Thinking about Kindergarten....

Well Monday, Abby came home with two stamps on her hand from school.... not 3 like she usually does. I didn't really have to say anything, she was so disappointed and miserable. Other than this one occurrence she has been doing very well in school. At student teacher conferences her teacher said that she was the leader of the "girls." Abby and I were so excited about her birthday party, we invited 5 kids from her school, and only 2 came. Those were also the only 2 friends of hers we saw at Turkey Bingo (a fun event the school had a couple weeks ago.) Neither of these friends will be returning to Elizabeth Hall for Kindergarten. Charlie and I have not decided which school is the best fit for her and our family but we are agreed that we would like to find a k-8 that welcomes parent involvement. This weekend is the NE schools information day! I am hoping that I find something, we are not limiting ourselves to the public schools. I am looking into a few of the local "private" schools. I am also looking into some charter schools as well, but I am less familiar with them. Anyone heard anything good or bad about schools in NE Mpls????

The begining to a Holiday season....

Abby is enjoying the beginning of the Holiday season. She loves to sing "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" and "Frosty the Snowman." We were singing in the car yesterday when Abby told me, "Mom, we don't have to worry about Santa, because Auntie Katie and Auntie Beth will get me presents from all over the world, but not from China."
Abby is very concerned about 2 things; first that she is going to be good enough that Santa will bring her toys (see last post), and secondly toys from China (after throwing out several Polly pocket toys and some "cool toys" she has been very nervous about where her toys come from.)

"He knows if you've been bad or good."

Today while cleaning up before lunch I noticed that someone had gotten a hold of a permanent marker and wrote Abby on one of my dining room chairs! Abby was out with Charlie running errands and when they returned I showed both of them. I simply asked if either of them new who had written on the chair. Abby said it wasn't her. So I asked her if she knew if anyone else knew how to write her name. She said that I did. I looked at her, she must have seen it in my face, because I honestly did not know what to say next. She broke down, "I did it!" While eating lunch I asked "Abby, when did you write on the chair." "The day we saw Santa, and he didn't know." While Jack may need tag team parenting, Abby requires a complete game plan. Often we have to take a "time out" and create a game plan. That is what I did. Charlie and I decided that we would have to tell Santa about the chair, I text-ed him (I bet you didn't know Santa texts.) But you know what Santa already knew, and he also wanted me to remind Abby to make better choices.

Little Miss 5 year old.....

Well since my last blog entry a lot has happened. Sorry about taking so long for the update! I have been told that I am getting as bad as my dad at up dating these things, and that just isn't acceptable!!!

My little girl turned 5, Nov 8th!! She got a pink pen from her Teacher, Miss Hanson, and that has got to be her most prized possession (it's not even a gel pen.) We had the whole princess themed party. Three friends came to celebrate with us, along with Nana. Papa. the Aunties and Silly Matt! Abby had a special gift from Papa, a trip to the Park at Moa (aka Camp Snoopy- I still call Macy's downtown, Dayton's.) Abby got to choose one friend to come along. She chose to bring Ella, my best friends' little girl. Ella and Abby had so much fun taking full advantage of their unlimited ride wrist bands until the "ghost ride." Abby and Ella wanted to go on this particular ride because they got to shoot ghosts. Charlie fully explained to them that it was a scary ride, but the girls were determined and brave. The ride takes you inside what seems to be a faux haunted house. "ghosts" appear and you have the option of shooting them and than they go away. Somewhere along the way it got a little too scary and we could hear the girls above the noise of the park from with in the ride. When the ride was over I grabbed the girls and calmed them. Charlie comes over to me and tells me Abby had 90 ghost hits! All and All I would say it was an excellent 5th Birthday.

This Weekend we took the kids to see Santa at MOA. He is the greatest and "the real Santa!" He really takes his time with all the kids and really does what he can to make sure that the they are comfortable, he really gets kiddos and understands how intimidating his appearance might be to the little ones. In past years he would just sneak up behind Abby, I would get my photo and she didn't even know that it had even happened. Now that Abby is 5 she had a big discussion with Santa. He made sure that she picks up her toys, sleeps in her own bed, and brushes her teeth and Abby made sure he knew what she wanted! I really recommend this Santa- he is really worth the little extra wait!!!

Here are some good ones:

A dimond is a rhombus....

Today Abby asked, "Mommy, did you know that a dimond is a rhombus?" Luckily I did. One piece of geometry that actually stuck with me. However how impressive for such a little girl. Apparently she has learned this in school, and like her father her brain is a sponge.

Abby is very excited, her 5th Birthday is Thursday and the Party is this weekend. We have been putting x's over the days on the calendar.


Sorry still no photos yet....
Tata for now.