This morning we chose an acoustic guitar CD, Fingerdance, for our morning music. At first NT claimed to be unimpressed, but later he requested that I put the CD back on.
We played a trivia game that NT made up, and then he worked on some tinfoil inventions while pretending that he wasn't listening to the Hello, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle audio book. Since it seems to him (by the title) that it is a book that girls would like, he wants no part of it, but I caught him listening when he didn't know I was around.
Today was Lizzy's first day of "big girl" gymnastics--a class that parents don't have to be in. NT and I watched from the lobby and NT worked on two different math workbooks--which also involved writing and spelling--and his ice cream truck brain-teaser puzzle while we were waiting.
We grocery shopped for much of the afternoon. Along the way NT and I discussed a surprising number of "big life" stuff. We talked about who Elvis Presley was and how he died. We talked about what it means to overdose on drugs and how that can sometimes happen. We talked about why it seems like that happens to a lot of famous people.
We also talked about how "St." is an abbreviation for both "Saint" and "Street". We talked about what a saint is and what it might take to become a saint.
We talked about pro football contracts and how they might be negotiated and how a player gets signed to play for one team or another.
We talked about how hard he would have to work and how long it would take him to save the $5 he wanted me to spend to buy little individually-wrapped Bonabel cheeses that I think are outrageously expensive (over $1 apiece!).
This evening we tried a new recipe for dinner--Croque Monsieur--and NT gave it four stars--five stars when he tried mine with the fried egg on top. I am so proud of him for really stepping out of his comfort zone and trying new foods from the cookbook we are working out of together.
Tonight NT and John went to the Cub Scout pack's game night and had a lot of fun. NT was excited about it all day and was not disappointed. They didn't get home until after 9 p.m.!
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Another big day today...
NT was up early to watch PBS's Cyberchase on angles in bouncing.
The kids listened to Marlo Thomas' Free to Be You and Me while NT played with LEGOs and Lizzy played with the Bright Builders. They raced again on their 2-floor obstacle course and then NT read to me from his book on pet fish while I helped Lizzy get dressed. We discussed the meaning of the word "prone".
Grampy and Maria picked both kids up to go see Disney's The Princess and the Frog and took them to lunch at the Rainforest Cafe. Maria and NT pored over NT's fish books and Maria told him all about all the fish she used to keep. He really wants a big tank and is saving up. Right now he says he wants guppies.
John left work early so he could join us on our trek down to Honeymoon Creamery, just outside of Red Wing, to pick up the last of our fresh milk until spring. While John and I loaded up the milk, the kids romped around on the farm in the snow with the farm dog and got to see a very cold turkey who "leaked" out of the warm barn out into the snow!
On the way home we drove through the city of Red Wing and the kids commented on what a pretty town it is (especially all lit up and decorated for Christmas!). We decided when it warms up a little we would take a field trip to Red Wing and will check out all the cool places like the famous St. James Hotel and Red Wing pottery. NT was especially interested in the limestone bluffs and we told him how they use dynamite to blast the limestone apart so they can put a road right through a bluff. John showed him how you can see the lines where they drilled to insert the dynamite.
Later we stopped to check out the ski hills at Welch Village (the kids approved and want to ski there sometime this season), and then had burgers and crinkle fries at Wiederholt's in Miesville. There, NT and I read more from his fish books (he wants to do tons of research to get his tank!) and then played hangman while we waited for our food. Meantime, Lizzy played waitress and took John's order with her notebook and pen. NT did an experiment to see if he could numb his taste buds with an ice cube so that he couldn't taste the water in his glass (it tasted like iron). He said it worked.
By the time we passed the Koch refinery it was dark outside and the refinery is stunning with all the lights. The kids don't remember seeing it this way before and were quite impressed. We talked about how they change oil into gasoline for our cars there.
Just before home we stopped at our favorite Christmas light house a few blocks from home. The whole house is decorated with millions of tiny little colored lights that are perfectly synced to music on a special radio station you can turn on in your car. It is really impressive and the kids love it. We can't figure out just how they do it, but one of these years we plan to find out!
NT was up early to watch PBS's Cyberchase on angles in bouncing.
The kids listened to Marlo Thomas' Free to Be You and Me while NT played with LEGOs and Lizzy played with the Bright Builders. They raced again on their 2-floor obstacle course and then NT read to me from his book on pet fish while I helped Lizzy get dressed. We discussed the meaning of the word "prone".
Grampy and Maria picked both kids up to go see Disney's The Princess and the Frog and took them to lunch at the Rainforest Cafe. Maria and NT pored over NT's fish books and Maria told him all about all the fish she used to keep. He really wants a big tank and is saving up. Right now he says he wants guppies.
John left work early so he could join us on our trek down to Honeymoon Creamery, just outside of Red Wing, to pick up the last of our fresh milk until spring. While John and I loaded up the milk, the kids romped around on the farm in the snow with the farm dog and got to see a very cold turkey who "leaked" out of the warm barn out into the snow!
On the way home we drove through the city of Red Wing and the kids commented on what a pretty town it is (especially all lit up and decorated for Christmas!). We decided when it warms up a little we would take a field trip to Red Wing and will check out all the cool places like the famous St. James Hotel and Red Wing pottery. NT was especially interested in the limestone bluffs and we told him how they use dynamite to blast the limestone apart so they can put a road right through a bluff. John showed him how you can see the lines where they drilled to insert the dynamite.
Later we stopped to check out the ski hills at Welch Village (the kids approved and want to ski there sometime this season), and then had burgers and crinkle fries at Wiederholt's in Miesville. There, NT and I read more from his fish books (he wants to do tons of research to get his tank!) and then played hangman while we waited for our food. Meantime, Lizzy played waitress and took John's order with her notebook and pen. NT did an experiment to see if he could numb his taste buds with an ice cube so that he couldn't taste the water in his glass (it tasted like iron). He said it worked.
By the time we passed the Koch refinery it was dark outside and the refinery is stunning with all the lights. The kids don't remember seeing it this way before and were quite impressed. We talked about how they change oil into gasoline for our cars there.
Just before home we stopped at our favorite Christmas light house a few blocks from home. The whole house is decorated with millions of tiny little colored lights that are perfectly synced to music on a special radio station you can turn on in your car. It is really impressive and the kids love it. We can't figure out just how they do it, but one of these years we plan to find out!
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