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August 11, 2010 · By ·

K loves this book that we recently borrowed from the library; 

And he has been singing the catchy tune of the song 'Dem Bones', which is actually a song about the valley of dry bones from Ezekiel 37 :

"The toe bone connected to the heel bone,
The heel bone connected to the foot bone,
The foot bone connected to the leg bone,
The leg bone connected to the knee bone,
The knee bone connected to the thigh bone,
The thigh bone connected to the back bone,
The back bone connected to the neck bone,
The neck bone connected to the head bone,
Oh, hear the word of the Lord!"

We did a family activity this morning relevant to this book. I traced an outline of dh's body, dh then traced my body outline and then followed by K's.

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Dh went on to sketch the detailed skeletal structure of the bones inside the body drawing, while K got busy adding in all the other details. 

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K knows where is the neck and back vertebrae and the Fibula (the smaller lower leg bone) Tibia (larger lower leg bone) and loves to re-enact the drama of how the skeleton in the book kicks another skeleton's Tibia (or in the shin).

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I absolutely love books that we can all learn and play from! 

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P.S. He did it.

August 7, 2010 · By ·

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Just when I was about to give up trying, K said to me one morning in the car when I picked him up from school.

K         –    "I p.s in school today."

Mum  –    "Are you sure?"

K        –    "I have a stomachache so I got to p.s in the school's toilet. I am big boy already, no need diaper."

I could almost hear the tune of Handel's Messiah ringing in my head, the one with the The Hallelujah Chorus.

 

This was a pleasant change from the conversation we had last week in the car on the way to school.

K      –     "I have a stomachache."

Mum     –    "Oh dear, can you make sure you use the toilet to p.s later when u are in school?"

K      –     "No, I can hold. I will wait till I come home."

Mum    –     "If you have to p.s., you really need to go. Your stomach will feel very uncomfortable if you don't go."

K      –      "No need toilet, I can wait later."

 

Not that he has issues doing his dump in public toilets, it is worse than that. Ever since he has been trained to be off diapers, he has been having some issues with sitting on the toilet to p.m. No amount of convincing, "Only babies use diapers to p.m," or a discourse on what happens to soiled diapers of big boys, "It is so much better that you flush it down into the toilet, your poo will not be adding to the stench in rubbish trucks and then create big mountains of diapers of poo." (the need to explain about the concept of landfills did not seem too advantageous at that point in time). It even became desperate at one point, "Oh no, you are like the only one in class that still poo in your diapers, I should tell your friends." (I know, it is not wise to threaten, but I was feeling at a loss to what to do). There was also an attempt to bribe, "You can have the 100 Stories DVDs if you can p.m. in the toilet."

Being forced by circumstance to make a choice at that moment seemed to have worked out relatively well. And it may be about to get even better for K. Dh has promised him a pet if he quits his habit of using the diaper to p.m. I am still hoping K will be distracted by something else and forgets about this.

I guess it is time to share with him how smelly and squeaky those little furballs can get.

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