Kids. Has been non-stop around here lately. Juggling all the projects, bedtimes, to-do lists. Riley has her geography bowl tomorrow. Madi has three projects she is working on - or at least, that we're trying to get her to work on. We're giving her ideas to help her and trying to let her do most of the work. Which in and of itself, presents more work for us to do. Guidance without doing it all. She worked on her Alamo project and I had her take it in today to see if it is what Mrs. Campbell was looking for. She told Madi that it wasn't up to her usual standards of excellence (she worded it differently, but told her that she usually does work that says "wow" and this isn't meeting that level). We weren't surprised as not much time and effort went into it. So she'll be doing more to work on it to turn it in on Thursday. Good lesson to learn.
Madi had a good day today. We went to Walmart to get groceries after work and then picked up the girls. I made dinner, Jer and Madi talked with Poppi for a little while. Got the girls to bed. I had time with Jules and Madi tonight. It had been a while since I read with her. She's on 1 Corinthians 15. Can't believe how far into the New Testament we've read. She still asks great questions and just hoping that she's growing spiritually.
They have been talking about self-control at church. Doing the things you need to do - not just the things you want to do. Has been good. Riley's been learning about trusting God.
All in all, a very very good day. Just non-stop action.
We've started planning for Madi's birthday party for school friends. She has one or two really close friends and then a lot of acquaintances that could develop into good friendships. We priced out all sorts of things - staying at a hotel and going shopping, going to a huge indoor trampoline park, American Girl Store Tea... let's just say they were WAY more expensive than I had even imagined. Most parties are a couple of hundred for girls her age. The indoor trampoline park would be $23 a person for two hours of fun. Did not include drinks, lunch or cake. So it was a quick "no."
The hotel stay and time at the mall was going to be well over $200. So that was also a "no." As well as the American Girl Doll stuff. Just way too expensive.
So we're doing a party here at home. There are 15 girls she wants to have over. So a total of 16 girls at our home. They're all very nice. We'll do pizza for dinner, an ice cream bar with various toppings, pancakes in the morning. Trying to keep it inexpensive, but fun. The girls can play Wii downstairs or watch movies upstairs. We'll clear out the entire playroom and the girls can all sleep in sleeping bags in there. We'll put everything (toys, etc.) in our bedroom. Should be a very fun event for her. The gift bags will have a cute crocheted hat and detachable flower clip - in the girl's favorite colors (went and asked each girl for their favorite color ahead of time).
Her party will be Friday, March 2 and the girls will be picked up around 10am on Saturday morning. Then we'll go to Kathryn's Premier Jewelry party Saturday afternoon and celebrate there. Looking forward to giving her a chance to get to know more of the really good kids at school. As well as time with friends she is already close with. She's been making much better choices as to who she is hanging out with which is really great.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Projects
Strange day today. Not our normal Saturday. Except for the laundry and cleaning and chasing girls around part!
I say strange because I felt like Jeremy and I were both so overtired that we were quite snappy. We both got very little sleep the last two nights and Riley woke me up at 5:30am today. I was patient in the morning, but as the day went on, little things were getting frustrating. Madi even asked in the afternoon "Why are you guys so grumpy?" To which we said that we're just trying to get done what needs to get done and we're overtired. Not a good excuse - just honest.
Madi loved the conversation this morning. She has really loved seeing the boys as she hardly has time with them on there. It's really cute to see her interact with them!
For most of the day she worked on her school projects. She has an Alamo project due, a LEAP project and she needs to make a Valentine's box. We're trying to guide her, but not do the work for her. Though Jeremy did use the hot glue gun to help prop up the Alamo, but we weren't going to have her burn her hands doing that!
Earlier in the week, Madi told me "I can't wait to see the look on my teacher's face when I tell her I haven't worked on my project (referring to her leap teacher)." We knew she had a project going on in the class, but didn't have information on it and every day we ask "Do you have any homework? Fasttmath? Spelling?" Madi usually says "No," but then goes "Oh wait!" and does her work. (Which she is doing awesome as far as her grades go!)
So in response to her statement about the leap teacher, I said "Well, I can't imagine that it will be one of joy." She responds "Well you don't give me time on the computer after dinner. You don't give me time to get it done." This took me back quite a bit as she had just spent 10 hours on WOW this past weekend and was on her iPod or reading before dinner on other days. So I talked to her about responsibility and not placing blame on others. That her assignments are hers. Not ours. Was frustrating that we didn't have information about the project other than what she had talked about and really didn't know much about it.
So I talked to her leap teacher about it and she said that instead of doing a lot of research, Madi has been asking to play a bridge game during class. And asks for it all the time. When asked about her research today, Madi said she wrote down half a page of information, but doesn't know where it is. And she was in class for six hours and said that was all she got done.
Today she spent much of the day doing research and getting more information for the project. Found out it is not due until the end of February so it's good. She's got time. Just has to use it wisely. We told her that she needs to look at the project as though it was something else because she is always so incredibly creative in her questioning and pondering of subjects. Instead of thinking "I don't want to research this right now" or "there's nothing else I can find," be her creative out of the box thinking self. Because it will make it more fun and she'll develop an incredible project. So she worked on it for a while today.
She also finished the front of her Alamo project. She doesn't know where the paper that tells her what to do is - but she said she knows what the project is. We just said "ok" and while we know nothing more of the project, will let it be a lesson in being responsible with what she is supposed to do. I know she listens in class and her teacher has told me what an amazing difference she has seen since the beginning of the year in her behavior in class and her talking which is great. We're just having to trust that it is the whole assignment.
We've been tougher on her with the responsibility area of school because she is wanting to make us responsible for her assignments, but we do believe that our short talk with her about it this weekend went well. She's so smart. She just needs her intelligence to be used productively and for positive things instead of manipulation and blame.
Tonight she read a bit, we ate dinner, watched a little tv, and then we read through some of the past blog posts on the other blog I keep for Riley and Jules. Started it in 2010 and haven't written too much, but there are some funny posts. So we read it together and had some good hearty laughs. Madi was really sweet reading it. And it was fun to watch her laugh.
I got to thinking that most of my blogs on here are serious. And how I'll try to find some funny stories to tell when I remember them. Ten year old humor is so much different than two year old humor and while there are plenty of great stories, they're just different and harder to tell without someone else saying "I guess you had to be there." Hope that makes sense! :)
I'm sure the highlight of her day was that I went to the mall and had to get her new bras. She's been having major growing pains in her legs and stretching them out a lot. I think her body was just craving food and was wanting to grow and so if you know of any good things to do for her pains, let me know! I will google some tonight too.
