When I picked up AK from school last Friday, she told me that everyone had blueberry pancakes but she had plain ones because she doesn't like blueberry pancakes. Mind you, this is a kid that inhales (raw) blueberries if they are within sniffing distance. Based on what AK told me, I assumed that the teacher must have made a small batch of pancakes for AK before she put the blueberries in the batter. When the teacher emailed later that day to give us her account of the making of blueberry pancakes, I emailed her back to thank her for leaving the blueberries out of AK's pancakes. Her response? "She ate around them... which was funny to watch!". Ha ha. Goes to show you that you can't take a 5yo's word as gospel... they were blueberry pancakes, just not the part that AK ate!
Every day, I ask AK what the best and worst parts of her day were. They tend to be relating to the behavior of herself and others in class. She's rather fixated on behaving properly! :)
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
School Rules!
I read a book called "School Rules" to AK tonight. When we finished reading it, I asked her if there were any rules at school she didn't particularly care for. Here are her answers:
1. "I have to stop touching everyone all the time." Poor girl. She's such a cuddler and I guess that's not always beneficial in the classroom!
2. "I have to go to gym after I play on the playground. I get sweaty and then I get sweaty again." Goodness. I suppose that would mess with her hair something fierce, wouldn't it?
Keeping a straight face during conversations is really tough sometimes!
AK and I headed out to Camana Bay after school today so she could play with some of her new kindergarten friends. They had a blast running around for an hour, while us moms chatted and got to know each other. We had just enough time at home when we returned for AK to finish her homework before we headed off to our first strata meeting. AK did incredibly well... I packed her supper and the ipad / headphones for her, and she was quite content for an hour. I had hoped the meeting would only be an hour long so was quite happy to leave with her when she hit her limit. Poor Richard stayed another 45 minutes!
Bedtime is SO much easier now that the daycare nap is no longer in the equation. AK is tired but still happy by the time she goes to bed. Loving it! She's usually sleeping til about 7am as well, which is perfect.
1. "I have to stop touching everyone all the time." Poor girl. She's such a cuddler and I guess that's not always beneficial in the classroom!
2. "I have to go to gym after I play on the playground. I get sweaty and then I get sweaty again." Goodness. I suppose that would mess with her hair something fierce, wouldn't it?
Keeping a straight face during conversations is really tough sometimes!
AK and I headed out to Camana Bay after school today so she could play with some of her new kindergarten friends. They had a blast running around for an hour, while us moms chatted and got to know each other. We had just enough time at home when we returned for AK to finish her homework before we headed off to our first strata meeting. AK did incredibly well... I packed her supper and the ipad / headphones for her, and she was quite content for an hour. I had hoped the meeting would only be an hour long so was quite happy to leave with her when she hit her limit. Poor Richard stayed another 45 minutes!
Bedtime is SO much easier now that the daycare nap is no longer in the equation. AK is tired but still happy by the time she goes to bed. Loving it! She's usually sleeping til about 7am as well, which is perfect.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
"You forgot to give me my five dollars!"
Richard and I recently decided that we would give AK an allowance of $5 each week that she is with us. AK and I had read the Berenstain Bears' Trouble With Money book which talks about how Brother and Sister are ultimately given an allowance to help them learn how to handle money. Of course, AK thought the idea of an allowance was quite grand!
With life being as busy as it has lately, I had completely forgotten that we'd started this practice until that particular book was pulled out for bedtime reading on Sunday. While Richard read the book, I raced around trying to find five $1 bills for AK's allowance! I managed to find enough and brought it back to her room just as Richard finished up the book. We discussed the idea of the allowance again to remind AK how it worked, and agreed that any monies she needs for certain school events might come out of her allowance (we're talking $1 or $2 a week that she's with us, so still plenty to save and play with!).
