But I am sad that I don't come here as often and share what has been on my mind and document the little years for future old me. So here are a few random thoughts and a few funny tid bits from life.
Annie finishes up week 6 tomorrow of Kindergarten. This week she has yelled at me that I "Don't know what I am talking about", cried tears because she can't wear what everyone else wears at school (I'm sorry isn't this what uniforms are supposed to avoid?) and let go of my hand upon passing the threshold, ran up to her little girlfriends (who, btw are both named "Emma") and never looked back for so much as a "see ya!". I love that she is where she is, I love that we have the means to send her, I love that she is in a Christian environment and that I don't have to be the one to teach her how to diagram a sentence... but I have never been a bigger fan of homeschooling than I have become as I take my baby to school each day :o) I am sure you know what I mean by that. I don't get to dictate how our days go anymore, I don't get to take them to the zoo (not that I have the brain power to do that anyway these days) I don't mind that I am not the one teaching her new concepts, but I wish I could sit in the back of the room and watch ;o)
She has learned a new song to sing for grandparents day "I Surely Shine" which also says "I'll gladly glow for Him" Which she thought was "I'll gladly globe" and listening to her try to pronounce the word Illuminate is the. best!
She has already taught me the definition of a rectangular prism, and I wonder if she will ever be able to properly finish a pattern. She has declared that she will never get any tally's and so far she has held to her promise.
Amelia and I have started working on the Get Ready for the Code preschool books that I did previously with Annie and she is surprisingly good at it. I think she has picked up on a little bit from Annie but she is doing well with her penmanship, I think better than Annie did at her age (not that I compare) She and Carly play well together while Annie is away and she really enjoys getting to dictate what they play. She is trying my patience with melting down, crying and kicking whenever I tell her "no" and I have been holding her accountable till I'm dizzy in the head which makes for a long, long day. However I love to see her sing and dance and try to big sister Alice. Alice pretty much can't stand for any of them to touch her but especially Mia because she's always bouncing her around like a rag doll.
Carly Jayne is the best, most adorable funniest little mushroom head ever and she is going to be the death of me! Right now everyone agrees she somewhat resembles a basset hound and its glorious! She is constantly into something and making messes. Her favorite is to put on the girls clothes so I am always putting their clothes back into their drawers guessing whether they are clean or not. The other day I went to change her diaper and found a pair of Mia's underwear on over her pantaloons. Her vocabulary is over the top and I wish I could capture conversations with her all day long. None of it is overly funny its just funny coming out of such a tiny mouth with her tiny little teeth and her tiny little voice. Its a good thing I love her so much. Our favorite Carly word and just about the only one she mispronounces is "Frek-tis" - Breakfast.
Alice is our little chub. Annie was trying to teach Mia one day about same vs different, the following conversation happened over lunch:
Annie: Mia you are different because you have dark skin
Me: Annie you are different because you have blonde hair
Mia: Alice is different because she has the chub!
girlfriend is in the 45% which is bigger than any baby I have ever had and she's perfectly average :o)
She just cut her bottom two teeth at 6mo and she still has virtually no hair. She babbles and fake coughs and can sit herself up now which is great since I forgot to even work with her on it she just went and did it herself. She can get around but you can't actually call it crawling quite yet but she is close, right now she does some sort of army crawl by getting up on her hands and lunging forward.
She is a mama's girl whenever she is even slightly tired or hungry but sometimes if I can hide from her she will remain happy. She plays by herself well but if there is a sister in her business she gets MAD. I don't blame her.
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