Lexi: Emma keeps knocking my carriage down.
Me: Is it an accident or is she doing it on purpose?
Lexi: On purfice, Moommmy.
I think all she knows is an accident means Emma doesn’t get into trouble.
Extraordinary Faith for Everyday Life
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Lexi: Emma keeps knocking my carriage down.
Me: Is it an accident or is she doing it on purpose?
Lexi: On purfice, Moommmy.
I think all she knows is an accident means Emma doesn’t get into trouble.
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This morning I took Emma and Lexi with me to the meet the teacher. Apparently I wasn’t supposed to take Lexi wtih me. Oops. The assistant teacher was nice enough to include Lexi in all the kids’ activities. Lexi could have fit right in! Anyway, Emma was stuck to me like glue when we first got there. She hid behind my arm and wouldn’t say a word to her teacher. I let her look around the room before sitting her at the table where the kids were coloring with the assistant teacher. She almost didn’t let me leave her there but I told her I’d be in the room and Lexi sat down so she was ok.
The teacher went through all the forms and such. She has her masters in elementary ed and working on her PhD. She seemed sweet but like she could be stern at times which I think will be good for Emma. The thing that scared me the most? The homework! We have to read at least 15 minutes every day. Once a week we have to cut out an article from the newspaper and she’ll have to share what the article was about and then she’ll have other math, writing, etc homework. She’s in kindegarten!
I got a number to one of the “seasoned mothers”. She has been at the school since it opened a few years ago and knew all the answers. That’s the only bad thing about the teacher..this is her first year in the District. She comes from Miami so while she seems very able to teach her, she’s going to be on a learning curve with me as to procedures.
As for the rest, I think Emma will really like it. After we got done, she showed me around the school since the asst had taken them. She seemed excited about that. Glad to already see some ownership.
I even talked to the Bus Drivers about her route. No way are we doing the morning…she gets picked up at 6:55! Ugh! But the drop off didn’t seem bad. They get out at 2:30 and she’d be dropped off by 2:55 and they require the K parents to pick the kids up at the stop. We’ll see how that goes and if Emma shows interest.
I asked Emma her favorite part and she said the playground. I asked her favorite part in the room and she said the stove. Sounds like Emma thinks she’s going to be playing a lot ;).
Overall it went well and I feel so much better about her being there. It’s nice to have a picture in my head of where she is, what’s she’s doing and who she’s with. I really think she’s going to love it and Mom’s not too far behind with the idea!
We’re standing in the bathroom after the girls watched a little too much tv today and here’s our conversation:
Lexi: I like evil.
Me (I stop all I’m doing and get my serious tone on): Lexi, evil is bad. God hates evil!
Lexi (sort of shocked in silence and says quietly): But I like Eva from Wall-E.
I break down in laughter: Oh, sorry, I got confused. Eva is fine. I like Eva too.
A few weeks ago we had a black gospel group visit our church. Now I’m not a huge gospel fan to begin with but one of the crowd pleasers was an upbeat song “I’ve got Jesus”. Scott was playing it on his laptop and Lexi came in to my desk for me to put a dress on Polly Pocket. She started bouncing up and down to the song. As I put the dress on, I told her to clap and started to sing along. I then said, “Do you have Jesus?”
She points to her chest and pokes it a few times and says, “In my heart.”
She paused for a minute and said “Did Jesus die on the cross?”
I said, “Yep. For you and me.”
And she took her Polly Pocket and went back to the playroom.
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At least they have goals
Emma: You know what me and S were thinking? We are going to work at a hair cutter store. That’s what we were thinking.
Lexi: You know where I’m going to work? Target.
Emma: I knew you were going to say that! You love Target! You live at Target! You love everything at Target! You ARE Target!
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Emma: Mommy, if we play soccer, I’ll beat you. Watch my skills.
We just bought our first soccer ball today and I have no clue where that skills thing came from.
VBS Week 2008 is ov-ah. Well, not really. We still have a 3 hour block party to attend tomorrow. But no more responsibility! We had a great week with about 90 kids and 60 workers. It was one of the smoothest ones I’ve seen. One thing I really liked was that crafts, missions, bible class and rec were taught by one person in each for all age groups. Then people like me just carted them around to each. So much less stress.
Emma ended up not doing so great this week. Monday she cried at first then was ok. Tuesday she was fine. Wednesday I found out on Thursday that she cried on and off the whole night. Thursday she floated between Scott and I. I took her to crafts, Scott took her to bible, she stayed with me some and Scott took her to rec but she wouldn’t play so Scott just brought her back to the gym. Tonight Heather agreed to go with us and stayed with her the whole time (thanks Heather! But I think she ended up liking VBS as much as the kids). It worked out great even though Heather said she still wouldn’t play with any of the other kids. I think the problem was the preschool got broken up in to 3s, 4s and 5s and the other 5 year olds are not really her friends since she’s actually an early 5 year old. She’s used to being with the 4 year old class.
She just got so scared and shy when you tried to leave her by herself. She’s fine for Sunday School and preschool but this week was tough. It really, really makes me nervous for school this year.
Emma, in LOST terms, need a constant. She needs one person..whether it’s an adult, a teenager or even another kid that’s her “buddy”. Someone she can always turn around to and say something to or ask questions or hold their hand. And she just didn’t have it this week and she was lost (no pun intended). I am sure in school she will find a little girlfriend and do just fine but wow, she was definitely the high maintenance child this week.
Lexi, on the other hand, was great. When it was time to start, I told her to go sit down with her age group and there she went, not even looking back or saying bye. When the group was singing, she was up and at ’em trying her best to do all those hand motions and singing. Cute as could be! Oh, Scott told me he saw her grab this little boy she’s been friends with (and I think he goes to their preschool too) and hug him and they kissed each other on the lips! In VBS! That girl, she is something!