HI all!
Hope you are all enjoying the start of the week! I can't believe it's only Tuesday. We've done so much just in the past two days, it seems we should be further through the week. School is going great here. The kids are loving it! I'm enjoying it also. They really thrive on routine and it is so much more scheduled for us this time of year. Though we do have something going on constantly! The calendar is full every day.
E is adjusting to 1st grade nicely. She's following in big brother's footsteps I think. She has gotten perfect scores on all of her math and spelling tests so far and even got put in the challenge group for spelling and reading. N is doing well also. He also has continued with his A+ scores on everything. The kid just amazes me. It comes so naturally to him. E, however, has to work at it a bit harder. He can do math in his head that he probably wouldn't officially learn for several more years in school. Crazy stuff! He has a memory that just blows my mind. He'll remember stats from a game or how to spell a football players last name (that he only saw once a month ago). We love both of their teachers, so that helps as well. I've spent every free moment in their classrooms and I'm enjoying it very much. Though it is exhausting. I help E's teacher on Mondays, N's teacher on Wednesdays and then have my parent meeting at the school on Fridays. Tuesdays and Thursdays (and this week Monday) I also have daycare kids. Throw in all of the sports practices and games and homework and there is little time for anything else. Except of course the PTO project. ugh...
This parade float project is keeping me so busy. Did I mention that I'm helping with a parade float committee for our school? We have a local fall festival (in two weekends) that includes a parade. Our school always has children walk in the parade with a banner, but this year our principal decided she wanted us to have a parade float! So, myself and a few other ladies volunteered to pull it all together.
Every day I've had something that had to be completed for it. Last night I brought home something like 120 pieces of cardboard diamonds that had to be pieced together to form 20-some star shapes. Then, they had to be bent to shape (sort of like the 3-D stars you see hanging on people's houses and such) and taped together with duct tape. So, that took up most of the evening after gymnastics. A friend of mine helped me, so that split up the work. Thank goodness for her help!! Today I had to deliver all of the giant stars to school and then had to go into the teacher's workroom at school to make some die-cut letters for the giant crayons that we made this weekend for the float. Oh and the hubbies stepped up to help us paint the giant crayons (with spray paint) so that was a lifesaver as well! Then, we just had to hot glue the tops on (styrofoam soda cups from the gas station) and put black electrical tape on as the 'black lines' on the crayons.
It is like a never ending project! It will be fun to see it all come together though. I'm excited to see the end result! Our school's motto is "The sky is the limit to what we can learn!". So, our float is based on that theme. We've got a sign in the middle with the sun and our motto painted on it. Then, we made some giant crayons out of cardboard carpet rolls to put on the float. We're going to surround the trailer with hay bales (to form a safety boundary for the kids) and then cover them with blue tarps (for the sky). Then, we're going to put clouds on the outside of the boundary to make it look like the kids are sitting amongst the clouds. Also included will be the 24 (or so) giant class stars (the ones we assembled last night) that each class has decorated. This will represent the 24 classes in our school. And, that's only for Kindergarten, First and Second grades! We live in a smallish town and that is a LOT of primary school kids. I think we have something like 581 kids? Crazy!
Anyways, I can't wait to see the float all completed. We had minimal budget allowances from the PTO money, so we had to work with some donations, creative minds and a lot of hard work.
Goodness that turned into a novel! Sorry! Guess I had a lot to say today.
Otherwise in our week, E started gymnastics last night and totally loved it! She has found her passion, I do believe. She's been doing tumbling at home for a while now, so I thought we should sign up for some more formal training. She was getting mighty dangerous at home and was going to break her neck!
N watched his team's first football game last Saturday. He was so sad on the sidelines with his fractured wrist. : ( Poor guy. He was trying hard to be a good sport, but he was just downright bummed. He even turned his head to hide his tears at one point. It broke my heart. Praying that he can get the brace off soon and take part in some games this season. Football is his favorite sport and it is so fun to watch him play. He has a natural talent for this sport in particular and it is just a joy to see him play. He also starts swimming in a week or so.
C has been helping me out with all of my errands and tasks and things around here. He loves preschool and loves hanging out with his preschool friends here at home (the daycare kids). He has also been impressing me with his math skills and ability to think quickly. I'm not sure where these kids got the brain power that they have, but they're certainly making up for what I'm lacking. lol..I feel like day by day I lose more of my memory skills and all of my quick thinking ability.
I'm going to a big concert up in Indy this weekend, I'm excited! I'm going to see Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Leann Rimes and several other acts. Should be a lot of fun! I enjoy all types of music, and I've wanted to see Kenny Chesney for years. The tickets are my bday gift from my good old husband. : ) My good friend and I are going for a girl's night. I've never gone to anything like that without my hubby. It will be a bit strange. I sort of wish he could go (and her husband as well). Would have been a fun date night!
Ok, enough rambling. I told myself I was going to spend my time cleaning and organizing while the kids napped. Gotta get to it! I have an interview with a prospective daycare client on Thursday. Gotta get the house in order!
