The things you say…
Time for more….
Brandon is in 2 schools this year. 1 is his preschool that he does M,W and alternating F. The other is French Immersion Kindergarten. His birthday is in January so I can put him in both. I will be putting him into English Kindergarten next year, then Grade 1 etc. So he LOVES going to Sunshine Preschool. He thinks its a blast. He HATES going to Kindergarten because they tell him to do things, like sit in circle time, and they expect him to do things. He goes to French Kindergarten all day on Tuesdays, Thursdays and alternating Fridays. So in the morning he usually asks this:
“Mom, am I going to the school I hate or the school I like?”
I’ll try to be positive and say, “Oh it’s Kindergarten! You LOVE going to kindergarten! It’s so much fun.”
To which he’ll look at me and straight faced say, “no mom… I hate that one. I ONLY like Sunshine school.”
Mya LOVES school. She’s going to the 3yr. old program at Sunshine. She has a blast. She walks around with her backpack and just begs to go to school even though it’s not a school day.
Ryan loves to tease Mya. He’ll say, “How’s my honey bunny today?”
She look at him, glare and quickly reply, “I’m NOT your honey bunny! I’m MYA!”
“Oh Sorry Sweetie Pie!” he’ll quickly reply.
“I’m NOT your sweetie pie! I’m MYA!” she’ll say forcefully. heheh… soooo funny. He will bug her for quite awhile doing this until she begins to cry. It’s just sooo cute when she says, “I’m not your sugar plum! I’m MYA!” or whatever little nick name Ryan will use.
“I’m not Mya Foo Foo! I’m just MYA! Right mommy? Just MYA!”
Joshua LOVES Grade 1. I think it’s just because his best friend is in Grade 2 so at recess and lunch they play really hard. When he came home from school the first day he proclaimed, “I had the best day of my ENTIRE LIFE!” Every day, is always a great day. So I’m glad he is loving Grade 1. I was a little worried that he would hate school.
Laura is enjoying Grade 4. It’s a huge homework jump. There’s lots of homework every night and she always tries to get out of it which drives me crazy. So now we have a rule. If her homework and chores are not done, then she can’t go to Tumble and Trampoline, which she loves. That child is a monkey… well, all my kids are, but she climbed up one of those rope things all the way to the ceiling! I was amazed! The kid is strong! I hope she likes going. It’s her new thing she is taking up. She has tried dance which she didn’t like. I’m really sad about that cuz she’d be really good! She’s got the slim body type for it and she’d be amazing! Her teacher said she was a natural, but she just doesn’t like it. She tried soccer, didn’t like it. She tried piano for 4 years, she thinks it’s alright. She has done gymnastics wasn’t too keen on that as well. So I dunno, maybe with the trampoline we have in our backyard she’ll like this program cuz then she can take the what she learns and use it on our trampoline at home. I’ve also enrolled Laura and Josh in basketball. I want them to be involved in sports. I’d like them to be involved in other stuff as well, but I don’t want to hyper parent and go all crazy with the extra curricular activities.
Luke is getting into EVERYTHING… there is nothing that boy won’t climb. I’m constantly having to haul him out of the pantry or out of the dishwasher or off the cupboards. He’s crazy. He loves to play in the toilet. The boys always forget to flush so there’s ALWAYS pee in the toilet. If they leave the door open and Luke sees, he makes a b-line for the bathroom. He happily plays in there splashing away until I finally find him. Ewww… so gross. *sigh* poor kid. He gets an immediate bath, which he loves cuz then he gets to now splash in the tub water. I think he is allergic to milk. He has a constant runny nose, but no cough or fever. He can’t have a cold for 3 months. So I’m going to have to take him off milk to see if it will clear up. I’ll probably have to reintroduce it when he’s a bit older.