I say strange because I felt like Jeremy and I were both so overtired that we were quite snappy. We both got very little sleep the last two nights and Riley woke me up at 5:30am today. I was patient in the morning, but as the day went on, little things were getting frustrating. Madi even asked in the afternoon "Why are you guys so grumpy?" To which we said that we're just trying to get done what needs to get done and we're overtired. Not a good excuse - just honest.
Madi loved the conversation this morning. She has really loved seeing the boys as she hardly has time with them on there. It's really cute to see her interact with them!
For most of the day she worked on her school projects. She has an Alamo project due, a LEAP project and she needs to make a Valentine's box. We're trying to guide her, but not do the work for her. Though Jeremy did use the hot glue gun to help prop up the Alamo, but we weren't going to have her burn her hands doing that!
Earlier in the week, Madi told me "I can't wait to see the look on my teacher's face when I tell her I haven't worked on my project (referring to her leap teacher)." We knew she had a project going on in the class, but didn't have information on it and every day we ask "Do you have any homework? Fasttmath? Spelling?" Madi usually says "No," but then goes "Oh wait!" and does her work. (Which she is doing awesome as far as her grades go!)
So in response to her statement about the leap teacher, I said "Well, I can't imagine that it will be one of joy." She responds "Well you don't give me time on the computer after dinner. You don't give me time to get it done." This took me back quite a bit as she had just spent 10 hours on WOW this past weekend and was on her iPod or reading before dinner on other days. So I talked to her about responsibility and not placing blame on others. That her assignments are hers. Not ours. Was frustrating that we didn't have information about the project other than what she had talked about and really didn't know much about it.
So I talked to her leap teacher about it and she said that instead of doing a lot of research, Madi has been asking to play a bridge game during class. And asks for it all the time. When asked about her research today, Madi said she wrote down half a page of information, but doesn't know where it is. And she was in class for six hours and said that was all she got done.
Today she spent much of the day doing research and getting more information for the project. Found out it is not due until the end of February so it's good. She's got time. Just has to use it wisely. We told her that she needs to look at the project as though it was something else because she is always so incredibly creative in her questioning and pondering of subjects. Instead of thinking "I don't want to research this right now" or "there's nothing else I can find," be her creative out of the box thinking self. Because it will make it more fun and she'll develop an incredible project. So she worked on it for a while today.
She also finished the front of her Alamo project. She doesn't know where the paper that tells her what to do is - but she said she knows what the project is. We just said "ok" and while we know nothing more of the project, will let it be a lesson in being responsible with what she is supposed to do. I know she listens in class and her teacher has told me what an amazing difference she has seen since the beginning of the year in her behavior in class and her talking which is great. We're just having to trust that it is the whole assignment.
We've been tougher on her with the responsibility area of school because she is wanting to make us responsible for her assignments, but we do believe that our short talk with her about it this weekend went well. She's so smart. She just needs her intelligence to be used productively and for positive things instead of manipulation and blame.
Tonight she read a bit, we ate dinner, watched a little tv, and then we read through some of the past blog posts on the other blog I keep for Riley and Jules. Started it in 2010 and haven't written too much, but there are some funny posts. So we read it together and had some good hearty laughs. Madi was really sweet reading it. And it was fun to watch her laugh.
I got to thinking that most of my blogs on here are serious. And how I'll try to find some funny stories to tell when I remember them. Ten year old humor is so much different than two year old humor and while there are plenty of great stories, they're just different and harder to tell without someone else saying "I guess you had to be there." Hope that makes sense! :)
I'm sure the highlight of her day was that I went to the mall and had to get her new bras. She's been having major growing pains in her legs and stretching them out a lot. I think her body was just craving food and was wanting to grow and so if you know of any good things to do for her pains, let me know! I will google some tonight too.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Sickness. The Never Ending Story of this Year.
Jules had pink eye and a fever.
Riley is now sick and her ear is in major pain. We'll be taking her in tomorrow.
Madi is fine thankfully. :)
She enjoyed seeing the boys and you guys tonight. She's looking forward to talking again tomorrow!
Riley is now sick and her ear is in major pain. We'll be taking her in tomorrow.
Madi is fine thankfully. :)
She enjoyed seeing the boys and you guys tonight. She's looking forward to talking again tomorrow!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Micah's So Cute!
Madi loved being able to see and hear Micah. She has really missed him a lot! She said every baby she sees reminds her of him. Thanks for calling so she could see him! She's really looking forward to seeing Major this weekend.
Good day overall.
Good day overall.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Weekends Rock
Madi loved talking with you and Marcus yesterday. She thought it was so sweet that Marcus cried at the end. She sure misses both of you.
She's been doing really great. Had lots of WOW time this weekend. Church this morning was all about self control and seemed to fit right in with some topics we've talked with her about in the last few weeks. She really wants to try out the Wednesday night services. We just have to figure out how to make it work because Jeremy doesn't get home until about 6pm, it's a 20 minute drive to church, Jules goes to bed around 6:30, and church goes from 6:30 - 8:00pm. We've talked about it, but need to figure out how to make it work. Would be awesome for her.
Madi was very much looking forward to talking with you this morning. She tried calling you around 8ish or a little after. She started to cry at lunch because she was disappointed that you didn't call when you told her last night that you would. We told her that we're sure you have a reason and that it's possible that there wasn't power or that something came up. She asked if you guys were ok. We told her that if anything had happened, we had full faith that Poppi and Grammy would know. But that we were quite sure that both of you are safe and fine. She was very bummed to not talk with you today after looking forward to it when you said you would call between 7-8am. We told her we'd find out soon enough why you weren't able to call and that she'd hopefully get to talk to you again soon.
She really wanted hard boiled eggs and ramen for dinner so that is what she had. We've had a hard time keeping food in the house because all three girls are so hungry and growing. So I went online this afternoon and looked up some good snack ideas. So here's our snack menu for the week:
Mon - Yogurt parfaits with granola, strawberries and blueberries
That's the only one I have memorized :) The rest of the week is trail mix, pbj with bananas, chex mix, eggs, cheese and crackers, apples. Trying to add more variety as well as healthy options. Finding we were buying more chips and really trying not to. They'll also have celery and carrots with ranch. Got some banana chips and peanuts and granola bars. It is amazing how hard it is to plan for it, but how much better it is for the kids. And us so we don't have to think about it!!
Madi worked on her book report tonight and it's due on Tuesday. She did Fasttmath. And of course WOW. She's loving that!
She's been doing really great. Had lots of WOW time this weekend. Church this morning was all about self control and seemed to fit right in with some topics we've talked with her about in the last few weeks. She really wants to try out the Wednesday night services. We just have to figure out how to make it work because Jeremy doesn't get home until about 6pm, it's a 20 minute drive to church, Jules goes to bed around 6:30, and church goes from 6:30 - 8:00pm. We've talked about it, but need to figure out how to make it work. Would be awesome for her.
