wanna know why I don't blog much?

because when I do try to do something...

It was a dry erase marker, so it came right off everything except the walls. Every time I try to sit and do some work on the computer, something always happens/someone hit someone/someone is looking at someone/someone has to poo or pee/someone needs a drink/someone needs food/someone is being too quiet/someone needs...I could go on and on.

Today, someone was too quiet. The girls were working on their "homework" and I left for just a moment to look at something on the computer because I'm dumb. I should know better than to do something I want to do. Silly. So now you know why I don't blog much.

And this is why I let her live:
because she is just SO darn cute!!!

Surreal!

I'm having a sort of surreal moment right now.

Do you ever smell a box of crayons or Play-Doh and instantly be taken right back to childhood? Or perhaps see something that can instantly take you to way-back-when? Like a bicycle with tassels or a hula hoop?

Sometimes that's just surreal to me. That something so simple can bring back memories of the good ol' days. I mean, seriously, I can open a box of crayons, take a big sniff, and almost feel myself back in Kindergarten. Seriously.

But yesterday I saw something that I hadn't seen, or smelled, since childhood!


Emily's teacher sent these home with Emily yesterday. Talk about going back to childhood! I remember perusing over these little Scholastic flyers when I was a kid, wishing for this book or that book, hoping my mom would let me buy something.

And omigosh, they smell exactly the same!!!

First Day of Preschool!

Emily's first day of preschool was today! She wasn't nervous at all! She was very relaxed and cool about the whole thing. (Maybe because she knew I was going to be at the school all day to check her blood sugar?) But let me tell you, if this morning was any indication of how she's going to be when we try to get her up for school, we are in BIG trouble! She didn't want to get out of bed! I had to almost drag her out of bed!

But once she got to school, she was ready to dig in! We walked into her classroom and, in classic Emily fashion, she said, "Hey everybody!" and sat right down in her seat and got to work on her little craft project the teachers had for the kids. I had to peel her backpack off her because she was seriously on task. I fixed the barrette that was in her hair and I kissed her cheek and said, "Bye!" She asked me to wipe the glue off her hand and I said, "Nope, I'm off duty!" and I left.

I wanted her to have as normal an experience as possible, so I hung out in my car and did crossword puzzles while class was going on (after a quick trip to Sonic to get myself a nice big drink) and then I'd sit in the director's office when it was time to check Em's sugar. I didn't look in on her once, even though I was very curious as to what she was up to. I could hear her voice every once in a while, which gave me comfort. I checked her sugar as the kids were going into the lunchroom for a little snack, and then again after they came back from playing in the gym. I just quickly checked her sugar, not saying much to her and trying not to make a big deal of it in front of the other kids. Then, as she was going back to the lunch room for lunch, I checked her, and then before she went back to class, I gave her her shot. She didn't seem to care that I was there, or bothered that I kept checking her sugar.

It was funny, though, at lunch time because the director looked in on Emily while the kids were eating and Emily was under the table, refusing to eat. Yep, that's my girl.

The director of her school was SO nice to let me hang around all day, and the teachers were very willing to let me take Emily aside for our quick checks and shot. It was a great experience and I am learning a lot about will be happening while Em's at school and I can sort of predict what her sugars are going to be. I think, though, today and next week it will be difficult to tell for sure what to predict since she had vaccinations on Wednesday. Those can totally mess up her #s.

At the end of the school day, the teacher sent a folder home with an outline of what they did in class and also a cute little craft that the kids did. It was a poem and she had her little hand prints on it. So cute! Avery is definitely going to this school when she's older!

Preschool

Emily starts preschool on Thursday this week. I'm excited! I'm so ready to send her to school so she can make friends and learn things that I don't know how to teach, like why "food" and "good" don't sound the same.

But I'm also nervous. Not nervous for me, but for her. And her teachers. And anyone in her tantrum radius. She's been a bit out of control lately and I don't know if it's the diabetes or if it's just Emily being Emily.

We went to "Meet the Teacher" night on Wednesday. I already love the school, the teachers, and the director! They are incredibly accomodating to our situation with the diabetes and very willing to do anything they can to make Emily's experience at their school as normal as possible. What a relief for us!

Avery enjoyed going to the school and checking out the toys and books. I would LOVE to have her go to their playschool, but we just don't have the money. I'm sure she'd have a ball with all the kids. But really, I think once we get our schedule down with Emily, Avery and I are going to get some serious one-on-one time to play and have fun. Poor Avery gets kind of overlooked at times because she is so quiet.