Lesson of the Day
Feb 7th, 2011 by Alicia
Last week I took the boys to the Windom library while Daryl took Anna ice skating with friends.
After I was there a little while, I started to feel pretty weak again (I was very sick last week) and went to get my purse. I called Daryl and asked if they could be done at 2:30, and went back into the library room where Alex had been reading a board book on a cute little chair.
And found that Alex had become bored.
Books were everywhere. My knees nearly buckled.
And so, I told the boys we needed to clean it up. I got down on the ground and began picking up books. Jack jumped up to help, and he was quickly handing me piles of this series numbers 8 through 12, and reshelving this series numbers 44 through 50.
Alex occasionally threw himself on the floor and muttered about being bored. But he was a little jealous of the way I kept thanking Jack and saying how much he rocked, and he does like numbers. So he at least occasionally put in a bit of an effort.
Lesson of the day for the boys:
Numbers, letters, alphabetizing, helping out
Lesson of the day for Mama:
Next time, send Alex with Daddy.
Very true about sending the wee one with daddy. Today we went to the library. My 2.5yr old loved pulling books off the shelves in a maniacal fashion. When I told my sister about it, she mentioned my 3 yr old nephew does similar things at the library. So glad you are on the mend.
See, you are a WAY better mom than I; if I’m feeling wobbly *we just don’t go out*.
But then Alex couldn’t have kicked butt.
Feel better soon!
Ooops! You handled it very well–congratulations on not blowing a fuse! (Especially since you weren’t feeling well in the first place!) And it sounds like both boys got an important lesson!
Would your family be willing to vote for cookies and continents in our graphing project? We need lots of data! Thanks!
Done! If it doesn’t come through (Blogger almost always seems to eat my comments no matter how I try to leave them!!!!), let me know and I’ll post them here.
Well, we’ve been cooped up so long that it seemed criminal not to get everybody out.
And thanks!
funny! i’m a new follower- have a safe trip to FL- it’s my home state! we’re on the gulf in southwest fl-
there are lots of great (and affordable) things to do- if you have an ASTC membership (you can get one for $35) that will allow your family to visit many museums across the country for free … let me know if you need it – happy to help or make any suggestions for ya’ – i used to write a “one tank trip” column for the state of fl too…
I wish I’d seen this sooner! I’ll have to get some of your ideas for the next trip.
Thanks!