Firestation frenzy

Nov. 17-Nov.23, 2008
Monday morning we headed over to Target to pick up a b-day present for our Chilean amigos. Matias and Pepita are having a joint b-day party on Saturday since their birthdays are so close together. I just had to grab a couple of things quickly since lingering in the toy section with my boys is a ticket to the land of meltdowns.

Mr. John the music teacher gave the kids cds at the end of class and Isaac and Levi can’t get enough of listening to it.

I went to Isaac’s preschool on Tuesday to teach a lesson at the end of class. All of the kids get to have their parent come in and teach something with them once during the year. I let Isaac show off his Spanish skills and we taught los numeros y los colores. We also did a fun treasure hunt at the end and I let Isaac find the “galletas” to share with all of his classmates.

Wednesday morning we went over to a local firestation for a fire house tour and the boys really got a kick out of that. The firefighters let them try out the firehose and pretend to drive the firetrucks. Levi kept saying, “there’s no fire” and then looking up at me for reassurance. He wasn’t sure why were were talking so much about fire and getting out the fire hoses when he couldn’t see any fire. Isaac was very excited about getting to climb up in the fire truck and pretending to drive it. He was hoping that the firefighters would let him take the truck for a spin around Philly.

Jackson and Jordan came over Wednesday night while Carrie went to a meeting and Isaac and Levi were in heaven with their buddies over. They wanted to do playdough and then take a bath together. Isaac is always disappointed when they can’t spend the night.
Thursday was just a long cold day. Isaac had school, but afterwards it was too cold and dark to go out again.
Friday morning we woke up to SNOW! It was snowing outside and I had to go to a doctor’s appointment. Isaac kept trying to catch the snowflakes on his tongue when we were walking outside.

We found Toy Story 2 at the library and Levi has become even more obsessed with Buzz and Woody. He really loves pretending to be Buzz Lightyear and jumping of the bed or bureau while yelling “To infinity and beyond!!!”

Saturday was a morning shopping marathon at Aldis and then I let the kids play and eat at Chickfilae and Ikea. They had a lot of fun a the Matias and Pepita fiesta and had chance to practice a lot of great words like “pastel” “regalo” “globo” and “juguetes.”

We had a Sunday afternoon Thanksgiving potluck at the Huntsman building for the Wharton Kids Club. Isaac and Levi started a game of red light green light with the other kids and they totally wore themselves out running back and forth in the lobby.