Friday, February 26, 2010
Alex wrote his name for the first time yesterday. Mommy helped him with the tail on the "e", but the rest is all Alex. He did write the letters in the correct order, although I guess he felt like he ran out of room at the end of his name, so put the "x" in between the "A" and the "l" instead of after the "e". Phillip got jealous of all the attention Alex was getting so he smeared the pizza he was eating all over Alex's paper. Yes, we did have a talk about that...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
My apologies for no new updates the past several days. For those of you who don't know, my 2 eldest children, Phillip and Alex, pulled our big entertainment center (my husband estimates 5' x 7') on top of themselves on Saturday.
The entire lower half of Alex's body was pinned, but he seemed to get out of it mostly unharmed. His right cheekbone is a bright purple, probably from the dvd player or something hitting his face as it fell. He did complain for a little while the first day of his wrist hurting (I think he must have reached out to try to stop himself from falling), but it was mainly when Phillip was getting attention, so we weren't too worried about it.
Phillip was only caught by his left leg, which was slightly purple and swollen immediately after the accident, but quickly got back to looking fine. An hour after the accident however, he still refused to walk on it and seemed to be in a lot of pain. We took him in to the E.R. and they did x-rays. They didn't find a thing.
He didn't walk the rest of the day Saturday or at all on Sunday, although by Sunday, in desperation to be moving around, he was crawling around the house some. He started walking again Monday afternoon with a limp and a lot of obvious pain each time he put his weight on that leg. As of today, he seems to be ok, although still not doing any running. He can walk without pain and you only notice his limp if you're looking for it.
The entire lower half of Alex's body was pinned, but he seemed to get out of it mostly unharmed. His right cheekbone is a bright purple, probably from the dvd player or something hitting his face as it fell. He did complain for a little while the first day of his wrist hurting (I think he must have reached out to try to stop himself from falling), but it was mainly when Phillip was getting attention, so we weren't too worried about it.
Phillip was only caught by his left leg, which was slightly purple and swollen immediately after the accident, but quickly got back to looking fine. An hour after the accident however, he still refused to walk on it and seemed to be in a lot of pain. We took him in to the E.R. and they did x-rays. They didn't find a thing.
He didn't walk the rest of the day Saturday or at all on Sunday, although by Sunday, in desperation to be moving around, he was crawling around the house some. He started walking again Monday afternoon with a limp and a lot of obvious pain each time he put his weight on that leg. As of today, he seems to be ok, although still not doing any running. He can walk without pain and you only notice his limp if you're looking for it.
Permissionresearch.com
I'm sure many of you out there have heard of online surveys and the "big money" you can make at them. Well, I can tell you from personal experience that you will probably not get rich from online surveys... ;-) But there are a few companies that are worth looking into.
www.permissionresearch.com is one of them. While they don't pay in actual money, they have a HUGE catalog of "rewards" you can earn with them. The surveys don't generally take more than 15 minutes of your time and you will get 200 "points" for each one. If you don't qualify for a particular survey, you will get a game token and when you take the 20 seconds or so to play that month's game, will receive 25-50 points most of the time.
I have been a member of this particular site for about a year now and we have redeemed for 3 different Reader Rabbit (children's educational) computer games and a Nintendo Wii wheel. I really can't begin to tell you all the different rewards offered - you will just have to check it out for yourself!
www.permissionresearch.com is one of them. While they don't pay in actual money, they have a HUGE catalog of "rewards" you can earn with them. The surveys don't generally take more than 15 minutes of your time and you will get 200 "points" for each one. If you don't qualify for a particular survey, you will get a game token and when you take the 20 seconds or so to play that month's game, will receive 25-50 points most of the time.
I have been a member of this particular site for about a year now and we have redeemed for 3 different Reader Rabbit (children's educational) computer games and a Nintendo Wii wheel. I really can't begin to tell you all the different rewards offered - you will just have to check it out for yourself!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Today I put together the second coupon train I have conducted. I am a part of 2 different coupon train groups and am really enjoying it.
Don't know what a coupon train is? Well.... Have you ever gotten a paper, or a magazine and noticed that it's full of coupons you can't or won't use? There are probably a few of the coupons that you would love to have 10 copies of, but the rest you could do without? As it turns out, there are a lot of people out there that don't want the coupons you would love to have and are desperately searching for those coupons that you don't want. So....
A coupon train is a group of usually 4-5 people. The "conductor" on a train (the person who creates the train or at least is the first passenger and thus responsible for filling it with the initial set of coupons) fills the train up with coupons they can't/won't use and sends it on to the next passenger on the list. On and on it goes, until the last passenger sends it back to the conductor. Some trains only go around once and some are never-ending.
