tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16308013006842845742024-03-21T16:39:24.743-07:00Holy Cow is PolyKow!the dairy farmer and the cariocaAlex Polikowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05394640392619679464noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630801300684284574.post-81331465705398636512014-12-23T11:59:00.001-08:002014-12-23T11:59:34.136-08:00You must practice before you can master!<br /><br />I have always heard that one must practice hard until they can do something better..or do it at all.<br /><br />When my son was little we gave him at least 4 tricycles!<br />He could never ever get the hang of pedaling and riding them. He was very good at other things like playing basketball and balancing on things and had very great coordination and motor skills but not for riding.<br /><br />He was running at 10 months old! He never crawled! He went from barely sitting at 8 months to standing and walking at 9 months.<br /><br />But pedaling and riding was not something he could do. He tried a few times. Could not do it. Got frustrated . It was not fun for him.<br />Dad and I are avid cyclists.<br /><br />We gave him little bikes, then big bikes with big training wheels.<br />At 7 he could, with training wheels, ride straight ahead, no curves, but barely and not comfortably. So he did not do it.<br />Always hard and frustrating for him. We did not push it,<br /><br />I got him a new bike at 8 ( on top of the brand new bike he got less than a year earlier. It sat there with training wheels for months. He tried a few times and that is it.<br /><br />A couple months before he was 9 I was mowing the lawn and he went into the garage, picked up his new bike with no training wheels and sat and proceeded to ride around in a circle , The boy who could not ever make a turn while riding a bike on training wheels.<br /><br />No practice. No struggle. Not hard. He was ready. His body and brain were ready and he rode like he had been riding for years.<br /><br />You don't believe me?<br />Remember that I was on my riding mower watching?. I stopped. I picked up my phone and this is the video of that moment.<br /><br />No need to practice here in order to master. He mastered when it was the right time. Without us making him feel bad or frustrated or without it being hard work.<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/GHhHnImaejc" width="420"></iframe><br />Alex Polikowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05394640392619679464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630801300684284574.post-86352511733051037762014-06-14T18:22:00.001-07:002014-06-14T18:22:35.510-07:00Math is everywhere!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Gigi has been interested in numbers since she was a little toddler. She was always asking how many this or that. How much is this plus/times that. How many minutes in an hour..... and so on.<br /><br />She has a pretty great grasp of it and her horseback riding instructor ( who also is a teacher and teaches math) has been impressed many times by it.<br /><br />Brian just told me a cool story I am going to share.<br /><br />They were talking about something and the idea of odd and even numbers came up.<br />He asked what 26 was. She said that 26 was 10 plus 10 plus 6 and therefore even.<br />He asked what 29 was and she said odd and he asked what 16 was and she said even.<br /><br />He then told her that 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 were odd and that 2, 4, 6 and 8 where even.<br />She turned to him and said that when you add an odd number to an odd number you always get an even number.<br /><br />Brian was pretty floored. He had never thought of it!</div>
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It does not surprise me. The other day a friend said to her that her mom was 28 years old. Keep in mind that I am 48. Right away Gigi said. "OH so 20 years younger than my mom". It was an immediate response.<br />She can do addiction/ subtraction in her head.<br /><br />One time she was working on a round pen horseback riding ( that was probably about 2 years ago ) and her instructor turned to her and said: "Don't cut corners"<br />Gigi replied: "It is a round pen there are no corners"<br /><br />Math is everywhere. I am glad I was never afraid of math and actually absolutely loved algebra ! They were like fun puzzles I did for fun.<br /><br />Brian has an incredible head for numbers but he says he was terrible in math in school. That is really incredible if you know how well he does with numbers. </div>
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It is Cow show season and Gigi has been working with her calves Armor and Bambi and this last Friday was her first show. She loves it !<br />She did awesome and is very happy!</div>
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<br />Alex Polikowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05394640392619679464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630801300684284574.post-52532986070831963532014-06-06T07:04:00.001-07:002014-06-06T07:04:29.954-07:00Byzantine Empire and Video Games.<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> A few </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">days ago my son came to me and asked me for a new game on Steam. It was on sale and he said he really wanted it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Unfortunately we needed to wait until the next pay check I told him. So he remembered that we have a change jar and we counted first quarters, then dimes and even nickels and we had enough for h</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">is game, a few add ons and Gigi's Animal Jam membership. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Yesterday he is telling me something about Middle Ages and Roman Empire and I am all confused. <br />I said the Roman Empire fell before the Middle Ages.<br />Later he is in my laptop reading something and I sit with him to find him reading about the Byzantine Empire.