Catching Up
Thursday, February 18, 2010 by Amy
Wow, my blog is still here, not marked as abandoned!
Riley has been feverish, but no other symptoms. I had to pick her up from school yesterday half-way through. On Wednesday, no less, the day when both girls are all-day with art class tagged on to the end. Ugh. But her fever was 104 and the teachers were kind of freaking out. I told them that a spike of 104 or 105 is not unusual for Riley. Just a sign of her immune system working, doesn't mean she's sick, just fighting something off so she doesn't become sick. Immune systems are funny. Mine works by knocking me out and making me sleep, and I won't get sick if I listen. Riley's burns off whatever she's got, and she will come out of the fever and not get sick. Of course, all this happens a week or two after Avery has weaned. I wonder how the next illness with affect her.
Speaking of weaning, Avery's still weaned. It's so weird, though, because she was obviously not ready. If she wakes in the middle of the night, she screams and cries that she wants to nurse, so I ask her if she wants to try, and she says no, that it doesn't work anymore. Ugh. Poor kid!
I think Riley is hitting an intellectual growth spurt. All she wants to do is "school work." Not a problem. We started the Singapore Math, and as I suspected, it's a tad too easy for her. Actually, way too easy :) I think there may be something in the second half of the first grade curriculum that's new to her, and I want to do it all in order, so we'll stick with the first half of the first grade curriculum and just go through really fast. She did seven lessons in one day before I stopped her. Doing handwriting work is like pulling teeth, oh my goodness, SO not easy for her! And as a handwriting freak, I WILL NOT have a child with sloppy handwriting! LOL I will not! I think that because she really does truly love writing, she just doesn't want to stop or slow down and learn the mechanics of it. I also bought her some work on consonant blends, and she knew them all. Oops, didn't know she knew that. I also got her a book on non-fiction comprehension where she reads a short non-fiction excerpt and answers questions about the reading. She didn't have a problem with the reading, but was a little intimidated by the look of the book, but had very few problems doing the actual work. She lacks a bit in the self-confidence area.
Avery is so strange. I heard her counting up to 29 the other day. She also said that something was "fifty-six" and was correct. Hmmm. She also wrote my name on a picture, saying that she had seen it written somewhere, so she knew how to spell it. And Avery's handwriting is VERY neat (be still, my heart!) especially considering how she continues to hold a pencil/marker. She knows all her letters and the sounds they make. She was just randomly writing yesterday, saying she wanted to practice her ABC's, without me asking or prompting her. Oh, goodness, though, how perfectionist Avery is!! I mean, it really does handicap her in some areas, it's that bad. Ugh.
It looks like we have a home for our guinea pigs for when we move. The school's guinea pig died on Friday from a huge tumor (the other guinea pig died last year, I think). The director said that they would be interested in taking our pigs after a natural mourning period for Sammy. Nice! Riley's on the fence about it, sometimes loving the idea, sometimes hating it. We'll see how it all pans out.
Riley starts ice skating lessons at her school in a week or two. I need to get her skates by them. I'm just so wishy-washy about which I want for her. She wants pink ones. I went to Play it Again Sports and got myself a pair of cheap beater skates for myself at an awesome price. They didn't have anything good for little girls. I'll probably just end up getting her white figure skates. Meh, who knows? I promised her skates for her birthday, so I need to produce them soon! The director said that they needed to be figure skates, not hockey skates, but I don't know if she means a figure skating blade. I like the recreational skates with more support than figure skates. I don't know...
Riley has been feverish, but no other symptoms. I had to pick her up from school yesterday half-way through. On Wednesday, no less, the day when both girls are all-day with art class tagged on to the end. Ugh. But her fever was 104 and the teachers were kind of freaking out. I told them that a spike of 104 or 105 is not unusual for Riley. Just a sign of her immune system working, doesn't mean she's sick, just fighting something off so she doesn't become sick. Immune systems are funny. Mine works by knocking me out and making me sleep, and I won't get sick if I listen. Riley's burns off whatever she's got, and she will come out of the fever and not get sick. Of course, all this happens a week or two after Avery has weaned. I wonder how the next illness with affect her.
Speaking of weaning, Avery's still weaned. It's so weird, though, because she was obviously not ready. If she wakes in the middle of the night, she screams and cries that she wants to nurse, so I ask her if she wants to try, and she says no, that it doesn't work anymore. Ugh. Poor kid!
I think Riley is hitting an intellectual growth spurt. All she wants to do is "school work." Not a problem. We started the Singapore Math, and as I suspected, it's a tad too easy for her. Actually, way too easy :) I think there may be something in the second half of the first grade curriculum that's new to her, and I want to do it all in order, so we'll stick with the first half of the first grade curriculum and just go through really fast. She did seven lessons in one day before I stopped her. Doing handwriting work is like pulling teeth, oh my goodness, SO not easy for her! And as a handwriting freak, I WILL NOT have a child with sloppy handwriting! LOL I will not! I think that because she really does truly love writing, she just doesn't want to stop or slow down and learn the mechanics of it. I also bought her some work on consonant blends, and she knew them all. Oops, didn't know she knew that. I also got her a book on non-fiction comprehension where she reads a short non-fiction excerpt and answers questions about the reading. She didn't have a problem with the reading, but was a little intimidated by the look of the book, but had very few problems doing the actual work. She lacks a bit in the self-confidence area.
Avery is so strange. I heard her counting up to 29 the other day. She also said that something was "fifty-six" and was correct. Hmmm. She also wrote my name on a picture, saying that she had seen it written somewhere, so she knew how to spell it. And Avery's handwriting is VERY neat (be still, my heart!) especially considering how she continues to hold a pencil/marker. She knows all her letters and the sounds they make. She was just randomly writing yesterday, saying she wanted to practice her ABC's, without me asking or prompting her. Oh, goodness, though, how perfectionist Avery is!! I mean, it really does handicap her in some areas, it's that bad. Ugh.
It looks like we have a home for our guinea pigs for when we move. The school's guinea pig died on Friday from a huge tumor (the other guinea pig died last year, I think). The director said that they would be interested in taking our pigs after a natural mourning period for Sammy. Nice! Riley's on the fence about it, sometimes loving the idea, sometimes hating it. We'll see how it all pans out.
Riley starts ice skating lessons at her school in a week or two. I need to get her skates by them. I'm just so wishy-washy about which I want for her. She wants pink ones. I went to Play it Again Sports and got myself a pair of cheap beater skates for myself at an awesome price. They didn't have anything good for little girls. I'll probably just end up getting her white figure skates. Meh, who knows? I promised her skates for her birthday, so I need to produce them soon! The director said that they needed to be figure skates, not hockey skates, but I don't know if she means a figure skating blade. I like the recreational skates with more support than figure skates. I don't know...
You can get a soft souled boot with a figure blade. Also, if you can get her sized professionally, they'll last you longer. I was totally wrong about Abby's skate size when we got her fitted. We ended up with a pair of Jacksons' Glacier which have great ankle support, much more than my vinyl Lake Placids.