I haven’t posted Tot School in several weeks. It doesn’t mean we weren’t doing anything, but it does mean we weren’t doing a lot of structured or planned activities.
We had a garage sale, took a vacation, prepared for VBS at church, had a cousin come to visit for several days, went swimming, and found plenty of other ways to keep busy…like spending lots of time on the new playset in our backyard!
Alex has been asking me to sit and do Tot School with him, and I’ve been missing it too! Here’s a little of what we’ve done this week when we’ve found a little time to spare.
We found Candyland, and we’ve had fun playing it together. After 3 or 4 tries, Alex has caught on to the rules. It’s actually kind of fun to play with him now that he understands!
Helping Daddy – Daddy has been working hard to build a playset for the boys, and Alex has helped(?!) whenever he can!
Alex also helped Daddy clean the siding this week. Unfortunately, Daddy didn’t know that Alex’s cousin Kyle taught him another use for the hose this week…which means that Daddy got SOAKED when Alex got hold of the hose! ;)
Helping Mommy – Alex helped Mommy make pizza for dinner this week. Mommy measured the ingredients, and Alex carefully stirred. It was almost mess-free. I was impressed! 
Glue – a current favorite. I think we did 6 pages from his Pasting book today! He is getting pretty good at following instructions (where to place glue, where to place the pictures) and also at using the glue nicely.
Uh, did I say using the glue nicely? I looked away to cut out the flowers for the next page, and this is how Alex put the glue at the top of each kite string. Oops!
Alex’s picks – he pulled out some of our watermelon activities. I told him a color, and he would pick that color magnet to put on his magnet page. (Making Learning Fun)
There’s lots to learn on vacation, like what it feels like to touch a shark.
And, at Alex's request, here are some pictures of him driving his forklift. He wouldn’t let me sit to post Tot School until I’d taken the pictures and loaded them on the computer ;)
My Tiny Tot
This little guy (10 months old) has finally decided that he wants to stand up and to crawl. He’s been working very hard on these new skills! Good job, Max!
I think we’ll doing X is for Xylophone. We’ll see how the weekend goes, and if there’s time to prepare. I’m obviously not being too formal for the summer - I’ve decided we’ll get through Z, do random fun Tot School for whatever is left of the summer, and pick up with Letter A again in September.
Have a great week!