Seeing Double

Ok, how often does THIS happen...seriously! Today must be my lucky day!

Health Website for Kids

I just found this site that has doctor-approved articles, animations, games, and resources to help kids learn more about their bodies and staying healthy. It looks really cool! http://kidshealth.org/kid/ I can't wait to play with it more when we do our All About Me unit in a couple of weeks.

The Glorious Flight

This week we are reading The Glorious Flight for our FIAR book. We are also reading about the Wright Brothers, Charles Lindbergh, and Amelia Earhart. All this learning about famous people in the world of flight is leading up to our trip to the museum of flight this weekend. I think G is going to LOVE it!

Fed Up with Verizon!

Ugh! Have I ever mentioned how frustrating it is to deal with Verizon Wireless' Customer Service? Let me just see if anyone here can understand this scenario: There was one account with 6 phones on it. We wanted to split it into 2 separate accounts; one with 4 phones on it, one with 2 phones on it. Still with me so far? In addition to THAT monstrous change, we wanted one account to keep its current mailing address and owner name. We wanted the other one to have a new owner name and have a different mailing address (essentially, we wanted to open a new account and transfer two of the six lines from the old account to the new one). If you are still with me, you are WAY too with it to work for Verizon's Customer Service, either their help line or at their store. Why is it that it took us 6 MONTHS to get it through to them what we wanted to do? I think we finally got it ironed out today, but we'll see. It's highly likely that we'll still be getting bills with someone else's name on them.

I hope it IS all sorted out because if it is, I NEVER want to have to talk to them again! It's THAT irritating and frustrating. The actual phone service is fine, the customer service is horrible!

James and the Giant Peach

We began doing read aloud books last year, I believe. We kicked it off with Charlotte's Web. Since then we have read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Chocolate Fever, The Chocolate Touch (do you see the theme here?), How to Eat Fried Worms (ok, end of theme), and Alice in Wonderland. We are now reading James and the Giant Peach, and G is LOVING it! It's so much fun to read to a child who bursts into laughter with each silly thing that is said. G is constantly begging for another chapter. He never wants to stop! It is so great!

Noah's Ark

We've been reading the story of Noah's Ark this week, and I thought it would be fun for G to paint a picture to go with the story. He loved the idea!There's a dove in the sky, then left to right we have a turtle, Noah, an alligator, a giraffe and an elephant.

What Do You Want For Breakfast?

That's what I asked G this morning, and his answer was a new one...and a yummy one! He suggested we go outside, pick some blackberries and make blackberry pancakes. I had never done this before, but it sounded good. So he went out and picked a few berries, and we made the pancakes. He really got into the chef's role, apron and all! We also took the opportunity to play with the measuring cups and get an introduction to fractions.