Carl and Sarah played No Stress Chess. It is designed to teach you the rules of chess as you play without it feeling difficult. They played half a game before she wanted to do something else.
We have had a wonderful time with The Cat Game. It claims to be for people age 16 and up, but we altered the rules and just use the pieces to enjoy playing together but not in any competitive way. It is basically Pictionary but you have to use a picture of a cat (they provide many options) on which to base your drawing. We have had great fun and Sarah has been quite engaged with circling the cats and drawing tears and tissue boxes as if they are sad cats. I was proud of one creation because both girls guessed right away that it was cats playing basketball. Yesterday Amy and I worked together to depict Darth Vader.
Sarah’s new favorite book is I Am (Not) Scared by Anna Kang. She laughs so much as she reads it out loud that she can barely get her words out. I love this!
The girls continue to enjoy being sad crayons, and sometimes Amy is a happy crayon.
Whenever I am truly sad then Sarah is the sweetest, most concerned, most present little individual. When Amy is truly sad then Sarah gets in her face and laughs while loudly saying “meow meow meow!” or “gaw!” We tell Sarah repeatedly not to do this but to no avail. Yesterday it happened again after Sarah either accidentally or on purpose caused Amy’s head to bump into a wall twice. Carl had been about to take the girls out to do an errand and get a treat. We changed the plan in response to Sarah’s behavior so she stayed home with me while Carl and Amy went out. This was after many minutes of Carl talking to a crying Sarah about why she lost the trip. It was disappointing for all of us but I’m hoping it got Sarah’s attention. It was really beautiful overhearing Carl’s patient and loving way of handling the whole situation. Sarah and I did have a good time snuggling and reading on our own. Later we all had a good time hanging out in the family room together making cat drawings. Carl and the girls assembled a puzzle together and that was also beautiful to witness.
For dinner last night the girls tried avocado toast and quiche. I was surprised by how much they liked the avocado toast and how little they liked the quiche.
Sarah seemed to do an extra good job at gymnastics yesterday morning in terms of her attentiveness to the teachers as they explained the routines. The only frustrating thing was the time mismanagement that meant Sarah (and everyone in her group) only got one turn on the zipline. She handled it well and didn’t actually seem to mind. I minded on her behalf though!
There was no school or swimming on Friday due to the cold. It is still super cold!
I hope you are all well and warm and that your crayons are happy.
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