March 17 & 18, 2010

Wednesday, 3/17/2010
I didn't realize it was St. Patrick's Day until I walked into the classroom with Kaylynn all decked out in purple. From what I can tell, she didn't get pinched. Her report for Wednesday said, "Happy St. Patrick's Day!! Kaylynn had a good day. Lucky came again today & brought us Lucky Charms to eat for breakfast :) For art, we easel painted with green & white paint & Mrs. Lawrence painted a shamrock on our cheeks. We went on a Lucky hunt trying to find Lucky, but he was too tricky. Played outside on the playground."

When Julian picked her up, she seemed really crabby and not ready to come home. He found out (after she was in the car) that she had a poopy diaper - no wonder she was crabby! Since he wasn't in the best mood, either, he figured it was just a crabby day for Capricorns everywhere. I don't think he checked in with any others to validate his theory, but neither of them had a particularly good evening.

Kaylynn & I walked around outside, counting stairs again. She is learning how to jump, not just in place but over things and down small "steps" (like the curb). She enjoys practicing.

Dinner was green beans and garlic chicken - she scarfed it all down. At one point, Julian was grabbing a pudding for her and she was whining at him. Then she saw the pudding in his hand and it sounded like this, "waa... waa... waa... nummy?"

It was a bath night and she had a lot of fun with the letters - putting them on the tub and on herself - and pouring water on herself (though not over her head). We read books for bedtime and *almost* didn't read "happy-anu-know-it" but, in the end, she asked for it.

Thursday, 3/18/2010
She woke up with a series of cheerful "hi"s. She got to have some yogurt and milk today - her cold is over enough that she can have dairy again. I put her hair in pigtails while she was brushing her teeth, but she promptly took the rubber bands out, so she went without a hairdo today.

Julian has bronchitis. While he was at the doctor, I picked Kaylynn up from school. They were outside playing. She was standing near one of the teachers, who was comforting a kid who was crying. She looked very concerned about it all. I asked one of the teachers if Kaylynn plays on the playground, because any time I see her she's standing by a teacher. She assured me that Kaylynn is participating and is no longer just an observer. I just catch her at those moments when she's standing still. She's also napping relatively easily with the other kids (usually from 1:30 to 3:00 - nap/quiet time is 1-3). She's also eating more of her lunch and generally feeling comfortable. It's really nice to hear about the progress she's made.

The report from school said, "Kaylynn had a great day! For art today, we made green pepper prints with both green & white paint. Our friend, Peter, brought us two books & he read them to us, too :) Mrs. Jean came today for music & we played the fishing game. It was so nice outside we played outside both before & after music."

We got home and had a snack (melon and some juice). Then we changed her shoes into boots to go for our daily walk outside. This time I leashed the dogs and we walked partway down the block. I pointed out grass, leaves, trees, sticks, and pine cones. The dogs didn't have a great time, but Kaylynn had fun practicing her jumping and wandering around. Julian made dinner for them - pasta and a turkey/tomato sauce. I had my own food. She ate a huge portion. We had a lot of wipe-up to do - her face looked just like the pizza picture. She colored for a while and I cleaned up the kitchen a little bit. She had a lovely poopy diaper (immediately after Julian left to go to the pharmacy... interesting timing, little one!). I took the opportunity to put her jammies on, since I like her to have a little pajama time running around before bed. We watched the Bobs & Lolo video that our friends in Canada sent us. Hands down, it's my favorite video. They sing and dance and are generally fun and educational. Kaylynn sat and watched some of it. At one point she stood up from her rocking chair and was dancing. I motioned for Julian to come watch because she was so darn cute, the way she was holding her hands in the air and wiggling her tushy.

Bedtime was fairly routine. We put tzedaka (charity) into her piggybank (named Traify). She was chatty for quite some time after bedtime. Maybe dancing before bed isn't really winding down.