Show and Tell
This week Colin moved up to a new class: Pandas! This is a new classroom for the school, and is comprised of the oldest kids from the Toddler room and the youngest from the Get Set class - created in large part because the two classes were simply too large. So now they've broken the kids out into three more manageable-sized groups, parsed by age.
As a Panda there are some things that are different now. They don't have their own fridge in the room any more, so I have to put an ice pack in his lunch every day to keep the food fresh. And the children are being taught more independence so Colin's lunch and jacket go on very low hooks under his cubby and he is expected to hang up his own stuff. Potty training at school is just around the corner (HOORAY!), and every Friday he now has... Show and Tell!
H and I talked about what Colin could bring in for his first Show and Tell. H suggested his big "Raminator" truck (a motorized truck that revs forward and back, makes an obnoxious amount of sound, and is one of Colin's true favorites). I nixed that because it was simply too much for me to try and carry on top of everything else. H also suggested taking in Colin's Spongebob tennis racquet, but all I could picture was Colin clubbing some poor kid over the head as he demonstrated his serve motion (yes, he truly does the serve motion, as well as a hard-core forehand with impressive follow-through!). And while Colin would have loved that I decided that his teacher would not thank me for bringing a metal club in to a room full of toddlers. I was considering his National Geographic book on pandas, thinking it might be a hit because that's their class mascot, but decided against since a book might be a dud item.
As I was loading the baby and the many bags into the van, H had Colin. And thankfully he handled the item selection because in the chaos of getting everything ready this morning I forgot about Show and Tell. Even though I'd been talking about it only moments before!!! (That's the way my brain works any more... thoughts are as fickle as a leaf in a tornado... here one moment, gone the next.) With Daddy's help Colin had selected... his "Mater."
It is small enough for Colin to carry around, he adores it, it is a car that no matter how you push it always goes backward, AND it lights up and makes sounds (he has two catchphrases: "I never leak oil. Never!" and "Lookout ladies, Mater's fixin' to get funky!"). Assuming he doesn't blind anyone with the light (which I swear must be Xenon) I think this is the best possible pick we could have had for today.
Three cheers for Daddy who picked a cool first Show and Tell toy!
Hip-hip hooray! Hip-hip hooray! Hip-hip hooray!
As a Panda there are some things that are different now. They don't have their own fridge in the room any more, so I have to put an ice pack in his lunch every day to keep the food fresh. And the children are being taught more independence so Colin's lunch and jacket go on very low hooks under his cubby and he is expected to hang up his own stuff. Potty training at school is just around the corner (HOORAY!), and every Friday he now has... Show and Tell!
H and I talked about what Colin could bring in for his first Show and Tell. H suggested his big "Raminator" truck (a motorized truck that revs forward and back, makes an obnoxious amount of sound, and is one of Colin's true favorites). I nixed that because it was simply too much for me to try and carry on top of everything else. H also suggested taking in Colin's Spongebob tennis racquet, but all I could picture was Colin clubbing some poor kid over the head as he demonstrated his serve motion (yes, he truly does the serve motion, as well as a hard-core forehand with impressive follow-through!). And while Colin would have loved that I decided that his teacher would not thank me for bringing a metal club in to a room full of toddlers. I was considering his National Geographic book on pandas, thinking it might be a hit because that's their class mascot, but decided against since a book might be a dud item.
As I was loading the baby and the many bags into the van, H had Colin. And thankfully he handled the item selection because in the chaos of getting everything ready this morning I forgot about Show and Tell. Even though I'd been talking about it only moments before!!! (That's the way my brain works any more... thoughts are as fickle as a leaf in a tornado... here one moment, gone the next.) With Daddy's help Colin had selected... his "Mater."
It is small enough for Colin to carry around, he adores it, it is a car that no matter how you push it always goes backward, AND it lights up and makes sounds (he has two catchphrases: "I never leak oil. Never!" and "Lookout ladies, Mater's fixin' to get funky!"). Assuming he doesn't blind anyone with the light (which I swear must be Xenon) I think this is the best possible pick we could have had for today.Three cheers for Daddy who picked a cool first Show and Tell toy!
Hip-hip hooray! Hip-hip hooray! Hip-hip hooray!
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