Taylor has now been through day two of second grade and so far, it's going great. She has had no complaints so far, however they've not had ANY homework yet (what's the matter with that teacher???) and during the day they're still doing fun activities and crafty type stuff-getting to know you/the classroom/the school stuff. I have a feeling starting Monday the work will begin and then I doubt every day will be so hunky-dorey! But for right now, we'll take it!
She's made a few friends already and once again this year there are a couple of boys in her class that, based on what she's told me about them and some of the things they've done/said, she's been instructed to steer clear of! I'm beginning to think a private, all girls school would not be such a bad thing. :)
She really likes her teacher, Mrs. Jansen. I met her at their "supply drop-off" day and she seemed nice. She seemed kind of quiet and a little shy. When I asked her where to put all of the supplies, she looked around her room and said "Oh, just pile them on Taylor's desk and we'll figure out what to do with them tomorrow (the first day of school). She admitted to me that the start of school had come upon her so quickly and she didn't have things together really yet. Hmmm.... Well, if you know me, you know that didn't sit well. I'm trying not to make any assumptions about her and hoping that things will be fine this year. I learned from Taylor's kindergarten year that as long as SHE is learning and happy there, I have to put my feelings about the teacher aside and not worry about it. I think having been a teacher myself makes my feelings toward my child's teachers worse...I tend to think "Why isn't she doing this, or that, or it would be much simpler/easier/better if she did it this way, etc..." I know it's wrong to be that way...my way is not the best way for somebody else...I guess! :) However, it works so great for me, I'm sure it'd be better for others too! (kidding!) {I must add, I did NOT have those feelings toward ANY of Emma's teachers!!! Tabitha and Dee, I thought you guys were FABULOUS!!! Anybody that can take Emma and teach her the things that you taught her without pulling your hair out has my utmost respect and confidence! :)}
Emma has enjoyed being home (sort of) by herself. (Addison has been taking 3-4 hour naps in the mornings-Whooo-hooo!!) This morning she hugged me and said "It's just ME and YOU!" She likes the extra attention. She's still talking about Jesus a lot. Don't know WHERE that's coming from. This morning she told me that Jesus doesn't like big kids only little kids because some times big kids hurt little kids when they play together. I told her I didn't think that was right and that I'm pretty sure he likes big kids too. She said very confidently, "NO, he DOES-INT!! So I asked her if she remembered the song, Jesus Loves the Little Children. "Yes" So I asked her "Well, what's the next part of that song?" She couldn't remember so I said "ALLLLL the children of the world!" I said "See, even big kids too!" She just laughed and said, "Nah, I don't think so." ??? She also told me he doesn't like Santa Claus either. I never understood her reasoning behind that one. She moved on to another subject so I counted myself as lucky and didn't ask again!
Yeah, so Addison has been taking these incredible naps in the mornings. It's so nice! I SO hope she keeps that up!! She is really growing and learning new things! She waves and says bye-bye now. She finally refers to Nathan. It's "Ga-Ga" not Dada but he'll take what he can get. I can ask her now "Where's Gaga, or Emma or Taylor" and she will look at them. I know, she's brilliant! :) She's not walking or even trying to yet. Well, she'll walk around the coffee table but won't try to let go and when I try to walk with her she just bounces (dances). She loves music and any time she hears singing or music she bounces up and down. It's so cute! She's got her two front teeth on the bottom. She's working on getting her first top tooth...not one in the front, it's on the left side of her front teeth. Looks like she's going to have a vampire fang. Hmph, me and all those "Twilight" books I read while pregnant with her...:)
Well, the afternoon monsters are coming out and growling at me so I'd better strap on my guns and tend to them! :)
the view from here...
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Things are ok in OK!
Time for an update! We are officially Okies now! We arrived at our new house here in Owasso (suburb just North of Tulsa) a little over two weeks ago and have gotten all settled in now. So far we are all really enjoying it here!
