Holiday Season 2010

I was trying to sleep and Jack was rummaging around in my purse. After a while he stood next to the bed saying "Look Nancy!" I thought it was a little purse or bag until he hung it on the tree. When Sean woke up Jack said, "Sean, look! I have something very special to show you!"

5:16 is the new 6:15

Jack has a sheet of paper that says "6:15" on it so he knows what the clock is supposed to look like before he gets out of bed. At 5:19 or so this morning he was discussing the matter with Sean and Jack said, "but if you turn...the...paper...around....then it's time to get up!" not rocket science, but still!

Members night at the Academy of Sciences

Jack boldly decided he wanted to shake the albino alligator's hand AND get his picture taken.

The Fire Department Museum

A couple of mornings ago, Jack invited Sean into his "Fire Department Muzeezum"
when Sean asked him what he had to show people in his Fire Department Muzeezum, Jack said, "blocks!"

trying to get Jack to sleep

this weekend we began implementing the process of having Jack put himself to sleep.

at one point he started yelling out "Sean! I have a story to tell yoooooooou! It's very exciiiiiiiiiiiiting!"

Thanksgiving 2010

Two highlights from a lovely evening at Jen and Matt's house:

Jack is hanging onto the floor lamp and when I asked him to stop because I'm afraid he will tip the lamp over he says, "I am sliding down the firepole Mama"

Jack buddies up with the two teenage kids of Matt's sister. we have to tear Jack away. In the car ride home Jack says, "I am not happy Mama", when I ask him why he says, "I don't want to leave my nice people."

Jack's never been a great sleeper

I tell myself that one day he will be a teenager and it will be all I can do to rile him out of bed and harass him to go walk the dog while I sit at the kitchen table drinking my coffee and reading my book.
But for now Jack takes a long time to go to sleep and he wakes up at obscenely early hours in the morning. I realized in the last couple days that it's due in part to the fact that he doesn't eat a lot of dinner so I think when he stirs in the morning he's really hungry and it's hard for him to go back to sleep.
This morning he woke up at 3:30 demanding strawberries (!). I told him I didn't have any strawberries but I had blueberries if he wanted some. So we laid down in bed together under the covers, I asked him if he was cozy and he said, yes, then he smiled at him and giggled and ate blueberries, occasionally putting one in my mouth too.
So if he's going to wake up at 3:30 AM demanding fruit, at least he shares, right?

I know this isn't the right method for getting him to go back to sleep, okay? I know that I should just tell him it's time to sleep, shut the door and let him cry. I also know I'm not helping him become a better sleeper, and that makes me a bad parent. But you know what? I can't help it. I think that if he wakes up and wants a banana that he must be hungry and if he's sitting on the edge of his bed wide awake telling me he's done sleeping, he's probably not going to just lay down in his bed and turn over and go back to sleep. He's probably going to get up and play, and more often than not, bonk his head or tip something over or open a jar of something I didn't even realize I left out and he's STILL NOT GOING TO SLEEP. I'm not trying to defend my actions, I'm just saying the logic that comes to mind when it's 3:30 in the morning and I'm cold.
And frankly, getting under the covers and singing the ABC song with my warm, cuddly, sweet-smelling little boy with the soft curly head of hair rested against my arm seems pretty attractive. Certainly more attractive than trying to go back to bed and listening to him scream for the next two hours during which I WILL STILL NOT BE GOING TO SLEEP EITHER. So I'll help him pay for his therapy if it ruins him as an adult, which I just don't believe it will.

So I tucked him back in and he slept for another hour, but when he woke up at 4:30 there was no going back to sleep. So we laid in bed and told stories and whatnot until 6 when I finally said it was okay for him to get up.

Only 10 more years 'til he's a teenager...

Jack at the pumpkin patch

with Tycco, his best friend in the whole world.

Jack at the farmer's market

a couple weeks ago at Alemany farmer's market with my mom
holding a ginger plant

Recent posts from facebook

Some of you may know that I post Jack stories (but never pictures) on facebook. But I think it makes me neglect the blog.

Anyway, the last few posts were:

what does Fireman Jack love about trick or treating?
locating the "smoke" coming out of the dry iced machine and putting out the fire with his firehose!!

Nov 8: It rained today so we busted out Jack's fireman rain boots. He'll be unstoppable now.

Jack refers to his bedroom to his Fire Department or his Fire Station.

