My Growing Girls

Time sure does fly. Today was the girl's last day at daycare. I'm happy on so many levels but I'm sad too, because that means that they are growing up. :(  We brought Mary a little goodbye gift and I took a picture of the girls on their last day. It's sad to compare it to the pictures I took when they started daycare.

 Bea started daycare when she was six months old.

Millie started daycare when she was three months old.

Look at my big girls now! I miss my babies!!
(But not the crying, spitting up, and no sleep!)

Millie is ready!

Millie had her interview at Green House yesterday and she did so well! I was afraid she'd be unruly and all over the place. (Maybe because the daycare girl told me that she wasn't interested in their group lessons... passive aggressive much?) Anyways. Millie was amazing! I was so proud of her. She listened. Took direction. Even asked for help. She is such a smart girl! (But I knew that already.) ;) I am excited for her to start school. It will be so nice to have the girls at the same place again!! They won't be in the same class room but they share the bathroom - which is a hallway connecting the two classes.

I've got the bedtime routine down... sort of. The bathing, brushing teeth is not the problem. It's getting them to fall asleep!!!!!! (I'm sure having a 3hr nap at daycare IS NOT HELPING!!) I pray that once Green House starts up sleeping will be a lot easier!

Yesterday and today I've been busting butts to get out of the house by 7:15 ON THE DOT!! I can't afford to get out any later because the school traffic is horrendous! But the last couple of days - though I made it on time - I've had to yell at the girls. I don't like yelling at the girls, especially in the mornings!! It doesn't make me feel good and I hate starting the day like that. But what else am I supposed to do when they don't listen!! GAH!!

I'm literally counting down the days till school starts. I just have this feeling that once school starts everything will fall into place...

.... hey one can dream....

It's not getting any better....

I had enrolled Bea in a K-Jazz class. I guess she's not old enough for that class yet. So there goes that planning! Now I'll be at the studio for two hours while one child dances and the other waits. Then the other will dance and the other will wait. Sigh. I'm hoping snacks and the ipads will come in handy.

Bea was very upset that she couldn't be in jazz with her friend Sage. She even said that she didn't want to dance any more! I told her: "But if you want to be on stage you have to dance. Otherwise we'll just be watching your sister on stage at the end of the year." She was grumpy about it but she agreed to stay in dance. She really wanted to do tap but the only tap class they offer is at 4.45pm. There is NO WAY I can make that time!

So there goes our easy breezy dance schedule and gym schedule. I'll be busy with the girls things three days a week now.... GAH!! Oh well. They do love it. And I guess I'll just have time to read while I'm waiting for their classes to be over.