Mommy Loves Purple

This was our first full week with school and gymnastics. Preschool Tuesday and Thursday and gymnastics on Wednesday. It was a good week. Next week we have a music class at the family which is a one hour class for Sidney and an hour in a separate room for me. I am not sure what the parents do but it should be fun for her.

We had a fun week getting into our new routine. Sid loves school, gym is still her favorite and thankfully the last part of the day so she always leaves with a big smile on her face and is so eager to go back. She is learning her friends names and always reports who cried and missed their moms. Usually it is Gage and Eric. When I ask her if she cries or misses her mom she say "NO! I love school."

At home we are still doing lots of school stuff. Sidney is learning to recognize the numbers 1 - 5 and now knows the letter A as well as S, I, D, and X and O. She taught herself X and O! After telling me how much she LOVES Diego we started a field journal of all the wild animals we see around our house. The first animal was a fox we saw across the street and tomorrow we will add the Canada Goose. We colour and decorate a picture of the animal and I do a little write up about them. Next week we are going to work on saying the alphabet without singing it and to do some more work on her writing skills. She loves crafts but gets frustrated trying to colour. Colouring should be fun!!!!! I also bought some silicone muffin tins to start sorting buttons, or our large paperclips by size and colour.

Ken has had a busy week at work but has still found time for bedtime stories, Siddy cuddles and a special lunch meeting with us at McDonald's today. We LOVE daddy, he's the best! My weekend house league hockey has started and my competitive hockey starts on the 18th. Ken's parents are thinking of coming home so it will soon be time for Ken and his dad to start working on the plane again too.

The foster dog is still here and driving us crazy. He is a sweetheart but into everything. He is very slowly learning manners but now that his hips feel better he is an Airedale through and through. All three dogs are suffering from ragweed allergies but the rain this week has been great for keeping the pollen down.

We have a relaxing weekend planned at home. If it stops raining we might even close up the pool for the year. The south bound geese and rain means fall is here!