This school year has really been zapping my energy. I can't even begin to explain the crazy schedule that I have to keep. Just trying to figure it all out makes me tired. Pretty soon (after Thanksgiving) I will be going to 3 schools in 4 days time. Our schedules are on a 4 day cycle (ABCD days instead of Monday through Friday). It's confusing and frustrating for those of us living it. Hopefully the school district will listen to the counselors and media specialists who seem to be living the worst of it and make some of the changes we've suggested for next year. Anyway, after school, I'm totally exhausted and do not want to devote much time to update the blog.

Brynn is talking up a storm. Her speech is much more understandable than Libby's was when she was 18 months old. (Can you believe that Brynn is 18 months old?! I can't!) She is starting to put together 2-3 word sentences. Libby already knows most of her letters but is also learning to write them, read them, the sounds they make, and words that start with each letter. She can count up to 45 (sometimes higher). Libby is starting to learn to tie her shoes - she can make the X by herself and pull that tight. She's also learning all sorts of valuable social skills. She's learning how to solve a problem when a friend says something to her that she doesn't like. She will be well prepared next year when she starts school.

Yesterday on our way home from daycare, we followed her teacher out of the neighborhood. She said, "Meagan is going home to be with her mom." Meagan is 24 and I'm pretty sure she doesn't live with her mom so I said, "Meagan is a grownup and she doesn't live with her parents anymore." Libby said, "You have to live with your parents so they will take care of you." I pointed out that Mommy and Daddy's parents don't live with us anymore. We are grown and when she is grown that she will not live with us anymore either. She got very teary and said, "I want to live with you. I will miss you." She is so very sweet, but I still want her to move out when she's older! :)


Cuddle time on the big chair.


Cozy girls! :)