She had on clothes over her leotard and tights, shoes and skirt in her backpack. She was so excited. I will confess putting her hair in a bun resulted in a few tears when I poked too hard with the giant bobby pins. But I will get better.
She loved it.
A few days later when we were walking Cloey she told me “mommy, I wish ballet was 2 days a week, the class is too short” Its only and hour and while skill wise she seems on par with the other girls who have clearly been taking for a while, she is more focused than some. I told her we would see, but that if she really liked it, we could talk about 2 days a week in the Spring.
It was so fun to see her all excited and nervous and loving it.
While walking Cloey one day we came across this beautiful hibiscus bush. We are so excited about our trip to Hawaii in February that anytime we come across something that reminds us of it we stop to talk about it.
A curious thing about Cloey is that when she is scared or sleeping her tail un-curls and lies flat down her butt, like in the picture on the right. It is so adorable. Then when she is comfortable the tail curls right back up again.
Carl and Nali are still best buds and spend most of the day on our bed cuddled together. Nali hisses anytime Cloey gets near him, but Carl is intrigued.
We let Ally try sleeping with Cloey in her bed. It was ok. The 1st night it took them a long time to get to sleep. Cloey finally passed out after about 30 minutes, but Ally was so delighted that it took her about an hour more. But the cuteness factor was almost too much. We agreed they could try on weekend nights. We’ve had mixed results.
School is back in session which means we’re back to Ally and mommy adventures on the weekend so Becky can do school work. One afternoon Ally requested a “Really big fort” so we constructed one using sheets and blankets and chairs and her mat. It was so big inside we were able to sit up and play Trouble.
She was pretty happy about it.
In Spanish class one day their homework was to play Chutes and Ladders, and they had to count out and say the numbers in Spanish. It was a teacher-made board numbered with numbers over 100 so the students practiced large numbers. Ally and I played a lot – like 5 games. I admit it I lost every time.
Ally stayed home from school sick on day 7 of school! Hopefully she will stay healthy the rest of the year. But she had a cold and a fever, so no school.
We made cookies and she said she was “so excited to eat them” but then took a tiny bite and asked to “save it for later” later never came. She never asked for the rest of the cookie or any other cookies and a week later we threw them away. Its amazing to me. And the cookies were delicious, I know, since I ate some and brought some to work.
I had explained to Ally that she would need to do her reading for the day and that she had to try and nap. A sick day wasn’t just for fun it was a day to rest and try and feel better. Here she is above reading. Soon after this she feel asleep and took a two hour nap!
After nap she watched some TV. I offered a movie, but as she often decides when she is tired or not feeling right, she chose TV shows instead. She is amazingly self aware, and when she can’t focus or knows her attention span won’t last she picks TV over a movie. I let her watch 3 shows and then she played on her Leap.ster for while. She was delighted to have Cloey snuggled in with her on the couch.
