Jack

The girls and I went out to dinner and shopping for a house warming gift tonight. On our way home I was telling the girls about the house warming party and who would be there.

O asks me, "Will Nonna be there?"

"No, I don't think so." I told her.

"Oh" with a sad sigh. "What about Jack?" she asks.

"Jack? Who's Jack?!" I ask. Couldn't for the life of me think of who Jack was.

CK says, "You know the navigator."

NONNA'S GPS? O wants to know if my mother's GPS (which she refers to as Jack) will be at the party. AND, did my 6 year old daughter just use the word navigator? Wow, 10 points for her.

"No, honey, Jack will not be there." I told her, very sweetly.

"Oh" O says with another sad sigh.

The girls must have really liked that GPS when we went to my uncle's with my mother a few weeks ago. We'll have to go on another drive with Nonna so the girls can hear Jack give directions. They liked confusing him the best.

My Sweet Girls

C and I both have bad colds. Funny how we both started feeling like we were coming down with something on the same day (Thursday night). Anyway, by Friday night, I knew I needed to rest. I told the girls, "Tomorrow is Saturday. I am not going to stamp club because I don't feel well. I going to sleep in. I don't want either of you coming into my room early to wake me up. I want to sleep in, because I'm sick." They replied with a, "Yes, Mommy." I knew they understood. Whether they would comply is something else.

At about 7am on Saturday morning O comes to me and says, "Mommy, I just wanted to check and see how you were feeling." So sweet. She wanted to check on me, but also wanted to make sure I wouldn't be mad. 7am....not bad. O usually wakes up much earlier.

I was able to rest. I wasn't able to get anything done, but rested. The girls played in their room for a long time before I got up. It was so nice. Even sick, I love listening to them play.

Saturday night I told the girls we would have soup. They jumped at the chance to get the soup cans form the pantry in the garage. It was so cute. I asked if they needed help, they said no. I asked if they wanted a stool, they said they would get it. I did need to help with one can, but they were so cute. So sweet to want to help me.

Yesterday, CK tells me, "Mommy, let me know if you need something. I will get it for you."

I'm feeling better today. I'm looking forward to feeling 100% again. I don't have time to be sick. I feel bad for C. He was feeling just as bad, but had to work. Poor thing. I'll let him rest on his weekend.

CK Lost Her First Tooth

FINALLY. CK has been waiting a long time for this tooth to fall out. Yesterday was the big day. I picked her up from school and she came running out of her classroom waiving a zip-lock bag yelling "My tooth fell out!"

Spring Concert for O

  O had her Pre-K Spring concert today. You can't help but laugh, smile and have a warm feeling in your heart when you see 21 five year olds singing together.

The concert was classic TV theme songs; The Monkees, The Addams Family, Mr. Roger's Neighborhood, The Partridge Family, The Flinstones, The Brady Bunch, Mickey Mouse Club, Green Acres, and The Carol Burnett Show. They did a great job (for excited 5 year olds).

C filmed the entire concert. I also filmed 4 songs on my point-and-shoot. I put them together in one movie. My first time using iMovie. You'll be seeing more of these. How fun is that program?! Anyway, enjoy O's mini concert.

CK Composes a Song

CK wrote this song for me and played it on my birthday. I love it! What a wonderful gift!

 "Mommy" by CK

Video Clips

Here are two video clips.

1. O singing Happy Birthday

2. CK singing and playing Happy Birthday

Enjoy

A Wonderful Birthday

I have the best husband and daughters. They really made my birthday, on Monday, special. I first received three "Happy Birthday" wishes in the morning. Starting at 1:30am when C came home from work. Then each when the girls woke up.

I had a breakfast date with my husband after dropping off the girls at school. He had to work Monday day and night, so that was the only time we had. I even got some quiet time in the morning before picking up O at school.

The girls and I had a simple dinner and then they sang "Happy Birthday" to me and CK played it on the piano. CK even started writing me a song and played it for me. (see three videos below in next entry)

Everything was going very well, until O broke out in hives (for the 7th time in a week). She got one on her upper lip, which made her look like she got a huge fat lip. It really scared me and I was a little stressed with C at work. It didn't seem to bother her, but I called the doctor anyway. 

While the girls and I were sitting waiting to see if O's lip would go down CK said the sweetest thing to me, "Mommy, I'm sorry it's your birthday and Daddy has to work, and O is sick." That just made my day. My girls are just the sweetest, most carrying children.

O was fine and I was much better after C came home early (11pm) to be with me on my birthday. What a wonderful surprise. I told him I didn't care about my birthday, I just was worried about O. She was better by the next day.

The girls took these pictures. 

My Little Teacher

This morning dropping off CK at school, I stopped to ask her teacher (Mrs. C) about the upcoming field trip. CK then asked me to give a note to daddy. Mrs. C tells me she hopes O doesn't mind CK collecting papers for her. I wasn't sure what she was referring.

After dinner tonight, I understood. CK was getting papers out of her backpack. She seems to collect them in there for a month. CK pulls out two packets she has made of papers she says are "to quiz O."

You should see these packets. They are extra 1st Grade worksheets CK has done in class. She has stapled them together, writing across the top, "O's Work Book." The other packet says, "O's Practice Book." This one has a cover sheet CK made. It has addition problems with a square at the bottom with instructions, "Draw a heart." Just like her math worksheets. CK even made a "finished" bin for O to put all her finished worksheets in. SO CUTE.

As I am writing this entry CK is having O do her worksheets. O doesn't seem to mind. She is excited to be doing the work her big sister has collected for her. O is going to be at the top of her Kindergarten class in the fall, if CK has anything to do with it.

They Keep Me Thinking

A day or so ago, O came to me and said, "Mommy, I want to make a book, but I can't snap it."

Snap it? It took me a second, but then I realized what she meant—staple it. Snap works. So, I helped her “snap” her book and she was off.