First Day of Preschool

Katie on her first day of school - Jan 6, 2010
Today was Katie's first day of preschool. She's going to Kyle's preschool alma mater - Rainbow Montessori.

For weeks she's been talking about how excited she is to start school, and how she can't wait to paint, and color, and do school work just like Kyle. Tami and I both explained that she would be dropped off, and then picked up after nap time and she SEEMED totally fine with it.

I pulled up to the school at 8am and she immediately recognized it and didn't seem hesitant at all. She got out of the truck and walked with me to the front door of the school. She bravely entered the office, and then moved towards the classroom door. But as soon as she looked into the classroom and saw all of those kids and the two teachers, she ran behind my leg and started to cry...

I tried to remind her of all the cool stuff she would do. I walked her over to her new cubbie and helped her put her stuff away. I showed her toys. But nothing I did seemed to help, and after just a couple of minutes, the school's Director came over to help me out by giving her a big hug and carrying her away so I could leave.

Tami picked her up around 3:30pm and Katie was doing fine. Her teacher said she didn't cry for very long in the morning, but she was a little clingy throughout the day. She also said that Katie cried a little when she woke up from her nap because she sort of forgot where she was.

When I got home from work, Katie had nothing but good things to say about school. She even said she made some friends, but she already forgot everyone's name. We'll see how it goes tomorrow. If I recall correctly, it took Kyle about three days before he could be dropped off without any tears.

Crashing into the New Year (& Decade)

Kyle & Katie crashing into the new year at Grandma & Grandpa's house on New Years Day.

Knollwood Elementary Scholar of the Month!

Kyle was awarded the Knollwood Elementary School Scholar of the Month award for October in an early morning ceremony in front of the whole school.

In his Week 6 reading assessment, he scored 107 words per minute and 97 words per minute in two separate reading tests. The minimum target in first grade for week 6 is 10 words per minute (50th percentile) and the goal is 30 words per minute (75th percentile). He smashed the goal!

Guest Entry by Aunt Kim

Last night at Megan's volleyball game Katie had finished eating a Reese’s cup and she was sitting next to me and I mentioned to her she smelled like peanut butter. She turns to Tami and says, “Mom, I smell like peanut butter, I need a shower.” Such a goof. I then tell her how pretty her dress is and she puts her legs out and looks at me like, “And the shoes?????” She’s really very funny and you have to love the sexy Jessica Rabbit voice.

Kyle is walking around the gym listening to his DSi and has “Beat It” playing and singing right along to it. He was very excited he had the BlackEyed Peas as well. He wanted to show Megan all his songs and Megan said but Kyle you showed me that one. He says, “But you’ve only seen this many, I have more!!!”

Technology is truly a beautiful thing. I told him he needed “I’ve got a feeling.” By the BEP. They do make you smile and they are very cute.

Kim

Things to remember

This blog may be boring for everyone but me, but I have a few things I want to remember about Katie and Kyle and I just want them written down somewhere:

Katie:

• She uses the words "last morning" to refer to everything that happened yesterday (or really any amount of time in the past).
  


• She asks to "carry me up" instead of asking "pick me up"
  


• She loves to crawl all over the house and pretend that she's a kitty. She crawls around, tries to pick things up with her teeth, and meows instead of talks. My side of the family gets a kick out of this because I did exactly the same thing when I was little. However, Katie has added something which makes it less cute. She likes to try and lick people on the arm or hand when she goes by. Ewwww. Gross.
  


• She is the girliest girl ever at 3 1/2. She likes to have her fingers and toes painted. She will only wear dresses. She clip clops around the downstairs in plastic heel shoes pushing a stroller. She has at least five different purses she carries around everywhere.
  


• She is girly in every way but her hair. She Hates having her hair combed, and refuses to let me put it in ponytails or barrettes, except on very rare occasions. Just recently, she has allowed me to use a particular clip in order for me to place fresh flowers in her hair, which I think is just over the top adorable.
  

Kyle:

• Kyle hates stickers and won't even pick them up or touch them. He tells everyone he is "allergic" to stickers.
  


• He likes to sleep in only pajama bottoms (bare chested), as he puts it, "just like Daddy".
  


• Kyle, just out of the blue, came up with this slogan after seeing a drug store commercial for Rite-Aid on T.V.: "If you don't have the right stuff, then go to Rite-Aid!"
  


• Kyle had just played and lost a Mario Brawl game with Dad. After asking to play again, and winning, he turned to Jeff and exclaimed, "Who's a rock star now, Dad?!"

Lost tooth

July 6, 2009

The first tooth

Loose Tooth

During our camping trip, Kyle discovered his first 'wiggly' tooth.

It's the bottom left front (central incisor) tooth.

He's right on track - according to my Internet search, kids start to lose their primary teeth when they are 6-7 yrs old, and normally lose them in the order they came in - front bottom, then front top, then working their way around the sides of the mouth over the next 5-6 years.