Madi was very much looking forward to talking with you this morning. She tried calling you around 8ish or a little after. She started to cry at lunch because she was disappointed that you didn't call when you told her last night that you would. We told her that we're sure you have a reason and that it's possible that there wasn't power or that something came up. She asked if you guys were ok. We told her that if anything had happened, we had full faith that Poppi and Grammy would know. But that we were quite sure that both of you are safe and fine. She was very bummed to not talk with you today after looking forward to it when you said you would call between 7-8am. We told her we'd find out soon enough why you weren't able to call and that she'd hopefully get to talk to you again soon.
She really wanted hard boiled eggs and ramen for dinner so that is what she had. We've had a hard time keeping food in the house because all three girls are so hungry and growing. So I went online this afternoon and looked up some good snack ideas. So here's our snack menu for the week:
Mon - Yogurt parfaits with granola, strawberries and blueberries
That's the only one I have memorized :) The rest of the week is trail mix, pbj with bananas, chex mix, eggs, cheese and crackers, apples. Trying to add more variety as well as healthy options. Finding we were buying more chips and really trying not to. They'll also have celery and carrots with ranch. Got some banana chips and peanuts and granola bars. It is amazing how hard it is to plan for it, but how much better it is for the kids. And us so we don't have to think about it!!
Madi worked on her book report tonight and it's due on Tuesday. She did Fasttmath. And of course WOW. She's loving that!
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Great Grades
Another round of all A's!! Spelling grade was 100! Her LEAP grades were good too! Mostly 3's which means meeting expectations and a few 4's which means exceeding expectations. Awesome job Madi!!! She earned a free kids meal at Rainforest Cafe for the all A's. Will have to pair up with some friends whose kids earned it as well and make a fun lunch of it sometime.
Speaking of friends, Madi is making some really great choices. Annaliese has been so mean and rude to several friends. Started a lot of girl drama. Madi wanted to go play a game with someone else a few days ago and Annaliese pulled her arm and told her she had to sit next to her. So Madi didn't play the game.
I talked to her about it. Told her that she has the right to play the game and she shouldn't let Annaliese boss her around like that. It's not a healthy relationship. Told her that friends should want the best for you and not try to drag you down too. And just emphasized that there are so many other great girls to hang out with - why be pushed around and told what to do like that?!
So she's made some GREAT choices with friends the last few days. Playing with Hannah, Kayla, Riley and Aimee. All of whom are awesome and sweet and great role models. They're respectful of one another. Great people. She hasn't played much with Annaliese or it was just for short periods until Annaliese pouted and wouldn't play the game anymore that they were playing. Trying to help foster the good relationships and planning some playdates with them soon.
Speaking of friends, Madi is making some really great choices. Annaliese has been so mean and rude to several friends. Started a lot of girl drama. Madi wanted to go play a game with someone else a few days ago and Annaliese pulled her arm and told her she had to sit next to her. So Madi didn't play the game.
I talked to her about it. Told her that she has the right to play the game and she shouldn't let Annaliese boss her around like that. It's not a healthy relationship. Told her that friends should want the best for you and not try to drag you down too. And just emphasized that there are so many other great girls to hang out with - why be pushed around and told what to do like that?!
So she's made some GREAT choices with friends the last few days. Playing with Hannah, Kayla, Riley and Aimee. All of whom are awesome and sweet and great role models. They're respectful of one another. Great people. She hasn't played much with Annaliese or it was just for short periods until Annaliese pouted and wouldn't play the game anymore that they were playing. Trying to help foster the good relationships and planning some playdates with them soon.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
A Little Blonde
LEAP day and gym class day. Madi's class won the golden shoe award which means they get to have a "choose your game" day in gym. She's quite excited. She got two laps today in LEAP for groaning and complaining about how hard the work was. She did two sections of IXL and was fine. Hardly batted an eye at the decimal work.
Today was crazy. Full day teaching, tutoring fifth grade English until 3:35, piano students from 4-6:30 and all of them showed up, bath for Riley, prep for tomorrow.
Madi was all over the map today. I'm chalking it up to hormone changes. For example, one of the things was that she always hangs her coat in the coat closet. Has done this for months and has gotten really good about it with no reminders. Today she decided it belonged on the middle of the dining table which meant we couldn't start eating. So Jeremy put it in the living room and asked her to pick it up and put it away. So she took it upstairs on her bed. I put Riley's coat away and asked Madi where her coat was. She said that it was upstairs on her bed. When asked why it was up there, she had no idea. She brought it down and I asked where the outer section of the coat was. She said she had left it at school. When asked why she wanted it at school, she had no idea. There were so many examples of unexplained behavior tonight: Why is the shower curtain pulled back behind the toilet and very wet? - that was my favorite one. Very random. Answer: To see the whirlpool in the drain. :)
I truly believe that changes are coming. And expecting it to be any time now. All of the classic signs are there. I asked a friend of mine about how often her daughter takes a shower because Madi takes either a shower or bath (now that she's not having UTI issues) about three or four days a week. She said her daughter goes every other day. I said that Madi's hair was getting so oily and her teacher had made a comment to her about washing it and I was trying to figure out if we need to make room for another shower night. My friend said that her daughter's hair was also very oily so they are pulling it back even though she takes a bath every other night. I braided part of Madi's hair today to hide some of the oilyness. Don't want her feeling self-conscious about it, but don't want anyone to say stuff about it either. Had her use the T-gel tonight as well. And oily hair definitely means hormone changes. And I totally believe her "ummm.... huh?" moments from the afternoon/night are also a result of chemical changes. She's just a little blonde. But just a little. :)
Today was crazy. Full day teaching, tutoring fifth grade English until 3:35, piano students from 4-6:30 and all of them showed up, bath for Riley, prep for tomorrow.
Madi was all over the map today. I'm chalking it up to hormone changes. For example, one of the things was that she always hangs her coat in the coat closet. Has done this for months and has gotten really good about it with no reminders. Today she decided it belonged on the middle of the dining table which meant we couldn't start eating. So Jeremy put it in the living room and asked her to pick it up and put it away. So she took it upstairs on her bed. I put Riley's coat away and asked Madi where her coat was. She said that it was upstairs on her bed. When asked why it was up there, she had no idea. She brought it down and I asked where the outer section of the coat was. She said she had left it at school. When asked why she wanted it at school, she had no idea. There were so many examples of unexplained behavior tonight: Why is the shower curtain pulled back behind the toilet and very wet? - that was my favorite one. Very random. Answer: To see the whirlpool in the drain. :)
I truly believe that changes are coming. And expecting it to be any time now. All of the classic signs are there. I asked a friend of mine about how often her daughter takes a shower because Madi takes either a shower or bath (now that she's not having UTI issues) about three or four days a week. She said her daughter goes every other day. I said that Madi's hair was getting so oily and her teacher had made a comment to her about washing it and I was trying to figure out if we need to make room for another shower night. My friend said that her daughter's hair was also very oily so they are pulling it back even though she takes a bath every other night. I braided part of Madi's hair today to hide some of the oilyness. Don't want her feeling self-conscious about it, but don't want anyone to say stuff about it either. Had her use the T-gel tonight as well. And oily hair definitely means hormone changes. And I totally believe her "ummm.... huh?" moments from the afternoon/night are also a result of chemical changes. She's just a little blonde. But just a little. :)
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
More shopping...
