A Pair of Red Clogs

Last week we used the book "A Pair of Red Clogs" for our schooling. It was a really fun book to read. We enjoyed studying a little bit of Japanese culture. One day we made origami animals. Another day we found Japan on the map and learned a little bit about islands. Hailey was impressed by the Japanese alphabet and said she was very happy that she didn't live in Japan.

All week long I meant to get a hold of some chopsticks for us to practice eating with but due to getting sick (twice), I didn't get around to that until Sunday evening. It was kind of cool though--we went to the grocery store to pick up a few things and the sushi bar was selling sushi packs "buy one get one free" Normally I would take that as a warning to steer clear but I trust the sushi at HEB so this worked out great for us! We got a California Roll sampler and a pack of Summer Rolls. And they had wooden chopsticks! The girls were so excited and the LOVED dinner! They've had California Rolls before but not in awhile (that's one food I don't like to share). The younger two often need urging to eat raw green veggies but they didn't seem to mind that the summer rolls were packed with a good deal of lettuce.

We used the chopsticks the next day at lunch. We watched an instructional video (thanks youtube) and then the girls practiced with the sticks. Reese and Paige were more frustrated than anything but Hailey was very funny--she ate her veggie crisps with her chopsticks! And I cooked a bowl of rice and let them work on that with their chopsticks. It was a pretty fun way to end our study of "A Pair of Red Clogs"

Comparison

Reese picked up my bra, which was hanging to dry on the towel rack in our room, and asked "Is this for your boobs?" I snorted and said "Yes. Put it back." She then exclaimed "It looks like Wall-e's eyes!!"

On another note about Reese: I'm reasonably sure that her acid reflux has returned. Over the past month she has spontaneously thrown up several times--usually after running around. Sigh. I guess it's back to the Previcid for her. Not a huge deal but I absolutely HATE my kids being on any medication for long periods of time. She did eat a brownie tonight and chocolate can be a trigger for reflux so maybe we can try to avoid potential problem foods? Sigh again. Her reflux was severe when she was a toddler that it worries me not to aggressively treat it though. Don't want her to stop eating again and start wasting away...