Navy is heading to Kindergarten next.
But first…there was a little celebrating to be done!
For their last day, Navy’s teachers had a Hawaiian party.
She loved miss Debbie, Miss Kendra and Miss Leah!
And she really, really loved that Doey was in town for her party.
And may have loved even more….the face paint I personally applied.
What I didn’t love — temporary tattoos.
And she really went to town with them.
I didn’t love when her skirt went from her waist to her head.
And I especially didn’t love how everyone in the above picture managed to look nice except Navy.
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Hopefully Chinese Kindergarten will whip you into shape Navy!
I was doing the laundry, and put Dash in charge of “folding” the rags.
I know this kid can dominate at puzzles and scooters….but I didn’t know of his hidden talent for laundry.
Because this kid straightened, “folded”, carried and put away…basically, this kid dominated!
…there are some really sweet moments between the Ultimate Tease and her Victim.
Like this afternoon when Dash was sad for a bit, but then got quiet.
When I looked to see what had changed his demeanor, I saw Icka just holding his hand.
She wasn’t in a seat belt….but I let it go.
He still had lipstick on from the night before….but I let it go.
For this split second in time….I let the peace and quiet reign.
This boy got in Nonnie’s permanent lipstick.
So I ran a bath and went to get him some pajamas.
Meanwhile, Dash got a hold of two brand new bottles of bubbles and dumped.
(Please note: I had put some bubbles in before I left, and told him not to touch them.)
Well, look who didn’t listen.
So we made a party of it….ring led by Bella!
Immediately before Scout stuck this piece of pasta in his mouth, I yelled out for him to stop!
I told him to go and wash his hands that second!
As he walked away, he grumbled, “I don’t even care if I eat with dirty hands”.
And then I called out to him, “Oh you will…when I am inspecting your booty at night with a flashlight and tweezers as I try to pull out the worms living inside you!”
Missy is full of magic for kids.
She was especially magical when she introduced Dash and I to the popsicle distributor today.
Let’s just say that our freezer is jam-packed full!
And this boy was the easiest side kick I could have ever asked for.
I guess all-you-can-eat popsicles will do that to a sidekick!
Bella got home and was so excited to see the kids, she even laid down to have her body traces with chalk.
And then Navy took a turn.
And then the Pips.
But her crawling has gotten too fast for me to capture her in a pic.
I made lunch for Scout, and headed upstairs to tidy up.
Meanwhile, the Pips was fussing, so I put her in the jumper and scooted it over to where Scout was.
Good thing too, because the Pips created quite the drama.
She was jumping her little heart out.
When I came to see them, I could see something underneath her.
I wasn’t sure what it was, and took a closer look.
Only to find out that somehow, she was jumping in her own poop.
Poor girl.
She was stripped, and bathed immediately in the kitchen sink (which was disinfected after).
And was fresh again in no time.
You’ll never guess how Scout learned to tie his shoes.
I took the same approach I have taken with him in the past.
I wait long enough….until he really wants to know badly enough….and he teaches himself.
That’s my kind of teaching!
My mom and I took the kids to the movies. After the movie was out, Scout went to town on his latest favorite hobby. To the humiliation of his Nonnie, he looks everywhere for loose change (or in this case….loose tokens). He crawls, climbs, checks the return slots, waits for people to leave to inspect their area of play. I literally watched Scout search and search for twenty minutes straight. He was determined.
He even got Navy in on the action (although she isn’t nearly as determined).
And the hard work paid off!
He ended up with seven tokens and a dime!
Impressive!
Impressive….until the poor kid tried to win a mini IPod, and lost his tokens in two quick turns.
The tears were inevitable (and kind of justified).
No worries….this cool guy is just waiting for the next place we go…so he can hit it up for hopefully quarters!
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