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is from Wikipedia:</span><br />"<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">The </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">Byzantine Empire</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> was the predominantly </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Greek" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-decoration: none;" title="Medieval Greek">Greek</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">-speaking continuation of the eastern half of the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-decoration: none;" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> during </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Antiquity" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-decoration: none;" title="Late Antiquity">Late Antiquity</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> and the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-decoration: none;" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">. Its capital city was </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-decoration: none;" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> (modern-day </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-decoration: none;" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">), originally known as </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantium" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-decoration: none;" title="Byzantium">Byzantium</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">. Often called the </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">Eastern Roman Empire</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> in this context, it survived the 5th century </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_the_Western_Roman_Empire" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-decoration: none;" title="Fall of the Western Roman Empire">fragmentation and fall of the Western Roman Empire</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">and continued to exist for an additional thousand years until it </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Constantinople" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-decoration: none;" title="Fall of Constantinople">fell</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> to the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-decoration: none;" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Turks</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> in 1453."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am still always amazed ! Like me he likes to compare historical facts in Games ( me books and movies) to see how close they follow real history.<br />I am learning so much from him telling me all this tidbits of history and challenging my own knowledge.</span></span><br />
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How unschooling children learn to read is different for every child.</div>
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It also happens at different ages . Sometimes the parent may not even be aware how much a child is reading.</div>
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Here is a video of the day I realized my daughter got it.<br />This video was about a month after the ALLive Unschooling Symposium in Minnesota last year. I know Gigi was not fluently reading at that time of the symposium.</div>
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A month later we go to an Anime Con and Gigi is picked out of the audience to be part of Pinkie Pie's team at the event called My Little Pony Games.<br />One person/player from each team takes a piece of paper with something written on it and they have to read it to the audience. You can see her take one sheet of paper.</div>
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I was like "Oh My" and did not know how that was going to go but she looked confident up there so I just sat back and recorded.</div>
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She is the last to read and reads it fluently and confidently and wins for her team.<br />Keep in mind she was 7 years old and all the other competitors were older teens or your adults.</div>
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No lessons, no trying to teach phonics, no reading methods but with support and a print rich environment and being present to answer questions and help read, write, communicate with others or anything she wanted to do.</div>
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My son is 11 and he started watching TV at 18 months old. Before that he did not care for it. <br />
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At 18 months old he fell in love with Maisy and then it was Bob the Builder followed by Thomas the Tank Engine.<br />
I sat with him and watched a lot of Maisy, Bob and Thomas. I cherish those moments . It was so sweet and I miss them.<br />
I also learned to love what he loves.<br />
I spent hours with him playing with tools! Then it was trains and that was a huge passion for years. I used to know probably all the Thomas songs! All the engines and stories. He was using foam or magnet letters to write names like Thomas , Percy and James at 3 years old. His passion was embraced and supported.<br />
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I remember seeing his cousin playing video games and thinking to myself that that was not going to be my son.<br />
When he was around 4 he started playing some online games and I had already been reading about unschooling for awhile so I was not at all afraid of video games. At 4 we gave him his first Nintendo DS.<br />
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I embraced his love for gaming the same way I embraced his love for trains. I fell in love with gaming just like I did with Thomas.<br />
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Sometimes around 5 or a little before he turned 5 I discovered the online game called Roblox and introduced to him . That was huge!<br />
Not only my son learned to read and type because of it but it was/is and amazing game. People would friend him and be very surprised when they found out he was 5 years old. He was known for being a great player and helping new people learn the game. I think Roblox should have payed him something because he was a walking advertizement for them. Every child he met he told them about Roblox!<br />
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We also gave him a Nintendo Wii at that age and we still love that system and all the Nintendo games!<br />
He fell in love with Super Mario and Legends of Zelda games.<br />
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Legends of Zelda has inspired him to learn the Ocarina and he has read all the books several times! He has been rereading them this last few weeks!<br />
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A few months ago my son and I build his first gaming computer he has been saving for. He has many many games on his PC, his XBox 360, PS2, PS3, Gamecube , Duo Retro ( plays NES and SNES games), Nintendo DS and Gameboy. <br />
