Fall is here

Aug 2011 - Audrey 8 months, Matthew 3 yrs old

We survived the 100 degree temperatures and the long-awaited fall is here. The temperatures are in the 70-80's during the day, even 90s on a couple of days. But it is so pleasant compared to the 100 degree temperatures. Matthew likes to quote the nursery rhyme "Wee Willie Winkie" when he gets tired around 8pm and he is usually spot on but lately he says it around 7:30pm because it is getting darker earlier.

Audrey started saying "mama" last week. She wakes up very quietly in the mornings and then she will say "ma-ma". It is so sweet. She started sleeping through the night last week.

Matthew's teacher wrote in this in his notebook this week:

"The funniest thing happened outside. We had just talked about squirrels and how they hide their acorns. I noticed acorns dropping from one of the trees. Way up high there was a little squirrel pulling acorns off the tree and eating parts of them and then dropping the rest. I gathered all the kids under the tree to see the squirrel and then all of a sudden acorns started falling everywhere hitting the kids on their hands and tops of their heads. One of my little friends says 'Ms Andersen look, it's raining acorns!'

The kids are fascinated with the leaves falling from trees. They have also been looking for bugs (not sure why) In french, the kids are learning their colors and in spanish we are learning to count. Friday is technology and they have been doing matching games on the smart screen. Next week we will continue our learning on fall, adding pumpkins, scarecrow, and crows."

Matthew has decided to be buzz lightyear for halloween. He loves toy story. For the grandparents, if you want to get ahead on Christmas shopping, Matthew would love anything Toy story - toys, pajamas (3T), plastic plate set, etc. He would like any Disney classic movies on DVDs. He only has Shrek and Toy Story 1 on DVD.