Alexis puts the Drama in Dramatic

In four years of Alexis being in preschool, I don't think I ever got a phone call to pick her up because she was sick. She doesn't even really get sick that much. But on day #7 of kindergarten the phone call came from the school nurse. Of course, my cell phone rang and when I didn't know the number, I didn't answer the phone. But I work on Tuesdays and so they called my work number. (Aside-of course I work one day a week where I am inaccessible and that's the one day she decides to get sick). Anyway, I guess I should program the school nurse into my phone, huh? I get there and she seems pretty content but says that her stomach hurts. She is walking all hunched over and I'm thinking the worst like we will end up in the ER and having her appendix taken out. I take her to my office and she lays crouched on a pillow and sips water. She thumbs through some books. Then she asks for her lunch box. It was about 1:00 by now and her class eats lunch at 10:45 and she didn't eat so it would make sense she was hungry. Then she goes to the bathroom. Then miraculously she is cured. It really is amazing. She had me convinced there for a minute we were dealing with something serious, but alas, I should know better. I asked her when she told her teacher her stomach hurt just out of curiosity of how it all went down. She said she didn't tell her. Well, Alexis, how did you end up in the nurse's office then? "Well, I was too scared to tell her but when I was walking funny she asked me what was wrong so I told her then". Oh dear. Hopefully, she doesn't ever have anything too important to tell her. At least now she is fine and this better not become a habit.


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Kindergarten

It's official.....we made it through our first week of kindergarten and have begun week #2. Alexis was thrilled to wake up early on the first day and bolt out the door to the bus stop.


I totally pictured her crying and us dragging her but she proved me wrong. She met her friend at the bus stop and when that big yellow cheese pulled up, she hopped right on. And by that I mean she clung onto her friend and kept turning to make sure she was still behind her. But no tears. I was so taken aback by how calm this went that I was the one who shed the tears. I figured I wouldn't cry because I was going to be so focused on getting Alexis onto the bus and struggling with her but it was almost too easy and so the tears came. Ben had already been busy that morning decorating the sidewalk in sidewalk chalk with motivating phrases like "you can do it", "one step at a time", and "learning starts this way" with arrows all the way to the bus stop. It was very creative and only a teacher would think of it. Each day has been harder and harder at wake up time. But not for Alexis.....for me. Yikes! I guess we will all get used to it.

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Munchkins

There were three little munchkins sitting on my bed!!!!!


Sadly, tomorrow I will only have two little munchkins sitting on my bed because my biggest munchkin will be at kindergarten. I am so happy and so sad at the same time. I am so happy to hit another milestone with my baby and seeing her grow up is such a pleasure. I am so sad because I lose my mornings and afternoons with her. I totally get why people keep having kids so you always have at least one home!!!! I'm excited to start the elementary school journey.....helping in her class, volunteering in the media center, organizing for PTA, chaperoning field trips, etc. All the great memories I have of both of my parents when I was younger. So from 3 little munchkins in my bed in the mornings down to two. And from no little munchkins on the bus to one!

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A Couple Firsts

Maizy had a couple of "firsts" in the food department these past couple weeks. The first situation was not by my choice at all and in fact I was appalled by the gall of a complete stranger. We were at a new restaurant in the neighborhood and had a good experience there except that it was soooooo hot in there. Anyway, when the check came the waitress brought three dum dum lollipops. One for each kid. Fine. Alexis and Max of course asked to eat it. Fine. Maizy was just holding hers seeing as how she has never had a lollipop or any candy for that matter. She thought it was a really cool toy. I was amused by her playing with it in total innocence until as I was looking down searching in my bag for something the waitress ripped the wrapper off and stuffed the lollipop in her mouth. Are you kidding me?!?!?!?!? My first instinct was to grab it out but she had already experienced that sweet taste. She freaked when I took it. So of course she was allowed a few more licks at that point. But seriously shouldn't a complete stranger ask before shoving a lollipop into a one year old's mouth. Pissed. Yes, I was. But she was awfully cute.


I'm pretty sure Alexis had her first lollipop about a month before she turned two.


Fast forward a couple of weeks and Maizy had another first. At least this one was my doing. I made juice popsicles from organic corn syrup free orange mango juice. The older two had them last night. Maizy recently is showing interest in what other people are eating. So here was the result:

At least it was an item I didn't mind her having and it was my choice. I'll give you that I'm a little controlling over what my kids eat but I think I at least deserve the right to give my own kid her first lollipop in my own time and not by some stranger. I wish I was a bigger b$&@" and I would have given her a piece of my mind. She even had the gall to ask if it was her first lollipop (I guess all the picture taking gave it away) and then laugh when we said yes. She didn't even feel bad.

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