Last night the girls had the annual open house at their school for families to come and see their child's classroom. We went first to Kylie's classroom since this was her first time getting to show us around her room plus she seemed to be much more excited about it since this was the first time she got to go as a student, not just a sister.
She was all excited about being able to show us her seat at the table she sits at and most of all she was most excited about showing us the home living center in her room. It is her favorite center to go play at during center time. For the longest time she kept calling it "Homeland" which in this area is a grocery store. At her seat she had a card which she wrote by herself her name, and it also had with it two kisses sitting waiting for Jerrod and I when we came. She gave us the card then handed Mackenzie one kiss and she ate the other. We took her stack of papers left for us to take home and then went all around the room seeing her great paper on the Great Work bulletin board then went to all the activity centers. She even showed us how to do the tornado bottles to make it look like a tornado. She showed us her "job" chart with the daily things that are done in the classroom and each child has one assigned to them each day. Yesterday Kylie was the electrician.
Mackenzie's classroom was the highlight for Kylie. It was the first time Kylie had been down the first
grade hallway and the first time she had seen Mackenzie's classroom and talked to her teacher. Mackenzie showed us her desk and the book about colors they made in class. We also got a packet of papers from her teacher about their classroom rules, class schedule and so on and so on. Mackenzie's favorite thing to show us was the giving apple tree the class made on the whiteboard during class today. Their giving apple tree is items that the class will use during the year that families can donate to the classroom. We looked through all the apples and the one Mackenzie was most wanting to help with was the bean bag. The reading area of the classroom they keep beanbags in and its time for a new one in the classroom. Mackenzie looked at us and let us know that she wants to give her beanbag and donate it to the classroom since she never uses it and Gabryle and Kylie fight over it. We talked about it and Mackenzie took this morning to school her bean bag, and gave it to the classroom. I love how she is so big into donating items she doesn't use to school or the Salvation Army.
Also why we were there we talked to the table set up for Girl Scouts. Mackenzie has been wanting to join for a while and we talked about it and have decided to let her sign up and be a girl scout. I think it will be great for her. The rest of the year will be busy with the two of them but all in all I think it will be a great school year.
Till next time!
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Chicken Parmesan Potatoes
Last night we tried a new recipe in our house, chicken Parmesan potatoes. Jerrod found the recipe on the Betty Crocker website a few weeks ago so we decided to try it. I'm glad we did. The kids enjoyed it and Jerrod and I thought it was pretty good also. the next time we make it, we are going to tweak it a little and maybe try some broccoli or other vegetable with it instead of green beans. Not everyone in our house likes green beans, but surprisingly, they didn't have that much of a green bean taste in this recipe. I didn't use the full bag like it says to, but its still really good. We used the chicken it called for instead of Turkey.
A plus with this recipe, is if you do know a child who's school does Box Tops for Education, the Betty Crocker Au Gratin potatoes have a box top on the box! The school the girls go too collects them and the girls love to be able to turn them when when we have enough to send in. Last year Mackenzie turned in almost $10.00 dollars worth, which is almost 100 box tops. Each one costs $0.10.
Hope you enjoy the recipe like we did if you try it!
Till Next Time!!!
CHICKEN PARMESAN POTATOES
2 1/4 cups hot water
2/3 cup milk
1 bag (12 oz) Green Giant® Valley Fresh Steamers™ frozen cut green beans
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
A plus with this recipe, is if you do know a child who's school does Box Tops for Education, the Betty Crocker Au Gratin potatoes have a box top on the box! The school the girls go too collects them and the girls love to be able to turn them when when we have enough to send in. Last year Mackenzie turned in almost $10.00 dollars worth, which is almost 100 box tops. Each one costs $0.10.
Hope you enjoy the recipe like we did if you try it!
Till Next Time!!!
CHICKEN PARMESAN POTATOES
1 box (4.7 ounces) Betty Crocker® au gratin potatoes
3 cups cut-up cooked chicken or turkey (1 pound) 2 1/4 cups hot water
2/3 cup milk
1 bag (12 oz) Green Giant® Valley Fresh Steamers™ frozen cut green beans
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- Heat Potatoes, Sauce Mix and remaining ingredients except cheese to boiling in 10-inch skillet over high heat, stirring
- Reduce heat; cover and simmer about 25 minutes, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are tender.
- Stir in cheese. Let stand 5 minutes
Friday, August 26, 2011
Pink Day!