So the sales have been insane. Insanely awesome that is. Will need to start staying away from the mall as the stores literally seem to be saying "Here. Please take this off our hands. We are tired of looking at it on the hanger."
My parents have now furnished their entire closet with wooden hangers from Eddie Bauer - at only 10 cents each. We've got 70 of them and it looks awesome. Was hoping to get more from Talbots since they are closing, but they're not selling their wooden ones :( Just plastic ones. So silly to be so in love with wooden hangers, but they are truly just so cool!!
I called Talbots and they said they'd have hangers so Madi and I went to the mall to see. Unfortunately I didn't realize they meant plastic ones and it never occurred to me to ask. My bad. But everything in the store is an extra 80% off the lowest price. Seriously just giving clothes away. So I got an 80 cent pair of tights, $1 tshirt that was originally $30 and $99 jeans for $8. Plus a cute sweater that was originally $80 and was only $6. Plus a few other shirts. Total spent - $42. Total if paid in full price - over $450! Just very excited about the deals.
Madi and I walked into Gap Kids because they still had another 40% off clearance. I'd been in on Monday, but they'd already marked things down again. So we got Madi and Riley each a dress. Quite fancy. Bought it a size big as it'll be best for Christmas next year. Originally $50 each and we got them for $6 each after tax. Will post pic soon.
Has been an amazing bargain shopping week. Now coming to an end because I need to find some self control :)
Madi has had a great start to the week. Really found her groove as far as getting things done, being responsible. The check off lists are a huge help for all of us. No hounding on our part or having to remind. She is used to using it and getting close to not needing it anymore. Mornings are super smooth for her and school is going well. She's been playing with a few other friends at recess which is great. Annaliese is still involved, but Madi has been talking about other girls and that is really good!
Was funny because Madi was sooo confused as to what day it is today. Three day weekend threw us all off. She started Zumba again today. Loved it! She'll have it every Wednesday for the next 7 weeks.
Tomorrow is LEAP. Thursdays are her favorite day because she is in LEAP all day long. Has been really great for her.
My parents have now furnished their entire closet with wooden hangers from Eddie Bauer - at only 10 cents each. We've got 70 of them and it looks awesome. Was hoping to get more from Talbots since they are closing, but they're not selling their wooden ones :( Just plastic ones. So silly to be so in love with wooden hangers, but they are truly just so cool!!
I called Talbots and they said they'd have hangers so Madi and I went to the mall to see. Unfortunately I didn't realize they meant plastic ones and it never occurred to me to ask. My bad. But everything in the store is an extra 80% off the lowest price. Seriously just giving clothes away. So I got an 80 cent pair of tights, $1 tshirt that was originally $30 and $99 jeans for $8. Plus a cute sweater that was originally $80 and was only $6. Plus a few other shirts. Total spent - $42. Total if paid in full price - over $450! Just very excited about the deals.
Madi and I walked into Gap Kids because they still had another 40% off clearance. I'd been in on Monday, but they'd already marked things down again. So we got Madi and Riley each a dress. Quite fancy. Bought it a size big as it'll be best for Christmas next year. Originally $50 each and we got them for $6 each after tax. Will post pic soon.
Has been an amazing bargain shopping week. Now coming to an end because I need to find some self control :)
Madi has had a great start to the week. Really found her groove as far as getting things done, being responsible. The check off lists are a huge help for all of us. No hounding on our part or having to remind. She is used to using it and getting close to not needing it anymore. Mornings are super smooth for her and school is going well. She's been playing with a few other friends at recess which is great. Annaliese is still involved, but Madi has been talking about other girls and that is really good!
Was funny because Madi was sooo confused as to what day it is today. Three day weekend threw us all off. She started Zumba again today. Loved it! She'll have it every Wednesday for the next 7 weeks.
Tomorrow is LEAP. Thursdays are her favorite day because she is in LEAP all day long. Has been really great for her.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Sales, Sales, Sales
I took Jules out to the mall today. Eddie Bauer is going out at Stonebriar and so everything is 70-80% off. They are selling their amazing wooden hangers for 10 for a $1!!! So we got 70 nice wooden hangers for $7. Hoping they have more later in the week!
Then went to Pottery Barn Kids to let Julia play. She loves the doll houses and dolls and we vacuum and have fun. Was funny because she took a doll of a wooden scooter and says "off!" and then jumped on it herself and was scooting around. Though I didn't let her do it long. Was very funny looking.
We were playing in the back section of the kids area where they have their clearance items and on the bottom shelf were five backpacks - mostly navy with flowers and two that were pink with flowers. They are the large size and instead of costing $45.50 - they were only $22!!!! So excited! We've been needing to get Madi a new backpack for a while, but they're so expensive and we wanted to wait until they came down in price. We'd looked all over and $22 is a steal. Also got her the matching lunchbox because it was only $10 instead of $22.50.
Then went to Gap Kids and they had an extra 40% off their clearance clothes. Got Madi a cute skirt that is normally $50 and got it for $5. And then got her a long sweater with a fuzzy mink collar. Normally $58 - got it for $15.50.
It was a fun day of shopping. I'll post some pics of her wearing her clothes and sporting the backpack once she's wearing them.
Then went to Pottery Barn Kids to let Julia play. She loves the doll houses and dolls and we vacuum and have fun. Was funny because she took a doll of a wooden scooter and says "off!" and then jumped on it herself and was scooting around. Though I didn't let her do it long. Was very funny looking.
We were playing in the back section of the kids area where they have their clearance items and on the bottom shelf were five backpacks - mostly navy with flowers and two that were pink with flowers. They are the large size and instead of costing $45.50 - they were only $22!!!! So excited! We've been needing to get Madi a new backpack for a while, but they're so expensive and we wanted to wait until they came down in price. We'd looked all over and $22 is a steal. Also got her the matching lunchbox because it was only $10 instead of $22.50.
Then went to Gap Kids and they had an extra 40% off their clearance clothes. Got Madi a cute skirt that is normally $50 and got it for $5. And then got her a long sweater with a fuzzy mink collar. Normally $58 - got it for $15.50.
