first lets start with a great amelia crying picture. at this point she's in her high chair waiting for her snack. our kids screech when they're hungry like we never feed them.
& while i'm on the topic of amelia...this darn girl will *not* drink milk! nor will she sleep all night most nights. i am really hoping it could be teething (can teething last for 2 months?!) & she's on antibiotics for the ear infection...but this has been going on for such a long time. DARN IT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. if we let her cry, she will cry for *hours* & then will usually not go back to sleep after that (yes, even if it's at 3 a.m.) for hours. if we pick her up she just yawns & stares up at us with her big blue eyes. sometimes she likes to play. sometimes we are at the brink of disaster & offer her a bottle, which she will at times take, other times refuse. can babies have insomnia?other than that amelia is in love with the trader joe's version of cheetohs. i'm hoping they're a bit more healthy for her than the real deal, but...probably not, eh? well, she loves her cheesy sticks. & at this point she's eating an adult size portion at lunch & dinner. she's our current garbage disposal. AND she loves tomatoes! odd duck.
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so yes, school days are approaching. adeline starts preschool on the 28th, as you may remember. so today i decided to take adeline *with me* to purchase all the stuff from her school supplies list. but mainly i wanted her with me so i could buy her a pair of shoes. well, i *totally* forgot about the shoes b/c the supplies list that didn't seem so daunting was in fact very daunting & took us all over target. PLUS the back to school sales are over already! HUMPH.
the teacher specified certain name brands for things. name brands that target didn't have (like fiskar scissors. & not rose art or crayola watercolors...what's the freakin difference?!) so i hope she's not all in a huff when addy brings along waterford scissors & crayola watercolors...
so then came the highly difficult task of choosing a back pack. for some reason she has to have a regular sized back pack--maybe for a notebook or something? i duuno. she's THREE! folks, adeline has fashion opinions even about back packs. i felt like i was standing there with a teenager, discussing the pros & cons of each back pack. finally i laid out 4 choices & made her pick one. (gasp & sobs: the dora back pack at target was too small! *sniffle sniffle, sob sob*)
this was her choice. which she now tells me that she doesn't like. i was like 'hey don't you like this plain purple one that's on clearance?' her reply: no, not.
& this is her *fake* smile when we asked her to smile for the picture with her new back pack. giddy.
so this back pack was like $18! what?! i was expecting around $10. then i go to the wal mart website & they have gobs of the back packs for $10 or under. i should've just gone to wal mart, i suppose. now i just need to find cloth name tags to put on her back pack, snack pack (yes, she needs one of these too), extra set of clothes, & her jackets & coats. i had no clue getting ready for a special needs school district preschool would be soooo involved! i mean, with all the fees & supplies we have now reached the cost of tuition for a private preschool for one month. *smile*on friday night adeline & daddy went to the westerville south football game. addy *loves* football games. all the people clapping & shouting & the bands & lights in the dark sky. loves it. this is the outfit she chose (head band is purple & sparkly, of course) with her beloved pink sunglasses.
and this is adeline & amelia finding the baby wipes, wetting them down (we do cloth wipes *thankfully* they had just been washed) then adeline was showing amelia the fine art of wiping down walls with butt cloths. they were both having a grand time.
seriously, where do these kids come from? in love with sparkly ultra girly stuff ... enjoy cleaning!? ... adeline could not leave the house today until she found her elaborate clip-on bracelet that i found for her at a thrift store. it's okay, i love them anyway. they did get this from me: the ability to stay in pajamas all day & be completely content.
awww. Addy starting preschool still puts me into this 'wanna cry' mode.
ReplyDeleteAs for the specific brands, here is what our teachers told us. Technically, there are certain brands that the schools have to "endorse" so to say. They get free items for their classrooms from these companies. I am sure that her teacher will not really care, but per agreement with the companies (in order to get their free stuff) they have to. My kids NEVER get the name brands, except crayola...because they really are the best in the midwest.
all too cute... the pic of amelia crying (how can kids be so beautiful even when they are not happy?), addy's outfit for the football game, and her with the new backpack. will she be learning any spanish at this school? if not, i step it up on the spanish overload when i come over. :-)
ReplyDeleteoh, and i agree with judy... crayola is the bestest.
hope to see you all really soon! xoxo
hold on, heids, i seem to remember a certain little girl who LOVED pink pink pink and lace and ribbons...just like her daughters do now :) and remember how much of a neat kid you were? i swear you cleaned your side of the room all the time.
ReplyDeleteexcept i don't think you--or me--were anything like the fashionista addy is.
and okay, addy totally looks exactly like you in your pink glasses... flashback!
ReplyDeleteI was just about to say that about the PINK glasses -- total deja-vu!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like poor Amelia is holding her breaking heart as she cries waiting for her "substantial snack" (your notes when we kept Addy one time were too funny!)
When I started reading this post Zoe walks up and touches the screen, "Babayy Maimai cry" she says with a very concerned, disapproving look on her face. Then Zoe wraps her arms around the screen and says "Babay Maimai hug, I wan babay Maimai, baybay Maimai cry?... Baybay Maimai kiss" and she tries to kiss the screen. On another note, I wonder what was going through Adeline's mind as she was debating back packs...."hmmm, I dooo look good in pink, but purple is a good Fall color"
ReplyDeleteThe crying photo looks all too familiar to me. I took video of Emery throwing a fit last week. I hope it will be good blackmail in her teenage years.
ReplyDeleteYour girls are precious!
ha...Kristi reads your blog! YAY
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