Classroom rules

Tonight, Gillian kept singing this little song. It went something like "follow directions quickly." Later I heard her say "Rule number two." Finally I got her to sit still long enough to sing the full song.

 

Her art teacher made up these simple rules for her classroom. The song helped Gillian to remember. Very creative teacher. 

Book Report

John's class has a book report every other month. For October, they had to read a book and make one of the characters out of a pumpkin. John read one of the "Captain Underpants" books for his report. Daddy and John worked really hard on the written part as well as the pumpkin. I think Captain Underpants looks awesome!

Autumn Kickoff

Today was Autumn Kickoff at Gillian's school. It is basically a field day where the kids get to participate in a series of events. Every year has a theme and this year it was about working with disabilities. I was able to sneak out of the office for a couple of hours to watch Gillian and her classmates.

I think she was excited to see me!

I missed the first two events, but I did get to see Gillian working as a team with her friend.

 

The next event was stacking giant cups. But the tricky part was that the kids couldn't talk. Gillian did awesome. It must have been hard for her to not talk!

The next event was my favorite and all the kids did so well. They had to go through an obstacle course with one hand behind their back.

 

Gillian was a good sport, listened to instructions and was supportitive of her classmates. 

The book

John and Daddy found bought John a new book at the beginning of the month. The book is called "Treasure Hunters" by James Patterson. We wanted John to read it for this month's book report. But John's teacher said it was too long. The book is 450 pages long (with illustrations). So John read a different boon for his report and went back to reading "Treasure Hunters" for fun. 

I am very proud to say that John finished his book tonight!

K-cups

On Sunday morning, we asked the kids to fill up our K-cup holder. It took them no time to fill the holder. When they were done, they started stacking the extra cups. 

John created a little pyramid and Gillian insisted on making one just like it. John patiently walked her through each step. 

She was so proud of her accomplishment. But when I asked for another picture, she accidentally knocked over her pyramid. I thought she would get mad, but she calmly started building again. The kids played with the K-cups for a half hour before they got bored. 

The bug with wings

Monday night after bath, I found Gillian in her room. She was very upset. "Mommy, there's a bug with wings in here!" I looked down and there was a brown moth on her dresser. I quickly sandwiched it between two pieces of paper. I headed towards the bathroom to flush him, but I looked down and the moth was gone. I lied to Gillian and told her he was gone. She was still a little shaken up and asked me to snuggle with her before she fell asleep. 

Tuesday morning, Daddy saw the moth again and pointed it out to Gillian. She screamed and jumped into my arms. Daddy flicked the moth and he ended up under Gillian's dresser. Once again we told her "Don't worry he's dead." 

Wednesday night, we tucked the kids into bed and before long Gillian was out of bed. "The bug with wings, isn't dead!" Yup the moth was back again. But Daddy came to the rescue and finally killed the moth. 

Poor Gillian. She had a rough week with the bug with wings. 

Go Fish

This summer we taught Gillian how to play Go Fish. Last night she played a couple hands with Daddy. She is very good and loves to play. 

When I got home from work today she immediately asked "Can you play Go Fish with me?" I said "Yes, but we have to play in the kitchen." I pulled a chair up to our island and we played our first hand. Gillian won. We started the next hand and I blinked and she was on the floor. Somehow she fell out of the chair. I'm not sure how it happened, but the cards went flying. I got her an ice pack and we started the next hand. Even after falling out of the chair she still beat me! Love her.