We got into town on a Saturday night. The girls and I were so excited to get up here and see everything! As we took our exit and began making our way through town all three of us were shouting out all the stores and fast food restaurants we saw. "Hey look! There's McDonalds! Cool! Look, there's a big Walmart! Neat!" You know, the IMPORTANT places! As if those places don't exist on every corner in EVERY town! :) The kids were so thrilled their seat belts could barely contain them!
We settled in LATE that night on our air mattresses and slept pretty well, actually. All that excitement over McD's and Wally World must've worn us out. The next day we began unpacking the things that we had brought with us and then we all piled into the van and went out to see things in the day light. I only THOUGHT I had seen a few great places to eat & shop the night before. That day I found my mother ship...one of my most favorite places in the world to go...a place where my love tank gets filled to the brim and overfloweth...HOBBY LOBBY!! And I'm talking, a NICE, BIG one too! I nearly hyperventilated when I saw it all huge-ish, sitting on a nice corner on a hill only 2 minutes from my house. All I could get out was "Look! Look! Look!" In my awe I remember faintly hearing Nathan's voice say "THERE IS NOTHING THROUGH THOSE DOORS THAT YOU NEED!! NOTHING I SAY!" Surely I was dreaming that though...because SURELY he'd never deny me my Hobby Lobby!
{Quick Interjection: For those of you, mostly my FL friends, who don't know what Hobby Lobby is, it's a store filled with crafting supplies, home decor items, seasonal decor, etc...it's like JoAnn's but way better! And cheaper! They run 1/2 price sales EVERY WEEK! It's a heavenly place! Not so much in my husband's eyes though.}
For the past four years I have been deprived of this place since the entire state of FL only has ONE, ONE I TELL YOU!, Hobby Lobby. And it's in Panama City or some place far from Melbourne. So after discovering it, my mental to-do list was just updated and everything was shifted down the list by one bullet point. Okay, enough about H. L...
We also found several great strip malls (who came up with that name anyway...I really don't like it! A man, I'm sure!) with lots of great stores. But I won't bore you anymore with my excitement over the shopping that, by the way, is MINUTES from my driveway!!! Ahhhhh! :) In our new house, the girls each have their own rooms now. They were excited about that but I was a little worried that Taylor & Emma would have a little trouble with sleeping in a room alone since they've shared a room for over a year. So far they've done great! There's only been one morning that I've woken up with both of them in our bed. They're enjoying having their own space. The new hasn't really worn off the house yet with them, they're still enjoying playing together in their rooms everyday.
We've visited a couple of churches also. We liked one but are going to take our time and visit quite a few. Although I am ready to find one and start getting connected to people and make some friends. I haven't found a MOPS group here yet. I found a few listings on the internet but most of them are all in Tulsa and I'd like to find one here in Owasso. I'm sure there is one, I'll just have to keep looking. Pray for us that we'll find our church home and friends soon.
Taylor starts school this week. Her school is really close to our house too...about a mile away. She's indifferent about starting. She's still enjoying being at home during the day and playing with Emma so she says she's not ready to start yet. I'm sure she'll like it once it starts. We go to meet her teacher tomorrow and she starts on Wednesday. The tardy bell there doesn't ring until 8:50! I'm super excited about that!! That's almost an HOUR later than what we're used to! Woo Hoo! She gets out at 3:15. We're waiting to hear if Emma has gotten in to a preschool at a church here. A church we visited has what looks like a great preschool...much like the one she went to in FL. They were full when I called to get her in but the director told me she would be first on the waiting list and if this year goes like past years, she'll get in. They are a Tues, Thurs school with an "enrichment" day on Wed. She'll go from 9:30-2:30 on Tues & Thurs and then on Wed, it's 9:00-12:30 and on that day they teach them spanish, art, math and something else. She is definitely in on the Wed classes. We just have to wait until the first week it starts to hear if she made it in for the Tues/Thurs classes. Keeping our fingers crossed!!
We have a big back yard here at this house. The girls are really enjoying it! They play kickball every day and have races from one fence to the other. It's been pretty hot in the afternoons but not near as humid as it is in FL. And I thought I'd never find a place where the wind blows as much as it does in FL but I stand corrected! The wind is unreal here...blows strong most of the time. Our first thunderstorm here looked more like one of the hurricanes we experienced in FL! The wind blew so hard, I was really scared there was a tornado coming! I kept checking the weather on TV and online to make sure we didn't need to take cover.
