- Dictionary! Rebecca's vocabulary is roughly double what mine is because when she was a child she kept a dictionary by her bed. Whenever she came across a word she didn't know, she looked it up. (When I came across words I didn't know, I took a guess at the meaning or skipped over them.) So now I'm both playing catch-up and wanting Elisabeth to build Mommy's habit. So whenever we come across a word that I don't know (which is surprisingly often in the Little House on the Prairie books), Elisabeth looks them up on my iPod!
- Math Drills Lite is brilliant for teaching and practice.
- Touch 4
- Dots Free (i.e. pig pen)
- Mancala
- Trace The challenge here is to get the person across the screen without getting poked or knocked - brilliant for developing spatial awareness and strategic thinking (for grown-ups too!).
- Unblock Me is brilliant!
Adventures in Parenting
Viewing entries for August, 2009 View: All | Photos | Stories | Statuses | Videos | Milestones
Status Update — Aug 28, 2009
Elisabeth is on the mend
Status Update — Aug 28, 2009
Katherine giggled in her sleep this morning - no joke!
Status Update — Aug 27, 2009
Katherine measures 25 inches and 16 pounds, 2.5 ounces
Status Update — Aug 26, 2009
Katherine loves sitting by herself
Status Update — Aug 26, 2009
Elisabeth has a temperature of 102.6 - with Motrin!
Status Update — Aug 24, 2009
Elisabeth asks great questions
Playing with Elisabeth on my iPod
Aug 20, 2009
by Graham // 0 comments
I carry my iPod Touch with me most of the time - and I use it frequently with Elisabeth, so I thought I'd highlight a few of my favorite apps here:
Status Update — Aug 18, 2009
Katherine slept for 3 hours this morning
Status Update — Aug 18, 2009
Elisabeth was very sad to see Harry & Angie leave today
Graham and Rebecca uploaded 1 picture
Aug 18, 2009
Status Update — Aug 17, 2009
Elisabeth is enjoying playing with Harry and Angie
Status Update — Aug 15, 2009
Elisabeth set up the pool in the garden today
Status Update — Aug 14, 2009
Elisabeth had a wonderful time with Aunt Sandy the past two days
Status Update — Aug 11, 2009
Katherine LOVES to eat the pig on her exersaucer
Status Update — Aug 11, 2009
Elisabeth is watching her cucumbers grow
The soccer player
Aug 10, 2009
by Graham // 0 comments // tagged with: Elisabeth, sports
After I lost our first soccer ball, I wanted to find another that was ethically made. So I stalled on buying a ball, since I didn't know where the balls in my local sports stores originated. In my search, I came upon Fair Trade Sports, and their size 3 soccer ball, which is exactly what I was looking for.
It arrived this week, and we have been playing with it every day. Elisabeth is remarkably adept with her feet (story to come on tennis, which doesn't come quite as naturally as soccer). It must be her blood relation to uncles Gordon and Roger.
It arrived this week, and we have been playing with it every day. Elisabeth is remarkably adept with her feet (story to come on tennis, which doesn't come quite as naturally as soccer). It must be her blood relation to uncles Gordon and Roger.
Status Update — Aug 5, 2009
Elisabeth is becoming quite the soccer player
Status Update — Aug 5, 2009
Katherine is on the upswing and sleeping better
Status Update — Aug 3, 2009
Katherine has her first ever cold :(
Status Update — Aug 2, 2009
Katherine has gone to sleep happily for three nights running!
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