Don’t they look handsome?
Each has a Cross to Bear
8 SepKey Lime Pie was terrified the few days before school started. What a hard thing to start high school in a strange place and where you know none of the other students! I never had to do that.
She has settled in really well, however and quickly found friends. I was so worried that she was “behind” in math, because she did not finish Algebra 1 in eighth grade. She barely began Algebra the last few weeks of school last spring. We had been working on algebraic thinking all year as part of morning time using a fantastic program called “Hands on Equations.”
Now, 3 weeks into the school year here in Utah, I am hearing from the Math teacher that I should consider putting Key Lime Pie in Math 1 and 2 concurrently, or she will be bored.
Last Monday, Banana Cream Pie decided she hated public school and wanted to go back to home school, because public school makes her write too much, and because she is lonely at school. We had a long talk, with lots of tears and hugs, and I finally convinced her that I couldn’t make a decision like that on a Monday morning, that I would have to consult with her father over a few days, and that in the mean time, she would have to continue going to school.
I pointed out that not wanting to do the work at school is a bad reason to choose home school because she is in 6th grade now, and I would require her to write just as much at home as the school is.
Also one and a half weeks is too short a time to make friends, it needs more time, and switching to home school would not fix that lack of friends problem either.
Hopefully, she starts to feel more like she belongs in school soon.
We made plans to save up some of my substitute teaching money to get either a gerbil or a Guinea Pig, so that Banana Cream Pie has something furry to look forward to playing with after school. She thinks this will make life bearable.
In the mean time, she has been knitting chickens for company.
Apple Pie is not to be left out of yarn crafts and is crocheting a Jelly fish hat for her planned Halloween costume.
She is still struggling with reading (I was looking into getting her tested for Dyslexia when we moved) and has shed some tears over the embarrassment of having to read out-loud in class and not being able to get the words right.
But yesterday, she came home jubilant over getting all the math problems on the test correct (and thus earning 3 pieces of candy.) Hopefully this reinforces what I’ve been telling her, that different people learn skills at different paces, and being slow to learn one skill does not take away how gifted she is in other areas.
Also on Wednesday, Zeek cried because Skeeter always gets to have homework and he (Zeek) never gets homework even though they are both in third grade.
Skeeter sobbed great tears yesterday because I would not let him ride a bike without wearing a helmet.
Each of us have our crosses to bear in this life.
Love,
GlowWorm
Kid Capers
20 Feb“Mom! I made custard! Ketchup plus mustard equals custard.”
Haircut day for Apple Pie
Granny and Grandpa gave us an incubator for Christmas. There have been eggs it it for 19 days-per Banana Cream Pie’s custom-made hatching day countdown. Only three days until fluffy cuteness.
And…Blueberry Pie bleached his hair. Finally, I have a blonde child!
Four-Year Old Jokes
9 AugThe Scooter Pies turned four this week.
Pumpkin Pie made their cakes:
A Goomba from Super Mario World
And a Smash ball from Smash Bros Brawl.
These little guys seem super grown up suddenly.
Zeek gets super offended if we call him “Baby” or refer to his room as “the babies’ room”
“I not a baby!” He cries.
Zeke’s favorite color is dark blue and light blue.
His favorite game is Smash Bros. His favorite food is saltine crackers and little breakfast sausage links. His favorite treat is fruit snacks. His favorite animal is a lion. His favorite song is “Ducky” (which is a song he and Skeeter made up in which they sing the word “ducky” over and over.) His favorite bedtime story is “Green Eggs and Ham.”
Skeeter’s favorite color is red. His favorite game is Temple Run. His favorite food is chicken nuggets. His favorite treat is cake. His favorite animal is a moose. His favorite song is the Smash Bros Song.
Skeeter’s favorite place to go is the park. His favorite bedtime story is “The very Hungry Caterpillar.”
A conversation they had tonight while I was trying to get them to go to sleep:
Skeeter: we want Taco Tuesday
Zeke: Yeah, and the we want Taco Threesday.
S: And then we want Taco Foursday!
Z: (laughing delightedly) then Taco Fivesday!
S: (laughing hysterically) and then sixday, seven eight ninesday!!
Both of them collapse laughing
Z: we missed Taco Onesday.
Me: how are they so smart? Also, I think Taco Ninesday should be a thing.
As I typed this,,Zeke recognized the word “Taco” on screen. What? They might be reading. Before they start preschool.
What do I need if I’m Pregnant with Twins?
12 MayFour years ago, my doctor informed me that my baby number 8 was actually baby number 8 AND baby number 9. I was a pretty experienced mommy, but I knew twins would be different. I scoured the internet for information on what I would need. Most mommy bloggers of twins had different life situations than I had. Their twins were usually their first and second babies, or they had a toddler and twins. I don’t think I found a single blog by mothers who already had 7 babies and then had twins. (These women are much too busy to blog.) These mommy bloggers all also seemed to be able to afford the deluxe, premium versions of everything from strollers to diaper bags. That was definitely not me.
I do want to remember what I learned and what turned out to be useful for me. So if you just found out that you are going to be a Mother of Multiples and you have a real life budget, here are the things that were the best things I bought. I got my money’s worth out of all of them. (P.S. None of these links are affiliate links because Missouri and Amazon do not get along–these are just sincerely the things that saved my sanity.)
No Hair, Don’t Care
11 MarGuess who held still for his haircut and who did not? (Skeeter did, Zeke did not)
Eye Color
17 MarThe Scooter Pies’ eye color is a source of ongoing fascination and debate to us because all our other children have brown eyes. It gets hard for us to know if we are really seeing gray or green, or if it’s just wishful thinking on our part.
I am pretty sure these eyes will turn brown just like all the other kiddie pies’ eye did. But the Man of the House and his mother insist that the eyes will be blue.
It is true that none of the other kiddie pies had these dark gray eyes for this long.