So far so good...

  So this week has been a LOT better for Bea with the after school care! The other day I walked in to pick her up (a bit early) and she said: "How come you're here?" So I guess she's finally starting to like it. Though she says she doesn't have any friends... But she did say that she talks to a couple of people in her class. Bea had told me how she wished she could buy hot lunch. The other day they had chicken nuggets and she wanted that instead of her lame sandwich. So I set her up with an account and she's been super excited to try the things on the menu and she loves that she gets to pick her sides... the other day she picked cucumbers! And she said she got chocolate milk... instead of regular. Silly girl. But it's cool to see how excited she gets about how it's all up to her to decide and there is no mom and dad there telling her yes or no. This morning she wanted to try the breakfast so I got to drop her off in the cafeteria and I actually got to work on time! We had introduced ourselves to the lady who watches the kindergartners and walks them to their class after breakfast... so when Bea came in this morning the lady smiled and said good morning and walked Bea to the breakfast line! Bea gave me a quick kiss before she ran off. I'm glad. I want her to be happy at school.

  Camille has been saying how much she likes her new school! That makes me happy too! I'm glad we switched. There are less kids and hopefully Millie will get more attention.

  It's cute to have the girls run and play together after school. They don't fight nearly as much as they did being at school together... I mean they still fight but it's not right away. I have a good hour or so before the crying and yelling starts...

Kinder Care/ ASA

This was Bea's first week in the Kinder Care/ASA program.  This is what happened...

Tuesday: She tells me this boy was being mean to her. Calling her ugly and saying that he hates her.
(I chalked it up to her being the new kid in the program.)

Wednesday: She still spoke about the kid being mean but she was able to ignore it for the most part.

Thursday: This kid stabbed her in the arm with a blue marker. And continued to be mean to her.
(I told her maybe he likes her and doesn't know how to express it.)

Friday: I picked her up early. I whispered to her if the kid was there today. She whispered back where he was and as I was looking up from signing her out I saw him... I then looked down to finish signing out and he chucked a chalkboard eraser at me! Either that or he was aiming for Bea. There was a girl working there on the floor and she said: "LUKE!" and the gal next to me didn't say anything... maybe she didn't see it? Bea bent down and picked up the eraser and walked it over to the board and said: "No thank you Luke." While I was a bit dumbfounded and just said: "Wow. That was rude."

I promptly called my mom to see what my rights were. Since it's not a school program I couldn't contact the principal. So I called the supervisor through parks and recreation and filed a complaint.  He was going to speak to the girls working and then speak to the mom... He called me back, but I missed his call!!

I don't know what to do! I want to take her out... but then I don't want to be all cowardly and have this be a regular thing in her life. "So and so is being mean to me..."  "Okay, time to move to a different school..."

Help!

Kindergarten...

  We've been having issues dropping Bea off to school. The last couple of days we've been meeting with one of Bea's Daisy friends in the morning at school and I think that has helped.  This morning her friend had a doctor's appointment so she wasn't there. Bea went into her class just fine. In fact she was the first to go in. I got super nervous as I walked away... waiting to hear her running after me. Instead I heard her yelling: Bye Mom! I turned around and waved and then she disappeared inside her class room.

  Today she is staying for the kinder care. I told her they would take her to the cafeteria to eat lunch and then take her to another room to do crafts. We walked by the room and peaked into the windows. I told her I would pick her up right there...  We'll see how she likes it.

  I wanted to cry today things went so well and she was acting like such a big grown up girl. :(

Big weekend!

Friday afternoon we added a new addition to our pet family a beautiful little Great Dane pup! I was very worried about Rugby, but after some initial corralling her and being the tough top dog he finally caved and he loves her! He lets her bite his tail, he even grabs her ball and plays with her. It's so cute! And I'm SO glad they like each other! She also got approval from her Aunt Quinn and cousin Charlie. GusGus on the other hand is still a bit unsure of her...

Saturday I had my first Girl Scout Troop field trip! It went really well! We visited a dairy and I got to learn a bunch of new things about cows and running a dairy that I've never even known before! I got some great pictures of the girls and I plan to make little photo albums for each of them at the end of the year. I hope all our future endeavors go as well and as smoothly.

