Pippi is constantly asking “can you come”?
Most of the time, she is asking for you to join her in the restroom. But if she ever creates something cool with blocks, she asks it. If she cleaned something up, she asks. And if she needs to go downstairs after it is dark, she asks — or demands it.
And when you deny her request???
She is in disbelief, that you didn’t oblige.
Scout’s two teachers have a cool app that allows us to peak into their daily happenings. I’m always amazed at the fun things both teachers use to teach these fourth graders. I remember loving my fourth grade class. I loved my teacher Mrs. Sholly, and the things we learned that year. It’s good to see that Scout is having a fun fourth grade with good teachers too.
Pippi decided that today was the day to get her dollies out of her bed.
At first I thought it was because she wanted to play make believe. But when I saw how many dollies were in her bed, I’m thinking that maybe she was just clearing them out so she could have some more space in her bed.
We all woke up extra early, to thunder and lightning this morning. In honor of the rare cool weather, I told the kids to get dressed, and we would go and chase the storm. Within minutes we were driving to Capo beach, where we had a 360 degree view of awesome lightning. While it was storming, we read our morning scriptures. And it was very fitting, that we were reading about the storm that Nephi’s family endured while on their boat. It was all, really cool.
And then it was bagels and school, to complete our fun-filled morning.
This is how our current Saturday mornings go….
Scout hops up at the crack of dawn, and gets everything done immediately. He gets an 8 out of 10 for quality.
Navy gets up leisurely, and gets to her chores when she is fully awake. She gets a 10 out of 10 for quality.
Dash gets up the latest, and breaks down when he gets his chores, balling the words “why do I ALWAYS get the hardest job?!” He gets a 9 out of 10 for quality (about five hours after the others have been scored because he sits in a tiff about the unfairness of the workload).
Pippi happily goes from sibling to sibling and becomes the rover all morning long.
Today, she comforted Dash in the towels he took two hours to bring in. They laid in them because they were warm from the sun, and giggled.
Apparently, she put some motivation back into him, because about ten minutes later, they were finally doing his job.
And then she went to help Navy, as the eagle-eyed sweeper.
Pippi and I pulled out the pattern blocks today, and she was awesome at them. I made the big one above, and Pippi made the little all by herself. She was amazingly careful, and good at patterns. I was very impressed with her.
She was impressed with herself also, because she made me keep them out all day long for everyone to see. Nonnie saw it right after she made it. The kids saw hers after they got out of school. And when Daddy got home from work, he was immediately escorted up to see her creation.
And then she invited him to sit with her, as they created a few more masterpieces.
Amidst a massive October heat wave, my kids were not thrilled to take a hike before we went to our primary practice. That’s saying a lot, because my kids are usually game for all things adventure, but it was HOT — about 100 degrees.
So like most things they don’t like, I made a game out of it. We would run from shade patch to shade patch. It was working for Scout, and it was partially working for Dash. But Navy wasn’t swayed one bit.
I was so pleased with Navy, who got 100% on her regular spelling words, and 100% on her extra credit words. We were both bummed on her Chinese, where she missed two…but when Navy contested one of them, it was made correct. I asked Navy how she knew it was actually right, and she said, “Mom…I totally knew it, and whoever corrected it didn’t know it”. And her teacher totally agreed. Nice work Navy…who can see something more than just a bunch of chicken scratch.
I’d say that 23/24 on a Mandarin and English spelling test, where she only had a week to learn her words is pretty good.
(Please note number 10 is “dash” for her spelling word! She got the biggest laugh about that — like she had a one up on the test because she already knew how to spell her brother’s name!)
I was setting out some worksheets for Dash to do, when Pippi came to me all set to do her own “homewook”.
I found a book with perfect worksheets for her to do, and set her up.
Dash and she were working together for about an hour, and Pippi loved being a big kid.
And I was floored at what a great job she did.
She matched the colors of things, and drew lines between them. Yes, her lines were a little bumpy, but she never got one wrong. And she held her pen pretty well. By the end of her worksheets, Scout, Navy, Dash and I were all watching and cheering her on!
I’d say this isn’t bad for a girl who just turned three, two weeks ago!
When Navy got in the car after school, I handed back a snack I had brought her. She told me she couldn’t eat it because her hands were too dirty. I was a little surprised to hear that because she never says her hands are too dirty, so I glanced back. And then my eyes got huge when I saw what she was talking about! I’m glad she refrained….because that screams pin worms!
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