As part of the review her teachers sent home a note with a list of the days the past two weeks letting parents know what color the would be working on for the day, so the students could coordinate their clothes with the color of the day. Kylie has been all for this for the most part. She was not happy about red day since she didn't have a shirt that fit her just like she likes her clothes to fit, and she was not all for the day they wore brown. (I convinced her that her skirt which is a tan color would work for brown and it had some pink on it so she eventually decided it would work. Red day we ended up wearing a black shirt that had different colored stripes on it with some of the stripes being red).
The week could not come fast enough for Friday, today to get here for her. She has known all week that Friday is the day she gets to wear pink! Since Monday she has had her mind set on her pink ballerina shirt she bought before school started along with a cute skirt and her tennis shoes that have pink all over them also. Her skirt has a few pink patches so of course it goes along with the pink theme. She is also excited since the girls wear pink, boys were asked to wear black today. Her shirt and skirt and shoes all have black on them also, so she is wearing both colors.
It will be interesting to see how her day went today when I pick her up in a little while. I know I will hear all about it, especially with her learning how to make the color pink.
Till next time!
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Bye-Bye Binkie!!
Gabryle no longer has his binkies!!! YES! That is a big accomplishment for him since he was so attached to them.
Yesterday in the early afternoon Gabryle handed me his binkie and fussed a little. I looked at it and noticed that it was shredded in parts and was about to fall apart. I cut the end off of it and handed it back to him. Jerrod has had a few customers say that to get their children off of the binkie they would slowly cut the end back further and further till there was nothing left on the binkie, so I snipped the end off. I handed it back to him and Gabryle just looked at it like I was crazy for handing him a binkie that was missing part of it. He stuck his finger in the opening and waved it around at me and fused a little then threw it across the living and dining room. (this boy has a good throwing arm!)
We then went and picked the girls up and Gabryle went without his binkie. When we got back home from getting the girls at school he started to fuss a little after picking up his binkie, so I told him to either get his binkie and deal with it or throw it away. Next thing I know he runs to the bathroom and throws away the binkie in the trash can. That meant to me we would no longer use the binkie since that was the second one in a week he has thrown away.
The big question would be how would he do at bedtime? When it was time to go to bed I put the girls to bed, Gabryle ran in and gave them multiple kisses then went and jumped up in his bed with no crying or fits. He got up a few times to give the girls more kisses and would go lay back down once I came to get him out of the girls room. The last time he laid down he set his head down on the remote control he had in his bed and cried a little. I stepped out of the room and a few minutes later he was quiet and asleep with no binkie!!!!!! I was thrilled he actually did it!
Around midnight however he woke up and was up for the rest of the night it seemed. He cried for a while and I couldn't calm him down in his bed so he came and laid with me and Jerrod for a little bit. It helped until he started pointing to his room. I took him back and he was quiet for a little bit then he started crying again. This went on a few times till I finally just sat up with him in the living room. Jerrod sat with us for a little bit then went to bed since he has to work today. Finally around four I laid down on the couch and Gabryle came cuddling up next to me and was out by 4:30 AM. I got up, put him to bed and he was down till this morning when I got the girls up for school at 6:45.
During his time being awake in the middle of the night he fussed a little pointing at the bathroom. Jerrod and I looked for one of his old binkies and handed it to him after Jerrod found it and he just threw it across to the coffee table. At one point he pulled a wipe out and cleaned it off but then set it back down. Once he stuck it in his mouth but quickly pulled it out and threw it. He ultimately never wanted the binkie apparently. IT stayed within eye sight of him but he never put it back in his mouth and kept it.
As of right now I have no clue where it ended up last night. All I do know is he has gone almost 24 hours with no binkie and is doing fairly well without it. No more will be bought in this household. Hopefully he will do better tonight in the middle of the night and actually sleep. I'll give it a few more days with no binkie and then we will start with potty training.
Till Next Time!
Yesterday in the early afternoon Gabryle handed me his binkie and fussed a little. I looked at it and noticed that it was shredded in parts and was about to fall apart. I cut the end off of it and handed it back to him. Jerrod has had a few customers say that to get their children off of the binkie they would slowly cut the end back further and further till there was nothing left on the binkie, so I snipped the end off. I handed it back to him and Gabryle just looked at it like I was crazy for handing him a binkie that was missing part of it. He stuck his finger in the opening and waved it around at me and fused a little then threw it across the living and dining room. (this boy has a good throwing arm!)
We then went and picked the girls up and Gabryle went without his binkie. When we got back home from getting the girls at school he started to fuss a little after picking up his binkie, so I told him to either get his binkie and deal with it or throw it away. Next thing I know he runs to the bathroom and throws away the binkie in the trash can. That meant to me we would no longer use the binkie since that was the second one in a week he has thrown away.
