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The sound of winter..

This was part of Ivy's homework this week to answer(with one word) different questions about winter. This one is definitely post worthy.

"Winter, winter, what does it sound like?"

Ivy's answer (she came up w/this all on her own):
Abalag (ie. avalanche)

3 tight

i thought this was rather cute yesterday. as a little background, i always try keep the kids on task when teaching them about putting shoes, pants and shirts on. so i'll say "1 arm, 2 arms", "1 leg, 2 legs" or "1 foot, 2 feet" while they put the appropriate body part in the clothing. it works pretty well, and (in the past Ivy and) Collin repeat the phrases.

Collin(while putting on his shoes): "1 shoe. 2 shoes. 3 shoes." (there weren't 3 shoes, he literally doesn't know when to stop for counting objects)
Me: "3 shoes? You're silly."

now folding down the velcro straps
Collin: "2 tight. 3 tight." (He said "3 tight" really agitated. I taught him "too tight" for when his shoes are bothering him)

I'll blog later about this past week that we had with Tom. Once the reality of everything has settled in. It still seems surreal.. He flies out to Kuwait tomorrow. We did enjoy our week, the kids had lots of bonding time w/dad, and probably the first time I've seen Tom cry.

I've certainly got my work cut out for me. I had a dream last night that I was visiting a school I was considering placing Collin at next year. The teacher wouldn't let me go see the class, even though I had permission. I remember saying, to myself, in my dream to just cross that off my list of possible schools, and then a few moments later seeing that teacher being fired.