lela's about to start 1st grade next week and just found out she's going to have the SAME teacher as the year before....as she was reading the letter, it was like she won Publisher's Clearinghouse...her jaw dropped in shock and she screamed! ms. tisha again! :)
the girls are always begging for a pet, mostly a cat or dog. today estelle said, "how about a fish?!" i said, "hmm, maybe." lela said, "no, we can't play with a fish." estelle said, "yes, but we can kill it! we can kill it if we're hungry and eat it for dinner."
at bedtime the other night, estelle told me she likes to look up at her garland above her bed and look at the flamingo. i smiled. she then continued, "yeah, i like to look up at it because god is a flamingo. that's god." :)
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
estelle asserting her personality
annie, estelle's 3k teacher, pulled me aside and said she had to tell me about something that happened in class that day. the kids were supposed to make zebras for the letter "z"....the materials were out and it was time to paint. annie told them, "ok, now you can paint the stripes on your zebras!" estelle heard her, looked around and saw everyone painting stripes, looked at her zebra....and gave it spots. black spots. :) annie was so happy! estelle (or her zebra) was not about to conform to zebra norms...
leaving tjmaxx one day, estelle was playing by the back end of the automatic sliding doors as i was putting our cart away. next thing i know, the door begins to open with estelle's arm lodged in between the panes of glass! as i'm watching this happen, i'm certain we are going to end up in the ER with a broken limb. the pain is showing in estelle's face and as i run to help loosen her arm, the doors break away... fall apart. apparently they are built with a safety mechanism in case just THIS happens...gaaaaa.. phew!!! she was slightly traumatized and also a wee excited to tell her sister what happened and how she survived. this same day, we went to a birthday pool party for lela's friend from school. estelle was tired and a bit upset that i forgot her swimsuit. she was walking next to the pool with her crazy "i'm tired" walk and fell in! i reached quickly and launched her up, but her clothes were SOAKED. she got scared right then and immediately peed herself. it just kept going! i ended up changing her into lela's dry clothes and lela had to wear her swimsuit for the whole party. :)
estelle whispered into my ear at breakfast..."i have to tell you something, mommy". i asked her what and she said, "i am in love with rj." rj is a little boy that goes to snack pack at trinity. he's four and estelle is three. she ended up telling brant the same. her first love.
leaving tjmaxx one day, estelle was playing by the back end of the automatic sliding doors as i was putting our cart away. next thing i know, the door begins to open with estelle's arm lodged in between the panes of glass! as i'm watching this happen, i'm certain we are going to end up in the ER with a broken limb. the pain is showing in estelle's face and as i run to help loosen her arm, the doors break away... fall apart. apparently they are built with a safety mechanism in case just THIS happens...gaaaaa.. phew!!! she was slightly traumatized and also a wee excited to tell her sister what happened and how she survived. this same day, we went to a birthday pool party for lela's friend from school. estelle was tired and a bit upset that i forgot her swimsuit. she was walking next to the pool with her crazy "i'm tired" walk and fell in! i reached quickly and launched her up, but her clothes were SOAKED. she got scared right then and immediately peed herself. it just kept going! i ended up changing her into lela's dry clothes and lela had to wear her swimsuit for the whole party. :)
estelle whispered into my ear at breakfast..."i have to tell you something, mommy". i asked her what and she said, "i am in love with rj." rj is a little boy that goes to snack pack at trinity. he's four and estelle is three. she ended up telling brant the same. her first love.
Monday, March 20, 2017
happening lately...
lela in the spring of her kinder year at TSA here in sumter...estelle in 3yo preschool at trinity. we love both schools, as do the girls.
estelle has been saying "clomb" instead of "climbed" (it's sooo funny!) when trying to say, "she climbed the mountain!" she'll say, "she clomb the mountain!"
estelle was playing at 4yo cecilia ayre's house. it was dark and she wanted to leave. she left out the front door and walked all the way down the street and around the corner in the now cold air with no shoes to our house. she's not allowed to walk home alone from anywhere. we had just left to go to crofton's house for a campfire. she was standing on our doorstep confused and whimpering when fokker buessing walked by (also headed to the campfire). he informed her that we were not home and that she should come with him to where we are... she did. it was scary for her and we felt like terrible parents, but i think she learned her lesson not to sneak away...
lela after saying a prayer... "hey! why isn't 'awomen' instead of 'amen'?!"
estelle, "we need to get palm trees in our garden and call it hawaii sumter!"
estelle and lela were playing with little dolls and the dolls were chatting. estelle's doll said to lela's doll, "and i teach english to people that speak other languages!" my current job. :)
estelle has been saying "clomb" instead of "climbed" (it's sooo funny!) when trying to say, "she climbed the mountain!" she'll say, "she clomb the mountain!"
estelle was playing at 4yo cecilia ayre's house. it was dark and she wanted to leave. she left out the front door and walked all the way down the street and around the corner in the now cold air with no shoes to our house. she's not allowed to walk home alone from anywhere. we had just left to go to crofton's house for a campfire. she was standing on our doorstep confused and whimpering when fokker buessing walked by (also headed to the campfire). he informed her that we were not home and that she should come with him to where we are... she did. it was scary for her and we felt like terrible parents, but i think she learned her lesson not to sneak away...
lela after saying a prayer... "hey! why isn't 'awomen' instead of 'amen'?!"
estelle, "we need to get palm trees in our garden and call it hawaii sumter!"
estelle and lela were playing with little dolls and the dolls were chatting. estelle's doll said to lela's doll, "and i teach english to people that speak other languages!" my current job. :)
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