Fairytale Learning : Mckenzee's First Lessons - "Princess Day"

I am officially logging today as Mckenzee's first day of learning!  We decided to call it "Princess Day" and therefore the line of lessons written about it will all have a Fairytale theme!

Once all the boys had left for their day of fun it was time for Miss Mckenzee and me to get started on some learning fun.  We started by playing a counting game with Kai-Lan where we both had the chance to catch beautiful butterflies.  Mckenzee caught 5 more than I did, making her total 26 and mine only 21.  Then we had a listening lesson with Ye-ye and danced with him like he told us to.  I explained to Kenzee that listening was very important if we wanted to go to school because that is one way that we learn!  After all the laughing and fun dancing Kenzee said she wanted to rest so we decided to watch an episode of WordWorld which is quickly becoming one of her favorite shows.

Today's episode had her favorite character as the star of the show!  Duck was getting ready to play baseball with his friends but something was missing.  He needed a BAT and in order to get a bat he had to BUILD A WORD!  Mckenzee loves to build a word so now I am proud to say she knows how to!  She knows how to spell bat and that a bat is what the players use to hit the baseball before they run around the bases all the way to get points.  When Kenzee asked me how we count points and what they were I was presented with another teaching opportunity!

Since I had to make brownies for tonight's family get together, I decided to have her help me out.  First we read the instructions and she had to "listen", then we had to gather our ingredients.  She helped me get the big bowl and the spoon, then she got out the oil and the eggs.  She then helped me count out four eggs and even helped me crack them!  She was very proud of herself.  Then we counted all the way to fifty while stirring everything together in the big bowl!  She told me they were "Princess Brownies" and we will be having them with special magic drinks later!  (We are making Root Beer Floats tonight too)

After the brownies were done cooking we came upstairs and made some crafts, we assembled a homemade wand and crown which she loved! After making up a story about how the beautiful princess spent her first day at school, it was time to practice some letters!

She did a great job at practicing her A's, B's, and C's I am so proud!  This teaching-learning adventure is off to a great start and I am very happy!

More later my Faithfuls!

School Blues

I admit it I am suffering from some school blues!  For a few different reasons: One because my little boy started the first grade this year, and two because my little princess is so smart it makes me proud!  Now why should either of these things make me sad you ask, well the answer is quite simple, THEY ARE GROWING UP TOO FAST!  Don't get me wrong, I know kids grow up and move on with their lives but I love them so much that I don't want them to grow up too fast and leave me before I am ready!  

Now another thing that makes me a little sad is that Andy goes to school in Griswold and I live in Norwich and because of the custody arrangement between me and his father I only get to bring him to school once a week and cannot be as involved in his education as I would like since he only has homework Monday thru Thursday.  Andy and I signed his Homework Hall of Fame commitment and he is worried that I won't be able to help him become a Hall-of-Famer if I cannot be there every night to help him.  I told him if he wanted he could call me any night he was doing his homework and I would help him as much as I could over the phone.  I do get to help him in person on Thursday nights but I really wish I could be there every night!  I hate not having him with me all the time.  It is hard to raise a child who has two very different parents who have very different parenting styles.  You can tell it is hard on Andy as well.  His father is more laid back buddy-buddy with him whereas I am more structured and scheduled!  It can be frustrating the first day he comes back to me after being at his father's but we try our best!

With Mckenzee the feelings are a little bit different.  I am frustrated that the potty thing is taking us so long to do but with the different schedules we all have it is hard to be consistent.  She really wants to go to school like her big brother and her cousins.  She talks about it all the time and I think she understands that she needs to be going on the potty all the time but it is hard for her to take when we bring Andy to school on Fridays and she can't go with him.  But I guess that is where me helping her learn things now comes in handy.  She will have a bit of a head start when I can finally get her in.

More about that adventure later! 

A Little Pain...A Little Worry

A little of this a little of that and the day goes on and on and on!  I spend some time thinking about my life, it's direction, and my part in it! Lately I find myself wishing for more, more money, more time, more sleep!  


Oh well what do you do?  I can sit and dream or I can take what life is gonna throw at me and do my best to make it all worthwhile.  


More Later! 

I Need A Clone

Yes you are reading that right, I NEED a clone!  I want to do so many things every day but with a lack of sleep, some health issues, and a mind that likes to race, it is hard to find the time to do all I wish I could!  I even would like to maybe have at least two clones.  I even know what I would have each clone do.

One clone would go to work, she would continue to help out my mother at her shop and keep looking for some other full or part time employment.  She would be able to work every day of the week and bring in enough money so that we would become more financially stable.

Clone number two would spend time exploring herself both artistically and spiritually.  She would complete all art projects, for self and others, as well as go back to school and get a degree of a sort.  There are a few types of degrees I would like to have so there would be some options.