The big question would be how would he do at bedtime? When it was time to go to bed I put the girls to bed, Gabryle ran in and gave them multiple kisses then went and jumped up in his bed with no crying or fits. He got up a few times to give the girls more kisses and would go lay back down once I came to get him out of the girls room. The last time he laid down he set his head down on the remote control he had in his bed and cried a little. I stepped out of the room and a few minutes later he was quiet and asleep with no binkie!!!!!! I was thrilled he actually did it!
Around midnight however he woke up and was up for the rest of the night it seemed. He cried for a while and I couldn't calm him down in his bed so he came and laid with me and Jerrod for a little bit. It helped until he started pointing to his room. I took him back and he was quiet for a little bit then he started crying again. This went on a few times till I finally just sat up with him in the living room. Jerrod sat with us for a little bit then went to bed since he has to work today. Finally around four I laid down on the couch and Gabryle came cuddling up next to me and was out by 4:30 AM. I got up, put him to bed and he was down till this morning when I got the girls up for school at 6:45.
During his time being awake in the middle of the night he fussed a little pointing at the bathroom. Jerrod and I looked for one of his old binkies and handed it to him after Jerrod found it and he just threw it across to the coffee table. At one point he pulled a wipe out and cleaned it off but then set it back down. Once he stuck it in his mouth but quickly pulled it out and threw it. He ultimately never wanted the binkie apparently. IT stayed within eye sight of him but he never put it back in his mouth and kept it.
As of right now I have no clue where it ended up last night. All I do know is he has gone almost 24 hours with no binkie and is doing fairly well without it. No more will be bought in this household. Hopefully he will do better tonight in the middle of the night and actually sleep. I'll give it a few more days with no binkie and then we will start with potty training.
Till Next Time!
Monday, August 22, 2011
New Things!
For a few months now Mackenzie has been on me and Jerrod about starting to learn new sports. We're all for it. We are thrilled she loves being so active in sports and that she enjoys it because she finds it fun, not because we want her to play. She was the one who came to us at the end of pre-k wanting to play t-ball when she found the note in her folder about it. We signed her up and she played and absolutely loved it! Then again of course she played at the end of kindergarten, which was this past summer. She was even better playing this year than she was the previous, and was way more into it. she played her hardest at all her games and made sure to practice well at all her practices.
Her next sport she plans on playing is golf. Not exactly where that came from since we don't play golf, but hey, she seems dedicated to wanting to learn how to play. We found a decent set of clubs for a very decent price over the weekend and we are going to start letting her learn how to play golf. Luckily Jerrod has played some while in high school, so at least one of us knows how to play. The closest I have come is playing putt-putt with family and friends growing up which most likely doesn't come close.
We shall see how the golf learning goes. She has also mentioned she wants to start doing track and field sports when she gets big enough, which would be great. She loves running and is pretty fast. At least with all the sports she should have a chance of college scholarships when she is old enough to go to college if she sticks with all the sports she is playing or will play. (and hopefully she will really get into the fine arts also, as in Band, Vocal or even art!!) I'll make sure to keep updated on her golf learning experience.
Till Next Time!
Her next sport she plans on playing is golf. Not exactly where that came from since we don't play golf, but hey, she seems dedicated to wanting to learn how to play. We found a decent set of clubs for a very decent price over the weekend and we are going to start letting her learn how to play golf. Luckily Jerrod has played some while in high school, so at least one of us knows how to play. The closest I have come is playing putt-putt with family and friends growing up which most likely doesn't come close.
We shall see how the golf learning goes. She has also mentioned she wants to start doing track and field sports when she gets big enough, which would be great. She loves running and is pretty fast. At least with all the sports she should have a chance of college scholarships when she is old enough to go to college if she sticks with all the sports she is playing or will play. (and hopefully she will really get into the fine arts also, as in Band, Vocal or even art!!) I'll make sure to keep updated on her golf learning experience.
Till Next Time!
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Security Blanket
When I was little I had a yellow knitted blanket that I used to keep with me when I slept and around the house. I think I took it everywhere also I went but not for sure on that. I believe it was made by my Mom. It was my security blanket. It was my favorite thing. A lot of kids have different "security blankets" so to say, and that is no different for Kylie.