Halloween:

Jack will not be wearing the hand-made-by-local-art-professor-Gail-Dawson-"Max (Where The Wild Things Are)" costume that he looks utterly adorable in and was graciously passed down from animal-loving friend Chester when he outgrew it even though it hasn't a stain on it. No, he will be Fireman Jack. sigh.

yesterday Jack woke up from his nap and rubbed my nose for about 15 minutes. then he said, "I want to tell you the story of Where Are The Wild Things (sic)", which he did. The story took an unexpected turn when Max became a fireman and started putting out forest fires. Max still ended up at home eating his supper that was still warm, but afterward he took off his fire hat and his fire coat and his fire pants and his fire boots and his fire diaper and took a little nap.

Incident report: November 8, 2010

1:40 pm
Jack and another child were playing together in the house, and the window got closed on Jack's finger (no cut or bruise)
Hugs and kisses were applied

Jack and Tycco at classmate Sasha's birthday party

I love Jack and Tycco's relationship. They really operate like twins. Sometimes I can picture them as little old balding men cracking each other up.

We're looking into switching Jack from his current daycare for preschool next year and I have to say that in spite of all the reasons to move him the idea of taking him away from Tycco (and the school he knows) breaks my heart.

I thought I posted these earlier, but maybe I didn't

When we still lived in the Sunset district we would occasionally walk to the farmer's market on Sundays, eat some strawberries and listen to the bands. Jack loves strawberries. As god is my witness, Jack did not pose for these pictures.

combining digital formats

This blog is the only way I post Jack on the internet. Too many crazies out there. But sometimes I post what he says on facebook. Then I forget to post it to the blog.

I also seem to take a lot more pictures with my below-average cell phone because it's handy than I do with an actual camera. Then I have a bunch on my phone and when I'm riding the bus or something I send them to myself, so there is generally a backlog of old pictures. Not to mention the stack of comments from last summer daycare.

Ah well, you do what you can.

These couple of pictures are actually really recent, just last Thursday out at Heron's Head park, walking the dog. Jack kept running towards me laughing and saying he was going to catch me. Then he'd grab my legs and laugh uproariously.

Jack is very preoccupied with working as a fireman these days. The fire department is about three blocks from our house so we frequently drive by on our way to school and whatnot to see if we can see the trucks and the firefighters. Jack is very excited about the fire poles right now. And I was kind of marveling the other day at the fact that in spite of all our technology the fastest way we as a species have figured out to get from one floor to another is still a pole. Kind of beautiful in its simplicity.

Here's a couple of Jack quotes. One is a story that he dictated to me and the other was just one of the many glorious moments of hanging out with him.

"My story is about Fireman Jack with a helmet and his fire coat on and his boots on. And he slide down the pole and he got in his fire engine and he drive to the fire. And then I put out the fire. And THEN everybody clapped their hands for the brave Fireman Jack. He took off his helmet and his boots and then he took a break. He rest on his pillow." -Jack Simon

Jack and I put two straws in a smoothie and while we were drinking he looked up at me from over his straw and said with a mischievous grin, "no laughing!"

Fall 2010 Assessment by Christina Sosa

Social Development:
Jack engages in both parallel and cooperative play with his peers. He will seek to include particular peers in activities that interest him. "Come on Tycco, let's go outside," he says running outside with his friend. Upon arriving at school, Jack benefits from close interactions with his teachers or solitary play before joining the group and exploring the various activities. He has established strong relationships with his caregivers and seeks them out when in need of quiet interactions or comfort. His imagination continues to expand as he uses several different props from around the room and leads his friends in play, taking a train ride, going to the grocery store, and pretending to put out fires. "We are firefighters" Jack says as he points his block in the air and pretends to put out a fire.

Cognitive Development:
Every morning around 11:15 the children come together for a short group time, in which they participate in various activities, identify concepts, match objects, read books, sing songs, etc. Jack is always very excited and eager to join his friends on their red circle mats. "I wanna sit with Tycco," he says. His attention span continues to grow as he sits and listens to Olive, our storyteller, who tells stories from around the world. Jack spends a lot of time constructing in the building area. He is able to stay focused and engaged in a building project for quite some time, constructing fire hoses, buildings, and towers. "Look Megan. It's a big one!" he says proudly.

