I'm thankful for...
1. Beautiful weather on Saturday and going to the Baltimore Zoo with my kids and husband. FYI- the zoo in Baltimore has half-off admission during January and February. If you have a membership to the Philadelphia Zoo (or most any other zoo), you receive half off admission any time. It was only $35 for our family of five. We spent three hours there and saw elephants, lions, giraffes, polar bears, chimpanzees (lots of 'em), native Maryland wildlife, otters (from a cool underwater tunnel), bats, a hellbender salamander, arctic foxes, cheetah, leopard, and the official mascots of the Ravens football team- two HUGE ravens named Rise and Conquer. Apparently, the Baltimore Zoo is the only zoo to house and care for an NFL mascot. The birds attend every Ravens home game. How's that for your zoo/NFL trivia?
2. Scooters. Sydney and Liam wanted to ride scooters today. 30 degrees and windy made it way too cold to do it outside, so I rolled back the carpets in the living room so they could roll across the floor. Liam doesn't have much scooter experience but he did a pretty good job. In the afternoon, Sydney bundled up and rode her scooter all the way to Lilly's bus stop. Her little scooter wheels flashed and blinked the whole way as she scooched and scootered her way up the hill. We can't wait for spring.
3. Post call. Bobby was on call yesterday/last night. He got a total of 5 hours of interrupted sleep...more than most call nights....and he finished rounding earlier than expected in the morning. Feeling well rested (and homesick) he decided to come home for the rest of the day. His visit will be less than 24 hours, but it's always nice to have him around. He surprised the kids and we had a nice afternoon and evening together. He leaves again very early tomorrow morning. We'll see him Friday night when he is able to come home for the weekend.
4. Lillian's self-motivation. I've begun to recognize how little I need to prompt, urge, prod, or nag Lillian to do her homework. She usually comes home talking about it and she'll jump right into it at the slightest suggestion or reminder. She gets a weekly packet of a few pages of reading/writing homework and occasionally a page of math homework. With the packet homework, she'll sit down and do all the pages at once instead of one a night like the teacher suggests. Her reading and writing abilities have really taken off and she impresses me more every time I hear her read or read what she's written. I'm so proud of her and how well she is learning, but most importantly, how she seems to enjoy learning.
5. Short puking episodes. I'm never thankful for puking kids. But when they have to puke, it's always best when it happens fast and they recover quickly. Thankfully, that's how we experienced it over the weekend. Liam woke up on Thursday night and threw up three times. But in the morning he was totally fine and throughout the day you never would've known he was sick the night before. On Saturday evening while we were driving down to Baltimore to visit Bobby, Sydney started complaining that her tummy hurt. I tossed her a plastic bag and told her to puke in it if she had to. Five minutes later she threw up, and thankfully it all landed in the plastic bag. After a quick pull-over and damage assessment everything seemed fine and Sydney was feeling much better. So we continued on our way and had a great weekend! I don't know if it was some weird strand of a quick GI bug or if it was something they ate, but either way I'm glad it's over and they are feeling better.
Showing posts with label first grade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label first grade. Show all posts
Monday, February 24, 2014
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Back to School!
Note: I meant to have pictures in this post, but it's not working. Stay tuned for a photographic update!
Today was the first day of school, and Lillian hit the ground running!
I, on the other hand, was not with the program. I mis-read the bus schedule and thought that the morning bus would arrive TEN minutes LATER than it actually did. I thought I was so prepared, with Lilly's lunch all packed, the stroller ready, and my "time to go to the bus stop" alarm on my phone, but by the time we started walking down the side walk we saw all the other moms and dads walking back to their houses! We totally missed the bus! A nice neighbor friend offered to watch Liam and Sydney while I drove Lillian in to school.
Although it was a first day of school blunder on my part, it turned out to be fun. I enjoyed the extra time with Lillian, and it gave her a chance to watch the video text that Bobby sent for her late last night (that I had forgotten to show her earlier in the morning). We held hands as we walked across the front of the school to the first grade line-up area. As she was getting in line she saw her BFF from kindergarten and they shared a very exuberant reunion. They are in the same class together, which makes me so happy for her.
