Update…

Things have been so crazy around here, I’m finding I have little time to do anything! P&B is in full swing, school is now in full session and dance, gymnastics, birthday parties and life have kicked into high gear. Mel and I were able to have an adults only lunch date today so I could catch him up to speed with everything and just say hello.

Mary Clare is such a trooper and is definitely getting the hang of Ms. Susan’s. She and McCanless are so different. McCanless was never one of those children at Ms. Susan’s that would run up to the window and greet their mommy with a big hug and kiss. She loved it there and would usually pout to stay. I would always be jealous of those moms, but now I’m one! Mary Clare starts rocking and grunting and clapping as soon as she sees me. It is too funny. When I pick her up, she immediately reaches for her bag and wants her passy. She even begins to wave to the other children. I love it. I know she has a great time at Ms. Susan’s, (and I’m sure later on would rather stay like most kids do) but right now, she is a mommy’s girl and not even Ms. Susan compares to that! (Which is HUGE.) I feel so great about her being at Susan’s. She is so much more to us than just a babysitter. She loves our children and they love her, plus she’s lots of fun and feeds them all the time! Just like grandma’s!

Oh, and get this…Mary Clare sleeps most nights in her crib (alone) through the night! We put her down around 7 or 8, AND, we don’t even have to rock, sing, hold, sway, walk, etc, etc, etc, her to sleep. We place her in her crib and she rolls over and stays down until she falls asleep!! No more screaming, no more throwing things out of her crib, no more jumping up and down holding onto the crib rails!! She is such a happy and good baby girl and now sleeps like one! Life is good!

McCanless is enrolled in a tap and ballet class and an 8-weeks gymnastics class. I was worried about getting her involved in too many activities with full time school now, but Mel assured me that she needs this. (He should know.) We’ll try them out next week and go from there. She continues to love school and I love hearing her “stories” daily. She shows me cheers everyday that she learns from her teacher. (Ms. Chure was a HHS cheerleader and incorporates lots of cheering & songs into her daily activities. They are too funny) McCanless loves Ms. Chure and I’m beginning to hear more and more names of new pals…Anne-Dubose, Eliza, and Stella are a few I hear quite often. She loves being “a leader” for the class, and is dying to order lunch one day. I’ve been packing her lunch everyday. I promised her that Friday she could order Pizza Hut pizza from the lunch menu. She’s thrilled.

Which brings me to my duties…whew! I didn’t realize that once school started that my job would be that much harder. Only 174 more days until summer break! I love the teaching part of it all, but getting myself, McCanless, two book bags, one lunch and one snack bag out of the door by 7:30 is killing me, and that is just for McCanless and me. I’m hoping once our schedule becomes more routine, it will get easier. (Mel is also having a hard time because Mary Clare is an early riser. She wakes up when McCanless and I get up, which means Daddy can no longer sleep in. Although today they didn’t make it to Ms. Susan’s until after 10am, so I guess they are both still on summer time.)

After school isn’t easy either. We have dance once a week now and gymnastics once a week….and every other meeting, party, church activity, PTO, the list goes on and on… We even had a homework project due yesterday. (We…McCanless….. had to make a “mini-me” of herself.) I try to get the girls fed and in the bath before 7pm, which is much earlier than we are all used to…what a rat race, but really, it is so much fun. I wouldn’t have it any other way!

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