Areas your child is currently working on include...
Emotional Development:
We continue to help Jack learn appropriate ways to express himself when he experiences conflict with his friends. When upset or frustrated, Jack will often scream or cry. We continue to encourage him to use his words and work out conflicts with his peers independently. "I'm using that" or "I need space" are just a few of the phrases we are working with Jack to remember when he is communicating with his peers.
Self-help:
Jack is working on completing two to three-part instructions independently. For example, after lunch Jack will put his dishes in the dirty dish bin, put his lunchbox in his cubby and wash hands before engaging in play. We continue to encourage him to complete tasks independently within the classroom such as-cleaning up after using materials, opening and closing his lunch box, and taking care of his personal belongings. Towards the end of the semester Jack has become less resistant to using the potty. We are continuing to help him feel more comfortable with this process.

We (teachers, caregivers, families) can help your child learn and develop in the program by...

• Continuing to provide opportunities for the development of independent conflict resolution, with suggestions and appropriate dialogue
• Providing opportunities for Jack to further develop his self-help skills and independence.
• Continuing to provide dialogue that Jack can use to express himself when he's upset or frustrated.
• Continuing to provide verbal prompts and reminders when asking Jack to follow a two to three-part instruction.

You can help your child learn and develop at home by...

• Continuing to support Jack's growing desire for independence, offering opportunities for him to develop self-help skills.
• Providing Jack with dialogue to use to help successfully express his emotions.

Jack story

"My story is about Fireman Jack with a helmet and his fire coat on and his boots on. And he slide down the pole and he got in his fire engine and he drive to the fire. And then I put out the fire. And THEN everybody clapped their hands for the brave Fireman Jack. He took off his helmet and his boots and then he took a break. He rest on his pillow." -Jack Simon

Story of Fireman Jack by Jack

as dictated to Nancy:
"My story is about Fireman Jack with a helmet and his fire coat on and his boots on.
And he slide down the pole and he got in his fire engine and he drive to the fire.
And then I put out the fire
And THEN everybody clapped their hands for the brave Fireman Jack!
He took off his helmet and his boots and then he took a break.
He rest on his pillow.

Jack tells stories

Jack has been requesting new songs and stories on topics of his choice for a couple weeks now. Most recently he started telling us stories which used to involve a melding of events from school, recently obtained owies, the antics of Thomas the Train and Fireman Sam and trying out new words. Today he started a story out with "Once upon a time there was a fireman named Jack..."

There has been an incident

Child's name: Jack Simon
Date: 10/4
Adult Reporting: Megan Parkinson
Time: 11:05
Incident: bumped his head
Description: Jack was building with blocks outside and he slipped and bonked his head on a stool

If this is an injury, first aid: I offered ice and gave lots of TLC but he wanted to get back to playing.

Jack reprimands me out of the blue

"Mama you are talking a lot and a lot to me all day long! You are not paying attention to what you are supposed to do! you are just being crazy Mama! You are just being crazy!"

Lucy and Jack

For a while I was determined to get sand into Jack's sandbox. It's cleaner than dirt, doesn't fly around as much and doesn't get muddy, and probably a little more fun to dig in. It's also really expensive and hard to transport if you can find it for free. So we settling on a dirt box for now. We keep it covered when not in use and Lucy enjoys it too.

Chrissy Field, September 9

On a warm day Chrissy Field is great. Lucy can run around and tear it up with the other dogs, Jack can play in the pools of water in the sand. The picture with his hat and coat on is from when we first arrived and Jack looked at the ocean and said, "I don't want to go in the water, I just want to watch...the waves....float."
Later, he was down to his skivvies splashing in and out of the water, digging in the sand.

construction and destruction

Jack wants to read Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel every day at least twice. He is especially interested in the part where Mary Ann can't get any jobs because the new shovels are doing all the work and she and Mike are VERY SAD. He also likes the part where the fire department comes because the steam shovel is making so much smoke they think it is a fire.

He loves the part where the steam shovel is making noise: BANG! CRASH! FASTER AND FASTER! LOUDER AND LOUDER! Jack laughs and yells this part out loud and throws his fists in the air like he's cheering.

Jack is also very interested in breaking things these days. We are trying to figure out things for him to break to direct his energy.

bummer

So I brought Jack back to the Janet Pommeroy center for swimming lessons, but we had to miss the first week because our friend Lisa desperately needed a place for her son Lorem to come and play (see pictures above of warming up after hot afternoon/wading pool fun). So we went to make up on Thursday and for the first time since Jack started swimming his swim diaper leaked poop into the pool! Jack was pretty traumatized. We got out first and when everyone else had to get out, Jack put two and two together and just cried and cried.

