Scary

So the other night around midnight Camille woke up with an asthma/panic attack. We've been through this before so I wasn't too worried this time around. It was still a bit scary though. I just tried to calm her down and gave her a breathing treatment. Poor thing. She just gets so scared and says she can't breath... and then she was saying that she can't calm down. She wanted to go to the hospital again! I started talking to her about Disney Land and her favorite Princess, Belle and we got through it. I kept her home and gave her about 4 breathing treatments throughout the day and some medicine. She even took a 3 hour nap! She slept through the night as well, so something paid off! I wish my baby didn't have asthma!

Arizona Cousins and Disney Land!

  This past weekend we went to Disney Land! It was a super special trip because we got to spend time with our Arizona cousins!! They came out for Mickey's Halloween Party! The girls had so much fun! They fought over holding Gracie's hand and sitting by her the entire time! But she was a good sport about it.  They even wanted to ride alone with her on rides, but they couldn't because they weren't old enough. It was so much fun. Nearly all the kids are big enough (except for Millie and Lauren) to ride the adult rides! So the parents got to take turns and actually ride some fun rides! A new ride for Bea and me was the river rafting ride! She LOVED it! I know Millie would like it to if she would just get a little bit taller! It was a fun and exhausting trip!

  The girls got to go to the American Girl Doll store for the first time in their lives! Tutu bought them each a doll, which they love and have been taking pretty good care of so far. We also got to go to Medieval Times! The kids loved cheering on their knight! The girls weren't to crazy about eating with their fingers though!

  It was such a fun weekend! I really hope we can try to see our cousins more regularly! Maybe next year we can finally do that beach vacation!

Dance, Dance, Dance!!

  Yesterday was my first time taking both girls to dance!  Millie's class is at 5:30 and Bea's is at 6:15.  So while Millie was dancing Bea was doing her homework in the car with me. And while Bea was dancing Millie was playing on her iPad. She kept wondering when sister was going to be done though. All in all, it wasn't too bad!

  Bea has been trying the tap class. It's a 4! So yeah, I have to leave work early to take her to class, but she's been wanting to try tap for 2 years now... so I finally gave in. They only offer it at 4 unfortunately... so we'll see how that goes with work and all.

  They both seem to be growing so fast! I was looking at them in their leotards and it looks like they both need bigger ones! And now with the cooler weather I have to get Bea more long sleeved outfits and such... will the expenses never end!?

Fall is HERE!

Finally the cooler weather is upon us! And October is probably my busiest month! I've got overnight camp training, baby shower decor shopping, auditions, rehearsal starting for my show, Disney Land, Halloween parties, a baby shower... and on top of all that the regular stuff like gymnastics, two days of dance classes, girl scout troop meetings and whatever else I missed! It's going to be a crazy month!!! But I'm excited! Bring it on October! Let's rock this!! :)

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. :(