She was cracking me up with all her crazy faces during our photo shoot!
Last year Caroline wouldn't walk on the sand at all. This year she didn't love it, but would tolerate it. The picture below shows how she walked around on the sand for the first few minutes. It was like she was thinking, "just don't let it get on my hands!"
Lucky for her, her Daddy kept her happy by taking her to the lazy river most of every day!
I spent the last three weeks of June in my alternate route teaching certification class. I took the class through MAPQT and it was a wonderful program. I don't think there is anything out there that can fully prepare you to teach, but this class came as close as possible! :) I think we lucked out by having an awesome instructor, too!
The final week of class I accepted a job teaching 9th grade English at a high school about 25 miles from home. I'm thrilled but I'm apprehensive because I know I have a lot to learn and I have a tough job ahead of me. I just want to be an effective teacher and do a good job. All I can do is try my best!
I'm trying to savor these last couple of weeks before school starts. We went to the Paul B. Johnson splash pad last week and it was so fun until Caroline's sweet friend, G got bitten by fire ants. She had never been bitten before and started swelling all over her little body within 15 minutes. It was very scary! We rushed her to the E.R. because she was swelling so quickly. Thankfully, after some shots and medicine she recovered. We hope to go back to the park again this week or next (sans ants!!!).
Caroline & one of her best friends, G!
I think Caroline finally has gotten the hang of her tricycle! She has a tough time going up hill but she understands the concept now. A few months ago when she tried riding it she kept going backwards. She seems so proud of herself! Mommy is proud too! She is full of life and fills my days with laughter. I'm just in awe of what a blessing she is to us. Yesterday I told her I wanted her to stop playing in my make up drawer and she said "Are you listening to me? Do you understand?" HA! I hear her asking her baby dolls if they are listening to her on a regular basis. I guess we know what she is used to hearing me say!
I've introduced most of the princess movies to her in the last couple months. I'm in love with Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty! Caroline sometimes says "I Cinda-lella and you sleeping beauuuty!" Other times, when I call her Cinda-lella she says, "I not Cinda-lella, I Keh-line!" She has loved dressing up for quite some time now. There isn't a day that goes by that she doesn't have some fantastic get up on!
That's all I've got for now! Time to relax while I still can! ( ;
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Caroline is so grown up! She's beautiful! I hope you love your new job! I'm sure you'll make a wonderful teacher :)
To answer your question about food... oh boy, mealtimes are just stressful. With Aubrey, I make her at least taste what we're having, and she can choose to eat it or not. I don't offer her anything else unless we are eating something that I KNOW she really does hate. (I feel like she is allowed to have food preferences just like I am, but I don't go for the whole "not in the mood for what you cooked" thing.) Up until recently, I would offer Jude whatever we were eating, but if he didn't eat it, I would give him some yogurt or fruit. I've pretty much quit doing that, though, because I feel like he's old enough to understand that he has to eat what I cook now. I can't really force him to try it at this point, though, so some meals, he literally won't even take a bite. Stresses me out, but I don't know what else to do! He seems to be doing fine, and he usually eats at least breakfast and lunch ok. I've decide that I'm done offering them junk if they don't eat what I cook, though. I would rather them get hungry enough to eat healthy food than fill up on junk.
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