When we first got there, Caleb met Mrs. C, the teacher of the class. She's a wonderful woman, who carries Sunshine Carebear to every class. She's great with the kids and totally into music -- which a great (especially for a music teacher! LOL). Each child got a name tag, and you could really tell that she was making an effort to memorize each name. The name tags were such a great idea in theory, but Caleb would have none of it. Nope, the name tag was nothing more than a toy for him. He ripped it off his shirt, stuck it on his chin, laughed really loud and then rolled it up in a ball and slammed dunked it into the garbage can. Why do I get the feeling Mrs. C won't forget his name anytime soon?? LOL!
Shortly after the basketball episode, Caleb decided it was time to play dress up with my shoes. Oh let me assure you ..... it was such great fun!! He kept yelling "SHOOS! SHOOS!" and falling over while trying to walk around the room in them.
Thankfully it was time for class to start! Each time Caleb heard a song he knew, he'd start laughing and clapping. He was so into it!! The first "musical instrument" they got to play, were these wood type sticks, and the kids were to play them in several different ways -- tap them together, roll them, pound them on the floor, hit them together over your head, etc.... When it was time to play them "up high", Caleb thought it was time to bang your mommy's head with them. OUCH!! I quickly had to get him back track or else I'd end up with a goose egg on my noggin!
At the end of class, Mrs. C pulled out a blanket for all the kids to sit on while she read a story that correlated to the songs that they sung during class. All of a sudden, Caleb bolted off the blanket like a man on a mission... He saw a truck on the front of the book, and insisted on pointing it out to everyone in class!
When Kindermusic was over, we raced to pick up Katherine from preschool. I was outside talking to a couple of the other moms while the kids continued playing. All of a sudden, Katherine leaves the group of kids, and starts to talking to a mom trying to put her kids in the car. At this point, I'm assuming that Katherine at least knows the little girl.....
Nope.... she doesn't know the little girl and she certainly doesn't know the mom..... So why is she striking up a LENGTHY conversation with two random people who are trying to leave the parking lot??? Yea, I wondered too....
In typical Katherine fashion, she saw an injustice that she had to make right.... Yea, that's my little lady...
Here's the deal ... This woman was buckling her daughter into her carseat IN THE FRONT OF THE CAR, which sent Katherine into panic mode. She was totally freaking out over how unsafe this woman was being with her little girl. The mom looked at me and said, "I told her that I turned off the airbag". (As if Katherine knows what airbags are....). At this point, I go over and talk to the random lady and find out that her little girl and Katherine ARE NOT in the same class. Her little girl is 3, and goes two days a week. Katherine just found it in her to scold this woman for being so careless with her daughter, and yes, she called her foolish to her face. UUUUUUGH! Part of me is glad she knows right from wrong, but the other part of me just wishes she'd keep it to herself!
Today the kids and I went to the zoo. Since it's the last nice day for a while, we wanted to get out and enjoy the weather. Here's some pics ---
Check out Caleb's snazzy birthday haircut!
I love this picture of the two of them. Most parents pray that their kids get along, and I feel blessed beyond measure that mine are truly friends. They walked around all day, hand in hand, laughing and giggling. I just happened to capture this sweet moment of Katherine pointing out the waterfall to her brother.
I'm exhausted, so it's off to bed for me. We're having Caleb's big birthday party this weekend, and I'm soooo unorganized. I've got so much left to do, and tomorrow is booked, so I have NO IDEA when I'm going to get any of it done. While Katherine is at preschool, we are hosting playgroup. As soon as it's over, I have to rush off to pick her up, come home and feed them lunch while I clean up the tornado that is playgroup, then rush off to the doctor for Caleb's two year doctor appointment and then race home so the kids can nap before Matt's parents arrive. Yea, I'm thinking we'll be going out to dinner! LOL. Oh, and in my free time, I need to pick up groceries for the party on Saturday.
But above everything else, tomorrow is my baby boy's 2nd birthday. Actually, it was about two years ago at this very moment that I woke Matt up and told him it was time to head to the hospital. What a wonderful two years it's been.
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It's amazing to me how you don't see someone for a long time and the next time you see even a picture of them it's like you've not seen them for a year!! I can't believe how BIG Katherine is getting. It's amazing.
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