Whose Child is This?

Whose child is this?

JoElle worked out for 3 hours this morning at gymnastics, including 25 minutes of running (not jogging), now she is bored and is going in the backyard to run more....

Chocolate hair?

Alexa just asked me, "Mommy, do I need chocolate [marker] for Dora's hair?"

hehe, so cute!

Will You Marry Me, Daddy?

So, we are driving home from the grocery school and out of the blue, Alexa informs me, "Mommy, I want to get married."

I tried to explain to her that she has to be older to get married.

Her response: No, I want to get married AS A LITTLE KID.
Her emphasis, not mine.

I figured I could trap her this way, "So, who are you going to marry?"

Her response: "Nobody! I am getting married by myself."

I couldn't help but giggle at that answer! Then I explain that she has to marry SOMEONE.

Her response: "I am going to marry Daddy!"

Present for JoElle's Teacher

We made chocolate chip cookies a few days ago, so we decided to give some to JoElle's teacher, Mrs. Watson. I figured, get it out of the way early so I don't procrastinate until it's too late...

But just chocolate chip wasn't good enough for JoElle, she also wanted to make gingerbread cookies! She decorated them for her teacher and they came out cute. Forgot to snap pics before sending them off today, but oh well!

JoElle made Mrs. Watson some art work, too. On one pic, she wrote "I love u Mrs. Watson" and "U are the best"

Speaking of writing, she is writing sentences and coming real close to spelling things correctly! She moved up to Level 2 readers at school, her reading is coming along so well, we are proud of her! JoElle has learned her 3rd set of sight words already within less than two weeks or so (kinda lost track with Thanksgiving)

JoElle lost her first tooth!!

After a few weeks of wiggling, JoElle lost her first tooth and she is extremely excited! We were ate Applebee's about to eat dinner with Nana, the tooth was wiggling away and she was getting ready to eat some ribs, so I helped grab it out before she lost it or swallowed it! It was only holding on by one little side.

The night before, when she was brushing her teeth, her mouth filled with blood and she was crying hard! She was scared of all the blood, plus said it hurt. Alexa started crying with her!

Kindergarten days

After about a week of school, JoElle finally quite crying. The first day, she was fine. But then the next few days, she cried right before they go to the gym, before lunch. She told me she missed me and was already hungry, even though they eat a snack in the morning, since lunch isn't until 12:30. But then Friday of the first week, she cried hard when I left her, and the next Monday she was crying so much, she wouldn't let go of me and I had to ask for help getting her to let me go.

So, Tim took her the next two mornings, and after that she wasn't crying anymore!



Now, she is asking to go to school on the weekends! She is doing very well in school. After 2 weeks of school, she had her first set of sight words memorized and can spell them, too. She is reading some already, she is bringing home readers and can read them to us. JoElle is excited about reading! Alexa is learning to read some of the words with JoElle.

Kindergarten!

JoElle started Kindergarten at Pearcy, she had a great first day...



But Alexa cried quite a bit at home and asked for Jojo all day!