What a Busy, but fun day....for the kiddies

I've expressed my marathon day on my facebook and myspace pages. And I didn't sell myself short. But everything and everyone was where they needed to be with the help of my husband.

We skipped the gym...no way we could squeeze that in. Instead, we had a nice hot breakfast. Elizabeth had dance and Jillian went to her BD party. Prior to the party, I took a cute picture, a picture showing her little pimple right on the tip of her nose. I kept kissing the pimple last night....

The party was fun for the kids with a big bouncy/waterslide thing. Jilly just jumped and jumped, stopped to eat and jumped more. She was exhausted and fell asleep on the way home.

When I came home, I had to put black nail polish, yes, BLACK nail polish on my 6 yr old. Heck, its Halloween, age does not matter...But I will take it off before church tomorrow! She had a blast and was an Elegant Witch. What mommy liked was that her part was a simple dropoff. The party was in Plant City! BUT, I made it to TRU to get a few things for Jillian's birthday, NY COMPANY for some things I wanted and Penny's. All before getting Elizabeth...Amazing!



But now we are watching the Rays and its just not looking as good as it should.....Hopefully, the Ray's have 2 more chances up and things will turn around. But for now, I'm almost ready to hit the hay...Been on the computer for over 2 hours doing Parent's Association stuff!

The Busiest Time of the Year

I have to say, that October has always been the busiest month for me. For most, it might be Thanksgiving straight through Christmas....But ever since I became involved in Jillian's school, now my 3rd year, that's changed. Not only have I started ever so little with my Christmas shopping, I am involved in the planning of LVC's annual Fall Festival. Hard to believe that its next week already....Harder to believe that the following week, we are planning our Thanksgiving Festivities!!!

But busy is good. I thrive on this type of hustle and bustle...Oh yea, I need to squeeze Daisy activities in with plannign Jillian's birthday party and the fact that George is catering a large Bunco party and then going up to NY for a long weekend....But again, I love it!

This weekend should be a challenge. Lets see, we need to go to the gym in the a.m. Jillian has a birthday party from 12 -3 in Mulberry and Elizabeth has dance from 11:30-12:15. Then Elizabeth has a birthday/costume party from 5:00-7:30...WOW! Sunday is sounding more inviting than ever before!!!

Family Day

Like others, today was completely with the family. After breakfast, we all went to the gym and then after Elizabeth had dance. After that, we just didn't do anything. Played around with the girls, actually went in the pool because the pool warmed up. Then we gave the girl's an early bath and then ate dinner. I had a moderate amount of laundry to do while we played a game of Candyland.

We are having AC problems. Our AC is leaking. We discovered this tomorrow. Thank God for Home Warranties. We have to pay a $60 service call, but everything else should be covered...Even if God forbid we need a new unit. But with the fans on, we'll be fine. The AC company said that we can still use the air, but with the leak, I do not want to damage the rug...(Thankful we have a wet vac!) But Monday morning they will be out...Hopefully, nothing serious, but our last maintenance for the summer, our guy said that we would probably need a new unit in a few years. We'll see if a few year's came sooner than expected.

Tomorrow is church and maybe a trip to the pumpkin patch...We'll see...

Well back to the Rays and the race!!!

Daisy's, Daisy's and Daisy's

We had our 2nd meeting tonight and a lot of fun. Out of 11 girls, more than 1/2 has learned the Girl Scout Promise...I'm very proud and impressed.

We have our first outing, not us as a Troop, but us among many troops. One of the leaders has arranged for 2 theaters at the Regency for a showing of High School Musical 3. So some of the girl's and their mom's are going...Then we have Camporee. This was going to be difficult, but I arranged for a babysitter. George is out of town that weekend and I was worried about if Elizabeth and I could go. But it all worked out..

We read our first story in the "journey" book and the girls planted some basil, thyme and daisies in plastic containers. We are all going to watch the process of these plants growing...How sweet is that...

Next week there is no meeting since there is no school...It'll give me a week to recoop from being so busy..

Here is a picture of Elizabeth in her vest...How cute...I wanted the apron, but saw a lot of vest...Its her choice..




I would love to show our planters and just what a great group of girl's we have, but being that they range from 5-7 yrs old, I do not want to throw those pics on a blog....But trust me...they are all so cute and excited about the Troop!

Tagged

Tagged...
I was tagged by several people!!!, with this Meme:

The rules are, you have to answer with only one word. Then pass it on to 7 others.