Yes he also loves retro and classic games and consoles.<br />
He has always been a collector and has become a researcher.<br />
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But what is amazing how well he writes, how fast he can read, how he has full grasp of math, physics and loves all Science and is always telling me and reading about everything !<br />
His knowledge is amazing. From how your eyes work and how other animals eyes work and why to how matter and antimatter reacted to create the Universe and much much more this boys knows!<br />
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He is very witty and loves playing with words, he is bright and he is loving. He will not hurt a fly. <br />
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He is always reading and researching so many different things. He has this love for learning and information.<br />
He tells me so many things that I am amazed he knows!<br />
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Today I played a game with him and he split some wood while I was stacking. He is my gamer that goes and splits wood that a grown up has difficulty splitting.<br />
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It is not screen time!<br />
It is reading, researching, playing, discovering and much more!<br />
It really gets to me when people say "screen time". They are not really paying attention to what their children are doing.<br />
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Here is a little bit of him<br />
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His first Thomas Engine and it all started ( he still had his Bob the Builder shirt)</div>
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Bob the builder was the man! He loved him.</div>
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His Birthday this year! Lab Coat, Periodic Table and Chemistry kit. That is what he wanted.<br />
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Animinneapolis ! With the voice actor and Manga author Sonny Strait.<br />
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Caulking ! He is using a gun!!!!!!</div>
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Up in the hayloft of the old barn with kittens and his sister.</div>
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His little kitten Scout who he saved by bringing in and bottle feeding.</div>
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Getting his Arrow of Light and graduating from Cub Scout earlier in the year.</div>
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They says they want their kids to be in nature, play outside and not just sit there. They clearly think that playing video games has no value other than probably working on hand-eye coordination.<br />
They are afraid. They do not even know really what they are afraid of. They repeat things they heard and read instead of looking at their children and seeing them.<br />
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My 7 year old daughter is an avid Minecrafter, specially now in cold Minnesota and the weather is very cold and we are indoors a lot she will spend hours playing Minecraft and Skyping her friends.<br />
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But here is a collection of our Spring/Fall/Summer activities ! She doesn't just play video games.<br />
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Finding amazing natural forming rock sculptures in the gravel!</div>
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This was just a little window to a fun life where computers and video games and TV are not limited in any way.<br />
In those months she also learned to read and is writing a ton while communicating with her friends online!<br />
That was mostly from video game playing! <br />
Why would I not want her to do it?<br />
She loves books and reading them! She still loves getting full of mud ! She comes out for chores because she loves it~! <br />
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Make their world bigger and richer. <br />
Mud is not better than video games that is not better than showing cows that is not better than watching a movie with mom in bed!!!! It is all wonderful for different reasons. <br />
It all has its value and time. <br />
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You know your kids are happy when they are singing and playing engaged in something they love. Here is Gigi and Minecraft .Alex Polikowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05394640392619679464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630801300684284574.post-64412294723037988242012-12-24T14:23:00.000-08:002012-12-24T14:23:09.138-08:00Minecraft and splitting wood<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Gigi loves<a href="https://minecraft.net/" target="_blank"> Minecraft</a> and has been a <a href="http://www.yogscast.com/" target="_blank">Yogscast</a> fan since for a long while now. Here is a song for Simon and Lewis by her when she was 5 years old. She still watches their videos almost daily.</div>
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<br />Alex Polikowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05394640392619679464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630801300684284574.post-65414096242864590432012-12-19T07:59:00.000-08:002012-12-19T07:59:01.021-08:00My sweet children and what happens when you are sweet to them.Everyday I am witness of incredible acts of sweetness by my children. Sometimes to me, sometimes to dad, sometimes to each other and many times to all.<br />
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Last night when I was going to bed I asked Daniel if he was hungry and wanted something to eat before I went to bed. He said he wanted something and I was heading down the stairs when he gave me a big hug and thanked me.<br />
This morning Gigi is not feeling well. Daniel came downstairs from his room and she said she was not feeling good in a very distressed voice. He said to her that she could come and stay in the top of his bunk bed if she wanted. It was really sweet and she is gone upstairs with him and very happy about it.<br />
Daniel and Gigi have so many great sibling moments ! It is really amazing.<br />
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Gigi is one that will turn to the cashier in the supermarket and tell her she has beautiful hair or that she likes her earrings. She also will give me or dad massages if we need.<br />
