Word Girl. Have you seen this show on PBS? Samuel loves it, and it has a funny narrator who makes jokes only grown ups would understand, so it is fun for all of us to watch. Samuel likes to pretend that he is Word Girl and that Ernie is one of the villains on the show called "The Butcher". Then he will randomly tackle Ernie saying "I'll get you butcher!" Hmmmm....I've never actually seen Word Girl do that on the show, but Samuel seems to think it's lots of fun. I get to be the monkey.
Snacks. If we let him, Samuel would eat these 2 things for every snack and meal, every day. Who needs vegetables anyway?
Construction books. Okay, most definitely not my favorite, but Samuel LOVES any book about construction vehicles. I have learned more about bulldozers, cement mixers, tractors, etc.. in the past 3 years than I thought possible.
The clock. This is probably not Samuel's favorite at the moment, but Ernie and I like it because it is making it a little easier for Samuel to know when to get up each morning. We tell him he can get up when he sees a 6 on the clock. We covered up the minutes part because otherwise I'm sure we would be told there was a 6 when it was 3:16 or 4:26 am.
Chart. For each morning that Samuel does not wake up and come into our room in the middle of the night, he gets a sticker on this chart. Also if he wakes up dry he gets another sticker (he's still working on that.) When the chart is full, he gets to pick from a bag of little toys.
All things Diego. Diego is the other show he can't get enough of right now. If you haven't seen it before, Diego is a show about a boy who rescues animals. He uses all sorts of tools - telescope, rescue pack, field journal, etc... We don't have any of those things, but Samuel is quite imaginative and makes his own - he uses that little red video game as his field journal, he uses Ernie's watch as his video watch, etc... Heaven forbid if you try to put any of these things away. They must be accessible at all times in case of an animal rescue emergency. When we go in the car, they must all come with us. And if one of them happens to fall on the floor (which is quite likely as he is usually trying to hold about 10 things), screaming must commence.
3 comments:
Awesome! We are big into Diego and construction too. And monster trucks and dinosaurs. Maybe next time you'll get to play tea parties and Care Bear stare :) !!!!!
Holy Toledo!!! What a guy. The smarter they are, the harder it gets to keep up with them! Glad the sticker chart is helping a bit at night time though. That's a trick in itself.
Diego is Dora's cousin, right?
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