Going Through Life One Blog Post at a Time
Both kids have always really liked to look at pillbugs, or Roly Poly bugs as they call them. They get so excited when they see them and yell, “Roly Poly! Roly Poly!” They have to bend down and examine the little bug as it crawls away from them. Whenever I see one of them looking at a pillbug, I think back to when Laura was little and couldn’t pronounce “r”. She would say, “Poly Poly, Poly Poly!” For now, I’ll just enjoy their excitement because it won’t be like this for long.
So, I had grand plans for the day. Get some cleaning done, go grocery shopping, do more cleaning, do some laundry, etc. Of all of that list, the only thing that materialized was grocery shopping. I ended up spending most of the day playing with the kids and reading a book by Joanne Fluke. Jeremy came over about 5 pm to hang out and I didn’t even cook dinnner. Just ordered pizza from Italian Village. Turns out that having a relaxing day was much better than accomplishing the grand plans. I need those sometimes.
Laura’s first Kindergarten activities! She was so proud to show Andy and I. 🙂
Laura started Kindergarten today. She was so very excited. Andy and I were also very excited, but we were pretty choked up too. We arrived at the school about 8:20 and went around the front to take some pictures. Here is the big girl in front of the school sign.
Here she is in front of the school.
Here she is waiting to go play on the playground before school.
After 15 minutes of play on the playground, all the kids (and some parents) went inside to the gym to wait for each class to be called and sent to their new classrooms. Andy and I held it together pretty well, but I think we both got teary-eyed. As Laura’s class lined up, she turned around and gave Andy and I a big wave and then off she went!
I picked her up at 3:45 and asked her how her day went. She was so excited and proclaimed it “GREAT!” She proceeded to then tell me all about her day. It was so neat to see her so excited and listen to her talk all about her day. She repeated everything for Daddy when we picked him up a bit later. She’s pretty tired tonight, but she can’t wait to go to bed so she can go back to school tomorrow!
Laura is Kindergarten ready!
Her name is on both her backpack and lunchbox and her folder from her teacher is in her backpack.
Mommy is holding it together and Daddy “seems” to be ok…. We’ll see how tomorrow goes! Something tells me that Laura will do much better than us.
Tonight, we took Laura to the Ridgeway Elementary Open House so that she could see her classroom. She was excited because she got to see her cubby and check out the classroom. We also dropped off her school supplies. We weren’t in the classroom for long as it was a busy time, but she at least knows where she will be going now. Outside the school, the kids got to enjoy popsicles and then we stopped at a couple of tables to sign Andy and I up for PTSA and then potentially sign Laura up for Brownies. After all the excitement, we headed to Culver’s for a good dinner! Laura, who originally claimed NOT to be hungry and then wanted to eat at home, plowed through most of her cheeseburger and french fries. After that, it was frozen custard time – chocolate with M & Ms please!
For John, it was ketchup with chicken tenders and french fries (Yes, I *do* mean ketchup first because it’s his favorite food…it does not qualify as simply a condiment for him). For his dessert, it was vanilla with M & Ms.
I’m often amused at how Laura is very much like her Daddy when it comes to sleeping. I think she will be the one that we have a hard time getting up. It often takes me 10-15 minutes to get her out of bed in the morning. In comparison, it takes me 20-30 minutes to wake up Daddy. This morning, I found her still sleeping. As I write this, she has switched positions, but has not gotten out of bed.