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Both my children are very sensitive to how I talk to them and can get very offended and sad if I am not being nice to them. I also have become much more able to stop before I say something harsh when I have a knee jerk reaction and take a deep breath and make a better choice in how I act and react towards them.<br />
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These pictures were taken last winter with the little snow we got. Daniel helped Gigi make a snowcalf and dad helped Daniel make a snowman. Sweetness all around the family!<br />
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The more sweetness I bring into my home by my tone of voice and the way I treat my kids and husband, the sweeter our lives are. I should come here everyday and write all that down so I never forget and take it for granted.<br />
<br />Alex Polikowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05394640392619679464noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630801300684284574.post-84796032988731374842012-12-09T17:07:00.000-08:002012-12-09T20:43:37.073-08:00Goodbye HoneyGoodbye little pony. You were the best pony a little girl , and a big one, could have.<br />
I will miss your sweet brown eyes and how much you talked to us.<br />
I will miss your gentleness and how much you loved your little girl.<br />
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Here is the link to <a href="http://polykow.blogspot.com/2009/10/every-pony-needs-little-girl-to-love.html" target="_blank">more Honey!</a></div>
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Honey passed December 1st when she had several Gran Mal seizures. She was old. By the time the vet called back she was gone. I was with her and she was not alone. I am glad she went fast.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">On the first day of Christmas my children gave to me...</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">… One Mac & Cheesee for mom who was busy.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">On the second day of Christmas my children gave to me...</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">… two making mom's bed together, One Mac & Cheesee for mom who was busy.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">On the third day of Christmas my children gave to me...</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">… three times more love, two making mom's bed togeth</span><br />
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er, One Mac & Cheesee for mom who was busy.<br />
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On the fourth day of Christmas my children gave to me...<br />
…four pictures taken, three times more love, two making mom's bed together, One Mac & Cheesee for mom who was busy.<br />
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On the fifth day of Christmas my children gave to me...<br />
… five art pieces, four pictures taken, three times more love, two making mom's bed together, One Mac & Cheesee for mom who was busy.<br />
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On the sixth day of Christmas my children gave to me...<br />
... six funny stories to share, five art pieces, four pictures taken, three times more love, two making mom's bed together, One Mac & Cheesee for mom who was busy.<br />
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On the seventh day of Christmas my children gave to me...<br />
...seven sweet sibling moments, six funny stories to share, five art pieces, four pictures taken, three times more love, two making mom's bed together, One Mac & Cheesee for mom who was busy.<br />
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On the eighth day of Christmas my children gave to me...<br />
...eight can I help you clean, seven sweet sibling moments, six funny stories to share, five art pieces, four pictures taken, three times more love, two making mom's bed together, One Mac & Cheesee for mom who was busy.<br />
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On the ninth day of Christmas my children gave to me...<br />
… nine big smiles, eight can I help you clean, seven sweet sibling moments, six funny stories to share, five art pieces, four pictures taken, three times more love, two making mom's bed together, One Mac & Cheesee for mom who was busy.<br />
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On the tenth day of Christmas my children gave to me...<br />
...ten baked brownies, nine big smiles, eight can I help you clean, seven sweet sibling moments, six funny stories to share, five art pieces, four pictures taken, three times more love, two making mom's bed together, One Mac & Cheesee for mom who was busy.<br />
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On the eleventh day of Christmas my children gave to me...<br />
… eleven sweet words of appreciation, ten baked brownies, nine big smiles, eight can I help you clean, seven sweet sibling moments, six funny stories to share, five art pieces, four pictures taken, three times more love, two making mom's bed together, One Mac & Cheesee for mom who was busy.<br />
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On the twelfth day of Christmas my children gave to me...<br />
...twelve hugs and kisses, eleven sweet words of appreciation, ten baked brownies, nine big smiles, eight can I help you clean, seven sweet sibling moments, six funny stories to share, five art pieces, four pictures taken, three times more love, two making mom's bed together, One Mac & Cheesee for mom who was busy.<br />
Alex Polikowsky</div>
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Our own <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_(The_Legend_of_Zelda)" target="_blank">Link</a> playing his <a href="http://www.zelda.com/universe/game/ocarinatime/" target="_blank">Ocarina</a>.</div>
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Daniel purchased this Ocarina 3 years ago at the <a href="http://www.renaissancefest.com/" target="_blank">Minnesota Renaissance Festival.</a></div>
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<br />Alex Polikowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05394640392619679464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630801300684284574.post-69469658594811651852012-10-09T17:42:00.001-07:002012-10-09T17:44:09.514-07:00Fall and GrapesGigi and I visited the beautiful <a href="http://www.fireflyberries.com/" target="_blank">Firefly Berrie</a>s for some Concord Grapes and a bit of what was left of their raspberries.<br />