Lillian was so excited that I don't think she even noticed when I left. What a big girl!
While she was busy learning and making new friends at school, Sydney got her teeth cleaned at the dentist. Another cavity-free visit for her (much better than her older sister)! She sat in the "Muppet/Sesame Street Room" and got to watch Epic while the dental hygienist and the dentist checked her little teeth. Liam wanted to watch, too, so he climbed right up into the chair with her. He's such a cheese ball!
This is Mama Fox's second visit to the dentist. (See this post here for her first visit!)
After a quick visit to the grocery store afterwards (which, by the way, is much easier with 2 kids rather than all 3) and some lunch at home, Liam took a nice nap and I painted Sydney's nails on the front porch. Good mother-daughter bonding time. At some point between all that I managed to knock out some of the heaping pile of dirty dishes in the kitchen sink.
I got my act together by the afternoon and we made it to the bus stop to pick Lillian up with PLENTY of time to spare. She bounced off the bus and ran to give us all hugs. She had a big smile on her face and she said her first day of first grade was, "Perfect!!!" Her teacher is really nice; she sits next to two boys in Row 3, but they are really nice and they don't bother her like _______ did last year; she got to read a book about birds before she got on the bus; there is another Emma in her class, but not the same one that was in her kindergarten class; she showed her friend A where her cubby is; and she has gym class tomorrow so she has to wear tennis shoes. Did ya get all that?
To celebrate the momentous day, we walked to the 7 Eleven down the street with a friend and got Slurpees for everyone.
I'm much more prepared for tomorrow. We shouldn't miss the bus again.
Today was the first day of school, and Lillian hit the ground running!
I, on the other hand, was not with the program. I mis-read the bus schedule and thought that the morning bus would arrive TEN minutes LATER than it actually did. I thought I was so prepared, with Lilly's lunch all packed, the stroller ready, and my "time to go to the bus stop" alarm on my phone, but by the time we started walking down the side walk we saw all the other moms and dads walking back to their houses! We totally missed the bus! A nice neighbor friend offered to watch Liam and Sydney while I drove Lillian in to school.
Although it was a first day of school blunder on my part, it turned out to be fun. I enjoyed the extra time with Lillian, and it gave her a chance to watch the video text that Bobby sent for her late last night (that I had forgotten to show her earlier in the morning). We held hands as we walked across the front of the school to the first grade line-up area. As she was getting in line she saw her BFF from kindergarten and they shared a very exuberant reunion. They are in the same class together, which makes me so happy for her.
Lillian was so excited that I don't think she even noticed when I left. What a big girl!
While she was busy learning and making new friends at school, Sydney got her teeth cleaned at the dentist. Another cavity-free visit for her (much better than her older sister)! She sat in the "Muppet/Sesame Street Room" and got to watch Epic while the dental hygienist and the dentist checked her little teeth. Liam wanted to watch, too, so he climbed right up into the chair with her. He's such a cheese ball!
This is Mama Fox's second visit to the dentist. (See this post here for her first visit!)
After a quick visit to the grocery store afterwards (which, by the way, is much easier with 2 kids rather than all 3) and some lunch at home, Liam took a nice nap and I painted Sydney's nails on the front porch. Good mother-daughter bonding time. At some point between all that I managed to knock out some of the heaping pile of dirty dishes in the kitchen sink.
I got my act together by the afternoon and we made it to the bus stop to pick Lillian up with PLENTY of time to spare. She bounced off the bus and ran to give us all hugs. She had a big smile on her face and she said her first day of first grade was, "Perfect!!!" Her teacher is really nice; she sits next to two boys in Row 3, but they are really nice and they don't bother her like _______ did last year; she got to read a book about birds before she got on the bus; there is another Emma in her class, but not the same one that was in her kindergarten class; she showed her friend A where her cubby is; and she has gym class tomorrow so she has to wear tennis shoes. Did ya get all that?
To celebrate the momentous day, we walked to the 7 Eleven down the street with a friend and got Slurpees for everyone.
I'm much more prepared for tomorrow. We shouldn't miss the bus again.
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