Early last week Ben wrote a note to his cousin Levi and asked him to come over when he didn't have school (since Levi has school in the afternoon, he could come play in the morning). Levi quickly wrote him back saying "I'll come next week Love Levi" So his Mom and I coordinated the play date in more detail. And until they arrived at the front door and rang the bell, Ben and Hannah couldn't focus on anything else. They were so excited about having him and his brother over to play. Hannah watched the window and Ben kept opening the front door.
When Levi rang the door, Ben ran to the door and Hannah went running to hide (an automatic response to the doorbell, they do it when Nanny comes too). But then she came right out and they started running through the house. At one point Claudia and I were talking about finger knitting (on one finger...start slow) and we decided to try it out for ourselves then try to teach the kids. When we felt we 'had it' we told the kids to sit on the couch and learn something new. Hah! They were so jiggly and wiggly that they had a hard time. We let them free and they continued running.
After nap time, we headed over to Michaels craft store to get some new yarn. I thought this would help them with getting truly interested and owning their project. All they could talk about on our way home from the store was knitting and how they love to do it. So that worked. Ben really got into it and is now working on a long rainbow colored piece. We knew he'd love this because of all the tyeing and knots. He can't wait until we start using knitting needles.
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