Gigi got to pick grapes and raspberries on a gorgeous Fall day.<br />
We made some grape jam that turned out amazing!<br />
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and this is back at home !!!</div>
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The back of our house seen from the calf barn.</div>
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<br />Our first red calf was born this Fall at the farm! he is so cute. He is now called Einstein by his new owner who was very happy to take him home!!!!<br />Have a good life Einstein!Alex Polikowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05394640392619679464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630801300684284574.post-43055322249086420392012-10-07T09:01:00.000-07:002012-10-07T09:01:51.671-07:00A Gift and Cutting Corners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So Gigi's cousin Emily helped us be able to go to the World Dairy Expo. She did chores for Brian and fed and took care of all the baby calves. Gigi bought her a little gift there as a thank you. She wrote her a thank you note and wrapped up the present.<br />Thanks Emily!!<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">So here is Gigi having horseback riding lessons with </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kelly-Neu-Certified-Horseback-Riding-Instructor-and-Equine-Specialist/365193063509841?fref=ts" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">Kelly Neu</a><span style="text-align: start;"> at </span><a href="http://www.hoperanchteam.com/" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">Hope Ranch</a><span style="text-align: start;">. She loves it and has been doing them since she was 5. Last week she was working with Dee in the round pen and Kelly was showing her how to do it:</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Kelly:" Gigi make sure she is not cutting corners!"</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Gigi: "It is a round pen! There are no corners!"</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Kelly teaches 6th grade and she is always telling me things that Gigi says that most her students do not know, she tells me.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /></div>
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Here is my awesome boy Daniel. He is getting his Second Molars at only 10 years old. Why do hey grow so fast?Alex Polikowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05394640392619679464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630801300684284574.post-26009522299509293982012-10-06T17:26:00.000-07:002012-10-06T17:28:22.034-07:00World Dairy Expo 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Gigi has been really wanting to go to the <a href="http://www.worlddairyexpo.com/" target="_blank">World Dairy Expo</a> in Madison , WI.<br />
She also wanted to go to a sale so we thought we could drive there on Friday and stay for the <a href="http://www.tommorrisltd.com/WC_2012.html" target="_blank">World Classic Holstein Sale</a>.<br />
It was a great day. Gigi can't wait to go back next year.<br />
MDaniel spent the day with his friend Ryan ( who he met 6 years ago) running around. I think he had a fabulous time and reconnected with a great kid. He is getting so big and it is hard for me to see him spread his wings, as I am a worrier! But he was pretty great checking in and finding his way around the big show grounds.Alex Polikowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05394640392619679464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630801300684284574.post-45936103429580747792011-05-12T08:50:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:25:38.549-07:00What I got on Target!!!!!!!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsteh18yShMooPeQLSKKptRrswuXeKISkwFY-kIp9G0W14k4-lAtJc7gNlcTQIoDPaucwUQQnfr0dsGpu-QNLndjWrcFolO798z5o8S_4kO3Q8NN5WdAC_3edj_AdCTZlZnhygOHM6H3s/s1600/PICT0385+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsteh18yShMooPeQLSKKptRrswuXeKISkwFY-kIp9G0W14k4-lAtJc7gNlcTQIoDPaucwUQQnfr0dsGpu-QNLndjWrcFolO798z5o8S_4kO3Q8NN5WdAC_3edj_AdCTZlZnhygOHM6H3s/s640/PICT0385+%25282%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>Alex Polikowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05394640392619679464noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630801300684284574.post-36537932330834657822011-05-09T15:20:00.000-07:002011-05-09T15:20:40.765-07:00How Kids Learn~~~!Like her older brother did, Gigi is learning at her own pace in the way best for her.<br />
MD was writing his name at around 3.5 and Gigi just wrote her name at 5.<br />
This Friday we were signing cards to send to the grandmothers and Gigi signed her card.<br />
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It was the first time she did ! She was never made to write any letters or her name.<br />
She usually sends e-mails to a friend and is able to type a few words but most of the time I spell it out for her and point to the letters she cannot remember. She does like typing sometimes and using roses to decorate the text.<br />
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naturally.<br />
It was the same way with her brother and according to his annual testing , required in Minnesota, he spells at between the 6th and 7th grades level. <br />
Here is Gigi's first time writing out her name!Alex Polikowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05394640392619679464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630801300684284574.post-24877156687015236382011-04-21T17:35:00.000-07:002011-04-21T17:35:41.099-07:00Easter eggs, angels, dragons and wolves!!!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDbJlRQEttjwM8j5vKaraceu-ke5tNI_F6NdxrQoEXlnNBAawitgNEFCwOlFAOJU7tK803XuXSLq_sEtenGYpP8pZU_JDMRWqvbTLDfypSRbZJWydx0ESj-6EPpObLUCmXdfczbYL1FM/s1600/PICT0370.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDbJlRQEttjwM8j5vKaraceu-ke5tNI_F6NdxrQoEXlnNBAawitgNEFCwOlFAOJU7tK803XuXSLq_sEtenGYpP8pZU_JDMRWqvbTLDfypSRbZJWydx0ESj-6EPpObLUCmXdfczbYL1FM/s640/PICT0370.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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We have not made a single snowman as the snow was usually "powdery" and not good sticky stuff due to very low temperatures.<br />
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I want them to be able to look back and remember all!!<br />
So here it goes!!!!<br />
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