Sunday afternoon Millie had a slight fever. Sunday night she woke up with a high fever and was wheezing a bit. Izak gave her Tylenol, flo-nase, and her inhaler and she fell asleep in my arms. Monday morning around 4 a.m. she woke up gasping for air. I was going to put her in the bathroom with steam, but she was so frantic and crying and telling me: 'Mommy I love you' in her little tiny voice over and over again, I just had a horrible feeling and  I started crying and tried to hold her and calm her down. Izak took her and we gave her three breathing treatments while he rubbed a ice pack on her back. She finally calmed down but we'd pretty much already decided to take her to the E.R. She seems to be fine now. Still wheezing but at least her breathing is back to normal. The P.A gave her a steroid to open her throat up because they said her chest was clear... so we're just waiting to see if she bounces back.

Millie playing around. Waiting to be seen by the doctor....

 Her baby needed some help too.

Millie, playing doctor...

Also Sunday night I had my first round of auditions for the show I'm directing. I had a really good turn out. I'm excited to see who shows up tonight...

Can I go back to bed now?

1st Day of Kindergarten

Beatrice's first day of Kindergarten! 

We were both fine. We didn't cry. When I got in the car I had that overwhelming feeling to cry... but then I counteracted the tears by thinking of where her class is situated! She's not even in the Kindergarten area! I'm kind of bummed about that. Oh well. I'm sure it will be fine. I just need to work out the logistics of dropping off and picking up... and lunches and how that will fit into my work schedule...

  I can't believe I have a kindergartner! :(

Girl Scouts!

Had my first Girl Scout meeting with MY troop yesterday! I found myself feeling a little crazy... two times I was like: what do we do next! Oh gawd!! Thankfully Brandy saved the day on both counts!

Here is what happened: Beatrice helped me set up early so we were good there. Brandy brought balloons to hang around our meeting location to let parents know they were in the right spot. We literally walked out of the building at 5 pm (the air was on upstairs since noon) we walked back in at 5:05 (give or take) and the timer on the air conditioning kicked off! And it was so hot already! I was stressing. Parents were arriving. Brandy's trying to fix the air as I ran down stairs to grab some fans... UGH!

So our early bird girls were naturally wondering around the place and to keep them occupied I gave them the craft activity to work on. I had wanted to start the meeting the proper way with the pledge and then the Girl
Scout promise.... but... things change! It worked out. I know we'll get into the swing of things as far as how long to let them work on a project and how long to let them eat snack! But all in all it went well.

I already have our first field trip planned and I can't wait for the next meeting! I just really hope these girls have fun and walk away with a memorable experience and lifelong friends like I did!

My plate is FULL!

So this year my plate is extremely full. I'm excited about it... but also a bit apprehensive.  Because my plate has been so full I made the decision not to worry about certain things... for example: What will happen with Bea for kindergarten. If you recall I was trying to get her transferred to another school so she could stay at the new preschool I signed the girls up for. I didn't get the transfer and because I am such a responsible person, as soon as I found out I called the preschool to tell her my dilemma.

Yesterday I met with one of Millie's little friend's mom who works for the school district and had the same problem with her older kids. She wanted to get them into Oak Grove. She said she just called and bugged and bugged and bugged! I could SO do that! I got renewed hope that I could actually get her in to Oak Grove and things would be cake! I was so excited that I texted the preschool gal and told her I might still be able to get Bea in to Oak Grove and she could stay at her preschool in the mornings. She texted me back that she might have already given the slot away and that she didn't know for sure because her computer crashed with all her records.

Sooooo.  Now what? Do I call and bug and get her in only to STILL not have a place for her? So I get her into an afternoon kindergarten class at Oak Grove... if she's with me all morning she's not going to want to go to school. (I have first hand knowledge and experience with this.)

I suppose I could call and bug and get her in and then go from there?? If it doesn't work out with the preschool then just take her to our home school?? UGH!!! Now I wish I had just let it go and not worried about it at all.