I put the whole allowance thing out of my mind until the next week AK is with us, but tonight, she had other ideas... We did the usual bedtime routine and were just about to head downstairs when she came running out of her bedroom... yelling "Mommy, you forgot to give me my five dollars!". I have to admit... I had to work hard to not laugh... while the accountant in me is furiously calculating in my head exactly how much it would be each month to give her an allowance EVERY DAY! Ha ha ha! She didn't seem too upset when we reminded her it was a weekly event, and not a daily one, so part of me wonders if she was trying to trick me into giving her an allowance off of the agreed-upon schedule!
Too funny of a story to not share! xo
With life being as busy as it has lately, I had completely forgotten that we'd started this practice until that particular book was pulled out for bedtime reading on Sunday. While Richard read the book, I raced around trying to find five $1 bills for AK's allowance! I managed to find enough and brought it back to her room just as Richard finished up the book. We discussed the idea of the allowance again to remind AK how it worked, and agreed that any monies she needs for certain school events might come out of her allowance (we're talking $1 or $2 a week that she's with us, so still plenty to save and play with!).
I put the whole allowance thing out of my mind until the next week AK is with us, but tonight, she had other ideas... We did the usual bedtime routine and were just about to head downstairs when she came running out of her bedroom... yelling "Mommy, you forgot to give me my five dollars!". I have to admit... I had to work hard to not laugh... while the accountant in me is furiously calculating in my head exactly how much it would be each month to give her an allowance EVERY DAY! Ha ha ha! She didn't seem too upset when we reminded her it was a weekly event, and not a daily one, so part of me wonders if she was trying to trick me into giving her an allowance off of the agreed-upon schedule!
Too funny of a story to not share! xo
Monday, September 9, 2013
Flashback to Mother's Day
Was looking through old photos and realized I never did post any photos from Mother's Day. AK and Richard were kind enough to take me out for a nice breakfast at the Beach Suite clubhouse! We colored, I drank a mimosa, had some good eats... it was a great celebration! I loved the opportunity for us to dress up in our similar yellow dresses. We did get a few compliments!
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| Perhaps the only time you'll ever see us in matching dresses!!! |
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| Ah, mimosa! |
Kindergarten Blog
AK's teacher, Mrs. Bain, is keeping a classroom blog. She hopes to add some information every day so please save the link in your favorites and check it often!
http://fbcs.edu.ky/kindergarten/
http://fbcs.edu.ky/kindergarten/
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Friday, September 6, 2013
School buds
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| AK with Hunter at the end of the first day of school |
First Baptist has a visual behavior system where the children start off with a green paper in their pocket. As they misbehave, the green is replaced with yellow or with red for more serious misbehavings. Annabelle's major news each day was that she had not received any yellows or reds... except for one day when she did receive a yellow for not listening when the teacher was talking. Sounds like it was a good learning experience though!
She also spoke yesterday about being a "pointer" where she got to point to words so that the rest of the class could read them together. She complained that they didn't listen very well though... I'm sure some yellows were given out for that!
She also said one of her little friends got a red when she sneezed on Annabelle... yuck. Let's hope that doesn't happen again!
We've also had our first school injury this week - the school called to let me know that Annabelle fell off of the swing and hit her head on the sandbox - must have been some dismount! She was fine after some ice was applied to her head but I am very grateful to the school for letting me know, and even more grateful for the care she receives.
AK had her swim tryouts yesterday to be placed into her swim class for the upcoming term. She did very well but unfortunately her front crawl has a lot of room for improvement! Swim lessons are now twice a week so I hope that the increased frequency will help her learn faster.
Talk soon!
Paula
Monday, September 2, 2013
Swing on into Kindergarten
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| Getting a helping hand from Marley |
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| Swing on in!!! |
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| Looks like she's still trying to wake up - tired after holidays! Kids are pointing to where lunchboxes go. |
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| PE uniform |
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| 21 kids in AK's classroom! |
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| Here's the classroom - all ready for a brand new school year! |
First day of school sneak peek!
I'll upload more photos from AK's classroom later but Jess sent these over to me and I wanted to share them right away. No tears from AK, but no worries, Mommy provided those!
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