MacHaffie Kids

Vacation

July 16, 2007

We were on vacation the week of July 4th at Black Butte. The boys went in swimming almost every day. They would play with toys in the wading pool, then one of us would take each of them into the big pool to float around with us carrying them.

They really like playing in water–we are going to look into finding a place where we can all go swimming.

New words: forklift, digger truck, tanker truck (we got a new truck book…can you tell?), Aunt Kathy, Heather (instead of heh-heh), blueberry, raspberry

The vacation set us back on potty training. We’re going to wait a while until they boys seem interested again.

Owen loves to vacuum. He plugs it in, then either puts the cord over his shoulder or hangs it up on something to keep it out of the way. He will also pick up things on the floor so it is clear for him to vacuum.

Andrew is working on contextual reading (reading when he has clues about what the words are). At Black Butte, the bike trails all have “STOP” printed in white text on the ground by each intersection with a road. Andy walked up to one of the stop signs, looked down and said “Stop”. Later, we saw a backhoe loader with “John Deere” printed on it (but not the logo–just the words). I said, “Andy, what does that say?” He said, “John Deere.”

Karen and Bob were out. The boys enjoyed seeing them.

We bought the boys new bicycle helmets so they could ride their tricycles safely. Andy put his helmet on in the store and didn’t take it off until dinner! At Black Butte, the boys rode their tricycles around. They really enjoyed it. Owen has the concept of “pedaling” down. Andy still just pushes himself around.

Since we’ve come back from vacation, the boys have been staying up as late as we have. We need to get them back on a regular earlier bedtime.

Pictures

Owen concentrating