St. Charles Park District Dance Academy Summer Mini-Recital
Mrs. Samantha's Intro to Tap II
Got a tough angle because the girls NEVER danced in single file - they were supposed to be shoulder to shoulder. Oh, well! Stage performances always bring out surprises! LOL Anyway, if you can see passed the girl in purple, who was making up her own routine (who normally was pretty still in class!), Lilly is actually doing the steps that were rehearsed. I had to giggle whenever she'd try to reposition herself so we could see her a little better. She has so much fun in these classes (and getting to wear makeup at the recitals is quite a perk, too)!
What a weekend!
- We celebrated the nearing of the school year with Roselle Park District's Bounce Back to School event. (Shawn's favorite bounce house was a human foosball game. Lilly's was a fun house designated for kids under 5.)
- We saw a great production Mary Poppins performed by Marquee children's theater.
- Shawn tested for his new karate belt. (See earlier post)
- Shawn and I got to accompany Lilly in a family art class at Gymboree.
- Raj held a clinic party at Pinstripes (bowling & bocce ball).
- I made donuts (for the first time), omelets, & bacon for breakfast.
- Lilly performed a tap routine in her dance recital. (See earlier post)
- We harvested the first 8 cherry tomatoes from the plants we grew from seed.
- Raj went to his favorite meat market (Ream's in Elburn). He BBQed for dinner.
- The kids helped wash some of the dishes.
- And to end a great weekend, Shawn lost another tooth!
Showing posts with label Lilly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lilly. Show all posts
Monday, August 15, 2016
Monday, August 1, 2016
Monday, May 16, 2016
Lilly's world debut
Raj & Shawn recorded while I was a parent helper back stage.
Friday, February 19, 2016
Lilly got her first taste of an Immediate Care office last night.
She had a Sit & Think for hitting me and we were talking it out afterwards. I had her on my lap, facing me. All was good and she even started getting silly. She flung herself backwards and I caught her by her forearm before she hit the ground. She started crying, but I thought she was scared from falling. Then she cradled her arm, refused to use it or move it, pointing and saying that just below her elbow hurt. Maybe I grabbed her arm too hard when I caught her, so we got an ice pack. The tears stopped, but she still refused to move or use her arm. It wasn't red, swollen, or anything like that.
She's also been battling a nasty cold for the past few days and today she actually had her energy back, so I figured that by this point in the day with no nap, she probably used up the energy she had and after a rest or at least some quiet time, her arm won't be an issue any more.
We brought the ice pack with us (and a few beloved toys) to Shawn's swimming class. No tears, but still no movement - even when I'd try to hand her a toy when her other hand was already holding something. She fell asleep in the car on the way home. When I unbuckled her to bring her inside, the slightest movement of her arm woke her up wincing. She rested on my shoulder until Raj came home.
When he arrived, I explained all that had gone on in the past 3 hours. He tried to get her to move it, to grab his hand, to wiggle her fingers. She cried. He moved her arm to test it's range of motion. She screamed. He felt around because there was no swelling or bruising. She cried more.
Off to Immediate Care we went.
She stopped crying in the car during the 5 minute drive. As we were getting registered in the waiting room, she started playing with a toy car. With both hands. She even reached for a pen. With her hurt arm! When we saw a doctor, she gave him a high five and waved and a thumbs up. With her hurt arm!
The doctor giggled from behind his mask. She was cured. He diagnosed her with Nurse Maid's Elbow. When I grabbed her arm as she was falling, it probably popped her elbow out of joint and in the process of bringing her to the Immediate Care, it popped back into place.
Such a relief that it wasn't anything more serious. A bit aggravating that we ended up not needing any medical intervention but will have to pay for the visit anyway. Ugh.
She was back to herself for the rest of the evening (which was a quick dinner & then bed). And she loved the plastic medical bracelet with her name on it!
She's also been battling a nasty cold for the past few days and today she actually had her energy back, so I figured that by this point in the day with no nap, she probably used up the energy she had and after a rest or at least some quiet time, her arm won't be an issue any more.
We brought the ice pack with us (and a few beloved toys) to Shawn's swimming class. No tears, but still no movement - even when I'd try to hand her a toy when her other hand was already holding something. She fell asleep in the car on the way home. When I unbuckled her to bring her inside, the slightest movement of her arm woke her up wincing. She rested on my shoulder until Raj came home.
When he arrived, I explained all that had gone on in the past 3 hours. He tried to get her to move it, to grab his hand, to wiggle her fingers. She cried. He moved her arm to test it's range of motion. She screamed. He felt around because there was no swelling or bruising. She cried more.
Off to Immediate Care we went.
She stopped crying in the car during the 5 minute drive. As we were getting registered in the waiting room, she started playing with a toy car. With both hands. She even reached for a pen. With her hurt arm! When we saw a doctor, she gave him a high five and waved and a thumbs up. With her hurt arm!
The doctor giggled from behind his mask. She was cured. He diagnosed her with Nurse Maid's Elbow. When I grabbed her arm as she was falling, it probably popped her elbow out of joint and in the process of bringing her to the Immediate Care, it popped back into place.
