Sunday May 16, 2010~ Today we have several neat stories to share. I was in the Kitchen getting things ready for lunch. When I start to hear Clarissa reading. At first I thought she was making up a story but as I started to listen a bit closer and heard her sounding out the words in the book and reading one of her I CAN READ books. I'm so proud of her working on sounding out words. On June 1st I’m going to sign both girls up for the summer reading program at the Library. I’m exited to check out easy read books to help Clarissa learn to read! I’m thinking that I would like her to know how to read simple words before entering Kindergarten.
Today at church was Sunday School Teacher Appreciation Day. I did sub for the Kindergarten/first grade class last week and I’ve helped out in the nursery and Pre School Class. I didn’t think anything of it and I was sitting with Clare, Kimberly, and one of their friends. Knowing that her mom and grandma would be up front because they are the Pre School Teachers I felt that sitting with the kids would be fine. They called Kimberly's teachers up because they would take care of Kimberly in the nursery.Clarissa's teachers were then called for. Then for Kindergarten/first grade class they called the main teacher and her main sub. Then my name was called. I froze I couldn’t believe that just last week (mother’s Day) was the first and only time I had ever taught and this ceremony had been planned for quite some time. The person in charge looked up at Quentin and asked “Where is Molly?” He pointed down at me and she said come on up here Molly! I stood up and sat there thinking wow this is so nice of them to think of me. I had less then a week to prepare something for class and had no idea what they were doing in class or what would be fun for them. I had a great time teaching and thought that it was so nice of them to think of me along with all the other teachers. I was given a Burger King crown, a limp animal balloon said to be a worm, and a big cup cake with my name on it Quentin took 2 pictures of me up front with his phone but I’m going to take a picture of what I received. Then 3 of our congregation members created fun singing group. They made a funny song about each person/group. For the nursery class teachers like training puppies and so they joked about how they practiced with telling Kimberly to Sit, Kimberly Speak, etc. I was laughing so hard. With me they made up a song about scrap-booking and how I had the kids scrapbook 600 pages and I over analyzed them all. BACK STORY one of the singing group members called Quentin earlier this week and asked what interesting/weird things I liked to do for fun. His answer Watching baby shows, SIMS 3, scrapbooking, and how I tend to over analyzing things. Out of those things they made a song about scrapbooking. I was so honored by them thinking of me. What an amazing church we belong to!
Thursday May 20, 2010- I've been so exited for several months about having a week off from "work" I'm still a mom but I will have no day care kids May 24-31st. I'm much exited that I was going to be going to school with Clare on her birthday. I plan to take pictures of her sitting in the birthday chair. Help her hand out the goody bags and everything. I even talked to her teachers about being there and they were more than happy to have me. Today all three of us girls had dentist appointments. When I got home I started working on her birthday goody bags because we finally had everything we needed. Clare asked me how to draw a lady bug and step by step I told her what to draw. Her lady bug turned out GREAT and when she brought it to show me she said:
Mom we need to talk. I was talking to daddy about you not coming to school on my birthday and he said I needed to talk to you. Mom I don't really want you to come and take pictures of me on my birthday. None of the other mom's took pictures and stayed in the classroom and I'm ok to do it by myself. She asked if I was mad and that she was sorry if she hurt my feelings.
I was fighting back tears not because of her hurting my feelings but this was such a big girl conversation. Something that was heavy on her heart. She took it to dad but he knew this was something Clare and I needed to talk about. Clare gave me a big hug and I told her everything was ok and that I wanted her to finish her beautiful picture. As she walked away I lowered my head and a tear came from my eye. She's not a baby anymore and she doesn't need me to hold her hand. She's also seeing what other parents do and that she would have stood out if I would have stayed. I'm so proud of her for telling me how she felt and she picked such a kind and gentle way in telling me... Mom sometimes you just have to let your little girl grow up.
Monday May 24, 2010~ HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY CLAIRSSA! Today was your 5th birthday and your special day was all about you. After she got home Clarissa checked the mail (like everyday after school) and right on top was a card with the name Miss. Clarissa Painter on it. She got very exited and asked to open it right away. I said sure KNOWING that there was $1.00 in it from a very special family friend. She opened the card and got so exited. I read her the card and then she asked me “Mom I can now buy Kimberly those sunglasses you know at the store that she wanted.” I was in shock I asked her “Are you sure you don’t want to buy yourself a gift like make up, lip gloss, or put it in your piggy bank? She didn’t hesitate to say no and repeat that she wanted to buy Kimberly a pair of sunglasses for our vacation. (We leave on Wednesday May 26, 2010 for
We celebrated here at home and Clarissa picked that she wanted daddy to grill for her birthday. This has become a tradition with out ever realizing it but a fun tradition non the less. She wanted a pink cake and I had a cute idea of doing 5 stars since she's 5 and putting a candle in each star. She LOVED her cake that (like always) Quentin baked and I decorated. She loved all her gifts and got lots of great things. I'm still in shock that she's 5 years old.
