Playing Catchup

I really haven't had time to do any blogging. The girls are wonderful and sweet, but I don't get much of a break these days and at night I try to do all of the things I'm not able to do during the day. Last week things got back to normal--music class, B hanging with Gumbo at Nacho Mama's, Mall with Krista and the kids, and going to the Parenting Center with playgroup. Last Wednesday P and I met B's teachers and got to see her classroom. B immediately started playing--she went to the play kitchen, grabbed a teacup and saucer then sat in one of the mini armchairs in the corner and pretended to drink tea--and we had a feeling she was really going to like school. B's first day of school was cancelled due to Hurricane Ike. The weather was super scary. Over the weekend we hung out with the Carvilles, went to Reed's birthday party, and went swimming at Camp Pleasant then had dinner at Bee's.

B's first day was on Monday and she LOVED it! We brought her to her classroom and she didn't even look back when we left. I got to school a few minutes early to pick her up and I saw her quietly sitting in her cubby, like the other children, listening to a story. Then all of the kids lined up with their school bags--it was adorable. When she came out of her classroom she had lots to say--'Betsy sing, eat 'nack (snack). forget da fork (she likes to eat everything with a fork and I guess they don't offer forks with snack at school), jump on da steps, miss jan, miss wendy, read da books." Miss Jan said that she was great and loves to paint. I was sort of concerned because B was in her spare outift, but she had just spilled some water on her dress when she was painting. When B woke up from her nap on Monday she said, and said, "Betsy go to school tonight?" She has been singing songs that I don't know and babbling away about school for the last two days.

Last night Marme watched all 3 girls while we went to a Ducks Unlimited dinner at Galatoire's with Gumbo, Bee, and the sisters and boys. It was yummy and lots of fun. Thanks to Marme for watching the girls and thanks to Gumbo for the dinner.

This morning we went to Sadie's 4 month checkup. She weighs 14 lb, 2 oz. and is 25 1/4 inches long. She is in the 75th percentile for height and weight and her head is in the 50th percentile. She cried so hard when she got her shots, but Betsy cried even harder when she heard her baby sister get upset. We met Krista and the kids at Clearview and B ate lots of Cheetos and the kids looked at toys at Target so they could let Santa know what they want for Christmas.

News:

--B has 4 new teeth poking through bringing her grand total to 10 teeth

--The other day while P was at work B said, "Daddy watch Mickey Mouse, no Daddy watch football."

--Katie and I have the same dress except hers is black and white and mine is green and white. I had it on my bed and she said, "Katie dress." I said, "No, it's Mommy's dress." She then said, "Oh, Katie like black. Mommy like green."

--When I try to help her do anything she says, "Betsy do it!"

--B just learned at school on Monday to shake her head when she says no

--B loves to hug Sadie and asks me where she is whenever she can't find her

--Betsy is terrified of shadows. She calls shadows "the man" and when she woke up from her nap she was screaming "the man, the man!" and trembling. I held her and she kept crying and saying, "Betsy go in another room. Not in dis room. Not in dis room." It was so sad. P and I are trying to show her that shadows can be fun, but she is not buying it.

My computer is still being repaired so no pics for now. I will have a ton when I can post them again.