Such a relief that it wasn't anything more serious. A bit aggravating that we ended up not needing any medical intervention but will have to pay for the visit anyway. Ugh.
She was back to herself for the rest of the evening (which was a quick dinner & then bed). And she loved the plastic medical bracelet with her name on it!
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Lilly's "I Love You" song
A (very short part of a) serenade by Lilly while on vacation. She can say 'you' more clearly than she does in this song, but... words often get mushed in lyrics!
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Friday, February 20, 2015
Three videos from Lilly
Lilly loves counting (except she thinks you always start
with 2). She's also working on jumping. She's such a character.
We have no idea how this started, but Lilly's standard
farewell lately is, "Bye-bye! See you soon! No poop!" followed by asilly smile and/or giggle. She cracks me up!
We're playing in the hallway while Shawn's in Spanish
class. One of Lilly's favorite things to do these days is to talk about colors.
About a month ago, everything was "blue." She's expanded her palette
since then! She now knows red, orange, yellow, green, blue, & purple. (She
can say some in Spanish, but needs help remembering them.) Sometimes she'll
even get pink, white, and black. When she sees a color that doesn't fit the
ones she knows (brown, silver, gray...) she asks and tries to repeat them, but
those names haven't stuck yet.
My big girl is growing fast!
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
A snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats and Lilly Puri
Lilly and I bundled up to retrieve Shawn from the bus stop this afternoon. I didn't realize it at the time, but there's an uncanny resemblance:
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Gymnast not; head knot (and some karate)
Lilly fell off the
bathroom step stool this morning & got a black & blue knot on her
forehead. (She's been climbing onto lots things lately and this morning she
tested out some dance moves when she got to the top of the step stool. That
didn't work too well for her.) I gave
her a soft ice pack to help the swelling and to distract her (she loves holding
ice packs). When she started playing
peek-a-boo through the ice pack, I took it as a clear sign that she was okay. A
few hours later, most of the swelling was gone, but she does still have a light
bruise on her forehead. Poor baby!
It's amazing to see the difference in how her body responds to injuries versus Shawn's dermatagraphia hyper-sensitivity response. He would've had a huge goose-egg protruding from his forehead had he fallen the same way. Yet after the initial welt formed, he probably would've recovered much like her with hardly anything noticable this evening.
Once Lilly's tears were wiped away and her icepack was luke warm, we went to a meeting at Ferson Creek for AVIC (Art Volunteers In the Classroom). Once a month, parent volunteers come into each classroom for an hour art lesson - separate from the weekly art class in the art room. While parents lead the class with a presentation, a project, and perhaps books and other activities as needed, the classroom teachers meet for grade level collaboration and mini-professional development opportunities. Since there legally has to be a teacher present, not just an adult, a substitute floats between the classrooms to assist and supervise. The AVIC coordinator provides volunteers with a packet that includes research about the featured artist / piece of art and suggested projects. We're also supposed to bring a corresponding picture that's hanging somewhere in the school's hallways into the class as part of the demonstration. I'm signed up with a partner (who I don't know yet) to be Ms. Johnsen's AVIC volunteers. We'll probably take turns being the lead / assistant for the activities. One of our neighbors signed up for her sons' classes, so we're going to swap babysitting for the younger siblings. I'm excited to see what these lessons are like! (And to be in a teaching position without some of the painstaking parts about being a teacher!)
Shawn tested for his first stripe for his purple belt today!
They are also practicing for the next tournament on November 8. They did a lot of work on the round kick - it's a pretty tricky move that I think would knock me off balance! Shawn still has a lot of work to do before the tournament, but it's impressive what a difference a few weeks makes.
Once Lilly's tears were wiped away and her icepack was luke warm, we went to a meeting at Ferson Creek for AVIC (Art Volunteers In the Classroom). Once a month, parent volunteers come into each classroom for an hour art lesson - separate from the weekly art class in the art room. While parents lead the class with a presentation, a project, and perhaps books and other activities as needed, the classroom teachers meet for grade level collaboration and mini-professional development opportunities. Since there legally has to be a teacher present, not just an adult, a substitute floats between the classrooms to assist and supervise. The AVIC coordinator provides volunteers with a packet that includes research about the featured artist / piece of art and suggested projects. We're also supposed to bring a corresponding picture that's hanging somewhere in the school's hallways into the class as part of the demonstration. I'm signed up with a partner (who I don't know yet) to be Ms. Johnsen's AVIC volunteers. We'll probably take turns being the lead / assistant for the activities. One of our neighbors signed up for her sons' classes, so we're going to swap babysitting for the younger siblings. I'm excited to see what these lessons are like! (And to be in a teaching position without some of the painstaking parts about being a teacher!)
Shawn tested for his first stripe for his purple belt today!
They are also practicing for the next tournament on November 8. They did a lot of work on the round kick - it's a pretty tricky move that I think would knock me off balance! Shawn still has a lot of work to do before the tournament, but it's impressive what a difference a few weeks makes.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Lilly isn't one of the sillies...
who tread on the lines... Just watch how she walks in all of the squares!
