This week’s theme was Opposites. We got a puzzle from the library that involved matching up opposites. Stryker played in cold water and warm water in the kitchen sinks with a funnel, a toy teapot, measuring cups, a bottle, and a turkey baster. He colored on paper both above his table and below it. After [...]
Keith’s team now has 5 wins and only 2 losses. We go to most of their home games. Stryker always wants to stay for the varsity game, but we haven’t so far. I think he is interested in seeing the pep band and the cheerleaders.
We usually sit near the varsity players, and last night, Stryker [...]
Yesterday, my cousin Amy and her two kids, Evan and Grace, came to visit for the morning. It’s always nice to be able to get together with family like that. We’ve been living an hour apart for the past 8 years or so, but just recently, she became a stay-at-home mom, so we’ve had the [...]
This is a jumper and turtleneck that we got from my parents’ house – probably a hand-me-down from my sisters or a foster child. I was a little unsure of how it would look on Peytra, but the green color actually went pretty well with her skin tone, and the jumper de-emphasized her ”generous” waist. She loves [...]
At Family Center playgroup, Stryker asked Miss Kathi what the project was going to be, she showed him the example and said, “Do you know who this is?” He shouted, “Bandy!” (aka Bambi) He never did guess the correct answer (Rudolph, as seen in this photo).
On Monday, he told me, “Moses came to see baby [...]
We spent a lot of time baking this week. On Monday, we made about 6 dozen jelly gems, which are made from a tiny bowl of sugar cookie dough filled with jelly and then squiggled with melted chocolate chips. On Tuesday, we made about 6 dozen sugar cookies. Stryker even rolled out, cut out, frosted, [...]
At the library, one day, the librarian checking out our books and videos said to Stryker, “You must like Diego!” He said, “Yeah!” She said, “Do you like Dora, too?” He said, “No.” She looked surprised. He added, “She’s a girl.”
At Sears, Stryker asked what the “big bump” was on the checkout counter. The cashier [...]
Today is a snow day for Keith because it is supposed to snow from noon yesterday until Thursday morning. The roads were pretty slippery already yesterday morning. Even Stryker’s Sunday School Christmas program for tonight is cancelled already. So all that nagging I did for him to practice his songs was all for naught.
Stryker is [...]
