What Am I? Round 12 Reveal

And the winner is N from Two Hot Mamas


It is indeed a head massager.

It feels fabulous! it's stimulating and relaxing all at the same time. We are going to stock up on them for presents for all those hard to buy for people.

Thanks everyone for playing! I'm off to look for the next item for "What am I?"

What Am I? Round 12 # 3

It's day 3 and no winners yet. Maybe this will help... or mayb not!

So far we know that it isn't:

• A knitting needle
• A handle to a whisk
• A leather working tool
• umbrella
• little umbrella that attaches to a hat
• Parasol, like a sun shade

Keep on Guessing!

What Am I? Round 12 #2

So far we know that it isn't:

1. A knitting needle
2. A handle to a whisk
3. A leather working tool

Keep on Guessing!

What Am I? Round 12

It's been way too long since we've played "What Am I?" The rules are simple: I'll post a different picture each day of a household item. You get to guess what it is!

This item is a wonderful new addition to our house. I got it as a table present for Hilary's birthday.



Have fun guessing!

She almost made it

a whole week without Liam getting injured!

Poor Grandma!

Dream for Him

This song is more about the the state of our world then it is about adoption, but my "adopted" ears heard it and instantly thought about adoption. I wonder how I'm going to explain "it" to Liam, I'm uncomfortable lying to him, I must come up with better stuff then the simplified guff, I want a world where I can tell him the truth, my dreams for him are very much alive.

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Crosby, Stills & Nash
Dream for Him

How am going to explain it to him
What am i going to say when it's something that grim
How the hell do you tell them that there comes an end
How are you going to handle it and still be their friend
How do you explain this world we face
To all of the innocents we have brought to this place

These and other questions stand in a row
And i'm not satisfied with the answers i know
What are you going to say to those eyes
I can't even get close to the lies
That are easier to tell you just say oh well
I'll explain when he's older but somehow that's colder
Than i want to be..............

I am uncomfortable lying to a child
Feels like building a trap... for something wild
Seems like building your house on the sand
And then expecting the ocean to let it stand

Somehow i must come up with better stuff
I'm just not satisfied with the simplified guff
That they shovel at kids by the handful
Like the candy they buy at a stand full
Of flags by the side of the road
It's not good for them to hand 'em that load
Of crap like they do................

I want a world where i can tell him the truth
About everyone from jesus to john wilkes booth
About how they lie in the house and the senate too
And only get close to the truth when it suits them to
And then on the very next day
They're back to lying that way

Of course it doesn't seem to matter what i want
But i look at some of the faces all haggard and gaunt
And i wonder which thing made them lose their dream
Cause mine is alive very much it would seem
And i would just love to be able to hand it to him
Without the light in those eyes ever getting dim
I want a dream for him..............
I want a dream for him..............
I want a dream for him

Reading strategies

At our parent-teacher meeting last week, Liam's teacher expressed some concern that Liam wasn't progression as well as she would like. Her concerns were around reading, recognizing sight words and knowing the sounds for letters. An example would be if you asked him what sound/letter the word "neighbour" starts with, he will most likely say B, since it has such a strong sound, just not at the beginning.

The school is great, the classes are small (14 kids) and they are sending some of the kids - including Liam - for extra one on one help a couple of times a week.

The thing we found odd about this conversation is that he seems to do just fine with homework. The school sends home 3 books a week, beginning readers with only a few words per page. We also do "Mama homework". It seems more of a case of Liam knowing his stuff, but not wanting to strut his stuff at school.

Either way we've kick Mama homework up a notch! Almost a year ago I posted about Liam becoming a reader, reading Dick and Jane. We hadn't read these in a while so we pulled them out this week. He stumbled on a few words, had to sound some out, but over all was reading it. We've also started using a great website for reading, Starfall.com The have games and on-line books, where you can click on a word and it sounds it out for you. I don't think computers can be a substitute for books when it comes to reading, but it is nice to have different options that are fun as well.

But our favorite reading strategy? Bathtime reading! While I run the water for Liam's bath, I use a washable marker and write the words we are working on on the tiles. Yes, that's right, I use markers on my bathroom walls! Liam gets in the tub and as he reads the words he gets to "erase" them with a water squirting toy. It's very motivating for the 6-year old crowd!



Any reading strategies that work in your house?