Happy Leap Year!

 Another four years has gone and another Leap Year has come!  I was very excited about this one because for pretty much all of my kids, it is the first LY that they remember.  I took full advantage of this by making it a themed day with a bunch of different LY activities. 

We started with writing where each of my kids had to write what they would do with an extra day.  The most popular responses included, eating pizza, playing video games and sleeping....  Very creative.  Anyway - afterwords, they each got to make a frog to mount their writing on which I am excited to show off to the school.

 Writing and making our LY Frogs

 How stinking cute?!

For math, we watched a video about different animals and how far they could leap.  My kids were very surprised when I told them that fleas were the worlds best jumpers.  I then set up a jumping lane in my classroom so my kids could measure to see how far they could leap.  It was loud - but a very successful activity.  :)

I have also been on a spring cleaning/reorganizing rampage in my classroom.   I recruited Luke to assist me with moving my things around to make my classroom more homey and removed a lot of things that I just wasn't using.  I think it has made a huge difference!  Although my kids are louder in table groups, it helps a lot with center work to have them grouped.  I also believe that it will quiet down a little once the new feeling wears off and they get used to the classroom style. 

As for baby - Owen is growing and the size of a head of lettuce.  He is kicking a lot more and enjoys loud noises from shows like The Walking Dead and so on.  We are getting more excited to meet him as we move into the third trimester at the end of this week.  :)  It is very strange to think that we will be welcoming our little man in three months.  Time sure does fly!

 26 weeks and 5 days pregnant

We had a little scare last week with Wan Tzu.  While I was at the gym, Luke came home and saw that he wasn't using his back legs.  Naturally - he freaked out and took Wan Tzu to the vet here that we have seen before.  Luckily, the vet was in and Luke was able to get a hole of our friend Anuar who translated for Luke what the vet was saying.  He guessed it was just a pulled muscle because his eyes and vitals checked out fine (phew!).  He got a shot of pain killers and anti-inflammatory stuff and was sent home.

I got home before Luke and was of course freaking out not knowing where either Luke or Wan Tzu was.  Tofu and I paced around until they came home 5 minutes later.  Luckily - he is doing well, still walking funny but he is walking which is the good thing.  He is happy and not in any pain so we are just helping him as best we can by giving him all the love in the world.  :)  We appreciated all of the thoughts from you guys and I know that it helped!  

Wan Tzu watching me eat dinner and hoping to get a slice....

Hope all is well!