Last week he had a cold so we skipped. In the meantime we're trying to get Jack started using pull-ups instead of diapers. Well those looked like swim diapers to him and he wasn't having any of that!!

So today we went to swimming and Jack did not want to go. I told him we would just go watch the other kids and if he didn't want to get in he didn't have to. I also had to borrow a disposable swim diaper from the pool. Jack did not want to put that on either. So we went out to the pool side with Jack in the nude and he watched for a while as the other kids got in the pool. After a while he said that yes, he would like to get in and I told him we had to put on the swim diaper for him to go in the pool. And he did!

Unfortunately, today a different kid pooped in the pool and we all had to get out right after song time! But Jack was willing to wear a pull-up after swim class and even tried his best to pull one up when we were getting him ready for bed tonight.

He really likes to talk about all this pooping in the pool. He says, "Mama, I want to talk about the pool." and I say, "okay, Jack, what happened in the pool" and he rattles off how he went poop in the pool and everyone had to get out and he was sad, etc. Now he ends the story with "there was poop in the pool, but Jack didn't do it, another kid did it!"

ratchet

on a recent visit to a neighbors house Jack became enamored with a ratchet. Sean gave him two to play with and he uses them for everything from fixing Blue Guy's (know by some as Grover's) nose to putting out forest fires and fixing his bed.

Tonight he started pounding on his dresser with them and told Sean he was "making moons!"

today in the garden Jack made rainbows with the hose for the first time.

Daily Record August 13, 2010

Daily Record, August 13, 2010:

Jaeden was looking through the window into the other toddler room and pointing at a book. Teacher Tim noticed and came over to our room with the garbage truck book. "I want a turn" said Jack. "I wanna see it" said Tycco "What's going on O?" asked Armond. Tim read the book out loud and then each child took a turn reading it themselves. All of the children were interested in the new book.

summer drawing to an end

The first image is from the summer newsletter from daycare, shows the kids in Jack's class. We were lucky that even though Monika (who we really liked) left for a study abroad program, she was replaced by Megan who Jack knew a little already and will also be in Jack's transitional room in the fall.

all other photo creds go to Sean. he has an ability to capture moments that I only dream of.

in the morning:
Jack wakes up and calls "Maaaaaaaaaaaaaamaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
I go in and say, "hi Jack"
He says "I am waking up now"
I ask him what he wants to do. Sometimes he wants to go sit on the potty. Other times he wants to eat breakfast right away. When he sits on the potty he usually says, "it's not working yet." and then when he pees: "it's working!"
this morning he said, "sometimes it takes a little while"

summer childcare is ending and Jack will start the fall in a new, "transition" room. His friend Anna, sadly, will not be there. Her mom graduated and found a French immersion school for Anna near where they live in East Bay. However, Tycco will still be there and also a new friend Jack made named Will.
they won't have intake forms anymore, so maybe I'll finally get caught up on the stack I have sitting by our (still not hooked up) computer at home. And I swear I'll try to do a better job of keeping up to date on the blog in general.

tomorrow Jack and I are planning to plant some pumpkin seeds in his own little section of the garden. I'm going to separate out a little row from the area that he (hopefully) will have a sandbox. Jack is very excited about the pumpkin seeds but I think he thinks there's jack-o-lanterns inside of the envelope. I hope he's not too disappointed when we open it.

ASI ECEC Daily Record August 11, 2010

Jack enjoyed taking teacher Debin's temperature and putting her to sleep with friend Anna this afternoon. Jack told teacher Debin her temperature was "40-40-9-6", and let her know how sick she was once he diagnosed me, Jack patted my back and told me to sleep!

Daily Record August 9, 2010

Jack had a really great time this summer at daycare. Sadly, his good friend Anna left after the summer session ended. Her mom lives in Oakland and graduated so she found a preschool in Oakland for Anna to attend.

Jack asks her about with some frequency.

from the Daily Record, August 9, 2010:

Jack enjoyed playing a game of "Simon Says" this afternoon. He stood watching his teacher and attempted to copy the gestures she made. He smiled and giggled with friends as he played this. Once he was finished he rode his bicycle around watching us from afar.

Daily Record: Water Tower construction

Jack really enjoyed building a "water tower", using magnet sticks and plastic tubee. He told his teacher, "Debin I'm building a water tower!" Tycco joined in bringing magnets to Jack, as Jack strategically placed them along his tower! He did this all morning long letting everyone know "look out" so they did not step on his water tower.

