This school schedule is throwing me for a loop. I like to think we are pretty flexible but I am having to get up around 5:30 a.m. I am in no way considered a morning person and Eric never thought he would see the day where i was up before him. I get up and hang out in a quite house until i have to get Ella up at 6:15. She gets up and reminds me how if i wake her up early it makes her cranky and then puts on her clothes that were laid out the night before. She comes down for breakfast and then we fix her hair and brush her teeth. Pack her snacks and then start to load the sleeping boys in the car. I try to be out by 7 or a little after. School starts at 7:30. Home to feed the boys and then we begin our day. We are ready to go get Ella about 1:45 and we wait in line until the 2:15 dismissal. Still trying to get a lunch and nap schedule in place is tricky these days.
Ella has a few stories from school. Monday she met the rest of her class. One little boy in particular has really latched on to Ella. I mean latch in the literal sense. Justin seems to hug Ella a lot. Even against her wishes. By Tuesday she had enough. She said he tries to "love up" on her all the time and he doesn't even mind in class. As she was explaining this dilemma to her dad he asked Ella " am i going to have to come down there?" and then he told Ella to tell the little boy if he didn't stop her Daddy was going to come down there and "stomp" him. That is excellent parenting. :) Turns out Ella took her Dad's advice and informed me on the way to school a few days later that she had indeed told him (in her country-est accent) "you don't won't my Daddy to come down here" and when that didn't work "my momma and daddy are gonna come down here and stomp you". Not a proud moment for me. HA! I instructed her to tell her teacher which seemed to work better. Tuesday, Ella got her new backpack. We had attempted to get her a new one of her choosing for kindergarten but because of Ella's and my indecision and my procrastination the one she wanted (along with her 2nd, 3rd, and subsequent choices) was no longer available. We were on the search again. We finally found one and ordered it. We received an e-mail two days later stating the backpack was no longer in stock. Finally we find another one. I think it is the best of all. I ordered it but refused to pay $120 to have it shipped in time for the first day of school so until it arrived Ella used her favorite travel backpack. She loves her new one. She can wear it over the shoulder and as a backpack. It isn't uncommon for her to wear it one way into to school and another when she comes out. :) Tuesday was also picture day. Too bad it was too chilly to wear the dress we spent our Sunday shopping for. When it was time to put her tennis shoes on she couldn't find them. Great! Two of my pet peeves are being late and unprepared. We were both that day. She hadn't put her shoes away and couldn't remember where she took them off. She wore flip flops even though she had P.E. that day. She got there right as class was starting. I am hoping she didn't do the cheesy smile. By Friday i think we were all tired. Her friend Terri had been out since Wednesday sick. Ella came in talking about her new boy friend, Aiden. They swung together at recess and then slid down the slide holding hands and then back to swing together. I let it slide because she was so happy she had made friends with a boy. She normally sticks with the girls. As i was telling Mom about it on the phone Ella informed me that "Shaquez is my boyfriend". I thought she said Sanchez but i was quickly corrected. It is "Shaquez"(spelling most likely wrong). Anyway, as we entered gymnastics i told Ella she didn't need a "boyfriend" she was only 5. I followed that with "you can have friends that are boys but you can't have a boyfriend until you are 16." HA! She got smiley faces everyday so this has been a great week for her. She is off Monday for the holiday. She is loving school and can't wait to get back.
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