It was a fun day of shopping. I'll post some pics of her wearing her clothes and sporting the backpack once she's wearing them.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Christmas Pictures... a little late!
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Where did this week go??!!!
So here's a synopsis of the current happenings around here:
1 - Spelling Bee: Madi did great in the spelling bee. Her first word to spell during the practice round was "Warrior" which was awesome since it's her favorite book series at the moment. So of course, she aced it. She then spelled two more words correctly in the first two rounds. In the third round, she got the word "abracadabra" and spelled it with a "k" instead of a "c" and missed an "a" somewhere. She paused half way through it after the "k" and was really working hard to remember it. Did her best!! Very proud of her!
2 - School: She is studying the Alamo, Daniel Boone, Stephen Austin, etc... so she'll have a project coming up where she has to make a replica of the Alamo. Grades are awesome. All A's from what we've seen on papers and things brought home. Her behavior has been fabulous at school and she hasn't been getting any laps even when others in her class are talking out. She's using self-control and staying on-task which is great.
3 - Home: Things are going fairly smoothly. We had a few talks this week about respecting us when we ask her to not do something. There is always a reason behind it and it's never just to say "no" for the sake of saying "no." For example, if we tell her not to ask to go over someone's house, but then goes ahead and invites herself over after being told not to. However, we've talked with her about it and she's getting it. We told her that she can't learn things like this unless she's in a situation to learn it. So it's just a learning time with things like this.
She's been doing awesome on her chores and keeping her room neat, laundry is going great, WOW is fun for her, she and Riley have been getting along really well, ... so all in all it's going great!!
This weekend is pretty low-key. Madi had Friday and Monday off of school. I had a teacher work day yesterday which was awesome because I had so much work to get done. We have one more chapter left of Romans and then she'll have finished the book. We talked about what a few of the words in chapter 15 meant and explained what Paul was saying. She has been asking some spiritual questions lately and trying to figure out things like "Do you pray to Mary? Do you say Hail Marys? Why not?" So it's been good teaching opportunities.
I have had a lot of meetings, tutoring after school and so I haven't been on here much. Will try to get on here more next week than I was this week!
1 - Spelling Bee: Madi did great in the spelling bee. Her first word to spell during the practice round was "Warrior" which was awesome since it's her favorite book series at the moment. So of course, she aced it. She then spelled two more words correctly in the first two rounds. In the third round, she got the word "abracadabra" and spelled it with a "k" instead of a "c" and missed an "a" somewhere. She paused half way through it after the "k" and was really working hard to remember it. Did her best!! Very proud of her!
2 - School: She is studying the Alamo, Daniel Boone, Stephen Austin, etc... so she'll have a project coming up where she has to make a replica of the Alamo. Grades are awesome. All A's from what we've seen on papers and things brought home. Her behavior has been fabulous at school and she hasn't been getting any laps even when others in her class are talking out. She's using self-control and staying on-task which is great.
3 - Home: Things are going fairly smoothly. We had a few talks this week about respecting us when we ask her to not do something. There is always a reason behind it and it's never just to say "no" for the sake of saying "no." For example, if we tell her not to ask to go over someone's house, but then goes ahead and invites herself over after being told not to. However, we've talked with her about it and she's getting it. We told her that she can't learn things like this unless she's in a situation to learn it. So it's just a learning time with things like this.
She's been doing awesome on her chores and keeping her room neat, laundry is going great, WOW is fun for her, she and Riley have been getting along really well, ... so all in all it's going great!!
This weekend is pretty low-key. Madi had Friday and Monday off of school. I had a teacher work day yesterday which was awesome because I had so much work to get done. We have one more chapter left of Romans and then she'll have finished the book. We talked about what a few of the words in chapter 15 meant and explained what Paul was saying. She has been asking some spiritual questions lately and trying to figure out things like "Do you pray to Mary? Do you say Hail Marys? Why not?" So it's been good teaching opportunities.
I have had a lot of meetings, tutoring after school and so I haven't been on here much. Will try to get on here more next week than I was this week!
Monday, January 9, 2012
Spelling Bee Tomorrow!!
Madi is all prepared for the spelling bee. I quizzed her with 100 words and she spelled 94 of them correctly. We talked a little (very little) about how to spell them correct and I circled them so she'd be able to go over them. She is going to do awesome!!
Then tonight I helped her find a super cute outfit to wear - new sweater with jeans, bracelets, earrings. I'll be sure to bring the camera. Wouldn't be surprised if she won! And really hoping she does as she would so deserve it.
Today was good. I braided her hair last night into four braids so her hair was cutely crimped. And she wore a cute outfit to school. Trying to help her branch out and put together outfits and accessories because she tends to wear the same few outfits and some of them are clashing :) Black boots don't go with brown shirts! :)
Speaking of shoes which makes me think of feet - her warts are all gone!! All four of them - poof! So glad!!! Guess my wart experience paid off so I knew what to do. Her eye is now bothering her and she has a small stye in her right eye. Never a dull moment!
We have a half day Thursday, Friday and Monday - off, and then we go straight thru with no breaks until the middle of March. No big plans this weekend. Just hoping to hang out. I'm sure she'll have some W.O.W. time.
Then tonight I helped her find a super cute outfit to wear - new sweater with jeans, bracelets, earrings. I'll be sure to bring the camera. Wouldn't be surprised if she won! And really hoping she does as she would so deserve it.
Today was good. I braided her hair last night into four braids so her hair was cutely crimped. And she wore a cute outfit to school. Trying to help her branch out and put together outfits and accessories because she tends to wear the same few outfits and some of them are clashing :) Black boots don't go with brown shirts! :)
Speaking of shoes which makes me think of feet - her warts are all gone!! All four of them - poof! So glad!!! Guess my wart experience paid off so I knew what to do. Her eye is now bothering her and she has a small stye in her right eye. Never a dull moment!
We have a half day Thursday, Friday and Monday - off, and then we go straight thru with no breaks until the middle of March. No big plans this weekend. Just hoping to hang out. I'm sure she'll have some W.O.W. time.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
W.O.W. and not wow
Normal day. Madi did her Fasttmath and then played World of Warcraft today. Spent most of her day on the computer. She's loving being able to play her games and we use them as an incentive throughout the week. She seems to love that. She can only play on Friday nights, Saturdays and Sunday afternoons. We don't allow games on school nights. Besides there really isn't any time for it anyway. So she had a fun day with that!
At nighttime I helped her remake her bed and put on fresh sheets. As well as reorganize some of her clothes in her drawers. She was shoving hoodie sweatshirts and thick sweaters into her drawers and was finding it hard to find room for other clothes. So we talked about how thick items need to be hung up. Thin sweaters are folded so they don't get the weird hanger look in the shoulders.