Daily Record

Today Jack played a lot with Jaeden. They spent a lot of time together working on setting up the train tracks and adding trains. When Anna came over to join them, Jack was quick to pass her a few trains. Later we all went outside together and Jack and Jaeden had a lot of fun riding the scooter bikes together.

Daily Record: Tunnel construction team

Jack enjoyed building a tunnel with Tycco this afternoon. He let his teachers know "It's hard work building a tunnel!" He made train noises with Tycco as they went under the bridge. Tycco would say "Help me Jack Jack!" Jack would then attempt to fix the "problem" and sing his own version of train songs he made up.

Jack and his shovel

Yesterday before nap Jack kissed his Duplo excavator shovel good night, covered it with his blanket and asked me to read a story to it. Thank you Grandma Katherine!!

the wisdom of Jack

this picture was taken in Wisconsin at my friend Karen's house. Jack and her daughter Sophie had a blast together, jumping up and down and yelling...I can't remember what they were yelling over and over, Karen if you read this, do you remember?

Jack puts on his sunglasses.
Me: oh Jack, you look so handsome!
Jack: yes, I look very fansome
Me: how in the world did you get some handsome?
Jack: I put on my sunglasses Mama!

Big bug in the garden.
Me: Hey Jack, look at that great big bug.
Jack: Where is it going Mama?
Me: well I don't know, where do you think it's going?
Jack: to eat some snacks and put on his jammies and take a little nap.

Daily Record 2. August 2010

Jack enjoyed walking with Armand and Anna this morning on a classroom walk. The children walked holding hands, with each other, and their teachers. Once we arrived to the grassy area Jack asked Teacher Debin "What's this?!" Teacher Debin replied "It's Dirt!" Jack squatted down, pondered, and then said, "hmm...I wonder!"

Daily Record 28. July 2010

Jack really enjoyed "fixing" our classroom, since so many things were broken! jack and Anna took apart all the windows, and unscrewed all the screws inside our classroom. When I asked Jack what he was doing he smiled and said "we are fixing things right now, Debin!"

Daily Record 26. July 2010

Jack and Teacher Debin talked about our weekends while changing Jack's diaper. Teacher Debin told Jack she went to the mall, and while she was there, she saw Jack's green shoes at the "Croc Store!" He told his teacher "I would really like to go there," as she explained to him the type of Croc shoes she saw.

Daily Record 23. July 2010

Jack enjoyed taking turns and sharing his firetruck outside with friends. He decided to bury the firetruck and unbury it while he laughed and played with friends.

AM Snack: eggs with veggies (Jack never eats this at home!)

Daily Record 21. July 2010

Jack was a little sad about coming to school today, he wanted to stay home with Poppa and Mama.

Jack was very interested in taking Anna's temperature this afternoon. Anna would tell Jack "no, not right now, I'm ok!" Jack would then let Anna know "No, you need to take it right now, I want to do it!" The two children chased and ran after one another until they reached the conclusion that one classroom doggie "Carl" needed his temperature taken since he was the sick one.

Rested: 12:05 to 12:25 VERY TIRED TODAY

Daily Record 19. July 2010

Today Jack & Anna read books outside by themselves in a corner when Anna got up, and exclaimed: "Jack you are driving me crazy!"
Jack followed Anna with his book in hands yelling "Anna-bean, wait, why am I driving you crazy!?" The two children followed one another until they both came to the conclusion they both needed "alone time." :)

AM Snack: ramen with veggies
PM Snack: bean & cheese quesadilla

Jack never eats either of those things at home!

Daily Record 16. July 2010

Jack enjoyed playing in room 6 this morning with friends. He explored the classroom by walking around it first, then joined his friend Tycco in playing trucks, and building with blocks. He grabbed some from the "science area" and told his teacher "look at me with your binoculars!"

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Jack enjoyed wearing the outside hats this afternoon. He placed a straw hat on his head and when his teachers asked Jack "Are you Farmer Jack?" Jack replied, "No! I'm Jack Simon!" he went along pushing his cart letting friends know he was wearing "Jack's hat."

(note from November 2010: Jack still likes to handle his own identity. Sometimes when I refer to him as Fireman Jack he'll say, "no Mama, today I'm just Regular Jack". And in the same way he likes me to make up songs and stories about Fireman Jack, he likes me to make up songs and stories about Regular Jack.)

