Friday, October 6, 2006 by Amy
Today was a really long day, and it's not even over yet. Riley has been in the worst mood since she started school. She doesn't want to come home. I think that when we get back from Maryland, I'll see about sending her for two half days and one full day. If the full day doesn't work, I'll send her for four half days. I really don't know what else to do with her, discipline-wise. She is definitely in a difficult stage, and hopefully we'll all come out of it alive. I am also feeling a weaning urge in me, like an instinct that tells me that since she's in school, she should be weaned. I am proud that I still nurse her at 2 3/4 years, but I find myself disgusted with the sensation of her nursing. Usually, I sing the ABC's and tell her that's all. The up side is that she practically knows the song. She also told me the whole Little Red Riding Hood story, exactly the way I tell it to her. It was really cute.
We went to the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center today. Riley really enjoyed it and so did Avery. They had a lot of prehistoric skeletons hanging from the ceiling and Avery gravitated towards those. The only thing that Riley didn't like was the soundtrack of dinosaur footsteps. She kept saying, "a dinosaur is coming!" Riley also really enjoyed the dinosaur magnets, making several of her own strange-looking dinosaurs. Of course, Riley's absolute most favorite part was the gift shop.
So the girls both took a nap when we got home, at about 3:30pm, so they will be up for a while yet. And the house is an absolute mess and I probably will crash with the girls, so no real hope of cleaning it tonight.
I put a whole butt-load of books on hold at the library about teaching Montessori in the home, so I can't wait for them to come in. I think that maybe Riley needs more structure at home. They say that kids like that, although I can't understand why.
Oh yeah, when we were in Woodland Park at the Dinosaur place, we saw a very strange truck parked on the road. It was a Toyota 4Runner with a plastic pipe running out of the engine and up the side of the car like a snorkel. Apparently so it could go completely under water. People in Colorado take their play very seriously.
