Our First Official Snow Day

It started snowing here yesterday afternoon and hasn't stopped yet. If there's not a foot of new snow out there it's darn close to it. So school is closed and we are taking our FIRST official snow day. So I'm letting Kim sleep, she'll be excited when she wakes up.



Today is my day off and it lost it's zest for being a "ME" day since Larry is home sick. So we're having a family snow day.

So the plan for the day is now to shovel the drive way (for the 3rd time since yesterday), then head in for my hair appointment. Then if we can make it out we need to head to Walmart and pick up a few gifts that Kim needs to pick out. Then practice at church for the Christmas Program this afternoon.

We also need to get new snow boots. I've been needing to go get her some but I hadn't had the chance to take her with me. And I'm not buying shoes for that kid without her being there to pick them out and try them on. We have enough shoe battles with the ones she has picked I'm certainly not picking for her myself.

Dealing with a bully

It breaks my heart to think that at 4 I have already had to have the talk with Kimmie about how to deal with a bully. But I did this morning. There is a little boy in her class at school who is farely new to the class. Every day when I pick her up she tells me about how he hit her or pushed her or pulled her hair. Wednesday when I picked her up from school he hit her and she was upset about it I told her to tell her teacher (thinking that she would do something about it). All she said was "Tell Kimmie you're sorry". Last night in the middle of her program he hit her in the forhead. Ruining her show in the middle of it for herself. I sat down with her this morning and talked to her about it. I'm just furious that this little boy is bullying my sweet girl and nothing is being done about it, really. Obviously "tell Kimmie you're sorry" isn't working to get him to leave her alone. So I told her that it's not ok to fight with someone or to hit them just to be mean BUT and I mean that as a big BUT if he doesn't leave her alone she has every right to defend herself and if she feels like she needs to punch the little punk in the nose then she better do it. I told her that I'm sure she'll probably get in trouble with her teacher but she won't be in trouble with me because he has it coming. Today when I pick her up I'm going to have to tell her teacher about our talk. I do want her to have fair warning that Kimmie may take it upon herself to tromp that little brats butt if he doesn't leave her alone. I do hope that she doesn't have to resort to that but if it comes down to it he may need it. I would hate for him to think that it's ok to treat others like that and in preschool he certainly shouldn't be getting away with it. That's just setting him up for more trouble later and more kids to be hurt by him as well.

Is the weekend really over already

Saturday was a nice quiet day at home. I spent the day cleaning house and only left to grab the mail and stop at the store to get things for dinner. Most of the day was spent in our jammies. I love days like that. Then after Kim went to bed a friend invited me to join her and some others out for a few drinks. I had a nice visit. It was nice to get out even if it was just for a couple of hours.

Then this morning my sweet girl invited me to go to church with her and Grandma Whipps. She has been really enjoying Chapel time at school and learning about God and the Bible. She's spent the night a few times with my mom and then went to church with Grandma Whipps. She went last weekend with her and then wanted me to go to. So we got up and quickly got ready. It was a nice time spent with me sweet girl. I told her if she wanted to we could go again next week. The deal is she has to get up and get dressed without a fight and we can go, but I'm not going to fight with her about getting ready to go.

So tomorrow is Monday again and back to the weekly grind. Only 41 days till Christmas break. And the count down goes on.

Getting back to normal

What a great week. With Gracie coming home last weekend I was able to get back to my normal schedule. I was so happy to be able to get back into Curves 4 times this week. And also happy that my progress hadn't been thrown off as bad as I had expected. I did gain 1.5 pounds but my measurements had stayed the same and my fat percentage had actually gone down. So where exactly that 1.5 pounds is I'm not sure. But now to get back to losing it.

I met with Kimmie's teacher today for her first conference. She really didn't tell me anything that I didn't expect to hear. Kim is doing great in all the areas of her academics but does need to work more on her attention and following directions. She has made progress since the beginning of the year though so that was good to hear. It is nice to see the improvements that have been happening in her behavior since changing daycares and putting her in a more structured school setting.

Looking forward to the weekend.....

Last Sunday we took the kids (Kimmie, Dallas-my neice, and David-my nephew) to the pumpkin patch. The kids had a blast running through the corn maze and riding the trains, Big Toot and Little Toot. It was a great day and then we spent the evening carving our pumpkins. I just love how into the holidays Kim is getting now. And Halloween is very exciting for her. All the fall activities and dressing up and getting candy. What more does a 4 year old need to get excited?!?

All this week she has been anticipating her 2nd field trip at school. We went to Cat Tales. It's a conservation zoo for big cats just north of Spokane. I've been there a couple of times with my nephews but this will be Kim's first trip. She was so excited to see the cats. And couldn't believe that they had a big black one that looked like her Sasha kitty.

After the feild trip we spent the evening trick or treating. She was so excited to get her ragdoll costume on and head out. The night started out pretty good and then about half way around the neighborhood it started raining. We were soaked by the time we got back home.


Her school pictures came back yesterday and I have to admit I was really worried about them. Worried that she would either give them that stupid cheesey grin or not cooperate at all. But much to my huge relief when I opened the packet they turned out really cute. Her smile is very sweet with her little dimples and her curls are tossled just right. I know I'm probably a bit bias but I still think she's the cutest kid ever to be photographed.

We have geat news about Gracie to share. Sunday they did another CT Scan and actually had to read it twice to make sure they weren't missing something. Her lungs are completely clear. Praise God and the power of prayer. Thank you all for keeping her in your thoughts and prayers. She was able to move out of ICU on Tuesday and will be coming home either Saturday or Sunday. She still has a ways to go but she's doing so much better. She will likely have to have some physical therapy do to being imobile for so long. And she's really worried about falling behind in school but the principal reassured her that if she needed they would send a tutor to her house to help her. She probably won't be back in school until December so the tutor will be nice help.

So next week we will be able to get back to our normal schedule after having it thrown off track for the month of October.