Nathan's job here is in an office in Tulsa which has been strange to us. He actually gets up and leaves for the day and is home at night. It's been a nice change and he's enjoying it too. I am really glad to have him home every night. He does have to travel some but nowhere near what he had to do when we lived in FL. He has to travel this week but only for two days so that won't be bad.
I've only met one neighbor so far. She was interesting. An older lady that knows everybody on our street, what they do for a living, how many years they've lived here and every fault they have. We were getting in the van to go to a doctor's appt one morning and she was outside sweeping her driveway so I thought I'd be polite and go over and introduce myself. Nathan had already met them one day when he was mowing. 15 minutes after introducing myself I finally was able to wedge in "I'm sorry to cut you off but we're going to be late for an appt if I don't get going." She seems to be a very particular woman and very opinionated and outspoken. She said she calls or writes the homeowner's assoc. every week about something. And after talking with her that short time, I have no doubt that she does. Lord help us keep her on our good side!! She told Nathan "All I ask is that you keep your kids off the street in the culdesac! Please don't let them ride their bikes in the culdesac." That was one of the things I was looking forward to for them! Letting them ride there because it's a really big culdesac and there's so much room for them to ride. I understand where she's coming from, not wanting an accident to happen. Nathan told her that we're pretty protective of our kids and we wouldn't let them get in the street. She told me they travel a lot and are gone for two weeks at a time usually so maybe we can sneak out when they're gone. Again, I really hope we keep in good graces with her!
Well, the kids are up ready for breakfast now so this blog session is over. I'm sure I'll have pictures and a story to add this week when Tay starts school so I'll be back soon! :)
(See "Perspectives of Taylor & Emma" for a little story about just one of the many things Emma has done lately.)
We got into town on a Saturday night. The girls and I were so excited to get up here and see everything! As we took our exit and began making our way through town all three of us were shouting out all the stores and fast food restaurants we saw. "Hey look! There's McDonalds! Cool! Look, there's a big Walmart! Neat!" You know, the IMPORTANT places! As if those places don't exist on every corner in EVERY town! :) The kids were so thrilled their seat belts could barely contain them!
We settled in LATE that night on our air mattresses and slept pretty well, actually. All that excitement over McD's and Wally World must've worn us out. The next day we began unpacking the things that we had brought with us and then we all piled into the van and went out to see things in the day light. I only THOUGHT I had seen a few great places to eat & shop the night before. That day I found my mother ship...one of my most favorite places in the world to go...a place where my love tank gets filled to the brim and overfloweth...HOBBY LOBBY!! And I'm talking, a NICE, BIG one too! I nearly hyperventilated when I saw it all huge-ish, sitting on a nice corner on a hill only 2 minutes from my house. All I could get out was "Look! Look! Look!" In my awe I remember faintly hearing Nathan's voice say "THERE IS NOTHING THROUGH THOSE DOORS THAT YOU NEED!! NOTHING I SAY!" Surely I was dreaming that though...because SURELY he'd never deny me my Hobby Lobby!
{Quick Interjection: For those of you, mostly my FL friends, who don't know what Hobby Lobby is, it's a store filled with crafting supplies, home decor items, seasonal decor, etc...it's like JoAnn's but way better! And cheaper! They run 1/2 price sales EVERY WEEK! It's a heavenly place! Not so much in my husband's eyes though.}
For the past four years I have been deprived of this place since the entire state of FL only has ONE, ONE I TELL YOU!, Hobby Lobby. And it's in Panama City or some place far from Melbourne. So after discovering it, my mental to-do list was just updated and everything was shifted down the list by one bullet point. Okay, enough about H. L...
