Shoes

Kalani has been working on putting on his own shoes this week. He's been obsessed with the project. All he wanted to talk about was shoes. He carried them around the house, always trying to put them on with varying degrees of success-- and screams of anguish. At some point he figured out it was easier to put on big brother's shoes and then Keona started to find it difficult to find his shoes. Kalani even took a shoe to bed at night. Finally, on Saturday morning he came in our bedroom with HIS shoes on. SUCCESS!!! He was grinning from ear to ear. So Proud. Now he gets them on right -- sometimes -- and is quite happy with himself. And we are happy for him. It's really these moments that really make it worth it to be a parent.

Art...

It starts one place...but you never know where it will end up!!!!

The Final Frontier.....

In our continuing studies of the planets, we decided to make a model of the Solar System. So we got out our paints and balls and went to work. It really was an other worldly experience. We've also been reading lots of books and watching lots of videos.... so now we can throw around words like asteroids, planet, meteor, astronaut, gravity, and satellite. Keona's favorite video was one about Space Camp, so now he's all jazzed up about going to that one day.

Ugh! There he goes....

DESTROYING
MY
UNIVERSE
AGAIN!!!! K1 hopes his solar system will survive so that he can hang it over his bed and add the glow- in- the- dark stars that he got as a gift. However, K2 has other ideas....

K2

Me do it!


Me do it! I do it!
I wanna do it too!
How do I get my foot in this shoe?

Me do it! I do it!
I wanna do it too!
Which hole does my head go through?

Me do it! I do it!
I wanna do it too!
Will I be able to do it all…when I’m two?

Written by Lelani, November 07

Rocket ship to the stars...

Today we went and got a big box and began creating our own rocket ship. The boys had fun for hours. Sometimes I'd see but an eye or a finger and sometimes nothing at all. then I would hear..."Don't push that! No I want it closed! Stop! There are aliens out there!"...And then they would appear briefly in the window, pointing at some passing planet. Eventually, the screaming would reach a high pitch and the whole ship would come crashing down and Keona would storm out exclaiming he would never play with his brother again. LOL And somehow a day in space seemed to justify getting out the Toobers and Zots, which gave rise to dangerous space worms. All in all, it was a good day!

It's about full regalia for one; candy for the other...

Keona was excited about the chance to dress up in full HP regalia and go to school and walk the streets. Kalani wanted only the bare minimum, but he sure was into getting the candy. He even outpaced Keona.....

Halloween Festivities....

My Jack-o-Lantern (to tune of "Did You Ever See a Lassie?")

Oh, once I had a pumpkin,a pumpkin,a pumpkin,

Oh, once I had a pumpkin with no face at all.

With no eyes,and no nose, and no mouth, and no teeth,

Oh, once I had a pumpkin with no face at all.

So I made a jack-o-lantern,jack-o-lantern,jack-o-lantern,

So I made a jack-o-lantern with a big funny face.

With big eyes,and big nose, and big mouth, and big teeth,

So I made a jack-o-lantern with a big funny face.

*Author Unknown