1. Where is your cell phone? Desk
2.Where is your significant other? Working
3. Your hair color? Brownish
4. Your mother? Deceased
5. Your father? Deceased
6. Your favorite thing? Family
7. Your dream last night? Daisy's
8. Your dream/goal? Happiness
9. The room you're in? Family
10. Your hobby? Exercise
11. Your fear? Death
12. Where do you want to be in six years? Here
13. Where were you last night? Dance
14. What you’re not? Wild
15. One of your wish list items? Jacuzzi
16. Where you grew up? Jersey
17. The last thing you did? Drove
18. What are you wearing? Capris
19. Your TV? On
20. Your pet? None
21. Your computer? Friend (lol)
22. Your mood? Okay
23. Missing someone? Mother
24. Your car? Blue
25. Something you’re not wearing? Socks
26. Favorite store? NY
27. Your summer? Short
28. Love someone? Yessire
29. Your favorite color? Green
30. When is the last time you laughed? Morning
31. Last time you cried? Yesterday

Passed to:

Karlise
Heather
Elaine
April
Karen
Sharon
Jae

Me....A Calmer Me!

First, I want to address Elizabeth's behavior from the other day. I spoke to her teacher yesterday and we both agree that with Elizabeth's shyness, she can possibly have a fear (somewhat) of asking questions, ie, what to do with the homework. I am not sure if she feels that she will get in trouble, if she would be embarassed, or something along that line. Her teacher assured me that she isn't goofing off (or talking like I used to do in class).

I spoke to her teacher regarding the whole testing vs. scoring vs. reduced lunch vs. the whole crappy situation. (Let me just say, I am still on this with the District, but back to my point). Elizabeth can easily be in what they label as the gifted program. BUT, the gifted program is not want is made such a big deal over for Kindergarten through and including 2nd grade. First of all, Elizabeth's testing was done at the beginning of the year by the recommendation of her Kindergarten teacher. They have put her in accelerated math assignments, has had older girls was reading buddies, etc. In fact, Elizabeth is in a "fast readers" group which has demolished. It demolished due to the fact that whether you are a fast reader or not does not matter if you cannot explain what you read. Elizabeth could not keep up with the other kids because they were going through the motions. That, I truly believe, would of been deterimental to her being that we ALWAYS discuss books and what the story means or about the story. Her teacher challenges her everyday. Her teacher becomes frustrated because she knows Elizabeth knows the answers, but is bashful to express them. When she answers, she whispers.

Anyway, her teacher is an older teacher. I have to say, there is something extra special about the older teachers than the teachers in their younger years. Some, I need to stress, not all. But some of the younger teachers act as they are buddies with the students. That cannot be...So her teacher is from the old school. She gives homework, but really does not believe in too much homework at this age. She believe the work needs to be done in class, where questions come up and the kids learn together by working on things. She is strict and you can see it, but she is also loving.

So back to the gifted program. In talking to her, how can a child be pushed at 5, 6 or even 7. They are still finding themselves. 5, adjusting to school, 6, adjusting to the curriculum of a more regular academic schedule and learning through worksheets, not just through play and visuals. I have a little different feeling about the whole idea of being put in a gifted program, whether you are financial wealthy, whether you get the free or reduced lunch, etc. Our kids have enough burden's in this world these days. So, I am still looking into the "point" thing with the lack of points, if in fact, you can "earn" points just by being in the reduced program, etc. Only because of fairness.

As far as Elizabeth is concerned, we will revisit this. With her shyness, this would not be a good thing for her anyway. And her teacher will be sending home additional work if needed. In fact, she was given a Level 4 Book to read and for us to sit down with her to talk about the stories. So I am satisfied with the "old school" thinking than the rush, rush, rush, push our children and God forbid, have them struggle more...Struggling too much can bring down their confidence. And as long as she is learning every day, being challenged every day, there is NO rush on learning a different grade level's work.

Elizabeth's Strange Behavior

Ok, so I am truly pulling my hair out trying to deal with Elizabeth lately. Something is going on, and I do not know what it is...But I think we are nailing it a bit.

Without going into details, I truly believe that Elizabeth is so timid and shy that it is affecting her in ways that you could only imagine. Ex., I believe that she did not pay attention to directions for one of her homework assignment. I explained that she needs to ask her teacher. Her response, "I'll just take the zero". Then she was kind of physically upset last night, so I wrote a note to her teacher. She never gave her teacher the note. I was livid. At dinner, though, I was able to somewhat think that she was talking to her friend, never heard clearly what needed to be done, and the teacher might of said that she is not repeating it. For those that know Elizabeth, this is so not her. Unfortunately, yes Jillian, but I never had issues with Elizabeth. And not to give the note...OMG, I have no words for this. Yes, I did things in school, etc. but I know they are wrong. I need to snap her back to reality, into the responsible 6 yr old I love to brag about.

This is just a small problem, I guess, but when its so far from her personality, it just catches me off guard.

Tonight, went to the gym, upped my weights for my arms and pray that they are not too sore tomorrow:o)