Personally, I prefer to ride and conduct ISO/Wishlist trains. ISO stands for In Search Of. Passengers on the trains have to make a list that they send to the group of the coupons that have come out in the paper the past 2 weeks that they are looking for. When you don't have enough ISO coupons to send to the next person you can fill in with Wishlist coupons. These aren't specific, but a general list of products you use and could use coupons on.... Tyson chicken, Pillsbury biscuits, etc.
Don't know what a coupon train is? Well.... Have you ever gotten a paper, or a magazine and noticed that it's full of coupons you can't or won't use? There are probably a few of the coupons that you would love to have 10 copies of, but the rest you could do without? As it turns out, there are a lot of people out there that don't want the coupons you would love to have and are desperately searching for those coupons that you don't want. So....
A coupon train is a group of usually 4-5 people. The "conductor" on a train (the person who creates the train or at least is the first passenger and thus responsible for filling it with the initial set of coupons) fills the train up with coupons they can't/won't use and sends it on to the next passenger on the list. On and on it goes, until the last passenger sends it back to the conductor. Some trains only go around once and some are never-ending.
Personally, I prefer to ride and conduct ISO/Wishlist trains. ISO stands for In Search Of. Passengers on the trains have to make a list that they send to the group of the coupons that have come out in the paper the past 2 weeks that they are looking for. When you don't have enough ISO coupons to send to the next person you can fill in with Wishlist coupons. These aren't specific, but a general list of products you use and could use coupons on.... Tyson chicken, Pillsbury biscuits, etc.
I walked into the kitchen this morning to find Phillip cracking some eggs into a bowl. I asked what he was doing, and he (of course) responded, "Making eggs". I knew he wasn't hungry, but figured it couldn't hurt to scramble them up - they were already cracked! So, we added the usual spices into some milk, poured into a frying pan and I was letting Phillip stir/scramble while I monitored. I turned for just a minute when I heard Peter start fussing to see what was wrong. When I turned back to Phillip, he had apparently decided that the eggs didn't have enough pepper - and promptly poured the entire shaker in. The eggs turned out black (although not burnt) with a granulated texture. Needless to say, we didn't eat them. ;-)
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Alex informed Nate and I today that green is his favorite color. When daddy inquired as to why, he promptly replied, "Because green means go, daddy!" (referring to traffic stop lights).
He is learning so much. I am absolutely amazed. Through a Reader Rabbit Preschool game he enjoys playing, he has learned to recognize many of his ABC's. His confidence is finally starting to build to the point that I can ask him the letters on the flash cards and he will tell me. He has been afraid to say them to me for fear of making a mistake.
Next we are going to work on sounds and then it's on to reading! ;-) As soon as I can get a good set of math manipulatives, we are going to start the Saxon K Math I have for him.
Phillip is keeping busy as usual. I have noticed that he seems to have an intense interest in cooking. He loves to help mommy... in fact, helping mommy cook is the only activity I have found that will keep his attention longer than 30 minutes. I have had him sit by my side for several hours at a time. He will not leave until we are done and he's usually disappointed when we are. I frequently catch him getting into the cupboards to dig out miscellaneous items and a mixing bowl wanting to mix things up. I'm wondering if I could create some sort of creative cooking center for him to play in. Any ideas for safe, cheap ingredients to put in it?
Although still not walking, Peter has started pushing himself from all fours onto just his feet and standing there for a minute. It probably won't be much longer, I imagine. He is currently cutting the last of his 8 front teeth as well as all four 1-yr molars. Nights have been a little rough for both of us.
Well, that's about it for today. I'd better go get back to work!
God Bless,
Rebecca
He is learning so much. I am absolutely amazed. Through a Reader Rabbit Preschool game he enjoys playing, he has learned to recognize many of his ABC's. His confidence is finally starting to build to the point that I can ask him the letters on the flash cards and he will tell me. He has been afraid to say them to me for fear of making a mistake.
Next we are going to work on sounds and then it's on to reading! ;-) As soon as I can get a good set of math manipulatives, we are going to start the Saxon K Math I have for him.
Phillip is keeping busy as usual. I have noticed that he seems to have an intense interest in cooking. He loves to help mommy... in fact, helping mommy cook is the only activity I have found that will keep his attention longer than 30 minutes. I have had him sit by my side for several hours at a time. He will not leave until we are done and he's usually disappointed when we are. I frequently catch him getting into the cupboards to dig out miscellaneous items and a mixing bowl wanting to mix things up. I'm wondering if I could create some sort of creative cooking center for him to play in. Any ideas for safe, cheap ingredients to put in it?
Although still not walking, Peter has started pushing himself from all fours onto just his feet and standing there for a minute. It probably won't be much longer, I imagine. He is currently cutting the last of his 8 front teeth as well as all four 1-yr molars. Nights have been a little rough for both of us.
Well, that's about it for today. I'd better go get back to work!
God Bless,
Rebecca
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