November 27 letter

November 27, 2006

So far the boys have had an energetic day. We went to the gym this morning – it took us 25 minutes to make a 5 minute drive. The reason? The school buses weren’t running. Turns out that SOME parents were called by their children’s drivers and some weren’t. Andrea and crew were amongst those NOT contacted. Anyway, for all those folks who were called, the parents ended up driving their children to school. The traffic was, as a result, backed up all the way to Covington.

At the gym, the boys played in the room while I sat on a recumbent bike and cycled for 20 minutes. Jason and Xander were delighted with the process because they got to meet and play with other children. Indeed, Xander didn’t want to leave. He was having too much fun.

We then went to Fred Meyer (using backroads) where we bought food for lunch and dinner and some supplies for our day’s craft project. When we got home, I sent the boys out into the backyard to play in the remnants of the snow while I prepared lunch. (They had teriyaki noodles and fruit). After lunch, we read a few books and then, while Jason lay down and listened to Harry Potter, Xander went down for his nap. Once Xander was down, Jason and I worked on his reading, then I read some to him, then he played one of his new learning computer games. While he did the latter, I washed and cleaned. After a bit, he turned off the computer and we began our Rain Forest project – beads. Jason also made a dragonfly out of pipe cleaners. The beads are drying. Tomorrow we will paint and thread them. Next Jason worked on his writing of letters. I actually have some film of him writing (and singing the letter sounds) while Xander illustrates next to him. Now Jason is busily cutting out shapes and Xander is drawing on the chair… I really should stop this and get him down. Excuse me.