Daily Record 12. July 2010

Jack really enjoyed our classroom walk this afternoon!
He tumbled around the grassy area, near the business building, and giggled as he fell onto the grass. Tycco and Jack held hands, and fell on top of each other. They laughed hilariously as they continuously did this!

Daily Record 30. July 2010

Jack and Anna NEEDED to change the babies diapers and let everyone know by telling them "We must change the babies diapers!"
Jack and Anna took off their socks, placed them on their hands and used them as gloves. Jack explained "We have gloves like Teacher Monika and Teacher Debin!" He finished changing his babies. :)

Daily Record 9. July 2010

we had a campfire last night! Jack doesn't smell like smoke because we were smoking! no no no!

Jack really took the time to observe his friends this afternoon, when a few friends became upset Jack watched his friends, and then would ask "Are you ok?" He would tell his friends to "use their words" and show his care by consoling them (when upset.) At one point Jack even gave his "pizza" to a friend in order to feel better in these "hard times." :)

Daily Record 8. July 2010

Jack decided to play with our two classroom birds after lunch. Solomon asked for the yellow bird and Jack said "no" but then Solomon asked for the rainbow bird and Jack said "of course you can use it!" Then they played with the birds together.

Daily Record 7. July 2010

Jack was digging out in the big yard today with friends. He was very excited as he scooped the dirt from one hole to another, he exclaimed "we are working together!"

Independence Day 2010

We have a standing event we go to for July 4th each year. We go down to the strip called Mission Creek park by the boathouses for a community potluck. They always have great stuff for the kids to do like a big tub full of water and music and space to run around.
We stopped at Philz coffee on the way there to load up on caffeine and Jack wanted to see inside my pie box. In the pictures above he is telling me that he wants to eat some of that pie now and he doesn't understand why I am telling him "no".

Daily Report 2. July 2010

Jack woke up in a splendid mood this afternoon. He was happily greeted by his friends who yelled "Jack Jack!" He stood there and smiled, and was eager to play. He sat with Anna and cooked in teh kitchen then let her put the baby to sleep. They enjoyed playing together. :)

Summer newsletter

Teachers: Debin, Shelby, Shella

Daily Report 30. June 2010

After coming inside Jack insisted upon reading a book, because it "made sense!" When his teacher went over to check on Jack, he was sprawled along the floor with the train book, dragging his trains along withe the magnet tools. He continued to drag his trains, while peeking over at the book and reading it.

There has been an incident!

9:15 am:
Incident: While running outside playing Jack fell onto the outside pavement.
Description: Small red bump along top of forehead. sat down with cold cloth and lots of hugs. Felt better and resumed play.

5 pm:
Incident: While Jack & friends were doing water play Jack and some children ran onto grassy area. Jack fell up against brick wall area while running.
Description: small red scratch on right side of arm/elbow. Applied cool cloth, and wipes to clean area. Jack was eager to continue to play, so he declined hugs and kisses. :)

Daily Record 28. June 2010

Jack enjoyed water play this afternoon, outside with friends!
Jack poured water filled with bubbles inside cups for all of his friends. He told his teacher to "take a drink of milk/soup, but blow on it, it's hot!" We continued to blow on the drink until Jack said "it's warm now!"

PM Snack: pizza bagels/fruit (Jack really enjoyed picking out his own on the plate!)

Daily Record 25. June 2010

New shoes (might be a little too big)

Jack, Leilah, and Holden really enjoyed sitting together under the loft in our "privacy area." they sat together and pretended to look at pictures through the camera, as well as take pictures with one another. :)

Daily record: June 23 2010

Jack and Solomon were playing on the loft with magnet sticks. Jack told the teacher "we are putting out big fires!" and then they continued to blow them out.

Daily record: June 18, 2010

Jack loved our walk today. He ran back and forth to a teacher while he laughed with excitement.

daily record: June 16, 2010

Jack enjoyed napping his baby with Anna outside today. He lied down and sang "night,night baby" and patted his baby's bottom. He whispered and told his teachers "shh, baby is sleeping." The two continued to do this inside the class as well.

Daily Record: June 14, 2010

Jack enjoyed playing basketball outside today with freinds and leilahs mommy. They pretended Leilah's mommy was the hoop, and attempted to shoot. Once Jack made a basket, Leilah's mommy would yell "yay" and give her friends and Jack all high-fives!
Jack continued to play and give hi-fives to friends and Leilah's mommy!