She had a very hard time waking up for school all last week and while it was the first week back to school, her alarm clock was not waking her up or she was not setting it or whatever. So we had told her that we'd be giving her back the alarm clock that doesn't have a radio so that she could get used to waking up again. However, we couldn't find the old alarm clock. It wasn't in the two places we normally put it when we switch it out.
Madi kept talking about how messy her desk was and how it didn't make sense to clean it because it was just going to get messier. So as we were cleaning out drawers and remaking the bed, I looked at her desk and said "Ok - this is so an easy fix! There are only three things you need to do: throw away trash, put book on the shelf and put all your yarn in a bag. So we started to clean it and I was about to put some books up when I noticed that the old alarm clock had been shoved to the furthest corner of the desk and hidden under books and she'd had tissue and other items in front of it to hide it.
I said "Oh! Look - here's the alarm clock!"
She didn't look so happy about it. And then I said "Did you know this was here?"
She simply nodded her head.
And I talked with her about what it meant to not tell the truth. That telling the truth will give you one consequence in life. Yes, you will have a consequence for your actions. But that knowing the truth and deciding to not tell it and then also covering it up to hide the truth is deception. And that it would get her into quite a bit more trouble. She was quite quiet.
I asked if she was planning to tell us that she knew where it was because she knew what the consequence was. She was honest and said "no."
So we replaced her old alarm clock and took the new one out of the room. She wasn't happy about it and it was hard to tell if she was just sad because we found it or sad because she understood that she hadn't told the truth and been open about it and then covered it up.
As Jeremy put it, the only way she can learn to stop being deceiving is to be caught when she is. Will teach her to be honest and build character in the right way. Good news is that every time she tries something, she has been caught. This time it took us two days. We talked about how if she had just been honest in the first place about where it was, it would have shown good character.
Tomorrow is church and more W.O.W. She's excited to go to church. She picked out a new outfit - black flats, jeans, long sleeved black shirt and a cream long sweater that has a tie. Super cute!! I'll try to get a pic if I remember.
At nighttime I helped her remake her bed and put on fresh sheets. As well as reorganize some of her clothes in her drawers. She was shoving hoodie sweatshirts and thick sweaters into her drawers and was finding it hard to find room for other clothes. So we talked about how thick items need to be hung up. Thin sweaters are folded so they don't get the weird hanger look in the shoulders.
She had a very hard time waking up for school all last week and while it was the first week back to school, her alarm clock was not waking her up or she was not setting it or whatever. So we had told her that we'd be giving her back the alarm clock that doesn't have a radio so that she could get used to waking up again. However, we couldn't find the old alarm clock. It wasn't in the two places we normally put it when we switch it out.
Madi kept talking about how messy her desk was and how it didn't make sense to clean it because it was just going to get messier. So as we were cleaning out drawers and remaking the bed, I looked at her desk and said "Ok - this is so an easy fix! There are only three things you need to do: throw away trash, put book on the shelf and put all your yarn in a bag. So we started to clean it and I was about to put some books up when I noticed that the old alarm clock had been shoved to the furthest corner of the desk and hidden under books and she'd had tissue and other items in front of it to hide it.
I said "Oh! Look - here's the alarm clock!"
She didn't look so happy about it. And then I said "Did you know this was here?"
She simply nodded her head.
And I talked with her about what it meant to not tell the truth. That telling the truth will give you one consequence in life. Yes, you will have a consequence for your actions. But that knowing the truth and deciding to not tell it and then also covering it up to hide the truth is deception. And that it would get her into quite a bit more trouble. She was quite quiet.
I asked if she was planning to tell us that she knew where it was because she knew what the consequence was. She was honest and said "no."
So we replaced her old alarm clock and took the new one out of the room. She wasn't happy about it and it was hard to tell if she was just sad because we found it or sad because she understood that she hadn't told the truth and been open about it and then covered it up.
As Jeremy put it, the only way she can learn to stop being deceiving is to be caught when she is. Will teach her to be honest and build character in the right way. Good news is that every time she tries something, she has been caught. This time it took us two days. We talked about how if she had just been honest in the first place about where it was, it would have shown good character.
Tomorrow is church and more W.O.W. She's excited to go to church. She picked out a new outfit - black flats, jeans, long sleeved black shirt and a cream long sweater that has a tie. Super cute!! I'll try to get a pic if I remember.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Socks!!
**By the way, when I was at the mall today, I stopped in the store Clarks. Their socks were on sale from $8 a pair to $2.99 a pair. The lady at the counter told me that when you buy Clarks socks, they have a lifetime guarantee. So if you get a hole in them five years later (or next month), you just take in your old socks without a receipt and they give you a brand new pair. And the new pair can be completely different than the original pair and you can choose any sock you want even if it costs more than what you paid. They don't have to be on sale!
So whenever you are back, you might want to check it out! Plus this way I might actually remember to keep the socks and return them if I write it down.
So whenever you are back, you might want to check it out! Plus this way I might actually remember to keep the socks and return them if I write it down.
Mucho Bettero Todayo
Good day today! She didn't get any laps for talking, got along well with her friends (from what I know) and seemed much happier today.
After school, we went to Stonebriar before picking up the girls. I had purchased two mannequins so that I could display some scarves and cowls and things on them at vendor fairs. Talbots is going out of business there so they called to tell me they were finished with them and I could pick them up. So we went in the store, but decided to check out Gap beforehand as my socks have a lot of holes and usually they have good sales. Well, they didn't have any sales on socks so I didn't buy any.
They did, however, have a great sale in the kids department on sweaters, dresses and long sleeve t's. Madi got a really cute cardigan with sequins at the bottom, a long wrap cardigan that has a tie at the waist, three long sleeve solid tees to go under things and a cute light green tee with a ruffle around it. She's grown so much in the past few weeks. Bought them a size bigger than she normally wears because she'll need the extra length. Plus we're hoping it'll give her some growing room so they'll last longer too.
We then got a few items for Jeremy and I at Eddie Bauer because they are going out of business. Then finally went to Talbots to pick up the mannequins. They don't have limbs or a head. Just fabric bodies and a round nub on top. At first I said that I would carry one of them and then we'd just come back for the second one, but Madi wanted to help carry one and said that she could lift it. We get out into the middle of the mall area and she didn't make it very far - about to the next store window :)
So I took both the Gap and Eddie Bauer Bags, my mannequin and the leg portion of her mannequin and carried them while she held onto the body portion of the second mannequin. She held the mannequin around the waist and had the back of the mannequin against her chest. That is until I looked over a little while later. We weren't parked far, but people were giggling as they passed. I looked next to me to see Madi holding one breast with each hand and carrying the mannequin by them. It looked hysterical!!! I just started giggling and laughing. I told Madi what she was doing and she changed it back to holding by the waist, but it wasn't that I cared. She hadn't really thought about it and I just thought it was hilarious. So we had a good laugh together.
