Playing at Southbank

We took a trip to Southbank with some friends a few weeks ago. The water was still a bit chilly for the weather but the kids didn't seem to mind. Plus the sand at Streets Beach is always a hit.

Max, Sadie and I playing in the sand

Sadie and Ryan

Funny comment

Max's teacher approached me when I arrived at his montessori to pick him up yesterday. She asked me to sign an incident report b/c another child bit Max. Here's the story as she related it:

Max and Orlando were playing with some dinosaurs and Caleb bit Max when Max would not give a dinosaur to him (apparently the rule is that only two children can play with the dinosaurs at one time). The teacher noticed Max crying and went over to the boys. After inquiring about what happened, Max said, "Caleb bit me."

The teacher asked Caleb whether or not he bit Max (there were not teeth marks on Max's arm). Caleb replied, "No. I scratched him with my teeth. I'm not allowed to bite."

The mark on Max's arm looks like a scratch so I think Caleb truly believed he was not biting :)

Arts and Crafts

We have created an arts and crafts box where I put all sorts of boxes, ribbons, containers, doodads, and gobbledygook. Max has, in the last three months, become really interested in making things. He has made Ben 10 watches out of toilet rolls, Green Lantern rings out of paper, dare I say hundreds of paper airplanes (yes, I do), a robot, a wobble board (Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport), Star Wars space ships, a DVD player and TV complete with DVDs and two remote controls, a boobie trap for above one of the bedroom doors, etc. I love to watch his creative side developing.

Wobble board

robot