First, let me say very briefly that I have missed blogging & I will do better. I will also try to post what you've all missed over the last 1 1/2 years--that's a long time not to have heard from someone. But for now I will post about...
yesterday that will forever be etched in my mind...Kathryn usually attends pre-school on Tuesday & Thursday, but instead yesterday we had parent-teacher conferences. Ms. Starlyn, a southern name I suppose, is a gem & adores Kathryn. How could one not? I ask myself all the time.
Here's how the conference went...
Cognitively, Kathryn is just OFF the charts! Holy cow, but not really too surprised Loves math--organizes everything from play kitchen plates & cups, coins all facing the same way, & categorizing things by shapes or colors. Loves letters & reading--recognizes her classmates names & picking magnetic letters out to spell her name on the board, Let's spell my last name to which Ms. Starlyn told me that she's just glad if she can just get a child to remember their last initial. Looks like they need more letters in class. She can also finish a pattern sequence & draw a circle counterclockwise (important for writing the abc's) & is also the only child in class that attempts to repeat silly sayings said by the teachers.
At home...she lines up her dolls or stuffed animals & she's always fair to them making sure each gets a plate to eat from & she has to walk her guy forward while playing Candyland; never backward! She knows when we spell her first and last name with foam letters in the bathtub that we have to borrow the zero to make the last name complete! She is learning how to read; always asking how to spell whatever is on her mind Mommy, Daddy, play, Biscuit, dog, cat, & baby are a few she already knows. I have noticed the last 2 weeks or so that her creativity & imagination have gone through the roof...renaming herself or her stuffed animals with silly names & making up her own songs to building trains & birthday cakes with her blocks yes, we've progressed from cell phone towers. She is also learning how to tell time! She expressed the desire to learn & a few nights later I printed out a clock face from the internet, laminated it & the next day she eagerly helped me put the hands on. What time is it? It's 3:15 on my clock, too! As she looks back & forth to make sure they match! Sometimes every minute, if we have somewhere to go or something to do so that she can compare clocks while we wait. I figured I wouldn't get much of a response from the clock or that at most we would just learn on-the-hour times but she sure likes that minute hand! She really is a laugh riot.
Kathryn with her sock because she has trouble saying the cl & holding up two fingers on each hand for 2 o'clock!
She has really good genes!
After the parent/teacher conference, we headed to the grocery store...in & out lickety split. You all know the next scene: there I was at the car ready to put the groceries in the car. I usually put Kathryn in the car before the groceries, because I believe that is the safest place for her to be. When I debate this in my mind, I imagine that that one day I don't put her in first a crazy driver will come careening down the aisle & slam into the cart & that's a scene I really don't want to think about. So, in the car she goes, followed by the groceries & locking the car to walk the cart directly across the aisle & back to the car to buckle her in & while doing so I lock the car, toss the keys into my seat & close the door behind me as I exit the back passenger seat. Immediately, my reaction is HOLY COW, what have I just done? OMGosh! I locked my daughter in the CAR!
So, now that it's after the incident & she's safe I can make light of the whole situation...
How many does it take to save a child in Texas trapped in a locked vehicle before it gets too HOT inside?
Thank goodness that it wasn't 105 degrees out! Not yet, but very soon! how many different emergency services does it take? THREE...police, fire, & medics...1 to interrogate the MOTHER Did you leave her in the car while you went shopping?, 1 to use the do-hickey to open the door, & 1 to be there to provide medical support if necessary! Can she unbuckle the carseat, one of the firemen asked? Uh, no! Anyone who knows me, knows what kind of a fanatic I am. Oh, I caused a really, big commotion! oops...
Here's a pic shortly after when I treated her to a chocolate shake from McDonald's...she really deserved it super-sized! She was a real trooper!
Thanks so much for visiting and remember to ALWAYS enjoy your own life's wild ride!
OMG on the locked in the car thing! lol. Poor kid, at least she got a shake. Glad to hear how well she's progressing, that's fantastic. She's always been smart as a whip.
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