So far this month we have been adjusting to somewhat of a schedule. Michaela has school on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, so if you add our Sunday to that and Soccer on Saturday, we rush out the door by 8:30 five days in a row now! If you don't know me well, you don't think 8:30 is early, but if you do know me well, (hi mom!) then you understand that it's a huge undertaking for me to have kids up, eaten, dressed, matching, hair done and ready to go :) At the very least, we are getting it!
We have done a few fun things so far. The Children's Museum being one of them. Michaela had a BLAST and Heidi was a little overwhelmed. She played with a few things though :)
shopping for dinner groceries
checking out at the store with the nice clerk :)
both girls loved the water table!
Michaela LOVED the castle slide!
my little fisherwomen! -note Heidi just standing there like its normal for her to just stand up without holding onto something.....
cooking dinner for daddy!
Heidi did love all the pillows in a little reading nook - she and I spent a lot of time right here!
Michaela in Action! The first week of soccer she wanted nothing to do with it, so this week, I spent a billion dollars on a really cool Barbie - seriously, I bought a good one - and told her that if she played for the whole hour, it was all hers! Yep. I bribed her. And one day when she leads her team in the world cup, if you listen to her thank you speech, she will list this barbie bribe as what got her started. And I will wipe a tear of pride from my eye and be thankful I kept the packaging for her scrapbook :)
The PRIZE!!!!
And to prove that I am actually involved in my girls' life - here I am, for once not the one behind the camera :)
And now for the long commentary so I can count this blog as a journal too. If you don't want to read it - totally fine. There are no more pictures :)
Michaela had done such a great job in school! Her teachers love her, (duh) and she already has a few little friends that she wants to come over to play. I am even pretending not to be shy and have made some mommy friends! So far, the only tears at goodbye time have been mine, but I am getting used to it! There was one day last week that was a little bit harder for me than most, for the kids first week, the school time was increasing as the week went on. On Wednesday, she was supposed to go for an hour and a half. I was planning on doing some grocery shopping just a block away. Anyway, that morning, Michaela said her tummy felt yucky and she felt afraid to go to preschool. I told her we could just go watch and decide then if she was going to stay or go. Once we got there, she was fine and I asked her if she wanted me to stay, or if I should go shopping and come back. She was fine for me to leave. When I got to the parking lot, there was a mom and a dad, and each of their significant others arguing - LOUDLY. They were going on about who HAD to pick up the preschooler, and who cheated on who and how if one wouldn't have cheated then they wouldn't have to be arguing about picking up the kid that was his, or not his or whatever. Regardless of whose kid it was - they were swearing and slapping and it was nutso! I got this really dark feeling and scary thoughts going in my head about kidnapping and the dad going beserk in class...and of course I let my mind wander about shootings and my poor little baby stuck as a hostage in her classroom by a scary daddy who maybe wasn't the daddy! I was afraid that she had felt the Spirit that morning telling her not to go and I disregarded it for something I wanted more - her going to preschool.. So I freaked out - I called my mom and bawled about maybe Michaela had felt the spirit and it was telling her not to go and what if I forced her to go anyway and now what if she got kidnapped and I led her right into the trap?! How was I going to leave my baby with these strangers each day?!?!?! My mom talked me down from my little ledge, and I made it to the store and back, and I picked up my innocent bystander and all is well with preschool again. PS- the parents or not parents - whatever they are- got spoken to and it won't happen again....
Heidi is getting ready to walk! She sometimes just stands there, for maybe a minute at a time, and I can see her thinking about what to do next. She is defiantly the drama queen in our family. I don't know that I have ever seen a child so small pitch a fit so large! She can scream in octaves that sometimes, I look around to see if any glass has been shattered! On the flip side though, she is such a little snuggle bug, and we love her little giggles and kisses. She knows a few words in sign language, and can say, Tickle, mommy, dada, and something that we can only assume is Michaela! She very desperately wants to play soccer with the big kids, she sits in her stroller and kicks her legs and squeals if they come near her! She is a love :)
