The day after Thanksgiving. We went to Marcus yesterday and spent time with my extended family. Michelle is taking the girls to Carroll today to spend the weekend with her family (while I'm away with our basketball team).
Grace is doing well. She has a Christmas concert coming up next week. She's reading and writing more words all the time--right now she's sitting next to me writing the word "tangled" next to a drawing. Not sure why, but I'm sure there is a reason.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Friday, November 26, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
November 20, 2010
Saturday morning in the Nelson house. Claire is running all over the house leaving a wake of destruction in her path. Grace is sitting here at the kitchen table with me making crafts. She has been really into drawing and making crafts these past few months. Currently she's making a "Touch-Read System" which I think is a toy she saw on TV and in a store. All I know is that the scissors and many pieces of tape are involved.
Grace is wearing her new glasses this morning. They're purple with butterflies on the sides of the rims. We got them to protect her eyes, which she had severely poked three times since school started. We'll try them for a while, so far she doesn't seem to mind them. They definitely make her look very mature.
Grace has a Christmas concert coming up at school in a few weeks. Sounds as though they'll be doing a number of the classics as well as some new ones, such as "Polar Puppy". At least that's the one Grace has been singing around the house a lot lately.
Grace's Christmas wish list grows with each new day and more importantly each commercial on the Disney Channel. Advertising really does work.
Grace is wearing her new glasses this morning. They're purple with butterflies on the sides of the rims. We got them to protect her eyes, which she had severely poked three times since school started. We'll try them for a while, so far she doesn't seem to mind them. They definitely make her look very mature.
Grace has a Christmas concert coming up at school in a few weeks. Sounds as though they'll be doing a number of the classics as well as some new ones, such as "Polar Puppy". At least that's the one Grace has been singing around the house a lot lately.
Grace's Christmas wish list grows with each new day and more importantly each commercial on the Disney Channel. Advertising really does work.
Friday, November 5, 2010
November 5, 2011
Friday, and Grace has the day off from school because of parent teacher conferences. We had her conference on Tuesday, and it went very well. Her teacher told us that she's the best reader in the class, and she's doing very well socially. She is very good at listening to directions, but if there is one thing she needs to work on, it's that she sometimes talks too much. We weren't surprised by that.
We are looking into getting eyeglasses for Grace. She has gotten poked in the eye three times in the last couple months, and each time it's been awful for the next few days. So the glasses will be for protective purposes. We'll see how that goes.
We are looking into getting eyeglasses for Grace. She has gotten poked in the eye three times in the last couple months, and each time it's been awful for the next few days. So the glasses will be for protective purposes. We'll see how that goes.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
October 31, 2010
It's Halloween Sunday, and trick-or-treating will be tonight. Grace has officially settled on being Cinderella, and she's already worn the costume one time at her kindergarten Halloween party. Hopefully the rain stays away tonigh for our outing. We're also bringing Claire, though we don't know her costume yet.
School continues to go well for Grace. She was the "Beary Special Person" in her classroom last week which meant that she shared things about herself and got to do some fun things. She definitely loves going to school.
Grace spends a lot of times these days drawing pictures. She's really taken to it, and she's pretty good. Although last night she drew a scarecrow in which one hand was about 20 times bigger than the other. Pretty funny.
School continues to go well for Grace. She was the "Beary Special Person" in her classroom last week which meant that she shared things about herself and got to do some fun things. She definitely loves going to school.
Grace spends a lot of times these days drawing pictures. She's really taken to it, and she's pretty good. Although last night she drew a scarecrow in which one hand was about 20 times bigger than the other. Pretty funny.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
October 17, 2010
Grace and Michelle are at Sunday school right now. Grace started that this year, and she's really enjoyed it so far. We've also started teaching her some new prayers at home, and she's amazingly good at learning them.
Grace has spent a lot of time playing outside lately, mostly because the weather has been beautiful for a few weeks now. We got some new neighbors a couple months ago, and they have four girls--one of whom goes to Kindergarten with Grace. So that's been a great thing, as the kids are constantly playing outside between the two yards.
Grace and Michelle are planning on putting the finishing touches on Grace's Halloween costume today. The problem is that a final decision on the costume hasn't been made. It was Cinderella for a long time, then about a month ago it switched to Jesse the cowgirl from Toy Story. Suddenly this morning it switched back to the possibility of Cinderella. Stay tuned.
Grace has spent a lot of time playing outside lately, mostly because the weather has been beautiful for a few weeks now. We got some new neighbors a couple months ago, and they have four girls--one of whom goes to Kindergarten with Grace. So that's been a great thing, as the kids are constantly playing outside between the two yards.
Grace and Michelle are planning on putting the finishing touches on Grace's Halloween costume today. The problem is that a final decision on the costume hasn't been made. It was Cinderella for a long time, then about a month ago it switched to Jesse the cowgirl from Toy Story. Suddenly this morning it switched back to the possibility of Cinderella. Stay tuned.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
October 9, 2010
We're heading to Omaha today to a pumpkin patch that we've heard is a great time for kids. Grace had her appointments with her Iowa City specialist last week, and everything checked out 0-kay. We'll head back to Iowa City in March unless something comes up in the meantime. Grace has joined the Girls Scouts; Michelle went to the first parent meeting the other night.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
September 25, 2010
It's been a pretty busy September. We spent last weekend in Des Moines and participated in the Beaverdash, which is a 5K run that is the annual fundraiser for the Iowa Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Despite the cold and rain we had a good time, and it was great to see all the other Iowa families, if only for a short time. They have a wheelchair race for the SMA kids after the 5K, and Grace got 2nd place! She actually referred to herself as second winner, which sounded good to us.
Kindergarten continues to go very well for Grace. Friday morning she was telling me all the things she loves about school, and it was a long list. We need to give a special shoutout to "Mr. Troy the Janitor" who replaced a screw in the part that holds her battery on her Standing Dani. In the process of playing tag at recess Grace had run over a big stick that somehow loosened the screw and caused the battery to fall off.
Grace has her annual appointment with the Iowa City people in Sioux City on Monday. They come to town once a year, then we go there once a year. Hopefully everything will check out o-kay, she's been doing very well health-wise.
Kindergarten continues to go very well for Grace. Friday morning she was telling me all the things she loves about school, and it was a long list. We need to give a special shoutout to "Mr. Troy the Janitor" who replaced a screw in the part that holds her battery on her Standing Dani. In the process of playing tag at recess Grace had run over a big stick that somehow loosened the screw and caused the battery to fall off.
Grace has her annual appointment with the Iowa City people in Sioux City on Monday. They come to town once a year, then we go there once a year. Hopefully everything will check out o-kay, she's been doing very well health-wise.
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