Talia had her first day of 6th grade today. Her three best friends are all in the other class. But she does have some other close friends in her class. She was really excited that her friend Olivia that moved a two years ago is back and she is in her class. Talia’s teacher is the same one that her Daddy and a couple of her Aunts had when they were at this school. She is suppose to be a wonderful teacher.
Talia Finished Up Bronze Award
Today Chloe came over and her and Talia worked on finishing up the last remaining requirements for their Junior Girl Scouts Bronze Award. They spent most of the morning work on it and did a great job staying on task and getting it finished. I’m very proud of both of them for working so hard.
Watching the Workers
They are doing a bunch of work in the roads in our neighborhood. We are told they are running fiber under the road. The kids sure like watching the workers.
My Rock Star Daughters
Talia and Kayli went to a birthday party at Justice on Sunday. It was a “Rock Star” theme party and they did their hair, make-up and nails and got the headsets and pink fingerless gloves. They had a great time.
Girl Scout Day Camp
The girls went to a Girl Scout day camp this week. The theme this year was “Walk Like An Egyptian”. They had a great time and learned a lot about ancient Egypt too.
$250 to be in the show?!?!?!
Talia and Kayli started a hip-hop class yesterday. After the class, the teacher talked with the “new parents” about the show. They are talking the class through the city. It is at a dance studio very near where we live. The students who sign up through the city end up joining an on-going class at the studio. This class is doing a show at the end of the month. To be in the show you have to buy two program ads per student ($25 per ad), buy 5 tickets per student ($10 a ticket) and buy a tank top “costume” for them to wear at the show ($25 each). It all ads up to $250 if I want them both to do the show. I didn’t even have to think about it. The girls will have had 4 classes before this show. It is completely ridiculous to pay that much money so they can be in a show. The girls thought it was crazy to have to pay that much to do the show too, so they aren’t upset about. They do like the hip-hop class though!
Falyn’s Four Month Check-Up
Falyn had her four month check up yesterday. The appointment got off to a rough start. On the way up to the doctor’s office, Falyn pooped. It was a huge poop and it got all over her clothes and on mine too. I had extra clothes for her, but none for me. I was able to wash it off my clothes in the bathroom, but then had a very wet shirt on. Since I was mostly holding Falyn anyway, you really couldn’t tell. Luckily, it did dry pretty quickly.
Falyn was 14 pounds and 24 1/2 inches long. Those numbers put her at the 50th percentile for both weight and length. She would have been 6-8 ounces heavier if they had weighed her before that huge poop! I get that she is 25-26 inches long when I measure her. For comparasion, here’s the weight and length of all her siblings at this age:
| Talia | 17 lbs 5 oz | 26 ” |
| Kayli (5 mo.) | 15 lbs 10 oz | 25 3/4 ” |
| Aidan | 12 lbs 11 oz | 24 ” |
| Jared | 11 lbs 15 oz | 24 3/4 ” |
| Riley | 11 lbs 14 oz | 24 1/2 ” |
The doctor said she is doing great and I could start her on cereal if I want. I don’t think she is ready, so I plan to wait until I see signs that she is ready to start solids. The doctor said that was fine to wait till she was older.
Falyn got four shots which made her very cranky last night. The nurse did give me some infant tylenol to give her that seemed to help a bit.
Talia also had a check-up today. Her 11 year check-up. She is doing just fine and is in the 50th percentile for height and 60th percentile for weight. Her hearing and vision are all both great. They also checked her blood pressure, which was in the normal range.
Challenge Mother /Daughter Day
Today was the annual mother/daughter day for Challenge. This was the first time we have attended. Girls can join the group when they turn 10, so Kayli is still too young for it. I did take Falyn with me since it went from 11:00 – 3:00. Since she is still exclusively nursing, I couldn’t leave her that long. They told me it would be fine to bring her along, even though she wasn’t yet 10. 🙂 I had her in the sling most of the time and she stayed pretty happy. Everyone thought she was so cute.
The day started with the attendies being broken up into three different groups: the angels, the apostles and the martyrs. Each group had to make up a cheer. We were in the apostles group. We made up a cheer to the tune of the We Will Rock You song. Ours was by far the best cheer. Miss Talia, the poet, helped make up the lyrics. We then played some games and had lunch. After lunch, the girls had a speaker and the moms had a speaker. Then the moms had some time alone with their daughters. We finished up by praying the Rosary. Talia led the second decade. I’m so proud of her for not being afraid to do that. Some of the other girls wouldn’t be a leader.
All in all, we had a good time at the event. I was reluctant to go at first since I had to bring Falyn along. But, I’m glad I went and we will certainly go again next year.
Gone Most of the Day
Today was Aidan’s last day of preschool. They had a picnic and puppet show and invited the families to attend with their child. So, I went with all the kids. Aidan and the twins sat up front for the puppet show. I think they all enjoyed it. After the puppet show, they had hot dogs and chips and cookies.
Then this afternoon we went to a girl scout pool party. Since the boys do not swim very well, I bought them floaties for the party. They weren’t too thrilled with the idea, but once they got them on and got in the pool they liked them. I got a new spray sunscreen that I just love. You just spray it on them and that’s it. You don’t have to rub it in, except for the face – you can’t spray it there so you have to spray it in your hands and rub it on their faces. Everyone had a blast at the party and were very tired afterwards. I was exhausted afterwards! I was holding Falyn the entire time and then kept having to take one boy after the other to the bathroom. I barely sat down the entire four hours we were there.
Last Day of School
The school year ended today for Talia and Kayli. It has been a great year for both of them. Talia again made the honor roll, continuing her perfect record of being on it since 4th grade when they start giving out letter grades at her school. Kayli also had an excellent report card with lots of “O”s. These pictures are of them with their best friends in their classes. It was taken yesterday at the end of the year Field Day.