Kylie has a pink monkey. I bought her monkey when she was a few days old at a local store here in town, and she has kept it with her ever since. She takes it to the store when we let her, takes in on trips, sleeps with it, watches TV with it, and if we let her she would probably take it to school with her. Little does she know, that the original monkey that she loves and cherishes, is actually Monkey #2. About two years ago we lost pink monkey and have no idea where we lost her, so the search for a replacement was on. The company no longer makes Monkey so we had to resort to the Internet to find a new one and finally found one and had one ordered and shipped. She was hesitant at first if it was Monkey, but after a little bit she decided it was her monkey, and Mommy just gave it a really really good bath.
This monkey you can tell is loved. One ear is chewed off, thanks to a dog, the thread that makes her mouth is slowly coming out, and it looks like she has a tongue.Her tail from Kylie chewing on it has a few small holes in it towards the end, and it is very worn. She gets a "bath" once a week and Kylie will brush her "hair" regularly with one of her barbie hairbrushes. She still keeps Monkey with her a lot at home, and sometimes out at other places when we go somewhere, but not to much when we are out of the house. We don't want to loose monkey again, due to the rising prices of it (last time I looked its up to $65. to buy a new one).
We thought for her starting to school it would be a problem not having her monkey with her during school hours, but surprisingly it has been very easy for her to leave monkey at home every morning. She makes sure she leaves Monkey on her bed "sleeping" and then when she gets home she goes and gets it after we check her school folder. She usually plays with it the rest of the afternoon.
Kenzie really didn't have a "security" object and still doesn't. She does have a stuffed doggie that is named "busy busy" that Jerrod bought for her that she wants with her when she doesn't feel well or had a bad day, or keeps with her when there are storms. Besides that she doesn't really keep Busy Busy with her. (Busy was one of the first words she said and she ended up naming the animal Busy Busy.)
Gabryle has a Mario doll he sleeps with every night and at most nap times. He loves Mario. He also at bedtime has to make sure his brown blanket is in his bed to cover up with. Besides that he is good also. At least with him not having a certain thing to be with him at all times for the moment makes it a little easier making sure that we only have that one security object that Kylie needs.
Till Next Time.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Lunch Explanations
As the girls and I were sitting waiting to get out of the school parking lot today, they started telling me about their lunch they were served today. It's funny having both of them try to explain it. One will tell me one version of lunch then the other will tell it different, but both ultimately in the end explain the same lunch.
Today Kylie started telling me about lunch as this has become one of her favorite parts of the day. This is her explanation: "they had banana cake that they called banana bread, and a green salad with tomato's. They also had these orange things that I don't know what they were. There were beans with a sauce that was runny and then chips with some chili and cheese on them. And I had chocolate milk AGAIN!"
Then Kenzie started talking. "It was banana bread with a salad and one of my friends is allergic to tomatoes, so he didn't eat them. We also had oranges that tasted different and some spiced beans and Frito chili pie. That's the only time you have chips like that at school Kylie. You only have them in Frito chili pie. Everyone has milk every day."
ultimately the beans ended up being chili beans, and the oranges being mandarin oranges. My favorite explanation of the lunch served at school from Kylie has been from two days ago. We were standing in the foyer waiting for the first grade to be dismissed and Kylie looked at me and said, "Mom we had hamburgers, and the cooker people forgot to put the hamburger in it and put a chicken nugget in it instead! It was awesome!" Ultimately they were having chicken sandwiches but she didn't realise it.
Who knew that little picky eater Kylie would love lunch at school as much as she does.
Till next time!
Today Kylie started telling me about lunch as this has become one of her favorite parts of the day. This is her explanation: "they had banana cake that they called banana bread, and a green salad with tomato's. They also had these orange things that I don't know what they were. There were beans with a sauce that was runny and then chips with some chili and cheese on them. And I had chocolate milk AGAIN!"
Then Kenzie started talking. "It was banana bread with a salad and one of my friends is allergic to tomatoes, so he didn't eat them. We also had oranges that tasted different and some spiced beans and Frito chili pie. That's the only time you have chips like that at school Kylie. You only have them in Frito chili pie. Everyone has milk every day."
ultimately the beans ended up being chili beans, and the oranges being mandarin oranges. My favorite explanation of the lunch served at school from Kylie has been from two days ago. We were standing in the foyer waiting for the first grade to be dismissed and Kylie looked at me and said, "Mom we had hamburgers, and the cooker people forgot to put the hamburger in it and put a chicken nugget in it instead! It was awesome!" Ultimately they were having chicken sandwiches but she didn't realise it.
Who knew that little picky eater Kylie would love lunch at school as much as she does.
Till next time!
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