It's hard to believe that only two days ago it was almost 80 outside. We actually had snow today! :( Today was also very busy. We had Deedee's Well Child checkup (which I was almost late too because I mixed up times). She did very well and cooperated for the most part with her doctor. She's now 36 inches tall and 28 pounds. She even cooperated with the little eye test and she has 20/20 vision.
We stopped on the way home (siblings were with their grandparents) to do some quick shopping. Since she did so well with her doctor (especially with it being a new doctor) she got to choose a treat. So she came home the proud new owner of a fruit leather and a box crackers. :D We got to her grandparents just in time to haul everyone over to Deedee's preschool only to find out that no other students would be there today. :( So it wound up just being free time while the kids ran around and played and I chatted with the teacher whom also happens to be a good friend of mine. We went straight from there to our movement class, which was a complete bust today. :(
There were a ton of kids so James didn't want to participate at all and he was being disruptive. And, unfortunately, the others were taking his lead. Sigh.... I did notice that at one point when I'd had to take the boys out into the hall, I came back in and Deedee was right in the thick of it but as soon as James was back,, she was on the sidelines being a pill again. So I'm going to try just sending Charles or Deedee there with a friend and see how that works out. Because, although it's very inexpensive, it just not cost effective to keep taking the kids if they're not going to participate and have fun. Sigh...
After the dance class, most of us descended upon the new Salvation Army that had their grand opening today. We all found some treasures and I'm so thankful that this has moved in. Not only is it much closer to us than Good Will, it's prices are also much better. It's sad to say that Good Will is certainly not for the poor people anymore. :( I found several books, including a 1957 copy of Cat in the Hat, a unit about bears, and a unit introducing several of our greatest presidents to children. Oh, and addition bars that I'm not sure of or even how they work but hopefully I'll figure them out sometime.
Oh, and one of my friends also had the great idea of our homeschool group setting up Library Thing accounts and having an intraloan library which, of course, is just awesome. We all know that we as homeschooling moms have all have a ton of books (and that we probably don't even know half of what we have, which for me is very very true :D ) and that also we often loan out books to one another and then promptly forget where they are or that we even had hem in the first place (once again, this is so me). This is an awesome resource and I highly recommend that you check it out, if only to set up a personal account for yourself. Even if we hadn't talked about doing this for the group, I had been thinking about setting up an account to help me keep track of our huge library that's growing more and more almost weekly. If you'd like to check out my library sometime, look up briarwren.
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