K brought me to tears tonight

I'm feeling so happy right now.
Tonight, I was helping K  dry off from his shower when he looked up at me and said:

K: I'm glad who I am.
Me: Awe baby, I'm glad to hear that.
K: I'm smart, kind, and important.
Me: ( I felt the tears coming) That's right baby!
K : I'm K _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  ( He said his full name, and with so much pride)!
Me: ( crying) I'm so proud of you honey!
K: Are you crying ? Why are you crying?
Me: Because I'm so proud of you.

Sick Days

K was sick two days this week:

Poor little guy.

 

It's Saturday and he's not allowed to go swimming because he still

has a little cough. He's not happy about not going swimming.

 

We still BBQ

K usually swims while Daddy BBQ.

 

 

 

Cuddle Credit Cards

I came home from the grocery store to find out that K had made some cuddle credit cards. He made two. One for Daddy and one for himself. These were created so they can be used when ever someone wants to cuddle:

Super cute idea honey!

Even when no one is looking

Books we read 8/22 - 8/26

Grandma got K a bunch of new books. The day he received them, he asked to use the constellation map that he knew came inside the book about the night sky. So, naturally that was the first book he wanted to read this week. I told him we could read a couple pages a night because it is a rather long book. He continued to ask questions all week about how to use the constellation map.

Here are the books we read this week:

 

Reading with K is my favorite part of the day.

 

Great Advice! For After School Attitude

Wow, just read a great post from a previous teacher/ stay at home mom. I'm going to make a blog post about her blog post because I believe her advice is very good!

I read this blog post on a blog named : Still Playing School
The name of this post is: The After School Attitude, Why is my Child Acting out at home?
http://www.stillplayingschool.com/2014/08/after-school-behavior.html

Everyday after I pick up K from school, I ask him how his day went?
Was it good, bad, did he eat lunch with his friends? Did he do math, flashcards, etc? What did he learn that day? I've noticed that he does not ever answer me when I ask right after I pick him up. I tried to make the questions more specific, because I thought he was too tired to go into detail. He doesn't ever want to talk about school right after I pick him up, and he almost always asks me if we can go home and go swimming. It sometimes escalates into an argument.....because I push him for answers. Later in the evening, usually when we are reading right before bed, he will start telling me details about his day. He will start remember specific details of the day that he wants to share with me. This has been a concern of mine. After reading this post, I know how I would like to handle this differently. I'm so glad I read this, and am looking forward to reading more of her blog!

K read his first sentence!!!

K read his first sentence this week. All by himself!
I'm so proud of my little man!
His teacher sends home homework every night.
Sometimes she sends home small paper story books, that she has asked us to read at home.
I pulled K's out of his back pack, and he mentioned he had read it at school with his teacher.
The story book had several of his site words in it.
He was able to read one page....one sentence all on his own!
He read the sentence : I can see!

So proud of you sweetheart!