There are two types of sign-ups at Liam’s preschool. One, is to sign up to bring a snack that corresponds with that week’s letter. For example, if the letter of the week is B, then you should bring something like bananas or bunny-shaped crackers. I would gladly bring the letter-of-the-week snack every week. The other sign-up,however, is to bring homemade play-doh that corresponds with the color of the month. Liam’s first year of preschool I made my obligatory batch of play-doh, I believe it was purple and we even put sparkles in it. I must confess, however, that we did not bring play-doh at all last year. (There is a certain amount of guilt that goes along with neglecting this motherly duty.) I REALLY don’t like making play-doh. I just don’t like it. Today, however, I made play-doh, thanks to Mr. Rogers. There was a recipe for it in a video Liam was watching: combine in a bowl 2 cups of flour, one cup of salt and one cup of water. Stir and add food coloring if you would like. It makes about 8 smallish blobs of play-doh. It doesn’t get much easier. You don’t have to heat it which means you don’t have to wait for it to cool and you don’t have to really stir it that much. It’s great; we love it! Thanks to Mr. Rogers I can now sign-up for both snack duty and play-doh duty.
Archive for July 18th 2006
He got demoted. He went from Sharks 2 to Sharks 1. He graduated from Sharks 1 about a year ago, but I guess he forgot everything he learned. Today was the first day he said he had fun at swim lessons though and that’s important, too. I do hope, that at some point, maybe next summer, he will make it through Sharks 2. I would like him to be able to swim AND have fun. Also, if he stays in Sharks 1 for too long, Colm and Liam will be in the same swim class. Frankly, however, I don’t think Liam cares, as long as he doesn’t have to put his face in the water he could stay in Sharks 1 forever.