School's Out and stuff

Josh is officially a first grader!! His last day of school was Friday.

We went to the Splash Pad Sunday afternoon - the kids had a great time! Callie kept running over to us and saying, "I'm getting wet!!". She loved it!! Emma was okay with it and Josh was ready to go home after an hour. :)

On Monday, we went back to the zoo (we went last weekend, too. As usual, Emma is the one that enjoyed it the most. The girl gets way too excited seeing the animals.She loves touching them, too. She got to touch a baby hedgehog - it was too cute. Josh petted him, too. Callie wouldn't touch him.

I took Josh to the doctor today (spent 2 hours there - they were so slow). His stomach has been hurting off and on for the last few weeks.They did a urinalysis and that came back normal. They gave him a month's worth of Prevacid to see if that will help.

We go back at the end of June to have him re-checked. If the Prevacid doesn't work, they'll do other testing. If it does work, I'm not sure what they'll do. The Dr. didn't want to keep him on it long term.We probably all need to eat better...try convincing a 6 year old that he needs to eat his veggies. HA!

We're suppose to go to Splash Country on Friday. Wendy is coming in a week early for Josh's birthday, so we're taking him to Splash Country. :) I just hope it doesn't rain!

We're having a birthday party for Josh at the Splash Pad on June 9. I hope it doesn't rain then either. I know we need the rain, but it can hold off for our special occasions. :)

Parent/Teacher Conference

I had my last P/T Conference today.

Josh's teacher is WONDERFUL!! I've loved her from day 1.

At the beginning of the year, Josh would barely participate in any kind of assessment test...too shy.

He did better in the middle of the year...the end of the year was fantastic!! :)

At one point, his teacher said she was going to suggest a transition class before going to 1st grade. She said that she's completely changed up her mind. She said Josh has his kindergarten skills mastered...no problem!!

She said there was nothing we needed to work on with him...just keep him reading and writing, so he doesn't lose those skills before school starts next year.

I am so proud of him!! :) I always knew he was smart, but not always comfortable with letting you know how smart he was. He does a great job in class...actually answers questions, works well, etc.

She said he always finishes his work on time and when he finishes early, he always occupies his free time appropriately. In other words, he doesn't get up and wander around the classroom. He'll get a puzzle, a book, whatever floats his boat at the time.

She said he's very well behaved and any teacher would be proud to have him!! She expects him to do very well in 1st grade next year. :)

Way to go, Josh!!!

Emma's Tonsils

I've been bad about keeping up with this again!

We took Emma to the ENT dr on Monday to have her tubes check - just a check up that was suppose to happen 3 months ago (we had to reschedule).

Anyway, her ears are fine. Her tonsils are HUGE! He gave her an antibiotic to see if we could get the swelling down - she was having a hard time breathing and her nose was running worse than normal. I chalked it up to allergies...I couldn't have been more wrong!

Anway, the medicine seems to be doing the trick - with the wonderful side effects that go w/ an antibiotic.

He does not want to treat this surgically (yet). He will if he has to, though. He said that taking tonsils and adenoids out of cleft affected child could adversely affect her speech (which she's already having trouble with).

He said taking the tonsils out isn't as bad as removing the adenoids, so if he has to, he can take the tonsils out and maybe just take part of the adenoids out.

At any rate, we go back in August to do another check (unless there's something obviously wrong). After just 4 days of antibiotic, there's been a huge improvement. Thank goodness!!

Our Weekend

We made our monthly trip to Sam's Friday night...Ouch! For once, we got out of there under $200. HA!!

Saturday proved to be a busy day for us. Josh had swim lessons. Phil took him there and then the guys went out to lunch (McDonald's - Josh's choice) and then they went over to the mall and played video games for awhile.

The girls and I had a mother/daughter luncheon to go to. My mom came with us, too! We had a really nice time - even though it was pouring the rain!! That part was awful. The luncheon itself was extremely nice. The ladies from church put it all together.

After that, we all came home and crashed. We got there about the same time Phil & Josh did.

Sunday, we visited our old church (at Josh's request). Of course, the girls had grown so much, people almost didn't recognize them. :) It's been close to a year since we've been back there.

Phil had to leave for Columbia around 2:00 to visit a customer. He took the girls to mom & dad's for the next 2 days. We figured that was easier than mom trying to get over to the house by 7:00 so I could take Josh to school. The girls enjoy staying w/ Grandmother and Granddaddy. :)

Josh and I had the afternoon/evening to ourselves. So, after a much needed nap, we went to Burger King for supper (Josh's request) and then went to Walmart for a few things. We came back and cleaned a little bit. Then, we made cinnamon rolls and each ate 2. :)

After that, we put together Josh's Jazzy Jar for school (another fund raiser). He helped decorate it - it looked pretty good. We got some little cloth bags, fabric paint, iron on patches, stickers, etc. to decorate the bags with... They're going to sell the jars at MayFest next weekend to raise money for the school.

Phil should be home by supper tonight.

I didn't sleep that well last night. I don't know why - I never have trouble sleeping. So, I'm extremely tired today.

Oh well, as long as I can make it through an episode of 24 tonight, I can go to bed early. :)

Sharing and Pretty Toes

The girls have each gone up another shoe size. We have a pile of shoes someone gave us that Callie can now wear. This also means Emma can wear Callie's old shoes. BIG MISTAKE!

We put Callie's "new" shoes and she loved them. Then, we put Callie's old on Emma. Callie pitched a fit. She looked at Emma and said, "Those are Callie's shoes!!". She tried to take them off of Emma. Emma just looked up at me with a funny look - like "what is she doing?". Callie finally got over it.

I painted the girls' toenails for the first time last night. Callie just kept saying, "I have pretty toes!!" Once Emma saw me painting Callie's toes, she came running in to have hers done, too. Emma, not quite as vocal as Callie, just whispered, "pretty toes". :)

When Phil was dressing Callie this morning, Callie held her legs up and just kept singing, "I have pretty toes! I have pretty toes! I tell Ms. Pat I have pretty toes!" (Miss Pat is one of her teachers at daycare).