Jamie and Liam Chew's Blog: 2009-10-21

2009-10-21 23:15 (Kristen) Jamie's big achievement today was reading his borrow-a-book in one go (minus one page, which we read last night). It was the longest book he's read to this point, and certainly the fastest speed. He had math homework, which I got him to do by timing how quickly he could do it. Page 1 (counting) was finished in 60 seconds; page 2 (more counting) in 48 seconds. He liked that. Liam's achievement was to stand on the ice by himself and figure out how to use the glider in an effective way. He initially was. not. going. on. the. ice, and I kept him off, watching the other kids and eating goldfish, until he got restless. Then I dumped him onto the ice. The teachers tried to get him to skate without a glider, but he clearly can't. He did skate holding one teacher's hand, however (step step step), for a distance, and he did stand on the ice without falling. In his little black snow pants, black helment, and grey sweatshirt, he looked like a little emperor penguin chick from a distance. Thump! They gave him a glider, which he figured out how to use properly when he took his mittens off. Then he was starting to use it to bump balls on the ice, and actually have a good time. He even took two solo steps when motivated to choose a sticker at the end from the teacher, who stood just far enough back from the glider to make him come over to her. He was very happy when he came off the ice. Tom and Jack insisted that Liam come over for a playdate, which we did, and Jamie came over too when school was over with Charlie (Tom and Jack's brother). The boys had a great time, we all played together, and it was with some reluctance that we left. It was a quiet evening, and that was good.