Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from our mermaid and our workout girl! We've had a few Halloween celebrations already - at our church harvest party and the Halloween library story time earlier today. We will trick-or-treat around our neighborhood tonight and hope that everyone goes to sleep okay after that!

Playing At The Library

Yesterday after nap time we went to the library to look for some books to check out and to play. I love the library and we have a great library system in Springfield. We have several branches and all of them have story times and activities for kids, ages infant up to teenagers. We've gone to several story times the past few years and both girls really enjoy it. The libraries also have play areas for toddlers that both girls like to play at. They are good, "teaching" play areas - great for mom and kids!

My Cute Kids

I have some really cute kiddos, if I do say so myself!

Silly Me...

Each day Lucy goes to preschool she brings home a folder that has her "work" in it and a behavior chart showing if she earned a green, yellow, or red sticker for the day. She's been at preschool for a little over two months now and has come home with a green sticker each day. We are so proud of her.

One day her teachers sent home a note in her folder. I started to read it and saw the "we just want you to know..." and didn't go any farther because I got sidetracked. After reading those few words, though, I got really excited and proud thinking the rest of it would say something like "...we love having Lucy in class. She is such a joy and so full of life and energy. We just love her."

When I got back to reading the note I quickly realized that was not the case, as you can see from the note below. Instead of gushing with love for Lucy, the teachers were telling me they were having a hard time with Lucy not wanting to do her crafts because she didn't want to get messy...like messy with glue on her fingers. I had so many emotions at one time!

• Embarrassment for thinking they would send home a note saying how much they loved Lucy.
• Disappointment because it was not a note like that. 
• Fear because Lucy got a note saying she wasn't doing something right. 
• Frustration in trying to figure out how to help Lucy understand it's okay to get messy or dirty. (She is definitely not our "let's get dirty child. She can pick out a tiny spec of dirt on her finger and demand it be cleaned up.) 
• Sadness because Lucy got a "disciplinary" so-to-say note home.............

I had a good laugh at myself after a few minutes and realized that I need to chill out about this, especially considering she's in her first semester of preschool and has a long, long, long "school life" ahead of her!

An Extra Child

I guess I don't really know what else to say other than I love having little girls!