Tessera

Here is my attempt at catching up on what's been happening in our lives...

Damaged Toe:
Over a month ago, G dropped the iPad on his right toe. Poor little guy screamed and cried for quite some time after it happened. He would put pressure on his foot and it would start bleeding again. It turned shades of purple, blue, and black. In the last week, it started to lift and finally fell off a few days ago. He seems to be doing ok, it just doesn't look that fabulous.

Gym Time:
We had taken E to the local My Gym months ago to try out two free classes (which were parent/child). Both times we went, he cried when it was time to leave. Today I took him to The Little Gym to try out an independent class. He seemed ok, but every now and again he would look teary eyed and confused about what he should be doing.  There were only 6-7 kids in the class and two teachers.  (One of them was very involved, the other was less involved.) The teachers did a great job cheering and giving E high fives when he tried and participated.  By the end of the class, he seemed to like it. I was a bit surprised that there were a couple kids who kept leaving the class to come out and see there parents and the teachers didn't seem to do anything about it.  Not sure what was going on there. Anyway...I asked E if he like the class and he said yes, but looked rather neutral about it. After coming home, I asked him which he liked better, that place or the place with the ball pit (My Gym).  His response, "The place with the ball pit."

Fire Alarm:
Yet another incident with a fire alarm. E's preschool has fire drills and he hasn't been to happy about them. The other day, the school had fire safety day where firefighters come talk to the kids about fire safety.  Apparently, when the fire-woman started to talk, she turned on the smoke detector.  This made E cry and was inconsolable   Both of his teachers tried to calm him down and even offered him an early snack.  They couldn't get him to stop, so they had to walk him down to the office where someone else was finally able to calm him down. After talking to his teacher, I think we will be sending in ear plugs to school so that he can put them in where there is a fire drill.  Since that day, he asks if the fire alarm will sound wherever we go.

Church Carnival:
We went to the carnival at the church by our house two weeks ago. E had a blast and was so excited to ride the kiddie rides. He loved going on the helicopters, teacups, and bears.  He said his favorite ride was the teacups. (I bet he'll love them when we decide to go to Disneyland!)