Daily Record 11. June 2010

Jack enjoyed water play this afternoon! He explored the water by splashing in green food color, and using soap to make bubbles. Jack and friends enjoyed pouring the green water onto one another, and splashing each other to stay cool! :)

Daily Record 8. June 2010

Jack was very excited to go on our classroom's walk today! We explored campus as a group, and let the children run around the grassy areas. Jack was eager to run around with friends: Anna, Solomon, and Leilah. All three children grabbed each others hands and sang "ring around the rosey." once they all leapt onto the ground, Jack insisted on rolling around in the grass getting wet. He laughed as he did this.

Daily Record 7. June 2010

Jack enjoyed reunited with old friends today. While playing in the kitchen area making food/cooking he would put something into his pots/pans and pretend to cook. Then blow on his food telling his teachers. "Hot, it's Hot!" We played this for about 15 mins.

Daily Record

Jack held hands and went on a walk today. He and Tycco had fun sitting in the dirt and digging with sticks. They scooped up the dirt and made piles of it on the bench and took turns brushing it off. :)

Daily Record 17. May 2010

Jack enjoyed splashing in the rain this morning. :)
He was chasing his friends and stomping in puddles together.

don't worry about it mama

Jack comes up with these complete sentences that are hilarious.

"Hey! I've got an idea!"

"don't worry about it mama"

"I only wear one shoe like Tycco"

More Jack art

Jack always draws on both sides of the paper...

Jack art

April 2010

Daily record: May 14, 2010

Jack visited Room 6 today with freidns. He really liked an activity that had balls, Slinkies and colorful pieces of plastic. He filled up small glass jars with all the pieces and dumped them out again. :)

Daily Record 12. May 2010

Jack enjoyed playing in Room 6/yard. He was really interested in the doll house in the yard and the mud puddles. :)

Daily Record: May 10, 2010

Jack and Solomon built a school bus out of pillows. They put on hats, climbed inside and yelled, "Byeeeeeeeeee!" Jack said, "going to see the fish at the zoo!" :)

May 5, 2010

Jack had a temperature of 101.4 at 10:15 a.m.

daily record: May 3, 2010

Jack enjoyed playing with Solomon a this morning. They connected all the magnet stickes on the frame and made a long train with all magnetic toys.

Jack's class Spring 2010

this from the Spring newsletter from Jack's teacher Helen

daily record: April 30, 2010

Jack really like the vegetable activity with the cutter. :)
He sat and piece the vegetables together and cut them over and over again.

daily record: April 28, 2010

Jack figured out that the magnet sticks can stick to many things in the classroom, so he went around and tried putting the sticks all over different areas to see if the magnetic sticks will stick on.

daily record: April 26, 2010

Jack was really into the magnetic stick this morning. When he found out there's certain spots that were magnetized he got excited and started sticking the magnet everywhere. :)

Blue trash, black trash, green trash.

So you are well aware by now that Jack loves the garbage trucks, our sanitation expert, and the recycling/compost/trash bins. We got these posters at the building when composting became city-wide and Jack said, "Mama, get some tape!" We still go out every Wednesday to watch Paul pick up the trash on our block. Last week Jack, normally bashful around his hero finally waved good-bye as Paul drove away.

daily record: April 23, 2010

After nap, Jack found a big floppy hat, a purse and matching shoes. He put them on and walked around the classroom. He told Ivanna "Look at my fancy shoes!"

Daycare

Daily Record

21. April 2010

Jack did a lot of pinting after waking up from his nap. He used a paintbrush and a roller to spread the paint. He asked for green and pink and made a lot of wonderful pictures. :)

daily record: April 19, 2010

While outside, Jack and his friend Anna sang a long duet! Teacher Jandra kept beat with claps. After several minutes, one of the infants came over to check out the music. :) Jack was having a lot of fun!

go Jack go!

Jack is going a mile a minute. It's hard to keep up with everything he says and does. Here's a couple great pictures Sean took. Jack really likes digging in the sand at the beach. He just keeps going until we tell him it's dark and his hands are cold and we have to go home. He loves making cakes in the sand at the playground too. We put sticks in for candles and sing "Happy Birthday" to Grandma, Nana, Tycco, Anna, Mama, Papa, pretty much anyone Jack loves gets a sand cake. He's also started helping us work in the garden. We pull weeds and Jack puts them in the green trash. Jack still loves the trash, the garbage trucks and of course, Paul, the garbageman.