Madison was able to ride her bike alone for the first time today. She was given her walkie talkie and I had mine. Her code name: Foxtrot. Mine: Private. Riley: Unicorn. Jules: babababa. I talked with her about some safety tips and off she went. She was supposed to check in with me at the end of the street. She got as far as the front of the house saying "These things are awesome!!" So it wasn't a problem at all for her to check in. In fact, she gave me the 411 about every five seconds - "I'm at the second alley. I'm at the first tree. I'm at Apache." Then she hit the "alarm" button which tells me she's in need of help. I check in "Are you ok?" She says "I hit a tree. Was holding the bike with one hand while I talked to you." So after that, she checked in a little less frequently. Thankfully, she didn't hit it hard.
She came in for a water break and then went out for a little longer.
Rest of the day was usual stuff - she did one page of Roman Numeral practice (she said she really loves those because they are like clues) and she did two pages of multiplication practice. All her multiplication practice is paying off!! There were tons of problems and she only got two wrong - 8 x 6 and 6 x 8. I showed her that she had them all correct until the 8 by 6 which she quickly knew what it was. She is gaining confidence in her math skills and doing very well.
We also made another trip out to The Gap at the mall. Still having a crazy sale. So she got two pairs of $2 flip flops, $4 shirt, $2 shirt and two pairs of jean capris at $5 each. She was very excited. Though saying "thank you" does not come easy to her. I can tell by her face that she is thankful, but she doesn't say it verbally. We're working on it with her.
We also went to Target to get Julia some of her food as she was running out. Riley managed to tie Julia's dress to the cart and Julia managed to pull Riley's hair. So the fussing from both of them was super fun for those few moments. Thankfully it didn't last long.
The girls played and it was a calm rest of the day. Madi was able to eat her pancit canton (sp?!) at lunch and loved it. Jeremy read with her tonight. She is really missing you badly, the last few days in particular. I'm not quite sure what to do to help her with that other than to tell her that we love her, you love her and we're all here to help.
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