Picked up the girls, got home, dinner. Madi really wanted to make ramen so she did and then I went out with some girl friends from church and Jeremy was incredibly sweet to put down all three girls.
After school, we went to Stonebriar before picking up the girls. I had purchased two mannequins so that I could display some scarves and cowls and things on them at vendor fairs. Talbots is going out of business there so they called to tell me they were finished with them and I could pick them up. So we went in the store, but decided to check out Gap beforehand as my socks have a lot of holes and usually they have good sales. Well, they didn't have any sales on socks so I didn't buy any.
They did, however, have a great sale in the kids department on sweaters, dresses and long sleeve t's. Madi got a really cute cardigan with sequins at the bottom, a long wrap cardigan that has a tie at the waist, three long sleeve solid tees to go under things and a cute light green tee with a ruffle around it. She's grown so much in the past few weeks. Bought them a size bigger than she normally wears because she'll need the extra length. Plus we're hoping it'll give her some growing room so they'll last longer too.
We then got a few items for Jeremy and I at Eddie Bauer because they are going out of business. Then finally went to Talbots to pick up the mannequins. They don't have limbs or a head. Just fabric bodies and a round nub on top. At first I said that I would carry one of them and then we'd just come back for the second one, but Madi wanted to help carry one and said that she could lift it. We get out into the middle of the mall area and she didn't make it very far - about to the next store window :)
So I took both the Gap and Eddie Bauer Bags, my mannequin and the leg portion of her mannequin and carried them while she held onto the body portion of the second mannequin. She held the mannequin around the waist and had the back of the mannequin against her chest. That is until I looked over a little while later. We weren't parked far, but people were giggling as they passed. I looked next to me to see Madi holding one breast with each hand and carrying the mannequin by them. It looked hysterical!!! I just started giggling and laughing. I told Madi what she was doing and she changed it back to holding by the waist, but it wasn't that I cared. She hadn't really thought about it and I just thought it was hilarious. So we had a good laugh together.
Picked up the girls, got home, dinner. Madi really wanted to make ramen so she did and then I went out with some girl friends from church and Jeremy was incredibly sweet to put down all three girls.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Tough Day
Madi had one of her hardest days here so far. She woke up late and was running behind. Made it out the door on time, but was in quite a rush.
School was difficult today. She got a lap for talking in Leap. All the leap kids earned one and I had asked the teacher earlier how Madi was doing. She simply said that she was a chatty kathy today and that she was talking nonstop. Madi told me that she didn't talk as much as other kids and that she was only talking a little. Hm.
Then she got two more laps at lunch because she was supposed to be standing silently and instead chose to tattle on another student to a teacher. She wanted the teacher to know that a student had gone to the front of the line. She told me she was mad because she got laps for telling a teacher. I told her that she knows the rule about being silent in the halls/line and that it doesn't matter who she was talking to - the point was that she was talking at all.
So she walked the three laps at recess. Her good friends - Annaliese and Riley - were playing a game with a bunch of people. When Madi finished her laps, she asked to join the game, but teams were already formed and none of her friends would let her play. And none of them left the game to make sure she had someone to play with. There were plenty of other kids doing other things, but Madi didn't want to ask them to play because they never play together. She wanted to be with her friends. So until the last few minutes of recess, Madi chose to be by herself. Riley and another girl Gracie came over at the end to tell her that they were sorry she couldn't play with them, but that they were already in the middle of the game.
I used this as an opportunity to ask her how her friends made her feel. And to think about the kinds of friends she is making. If she can't play with one of these three girls or if the girls are in their moods, then she has noone else. She told me that they have decided that they don't like a girl named Gracie (who earlier today was a girl she wanted to play with). So I asked "Are we playing an 'I love you today, I hate you tomorrow thing because that's not ok. We treat others the way we want to be treated. You don't turn on your friends. And if you do or they turn on you, you need to evaluate the kinds of kids you're choosing to be your friend.'" Wasn't an easy conversation as she's sensitive to it, really likes her friends and yet I think she knows they're not the best kind she could have. One of them is fine - usually very nice. But sometimes gets tired of Madi bossing her so she walks away. One of them we have a rule that she can play with her at school, but there is no outside interaction at our home or hers. And the other friend is extremely moody and you never know if she'll like you or turn on you.
Madi got home and I had piano students. She did a section of IXL. Actually started one section and was struggling with it a lot even though she said they'd been working on it for a while at school. She got up 91%, got one answer wrong and gave up. I told her that sometimes bad things happen or are caused by us and that life is tough. That you have to learn to overcome tough things. And that she's used to things coming easy and when she has to work, she has to learn to push forward and not give up so easy. Unless it's super easy for her, she gets very frustrated and quits and cries. Haven't had this happen in a while - like months. She had some writing homework and Fasttmath and something else I think... a worksheet or something.
Anyway tomorrow will probably be better. And the weekend will definitely help.
So a rough day.
School was difficult today. She got a lap for talking in Leap. All the leap kids earned one and I had asked the teacher earlier how Madi was doing. She simply said that she was a chatty kathy today and that she was talking nonstop. Madi told me that she didn't talk as much as other kids and that she was only talking a little. Hm.
Then she got two more laps at lunch because she was supposed to be standing silently and instead chose to tattle on another student to a teacher. She wanted the teacher to know that a student had gone to the front of the line. She told me she was mad because she got laps for telling a teacher. I told her that she knows the rule about being silent in the halls/line and that it doesn't matter who she was talking to - the point was that she was talking at all.
So she walked the three laps at recess. Her good friends - Annaliese and Riley - were playing a game with a bunch of people. When Madi finished her laps, she asked to join the game, but teams were already formed and none of her friends would let her play. And none of them left the game to make sure she had someone to play with. There were plenty of other kids doing other things, but Madi didn't want to ask them to play because they never play together. She wanted to be with her friends. So until the last few minutes of recess, Madi chose to be by herself. Riley and another girl Gracie came over at the end to tell her that they were sorry she couldn't play with them, but that they were already in the middle of the game.
I used this as an opportunity to ask her how her friends made her feel. And to think about the kinds of friends she is making. If she can't play with one of these three girls or if the girls are in their moods, then she has noone else. She told me that they have decided that they don't like a girl named Gracie (who earlier today was a girl she wanted to play with). So I asked "Are we playing an 'I love you today, I hate you tomorrow thing because that's not ok. We treat others the way we want to be treated. You don't turn on your friends. And if you do or they turn on you, you need to evaluate the kinds of kids you're choosing to be your friend.'" Wasn't an easy conversation as she's sensitive to it, really likes her friends and yet I think she knows they're not the best kind she could have. One of them is fine - usually very nice. But sometimes gets tired of Madi bossing her so she walks away. One of them we have a rule that she can play with her at school, but there is no outside interaction at our home or hers. And the other friend is extremely moody and you never know if she'll like you or turn on you.
