See what came in the mail yesterday!? Princess and I are pretty jazzed about the upcoming school year at home. She won't be five until the end of next month, but we decided to go ahead and start Kindergarten this year since she's chomping at the bit to learn "everything about everything" (her words). I've been doing some casual stuff with Princess, just working through one book, the past few months so that now she is doing some simple independent reading. Now we're going to jump in with both feet! I'm sure I'll have more to say on homeschooling at a later time. For now, suffice it to say that we are excited!
In other news, my lil Bug came down with a fever sometime during the night yesterday. She then spent the entire day making a pathetic low pitch "m" sound to let me know that she felt crummy. We spent so much time snuggling and rocking like in the above photo. I hate when little ones are sick, but at the same time it is absolutely precious that they become so cuddly when they are. I made dinner at 3 p.m. while Bug was snoozing so that I'd be free to snuggle more when she woke up. It made for a pretty smooth evening which is awesome.
How is this allowed at 7 1/2 months?
Granted, Bug is not breaking any records here, but she's hitting certain milestones a bit sooner than her sisters, so I sit back and look at her in amazement. I think she's anxious to run around like they do. It looks so fun, all the running and giggling you know.
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And here is a sweet pic I stole of my Smooch the other day napping in my bed. For nap time, I've been separating the girls and it works out nicely that way, especially since Princess doesn't actually fall asleep anymore and just has a short rest time, and Bug's afternoon nap time varies a bit more than the big girls'. So Bug gets her crib in the girls' room, Princess gets the playroom/guest room, and Smooch sleeps in Mommy's spot. And with that, we are all out of bedrooms around here during nap time. ;-) I am so thrilled that they all lay down at the same time for at least part of nap time each day. I work very hard to build in a little mommy break to each of our days and it is so worth the effort.
We went to a community group at our new church this past Monday. It made us miss our Albuquerque friends so much! I think we're going to love this new group though, and there were a couple little girls close to Princess' and Smooch's ages. They got along great! A couple of the moms also homeschool, but they homeschool older boys. I am really hoping to find a group of like-minded mommas with whom I can do some age-appropriate field trips this year, but finding any homeschooling moms around here is a great start.
Lastly, I think it's worthwhile to mention that I got a steam cleaner. With all this moving we have been doing, and having to clean twice for each move since our new house is never up to my standards (and I am no clean freak), it made sense to get some of our own deep cleaning tools. Think of all the money we could have saved if we had bought a carpet cleaner a few years ago! Oh well. Anyway, I love my little steam cleaner so far! I think that it is having to take the dirt off these tile floors one or two layers at a time because they were previously so neglected. I'm so happy that the floor no longer turns our feet black, and I no longer have to get down on my hands and knees in order to reach a satisfactory level of cleanliness. Oh the life of a renter...
Happy Thursday! We're off to a well child check for our eldest this afternoon, with appointments for the next two tomorrow. Of her upcoming appointment, Princess said last night, "Yahoo! Going to the doctor is my favorite thing ever in the whole world!" She was being completely sincere. Think we need to make some CA friends already? ;-)
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So exciting that Princess is so into schooling! I wonder if that is a girl thing? My friends eldest is a girl, and she just looooves school. I gave Q a paper with some letters to trace and he did them in about .5 seconds, and was ready to play with his flubber. I think maybe they just take a little more time and a different method. What did you decide to do for curriculum? Just work books? I think that's the easiest for the early grades, but it's so overwhelming when it comes to all the options!
Hope you guys can make some homeschool friends soon. We have a wonderful co-op here, but the Mama's aren't the friendliest. My BFF takes her kids, and both she and I were homeschooled our entire lives and are by far the most social. It's kind of annoying, really. We have to initiate all conversation at co-op AND if we see the Mom's at the grocery store. What's up with that? But, the kids have a 2 hour pre-school class and it's been great for them, so we endure.
I have a steam cleaner and alternate between that and my wring mop. The steamer sure is handy, though!
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