has several books at home he will bring to school to share with the class...Green Eggs and Ham, The Lorax, and Oh, The Places You'll Go! The class will also be doing various large and small group activities related to Dr. Seuss books...such as playing rhyming games and balancing objects like The Cat in the Hat. Wednesday is Wear Your Favorite Shoes Day and they will be reading The Foot Book. Each child is asked to wear their favorite pair of shoes this day. Unfortunately, Kyle doesn't really have a favorite pair of shoes, considering for the winter months he only has two pairs. He does have a pair of Thomas the Train tennis shoes that light up when he walks which are a little big for him that he always wants to wear so I assume those will be the shoes he wears on Wednesday.

I remember reading Dr. Seuss books as a child. A couple of books I enjoyed were Green Eggs and Ham and One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. Did you read Dr. Seuss when you were a child...if so what were your favorites? What are your children's favorite books by Dr. Seuss?