Friday, June 28, 2013

The Next Taylor Swift?

Charlotte is currently writing a country song. I think. It involves a lot of "oh oh oh" and horses and cowboys. Though Matt is the one who started her and he spelled it as "oooow" which is annoying to me. Charlotte also made up her own lined paper, which is sort of hilarious. I also think I need to teach her about rough drafts and final copies, since she is getting stressed out about putting words in the wrong place.

note that the caption "title" is the largest print on the whole paper. 

Transcript of rough draft (spacing my own, spelling preserved):

"Riding Through The Town" 
Oooooow the horses run in the desert
Ooow ooow ooow
The cowboys ride on the horses
Ooow ooow ooow 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 and 8 horses
Ooow Ooow Ooow
The towns people saw the horses
and they

So far, so brilliant, right?

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Last Day of Pre-K

Today was Charlotte's last day of pre-K. It also happened to be "costume day." The kids had earned a reward, and one they had decided on was a dress-up day. Their teacher, Mrs. R, was sort of reluctant to put that pressure on everyone the last day, but one of the kids reminded the rest of the students, so she was kinda stuck.

That's okay, it gave Charlotte an excuse to dress up as a pirate again.



This year was a GREAT year for Charlotte. I think I have blogged about it before, but I was really conflicted on whether to push her into Kindergarten this year or have her do a second year of Pre-K. She needed the second year to kind of reinforce all the school rules, and to get extra PT/OT services without it disrupting her academic schedule too much, but I was worried she'd be bored. As I had predicted, she went into the school year reading a few words, and finished pre-K a proficient reader. Well, proficient for a 5 1/2 year old. But Charlotte really needed the extra time to bake. And the extra time with the low student to teacher ratio you get in pre-K. She had three amazing teachers this year who all helped her grow immensely.

Charlotte is feeling a little nervous about Kindergarten, but I know she'll nail it. How can she not? She's Superman/Captain Jack Sparrow/Super Hello Kitty/Charlotte Emily. She's my favorite superhero.


Monday, June 17, 2013

It's always weird to get back to blogging after an absence. I have read a lot of "how to blog" and "how to be a good blogger" posts/articles out there on the big internet, and a lot of them say to not apologize for an absence or acknowledge one. And I get that - unless you have a strict posting schedule it's a little silly. It gets annoying to read post after post of apology. Especially if it's someone without a big audience (hi) - then it just seems bizarre. But at the same time, this time I kind of feel I need to do some explaining.

There's been some upheaval in our lives - nothing that directly has to do with me, my husband or daughter, but two of the families that we are closest to are going through some really hard times. And being supportive friends and family members have impacted our lives. I think it's a really positive thing for Charlotte to witness. To see that when things are sad and scary we stick together, and help the people we love with whatever we can do. It's hard, it's sad, and sometimes leaves us worn out and worn thin, but it's the right thing to do and it does help.

I have lots to talk about, and lots of things to blog about, and plans (and schemes) and all those things, but I'll save those for another post.

(copied from my other blog)