Madi got home and I had piano students. She did a section of IXL. Actually started one section and was struggling with it a lot even though she said they'd been working on it for a while at school. She got up 91%, got one answer wrong and gave up. I told her that sometimes bad things happen or are caused by us and that life is tough. That you have to learn to overcome tough things. And that she's used to things coming easy and when she has to work, she has to learn to push forward and not give up so easy. Unless it's super easy for her, she gets very frustrated and quits and cries. Haven't had this happen in a while - like months. She had some writing homework and Fasttmath and something else I think... a worksheet or something.
Anyway tomorrow will probably be better. And the weekend will definitely help.
So a rough day.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
January 3rd
Stating the obvious in the title of the post...
Nothing really new to say. Madi enjoyed her conversation with you today. Let us know when you'll be calling again!
Normal school day today. Kids were really quite awesome. Madi's class couldn't be more chatty. Was insane. Though they're some of the best kids you've ever met in your life. Truly love them. Madi is really hoping for some snow. Hoping she sees some this winter. It's been really warm lately - in the 60s and low 70s!
Will try to get some pics up here soon. Julia says "hi!!!!"
Nothing really new to say. Madi enjoyed her conversation with you today. Let us know when you'll be calling again!
Normal school day today. Kids were really quite awesome. Madi's class couldn't be more chatty. Was insane. Though they're some of the best kids you've ever met in your life. Truly love them. Madi is really hoping for some snow. Hoping she sees some this winter. It's been really warm lately - in the 60s and low 70s!
Will try to get some pics up here soon. Julia says "hi!!!!"
Monday, January 2, 2012
Great way to start the year!!
Awesome day today. Madi had a fabulous day at school. The kids got to share what they got for Christmas. She shared about her Kindle and her new shoes and a few other items. She did her Fasttmath, started part of her spelling assignment and wrote her journal entry that is due tomorrow. Used her checklists and is on her way to a great year!!
She's been saving up some of her allowance money. We got to talking about books today because she checked out another Warriors book from the school library and it's the first book in the next series that she is wanting to read. Amazon has the six book series for $24 and our school library only has the first book. Each book is $6 to get for the kindle so it'd be $36. There was also a field guide that she was wanting to go along with it that was $10. So she paid us some of the money she has saved up and we purchased the books on Amazon tonight. She should get them in a few days since we have Amazon Prime for a few more weeks. She's super excited about the new books!
We helped her study for her spelling bee that is next week on January 10. She's super excited about it and is hoping to win. I told her that she has a good chance of it, but that she should focus on just doing her best. If she wins, awesome!! If not, giving her best is all she needs to do. Though I won't be surprised to see her win and would be so happy for her. So we went over spelling words and had her practice speaking clearly and slowly - not trying to spell it as fast as possible. Told her that judges will want to understand each letter so it's better to be clear than fast. She did really really great with it.
We're back to rotating between the girls at night which is nice. Jeremy and Madi were reading Drizzt together so they were doing the night routines together for a while and Riley was in a clingy mood with me so it worked out well. But both girls have been wanting to rotate which has been nice. Gives us good time with both of them.
Madi and I are reading a devotional together each night out of a devotion book called "God Girl" that we got her for Christmas. It's really good. We read Romans chapter 4 today. Lots of talk of circumcision in the last few chapters she and I have read. Gives us interesting topics to talk about :) And I'm as clear as I need to be and as subtle as I can be without giving too much detail.
After treating her warts for a few weeks, they are almost all gone!!! So far four of them are gone and there is only one small one left on the bottom of the foot. So happy for her that the treatment is working. And she's feeling good about it too. Thinking the new shoes and socks may also be helping since her feet can breathe better.
I get to have Madi's class tomorrow. They are playing a pass the cup game in class which is a lot of fun. A little crazy too :)
She's been saving up some of her allowance money. We got to talking about books today because she checked out another Warriors book from the school library and it's the first book in the next series that she is wanting to read. Amazon has the six book series for $24 and our school library only has the first book. Each book is $6 to get for the kindle so it'd be $36. There was also a field guide that she was wanting to go along with it that was $10. So she paid us some of the money she has saved up and we purchased the books on Amazon tonight. She should get them in a few days since we have Amazon Prime for a few more weeks. She's super excited about the new books!
We helped her study for her spelling bee that is next week on January 10. She's super excited about it and is hoping to win. I told her that she has a good chance of it, but that she should focus on just doing her best. If she wins, awesome!! If not, giving her best is all she needs to do. Though I won't be surprised to see her win and would be so happy for her. So we went over spelling words and had her practice speaking clearly and slowly - not trying to spell it as fast as possible. Told her that judges will want to understand each letter so it's better to be clear than fast. She did really really great with it.
We're back to rotating between the girls at night which is nice. Jeremy and Madi were reading Drizzt together so they were doing the night routines together for a while and Riley was in a clingy mood with me so it worked out well. But both girls have been wanting to rotate which has been nice. Gives us good time with both of them.
Madi and I are reading a devotional together each night out of a devotion book called "God Girl" that we got her for Christmas. It's really good. We read Romans chapter 4 today. Lots of talk of circumcision in the last few chapters she and I have read. Gives us interesting topics to talk about :) And I'm as clear as I need to be and as subtle as I can be without giving too much detail.
After treating her warts for a few weeks, they are almost all gone!!! So far four of them are gone and there is only one small one left on the bottom of the foot. So happy for her that the treatment is working. And she's feeling good about it too. Thinking the new shoes and socks may also be helping since her feet can breathe better.
I get to have Madi's class tomorrow. They are playing a pass the cup game in class which is a lot of fun. A little crazy too :)
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Happy New Year!
Hope you had a great start to 2012!! Ours was good. We went to church this morning and then came home. Madi played WOW the entire rest of the day other than lunch and dinner. Riley and Jules and Jer and I went to the park for a little while. Then came home for baths and dinner.
Madi got some new bath stuff so she had a bath tonight. Off to eat dinner soon. She's getting her things ready for school tomorrow. Very sad to be going back. It's soo much nicer to sleep in and do whatever we want. Thankfully we're almost halfway done with the year!
Madi got some new bath stuff so she had a bath tonight. Off to eat dinner soon. She's getting her things ready for school tomorrow. Very sad to be going back. It's soo much nicer to sleep in and do whatever we want. Thankfully we're almost halfway done with the year!
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