My Dancing Queen

So the extra curricular activity I have enrolled my daughter in is a pre-school combination dance class, (obviously). My daughter is a wiggle worm, who has about a 2 second attention span, but I watched in amazement as for 45 minutes (the duration of the class), as she actually watched and imitated her instructors almost the entire time. I was supremely impressed, was drew the conclusion that I have a kinestetic learner on my hands, so with that knowledge, I'm going to attempt to teach her things in a much different manner. Here are some pics I snapped of her before dance class, (they're a bit all over the place, she was very excited and wouldn't stay still for very long for me. She's so amazing...

It's happened. My child is five years old. I don't know where the last five years have gone, it's really flown by. The old adage "time flies when you're having fun" is so cliche, yet things become cliche because their is some truth to it. So my baby has been an infant, a toddler, a preschooler, and now a school aged kid. All I have left to look forward to is puberty, the teen years (:::shudder:::) (which are filled with some cool stuff like sleepovers, homecoming and prom dress shopping, etc), early adulthood, and grandkids (j/k), lol. Happy Birthday sweet little girl!

Bittersweet

Today was my baby girl's first day of kindergarten.

Sure she participated in the vpk program last year, but that was only from 9am-12pm, it was only enough time for me to get a quick breakfast and an hour in the gym.

She's beginning her academic career, which is HUGE. I'm still working on mine, although it is FINALLY coming to an end, and I'm 24 years old.

Kindergarten today isn't like when I was in school. It used to be more socially oriented, and only half a day long. Now she'll be expected to begin reading, writing, and math during a 6 and a half hour long day.

On top of all that, shes only 4 year old. She'll be five on the 23rd of this month, but had she been born only 9 days later, and she wouldn't even be eligible to begin kindergarten. In case you can't tell, I'm a bit apprehensive about my baby's kindergarten readiness.

We're going to take it one day at a time, and luckily for me, 08/18/08, was a great day. Sienna really enjoyed her first day of school, and is a bit miffed at the fact that her second and third day of school have been canceled thanks to Tropical Storm Fay.

Free Rice

I found this awesome website called Free Rice. Basically you go to this site and there is a word and they want you, the visitor, to select what the word means from a list of definitions. For every word you get correct, 20 grains of rice will be donated through the United Nations World Food Program to help end hunger. Sponsors who are able to advertise on the site pay for the donated rice. So if you don't know the word, look it up on dictionary.com and answer it. While you're learning new words and expanding your vocabulary (b/c lets face it you can never know too many words), you'll also be doing a small part in the effort to end world hunger. Hows that for good karma?

http://freerice.com/index.php

"Its raining, its pouring, the old man is snoring"

Here's a questions for you, (albeit a stupid one to you the reader I'm sure), do you wear rain boots over your shoes? Or are you stuck wearing them all day. We're in our rainy season over here in sunny FL, and they have such adorable rain boots to suit every personality. When purchasing a pair, do you get your size, or do you get a bigger than usual pair to allow for shoe room??? I'm looking to invest in a pair for both my daughter and myself. Input in much appreciated :)

Fun in the sun

This summer has been an awesome one for my little lovely. Late nights, sleeping in, lots of friends available to hang out, days at the beach, splashing in the pool, and lets not forget about the fireworks! We're definitely both going to have a hard time adjusting when school starts-- I don't even want to think about it. For now we'll just relax and enjoy the rest of our incredibly laid back summer, because we may never have another one quite like this one again.

I've been advised to start a blog, that it'll be more addicting than my myspace habit. So here I am, not too sure what to write about, so I suppose I'll wait until I have something to say!