We also found several great strip malls (who came up with that name anyway...I really don't like it! A man, I'm sure!) with lots of great stores. But I won't bore you anymore with my excitement over the shopping that, by the way, is MINUTES from my driveway!!! Ahhhhh! :) In our new house, the girls each have their own rooms now. They were excited about that but I was a little worried that Taylor & Emma would have a little trouble with sleeping in a room alone since they've shared a room for over a year. So far they've done great! There's only been one morning that I've woken up with both of them in our bed. They're enjoying having their own space. The new hasn't really worn off the house yet with them, they're still enjoying playing together in their rooms everyday.
We've visited a couple of churches also. We liked one but are going to take our time and visit quite a few. Although I am ready to find one and start getting connected to people and make some friends. I haven't found a MOPS group here yet. I found a few listings on the internet but most of them are all in Tulsa and I'd like to find one here in Owasso. I'm sure there is one, I'll just have to keep looking. Pray for us that we'll find our church home and friends soon.
Taylor starts school this week. Her school is really close to our house too...about a mile away. She's indifferent about starting. She's still enjoying being at home during the day and playing with Emma so she says she's not ready to start yet. I'm sure she'll like it once it starts. We go to meet her teacher tomorrow and she starts on Wednesday. The tardy bell there doesn't ring until 8:50! I'm super excited about that!! That's almost an HOUR later than what we're used to! Woo Hoo! She gets out at 3:15. We're waiting to hear if Emma has gotten in to a preschool at a church here. A church we visited has what looks like a great preschool...much like the one she went to in FL. They were full when I called to get her in but the director told me she would be first on the waiting list and if this year goes like past years, she'll get in. They are a Tues, Thurs school with an "enrichment" day on Wed. She'll go from 9:30-2:30 on Tues & Thurs and then on Wed, it's 9:00-12:30 and on that day they teach them spanish, art, math and something else. She is definitely in on the Wed classes. We just have to wait until the first week it starts to hear if she made it in for the Tues/Thurs classes. Keeping our fingers crossed!!
We have a big back yard here at this house. The girls are really enjoying it! They play kickball every day and have races from one fence to the other. It's been pretty hot in the afternoons but not near as humid as it is in FL. And I thought I'd never find a place where the wind blows as much as it does in FL but I stand corrected! The wind is unreal here...blows strong most of the time. Our first thunderstorm here looked more like one of the hurricanes we experienced in FL! The wind blew so hard, I was really scared there was a tornado coming! I kept checking the weather on TV and online to make sure we didn't need to take cover.
Nathan's job here is in an office in Tulsa which has been strange to us. He actually gets up and leaves for the day and is home at night. It's been a nice change and he's enjoying it too. I am really glad to have him home every night. He does have to travel some but nowhere near what he had to do when we lived in FL. He has to travel this week but only for two days so that won't be bad.
I've only met one neighbor so far. She was interesting. An older lady that knows everybody on our street, what they do for a living, how many years they've lived here and every fault they have. We were getting in the van to go to a doctor's appt one morning and she was outside sweeping her driveway so I thought I'd be polite and go over and introduce myself. Nathan had already met them one day when he was mowing. 15 minutes after introducing myself I finally was able to wedge in "I'm sorry to cut you off but we're going to be late for an appt if I don't get going." She seems to be a very particular woman and very opinionated and outspoken. She said she calls or writes the homeowner's assoc. every week about something. And after talking with her that short time, I have no doubt that she does. Lord help us keep her on our good side!! She told Nathan "All I ask is that you keep your kids off the street in the culdesac! Please don't let them ride their bikes in the culdesac." That was one of the things I was looking forward to for them! Letting them ride there because it's a really big culdesac and there's so much room for them to ride. I understand where she's coming from, not wanting an accident to happen. Nathan told her that we're pretty protective of our kids and we wouldn't let them get in the street. She told me they travel a lot and are gone for two weeks at a time usually so maybe we can sneak out when they're gone. Again, I really hope we keep in good graces with her!
Well, the kids are up ready for breakfast now so this blog session is over. I'm sure I'll have pictures and a story to add this week when Tay starts school so I'll be back soon! :)
(See "Perspectives of Taylor & Emma" for a little story about just one of the many things Emma has done lately.)
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