May 31, 2010~ Today is Monday and also Memorial Day. We got back from our family vacation to
June 2, 2010~ Today (Wednesday) the girls were playing dress up. Clare wore her Belle dress and Kimberly was wearing her Tinkerbelle outfit. Clare was walking around light on her feet and talking in a very royal manner. Kimberly was jumping off of the couch, table, and chairs. When I asked her to stop she said I’m not hurting myself see, and she lifted up her dress revealing her legs and my little pony underwear. I smiled and said well you’re not hurt but you could break the table Kimberly. She quickly put her hand up and said No mommy I’m Tinkerbelle. For the whole day while she was wearing her costume you had to call her Tinkerbelle or she would not respond or tell you no I’m not Kimberly I’m Tinkerbelle SEE! Clarissa also has her address and phone number memorized now. She’s loves to learn new things. Maybe we will tackle learning how to tie her shoes NEXT!!! I never got a chance to take a picture of Clare wearing her dress.
Thursday June 3, 2010~ Today was a very special day in Clarissa’s little life. She had her first last day of school. She will return to school as a Kindergartner in the fall. She got to school and washed her hands and gave both Kimberly and I a hug and kiss good bye. When I was outside waiting for her to show up I couldn’t help but think about how much she’s changed this year. I kept looking at the picture of her on her first day and the picture of her on her last day and got lost in memories of her from when she was little to now. She walked home with Grandma Laura. When Clare saw me she started to run up to me jumping into my arms with a huge hug. I love her so much and she’s so proud of herself. She’s exited to be a Kindergartner and so am I. She’s such a big girl and I love her more with every passing day.
below are first and last day of Pre School pictures!
wanted them to get married but not have kids yet because they were to young. They got all dressed up for the wedding and Ken said his vows “With this ring I take you to be my wife I love you” My mom was eager to hear what Clare would come up with for her vows. Clarissa’s doll then decided she didn’t want to get married and walked back down the aisle. Ken turned to the people at the wedding and invited them to enjoy cake and ice cream anyway. The neat thing about Clare playing with my mom’s dolls is that I remember when my mom let me play with her dolls. I was so carful and LOVED when she played with me. So that all really happened on Thursday night June 3, 2010. Today Kimberly slept in and woke up around 7:15am. She climbed into bed with me and we cuddled and talked about breakfast. She then told me that she had a dream about going to the zoo. I thought it was neat to hear her talk about the different animals and what things she enjoyed while being there. She then got down and asked me “mommy we can go to the zoo soon right?” I said hopefully sometime this year we could go. We try to go once a year but this year has been so busy so far. Hopefully we can go in the summer sometime. Kimberly also wanted to paint one of the dinosaur stain glass hanging ornament (for window’s) that we got when we were on vacation. She painted the Tyrannosaurus Rex because Buddy from Dinosaur Train is a Tyrannosaurus Rex. She did much better than I thought she would and I went to get the camera and realized Quentin took it to work. So we are going to wait to paint her second one. We read several books today, we read the following - Safe at home (indoor safety) this book is great for learning what to do in different situations. They ask a question like what would you do if…. you found a bottle of pills on the table? It then gives you 3 options and only 1 is right. When you pick the wrong answer the red light lights up and said try again if you pick the write answer the green light lights up and it says good job. Its so neat and perfect for both girls to learn what to do in different situations. The second book was Mind Your Manners (a pop-up book) Its about the sesame street characters and how they use their manners. I love this book too because it teaches kids to use kind words and be kind to others. Kimberly loves it because it’s mainly about ElmoJ. The third book was Hello Herky! Its by Aimee Aryal and illustrated by Julie Reynolds. It’s a cute book about how Herky gets ready for the Iowa Hawkeye football game. After we read the book Kimberly wanted to read it on her own. She did pretty good for reading it off of memory. She’s a sweet girl and I cherish the one on one time I get with each girl when my mom takes one of them for an over night. I’m exited to see what fun things I do with Clare when Kimberly stays the night sometime soon.
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