Now while the clones are busy doing those things I would spend my time being a homemaker.  I would make meals and other fun foods, I would play with the kids, and I would make sure the house stayed orderly and clean.  I would make sure my children's lives are full of learning, excitement, and new experiences.  I would be the ultimate mom, making sure I made it to PTO meetings, bake sales, dance classes, football practice and all the things that my children would want to do!

Don't worry I know that I am not going to EVER be cloned but isn't it fun to think about?  You know that you have thought about it at some point in time as well.  Every parent as well as those without children have fantasized about what they would spend their time doing if they had a clone to do the things they either don't want to or have no time for!  As it is I would like to share the feelings and the memories that the Clones make should something happen to them as well so that I would not be lost with them absent.  Oh and maybe find myself a third clone so that they can spend all their time taking pictures of EVERYTHING so that I do not miss a moment!

Wow what a dream life right?!

Thanks for reading!

The Future

I will admit it...I think I would love to have another baby.  I know now is not the ideal time, due to financial, geographical, and physical issues, but I wouldn't be totally upset if I happened to conceive at this time.  In fact I would probably be very excited since a recent health issue made me think that maybe another baby was not ever going to be possible.  However I am not currently trying to get pregnant or anything like that I am just not gonna freak out if I happen to get pregnant.  Which is probably way more than I can say for those around me when/if it happens. 

Now lately I have been wondering what it would feel like to be pregnant again.  This time I would have to explain to Mckenzee about how a new brother/sister would be coming into the family.  Last time it was just little Andy who was turning three the month before little Mckenzee was born.  Mckenzee now turns three next month.  I do not know how she would react to it.  I worry that maybe she would not be receptive and maybe be angry about not being the littlest anymore but there is just no telling.  I guess I will burn that bridge when/if I come to it!  Honestly if it wasn't for the constant breast pain, knee issues, and problems with my monthly I wouldn't even be thinking about another child, but it seems that some of these issues are clearing up and I am wondering if it is because I AM pregnant of just good luck! 

I would love to have another little girl too, I think Mckenzee would love her so much it might make Andy jealous!  My little princess is all girl with not so girly tendencies. She knows how to get all dressed up and like her hair all combed and made "pretty" and will still go jump in the nearest mud puddle, but I think it would be great for her to have a little sister to play tea parties with and sing and dance with, and dress up with!  I would even want them to have the same pretty blue eyes and dimples as she has.  They would probably be fast friends once the baby grows big enough for Mckenzee to play with!  Then again the total opposite could happen, she could hate the new baby too! 

You know what the saddest part of this whole idea is...DJ and I have already agreed on the next girl baby's name.  She will be called Emylee Rose.  However if I ended up getting pregnant with a boy the name is still in a bit of an issue since I like the name Jakob and DJ likes the name Korbyn, maybe it is destined that I will have a girl so we do not have to worry about fighting about the baby's names! 




Well either way this is not an issue right now because at this time I am not pregnant, or rather it is way to early to tell and I know that if I am I am going to have some hellfire to pay with some people around me...I am only a little scared! 

Baking to Exhaustion

Well today was an interesting day to say the least.  The so called "storm" was nothing but humidity and rain, followed by more rain! However today, for the first time, I actually helped my mother make pork pies! Now come tomorrow morning my children and I are going to be having eggs and pork pie for breakfast.  Pork pies in my family mean it is almost holiday time and that means it is almost pumpkin picking time and carving time and yummy baking time etc etc! The only real problem we had making them was my own klutzy-ness.  See as I was pulling the last one out (they were in flimsy cheap foil pans by the way) I sort of dropped about half of the pie back into the oven because the pan decided while I was holding it, to fold in half!  I was a little upset at that point!

See I wouldn't have been quite as dramatic had I not been having a bit of a tiring day to begin with.  I was so worried about getting Andy to school on time that I was awake every hour on the hour checking the time, therefore not enough sleep at all.

Then I had a very cranky Mckenzee who was not overly fond of the whole up and out of the house early concept!  Once I got some yummy yogurt in her she was a little better and my mom and I were able to get a good amount of the pies done while Andy was in school.  But then since the whole of CT thought the storm was gonna be so bad, we had to go pick him up early and that put a stop to some of our baking for a bit.  Then we picked up Andy and some more crusts and came back to whip out five more pies and some yummy festival rolls!  They came out awesome!  Then once the kids were together they spent the better part of the night getting on each other's nerves!  Even five minutes they had to be pulled apart and told to knock it off!  Ugh!

Needless to say I was stoked when bedtime came, so after having a yummy Shepard's pie dinner *Andy's Fave* and some chocolate pudding!  The kids watched Astroboy with DJ and then when Mckenzee started to fall asleep she was put to bed with her little lamb and was almost out cold by the time I left her bedroom!  Andy made it all the way through the movie then was given hugs and kisses, tucked in and looked like HE was going to pass out quick as well!

So now they are all asleep in their beds, I am ready to pass out here at the keyboard but I felt the need to update a little at least since it has been a few days and today was a weird one!  I am going to tell you more tomorrow when I have recovered a little from today!

Thank you all my faithfuls!