Airplanes and the K sound

This morning I am flying to Ohio.  I love to fly and almost have enough frequent flier miles for a free flight I travel so much!  I am only going for the weekend though to play with my cousins while mommys cousin gets married.    I am sure I will have some updates for you when I return.

At speech class this week we practiced the K sound.  In words like: can, key, car, comb, cat, cow, kids, corn, candy, sock, snack, walk, stick, truck, block, snake, steak, snowflake.  We read a book called "Bear feels sick"

Have a great weekend!

Cooking Pancakes & Word Syllables

It is Sunday which means Pancake day!!  I love to help daddy make pancakes!

This week at speech class we worked on "word syllables"  which just means saying longer words slower and saying each part correct.  Our words this week were: tepee, tummy, number, napping, puppy, penny, money, mopping, top hat, mobile home, potato, naughty, peanut, tonight, noodle soup and motor boat. Our book this week was Three Billy Goats Gruff.

Homework

Every night we read this week's elementary school book and then go over all the words I have learned since I started speech class a month ago.   Hopefully when I see my family next week they will notice my big improvements.

T

This week is brought to you by the letter T. As in Teeth, Tie, Tire, Toad, Toast, Toys, Two, Tarzan and Teacher.  Or Ant, Bat, Boat, Boot, Cat, Coat, Fruit, Goat, and Hat.

Our book this week is Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear - which is fun to read and act out as Teddy Bear touches his toes, turns around, takes a bow, etc.

In the pictures I built a tower, read my book and built a train (pulled by Mater).   Hopefully today I will be saying "Touchdown!" as the Gators beat the Volunteers.

Eating right

Mommy is on a health kick again.  These things come and go so I just come and go with her.  Here I am eating my stir fry vegetables, quinoa and a cup of milk.   It is really not bad, some meals have actually been really yummy.

Mommy is not on a diet, our meals are just healthier.  Out are the frozen meals in a bag and red meats, in are fresh fruits, vegetables, whole-grain brown rice or quinoa, chicken or fish.

We don't want to kill family traditions though so instead of buying Papa John pizza for football Saturdays we just made our own pizza with healthier toppings.

Hopefully we can make this a lifestyle change instead of a temporary measure because mommy feels alot better eating right (her many GI issues are much better in just 10 days). Plus I love to help cook so this has given me more chances to play in the kitchen.   Tonight's dinner:  Edamame and Roasted Corn Succotash - I am sure it will be super yummy!

Forts

Today is the first time I have built a fort with daddy.  It was great!  We used the bed, sofa, dresser, kitchen and storage shelf to hold up the various blankets, sheets and sleeping bags.

N

This week is brought to you by the letter N.  As in crown, balloon, clown, spoon, phone, raccoon, airplane, lion, seven, chicken.  Also knees, knitting, nap, nest, nurse, nose, napkin, necklace, and nickel.  We read the book "No, David" at elementary school and practiced the nnn sound a car engine makes.

School bus update - Daddy has been driving me to speech class but letting me ride the bus home.  Otherwise I would miss the first 5-15 minutes of class because the bus is always late. 

Karrels are the victors!

Clan Karrels successfully repelled the invasion of Clan McCall.  

We now live in peace, and all go into zombie mode when Caillou comes on.  We will visit each other again for Thanksgiving. 

McCall Invasion

Duncan and Aine came to visit me this weekend.  I am having a lot of fun despite having a fever.  We went to the dinosaur museum today and tomorrow we are going to make pizza.  Their mommy Kristin is still deployed for 6 more weeks, I bet they miss her so much!