Went for a walk

Today, Reagan and I went for a walk to feed the ducks. We put on our sunscreen and sunglasses to take our stroll down the block. Reagan carried the back of old bread and I carried my camera. I hoped to take some good pictures.

We got down there and the ducks immediately came to shore, even before we had the food out. Reagan started feeding them and they were very nice.

Then I looked up and saw the geese coming. Ugh. They are not so friendly. They came to shore ready to eat and seemed pretty aggressive. I kept Reagan close to me, but kept feeding them. Once I figured out they were not very nice, we started backing up more.

Then the geese hissed and started chasing us. Whoops! I said "run" and she did. I walked backwards to make sure they didn't follow us to closely and to keep my little girl safe.

She said "I don't like geese. They're too mean to feed". :)

Maddy knows numbers

Today, Maddy picked up two Dora dolls (one of hers and Reagan's) and said "two Doras".
Wow - really?

Pick me up!

It's been a very long six week. The hernia surgery was a must, but I couldn't pick up my little girls. It was very hard. But today, I got to pick up Reagan and carry her like I used to. I almost forgot how heavy she was - she's so tall. Ha. Maddy almost didn't know what to do with me picking her up in the morning and at school. I was personally in heaven. :)

New school

The decision has been made. We are moving her to Montessori for the fall school year. There have been enough factors that I've evaluated that I just don't feel we can wait. We will then also move Maddy next year if the school is able to provide what we think it can.

Reagan is ready for a change and is not happy at Goddard anymore. All of her friends graduated and are going on to kindergarten. Sadly, her school said she was too young even though she was smart enough.

She's ready. It will be nice. I'm a tad anxious because I really don't know what to expect. But I have a lot of people that I've spoken to about the concept in general and they all cheer about the outcomes. So we are ready.

One month and counting.

New school?

We took Reagan over to the new school today for her interview. I took Maddy to school and then met them there. She was already engaged in the room and seemed to be doing well. She looked happy and interested in what was going on. Of course, after speaking with her I really wonder what she was thinking.

We watched the interactions between her and the teacher. It was definitely interesting. We like it because she seemed to pick up on the responsibility and other things almost immediately.

We were both really excited about it when we left thinking she would be excited.

She wasn't actually. She threw a holy fit about going back to school. She complained about the interview and said it was boring. She hated the building, the roof, the doors, the bathrooms, the kids, the everything. It was weird.

So now what. I didn't expect that. Not that it's actually her decision, but it does throw a kink into our plans. The other issue is that the other kids that we think are not quite up to par actually go to this school.  Wow.

Reagan piano

Reagan had another piano lesson tonight. Jim took her and said she had done really well. They started on some note reading a bit. She paid attention and did what was asked of her. I think she is really starting to enjoy it some. She's definitely getting used to it.

I hope she sticks with this for a while and really starts to be able to play.

Giving directions

Mimi and Papa came over tonight for a quick visit. Maddy and Reagan really love it when they come - they always end up getting colored on and doctored up. Tonight, Maddy was playing in our rocking chair in the living room. She wanted to sit in it. But Mimi was. So she started pulling on her arm and said "my turn". It took a second to understand her, but when we realized what she was saying, she was pulling so hard on her arm that she had figured it out.

Maddy crawled right up into the chair, rocked a bit and then got down. "All done".

She did that a few times and then pranced off on her tip toes with her ponytail bouncing along with her.