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WHY? Our Journey Into Homeschooling
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Dinosaurs and Zoo Life
A.J.
We visited the Philadelphia Zoo last weekend with Grandma and Grandpa R. We had a great time, although I don't think Lily really noticed the animals too much. She was great though, riding in the mei tai or the stroller, just chillin' and having fun.
A.J. had a good time and already wants to go back, which is probable since we bought a year's membership. He said his favorite animal was the puma (aka the mountain lion or Florida panther). There were all sorts of great animals, there. They also have a children's zoo, and A.J. really seemed to enjoy feeding the ducks there. Even Lily seemed to notice them. :)
A.J.'s really been into dinosaurs lately, too. He even used some of his allowance money to buy a big, growling T-Rex toy :) He has also been reading this children's dinosaur encyclopedia and now knows, I'm sure, way more than I do about dinosaurs. Being A.J., he can tell me the size of nearly any one he's read about and the way that they hunted prey or protected themselves.
He continues to play with his Yu-Gi-Oh trading cards, although he's spent much more time creating his own cards than actually playing the game. Whenever he creates one or tells me about it, he always asks, "Is that a good card, Mom?" Usually, it's one with really cool effects and all, so he really has fun.
He took a month off the computer, and just this week, he's allowed back on for a period of 3 hours in the afternoon (anytime between 2 and 5), but I've noticed his repertoire is so much greater now. Maybe it's the computer break or maybe just his age, but instead of focusing on one thing all day to the exclusion of all else, he does several different things throughout the day. For example, today, we played ball outside with the dogs, he worked on Yu-Gi-Oh cards, we played Sleeping Queens, and he looked at Weird n' Wild Creatures and www.kidsdinos.com on the Web other things. It's nice for me to see him spreading out his interests a little bit more.
Lily
We visited a friend for a little while this morning, and Lily sat on her own for a couple of minutes and completely surprised me. :)
She's been waking up a lot at night so I knew something was going on; I just didn't know when it would happen. Now, I guess we're going to have to start babyproofing again, which will be so much harder with an older kid and dogs in the house!
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