Before our trip to Ohio, my mom asked if Fuller and I would like to go see Annie at the Schuster Theater in Dayton. I knew I wanted to (I think I jumped up and down while squealing like a little girl). I asked Fuller if he wanted to, and after a little explanation, he said he would LOVE to see Annie (seriously).
The three of us went last Saturday and it was such a fun experience. I had only ever seen the movie Annie, but I knew the songs was looking forward to sharing the magic with Fuller.
(video warning: Fuller gets a bit loud around 3:14.)
At the beginning of the month, Fuller reorganized his magnets on the magnetic calendar to represent the month of November. Afterwards we added special magnets for trips, holidays, and doctor appointments.
One of the magnets is for “haircut” and I use this as a tool to help Fuller accept the fact that he must get his hair cut. I allow him to pick a date (I gave him three options) to put the haircut magnet on the calendar. He picked today.
Even with the ownership and knowing it’s coming, we still have a hard time getting Fuller to submit to the inevitable. He is going to get a haircut.
This morning, Damon remembered his childhood Sesame Street favorite had a segment dealing specifically with haircuts. So, we pulled up youtube and found it:
Fuller immediately saw the correlation between the redheaded muppet and himself. Now when I pull out the clippers, I just have to remind Fuller that running through doors hurts, hair cuts do not.
Well, it finally happened! We’ve been doing school since August and had signed up for several field trips through our homeschool group. But due to rain and problems with rescheduling, we were down to one field trip and crossing our fingers we would actually get to go. It was supposed to be last Friday. Then it was supposed to be Tuesday. And finally we all convened at Mercy Stables this morning for a time of learning about farms, petting a miniature horse, taking a hay ride, and enjoying a picnic lunch together in the barn.
When we returned from Auburn last week we were met with a broken fridge and quite a messy house. I decided then and there we needed a break.
Fuller and I had been struggling with school, where it was becoming me pulling him along and everyone getting generally frustrated. So we took the week off. I didn’t have restrictions on TV, we went to the playground, the museum, and just relaxed.
And it was great.
What was even better was when we started school again today. Fuller was eager, obedient, and looking forward to what came next.
We were supposed to go on a field trip tomorrow with our homeschool group. Unfortunately it is probably going to rain (AGAIN) so it is being rescheduled. This is field trip number three that has been rescheduled due to rain. I just hope the forecast for Thursday keeps and we can actually make this one up (we haven’t been able to make up the other ones due to travel).
So, besides the field trip messiness, it looks like we are getting back into the groove. And we are happy about it.
So, Tebow has graduated to the Cheerios stage of food experimentation. He refuses to eat pureed baby food, so we throw mushy and dissolvable food on his tray. Some of it makes it in his mouth, some of it, not so much.
Last weekend, at my Grandma’s, we gave him Cherrios for the first time. He seemed to like them, picking the pieces of cereal up in his tiny fingers and putting them in his mouth. His six teeth manage to break some, others just fall out in the uncoordinated effort of feeding himself.
Most kids end up eating Cherrios at some point in their lives. One of the things Cherrios tries to do in their mission is not only bring food to kids, but to bring books. The Spoonful of Stories program offers free books inside boxes of Cherrios. Right now you can find one of five books distributed by Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. Continue Reading »
I know I’ve been ranting and raving over Fuller’s reading lately, but I have to say, I’m also enjoying reading to Fuller.
One of our lessons is read aloud, a time in the day where I read aloud to Fuller from a chapter book.
Oh, wait. The video above has nothing to do with this post. I just liked it. It’s comedy. And catchy.
Ahem.
I read aloud to Fuller from a chapter book. We had to make a special trip to McKay’s to pick up chapter books I thought Fuller would enjoy. It was a fun little field trip and we came home with an armful of books and I had such fun visions of our future read aloud time.
Read aloud is more than just a fun story time. It helps Fuller develop his memory and learning to follow a plot from day to day. He gets to hear character development and invest more than five minutes to story. Also, since there are rarely illustrations, his imagination gets a workout.
The first book we read was Stuart Little. It was a fun story for Fuller, but I think he felt it was unresolved at the end.
Now we have moved on to Charlotte’s Web. He has been enjoying the story so far. We were doing only one chapter a day, but recently some chapters have slight cliffhangers, so Fuller begs for at least one more chapter.
Even though it is part of “school,” what I have really been enjoying is the curling up on the couch with Fuller. I like the cuddling and giggling, the voices, the story, and the discussion to follow. And I like how I am reconnecting with Fuller through the art of storytelling.
Ever since Tebow came into our lives, Fuller hasn’t been number one all the time. And often, if he is getting all our attention, it can be quickly pushed aside to focus on Tebow and his immediate needs. I have to admit, I’ve missed the time when it was just Fuller and me. And somehow, when school time turns to read aloud, we get a little bit of that back.
We’ve reached the part in Charlotte’s Web where she starts spinning webs that share a message. I can’t wait to see what he thinks about Wilbur being “Some Pig” because I really think Fuller is some amazing boy.
. It was a fun story for Fuller, but I think he felt it was unresolved at the end. 
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