Whenever I walk in a London street,
I'm ever so careful to watch my feet;
And I keep in the squares,
And the masses of bears,
Who wait at the corners all ready to eat
The sillies who tread on the lines of the street,
Go back to their lairs,
And I say to them, "Bears,
just look how I'm walking in all the squares!"
And the little bears growl to each other, "He's mine,
As soon as he's silly and steps on a line."
And some of the bigger bears try to pretend
That they came round the corner to look for a friend;
And they try to pretend that nobody cares
Whether you walk on the lines or squares.
But only the sillies believe the talk;
It's ever so portant how you walk.
And it's ever so jolly to call out, "Bears,
just watch me walking in all the squares!"
Whenever I walk in a London street,
I'm ever so careful to watch my feet;
And I keep in the squares,
And the masses of bears,
Who wait at the corners all ready to eat
The sillies who tread on the lines of the street,
Go back to their lairs,
And I say to them, "Bears,
just look how I'm walking in all the squares!"
And the little bears growl to each other, "He's mine,
As soon as he's silly and steps on a line."
And some of the bigger bears try to pretend
That they came round the corner to look for a friend;
And they try to pretend that nobody cares
Whether you walk on the lines or squares.
But only the sillies believe the talk;
It's ever so portant how you walk.
And it's ever so jolly to call out, "Bears,
just watch me walking in all the squares!"
Friday, April 18, 2014
Better Lawn and Gardens
I think Lilly's trying to say Baron! She was saying, "Bay-ay" every time she saw a picture of a dog while we were looking through a magazine this morning. (I'm guessing that she's associating all dogs with Baron.) Whenever she wanted to go back to see the picture again, she waved her hands around screaming, "Bay-ay!" until I'd go back to the right page. Then she'd point to it and smile. I was able to
Raj hired Perez & Sons Lawn Care, Inc., who arrived today. They were very busy trying to reclaim our plants from being overgrown and neglected since (at least) last fall. They cut and fertilized the grass, trimmed bushes and trees, removed dead leaves and grass, and generally cleaned up the garden beds. They even removed 4 small dead/dying trees by the archway by the corner of the kitchen that they think were hurt by the drastic winter. Shawn had fun supervising from a distance - especially watching Mr. Perez using a power blower to clear out the mounds of dead leaves in the flower beds; though, we stayed inside and watched from the windows so as not to be in the way. Raj has the crew on a schedule to come back for mowing, fertilizing, and more plant maintenance. There's still some pruning that I think could've been done today, but it looks remarkably better. Even spending an entire weekend working on it ourselves, Raj and I agreed that we could not have accomplished all that Mr. Perez's crew did in about 4 hours this morning. Still, Raj is sure we won't need Mr. Perez's crew for very long. It is incredibly helpful to get the yard back in shape and see what it's supposed to look like though. Hopefully, we'll learn to maintain it by watching what they do - and we're getting a few yard tools this weekend so I won't need to borrow Shawn's plastic rake anymore!
While the crew worked, Shawn and I marbleized a couple of eggs with nail polish. I initially caught his attention by calling it an experiment, but I had trouble getting our strings to stay inside the eggs, so Shawn had trouble staying interested while I fumbled with them. He also wasn't keen on getting any of the polish on his fingers, but he did like pouring the drops of polish into the water bowl and watching if the globs would float or sink. I don't have a wide selection of colors to choose from, but I think it's still a fun project.
We spent the rest of the day in the back yard. While Lilly took a 3 hour nap, Shawn and I read a few books that we got from the library yesterday. We set up our folding lawn chairs on the back patio and brought out popcorn and drinks and enjoyed the gorgeous afternoon sun while the temperatures were in the high 50°Fs.
catch a tiny bit of it on camera, but nothing like she was doing earlier.
While the crew worked, Shawn and I marbleized a couple of eggs with nail polish. I initially caught his attention by calling it an experiment, but I had trouble getting our strings to stay inside the eggs, so Shawn had trouble staying interested while I fumbled with them. He also wasn't keen on getting any of the polish on his fingers, but he did like pouring the drops of polish into the water bowl and watching if the globs would float or sink. I don't have a wide selection of colors to choose from, but I think it's still a fun project.
We spent the rest of the day in the back yard. While Lilly took a 3 hour nap, Shawn and I read a few books that we got from the library yesterday. We set up our folding lawn chairs on the back patio and brought out popcorn and drinks and enjoyed the gorgeous afternoon sun while the temperatures were in the high 50°Fs.
We spent the rest of the day in the back yard. While
Lilly took a 3 hour nap, Shawn and I read a few books that we got from the
library yesterday. We set up our folding lawn chairs on the back patio and
brought out popcorn and drinks and enjoyed the gorgeous afternoon sun while the
temperatures were in the high 50°Fs.
Sunday, April 6, 2014
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Monday, March 31, 2014
Hold! Hooooold!
She balanced for about 3 seconds when I took my hand away from her a few times today. After dinner, while she was trying to climb into the dishwasher (a new favorite challenge), she stood up completely on her own! And then slowly crouched back down after a few seconds, as if she had just realized that she wasn't holding anything.
Monday, March 3, 2014
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Monday, January 27, 2014
Saturday, December 7, 2013
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