Thursday, February 08, 2007

Valentine's Project



Jennah had a family Valentine's project this week. Her teacher made this basket out of a paper sack and as a family we had to decorate it. I don't know if all kids enjoy this as much as mine but they had a blast. Mrs. Lindsay only had a few rules it had to have her picture on it and her name, and everything else was up to Jennah. With Jennah being the middle child she seldom gets to call the shots. She completely enjoyed it. Jacksen could barely stand it. This is what we ended up with, and it is so Jennah!

Jacksen is having a Jump Rope for Heart jumpathon at school and is very excited about the very cheap prizes. He is quite the little salesman. As soon as he gets home from school every day this week he wants to call someone else to donate to him. We kept thinking we would have to tell him what to say, but he would just rattle it all off like he was a professional telemarketer. He is so big!

This was going to be the first week since Christmas break that both kids went to school all week, but it didn't happen. The first week back Jennah was sick for two days and Jacksen was sick one day with a stomach bug. The next week they were out all week with the ice storm. The next week was last week when Jennah and Joel were both sick. Jennah was home three days and Jacksen one (the day after we took Joel to the ER in the middle of the night). Then another snow day the same week. This week looked pretty promising until this morning Jacksen woke up with a fever so here we are another week with at least one kid not on a regular schedule. I guess that's what happens with little ones. I just hope this is what Jennah and Joel had last week and not something new!

Joel is feeling better he still follows me around everywhere. He is starting to try to talk more. He has now added Jon, drink, yes, and Dora to his vocabulary. It is so funny to hear him say words for the first time. Sometimes I think I am imagining it but yesterday Dora came on and he yelled "Dora!" I thought to myself did he just say Dora, and then Jennah yelled "Mom he said Dora!" so it wasn't just my imagination.

3 comments:

Jenny said...

What a cute basket! I am not very creative and that was one of my downfalls as an elementary teacher. Cooper is suppose to make 'homemade' valentines and I am stressing about that!

We haven't gotten a call from Jacksen!!! Cooper is into wanting to call & talk to people on the phone. It is cute to watch.

See ya this weekend!

Crystal Howard said...

We saw Jennah's bag at school. It was very cute. Nathan had to look at it every day.

Crystal

Anonymous said...

I can't wait until Rayleigh gets into needing to do all that stuff for school. Well, then again maybe I can. Britt