Saturday, June 8, 2013

In the summer time...


Summer time. I always have mixed feelings when this time of the year approaches. I look back over a successful year of directing and teaching and feel accomplished. There is no doubt though that I’m ready for the school year to wrap up and enjoy the time off but it also leaves me feeling melancholy. Saying goodbye to seniors and other students not returning, knowing that I will not have some students in class again, figuring out how to be a stay-at-home mom, instead of a working mom can be tough. Here are a few pictures from our first week of summer.

Not feeling good so he spent the morning watching cartoons and carrying his blanket around.

We went up to my room at school for a few minutes. I brought lots of toys to entertain him but he occupied himself with our class flag instead.

Playing with Charlie on the bed while I was getting ready.

Trying out the new slide!

So now the first week of summer has past, adjustments have been made and now the fun can really start. Carter is almost 17 months old and is so much fun to be around. He is making connections between things and is curious about everything. He has started feeding himself with utensils and is adamant about doing it himself. He is very patient when he’s feeding himself and he doesn’t seem to get overly frustrated when it takes him a long time or is difficult. He LOVES to be outside. We spend a lot of time playing with the water table or his Cozy Coupe or the pool. Yesterday, I bought him a slide just to add a little variety. Plus, it’s something he can play on that builds some independence. His vocabulary seems to be growing but it does require some deciphering. Here’s a list of his words/phrases and their translations (we think):


Oh ma= Oh, man!
Mo= Food and/or drink
Mall= ball
Dog=dog
Ninnie= Winnie and/or Charlie
Mom/Mommy/Mama= Me
Dada/ Da= Shelby
Me= Carter
Nee= Tree/Outside
Ernie= Ernie (as in Bert and Ernie)
Yeah= yes
No= No


He points A LOT to everything and to himself when he wants something. He claps any time we say “Good Job!” or when an audience applauds on TV. He likes to play peekaboo and patty cake. He likes to dance to music and he likes to make us laugh. He’s been teething, which is no fun for anyone. Yesterday, we took our first trip to the urgent care center because he was running a high fever. But thanks to medicine, our sweet, funny boy was back in no time. He is a serious player. I don’t mean with the ladies, I mean he plays seriously. There are times we hear him get quiet and find him amidst a pile of books, flipping through the pages. When he gets a new toy he studies it closely and intently trying to figure it out. Shelby and I have commented more than once how he really does seem to have qualities of both of us. When he has a new audience of people he likes to be at the center of it, he likes to entertain for sure. But he also observes new situations carefully and can entertain himself for long periods of time. This quiet time is great for me. It leaves me time to prepare for next year! Time to write new lesson plans and tweak others and hopefully have more time to update a blog!! 

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