Skylee also started Church Choir/Cubbies beginning of August.
In choir, so far they have learned "God is so good to me" and some creation song about all the animals God created. :)
In cubbies, Skylee has learned 1 John 4:8 God is love, and Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. I'll have to post a video of her singing them; priceless.
She told me the other day a little boy in the cubbies class drank paint water. She thought it was so gross and silly. Love it.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Pocahontas
Skylee is growing bigger, smarter, more beautiful, and especially, more talkative. :)
The other night she grabbed her Tracing Letters/Words booklet, and spent over an hour in her room working hard; she loved it! We have been tracing everything! Now that she has learned how to correctly hold a pencil/crayon, her dexterity has improved drastically overnight. Coloring in the lines, painting pictures, tracing words...I love watching her grow.
Beginning of August Caleb switched jobs from AT&T to Best Buy, and we found ourselves with a week off work! So, we ventured up to Indy to visit my mom for her birthday. We had a perfect mini-vaca. Skylee is always a joy on long roadtrips...really! (She is just so easy!)
August 3, 2011, after a 9 hour drive home, I found out I'm pregnant!
Skylee is so proud to tell everyone she knows (and doesnt) that she is going to be a big sister. We talk about the baby everyday in little ways.
Skylee asked me this morning if she can feed the baby cereal in the mornings. She always wants to teach the baby how to paint. :)
She wants a baby sister, but she told me we won't know until it grows eyelashes.
I am between 9 and 10 weeks along..so far the due date is March 31.
We are so excited to have another little addition to our family!! I really cannot imagine anything more happy than another baby to love, and a little sibling for Skylee.
Skylee started gymnastics this morning. She really likes ballet, LOVES tap dance, but gymnastics is her favorite. There is only one other little girl in her class-- Ruth (they took gymnastics together in the summer).
Since Caleb started with Best Buy, we have become Michaels junkies (it's right next door to Best Buy). Two or three times a week we browse for cheap crafts and inspiration. We picked up a water coloring kit last week, and it has been a huge success. Skylee is very determined to always use every single color at least once, so her pictures turn out especially colorful.
Oh! And Pocahontas. We have been listening to the Pocahontas soundtrack non-stop in the car, and I caught Skylee singing along yesterday. In the song, the pilgrims sing "Savages, savages." in the scene before John Smith's supposed death. Well, Skylee has interpreted this as "sandwiches, sandwiches." Tehee. :) Makes me giggle everytime I hear it.
The other night she grabbed her Tracing Letters/Words booklet, and spent over an hour in her room working hard; she loved it! We have been tracing everything! Now that she has learned how to correctly hold a pencil/crayon, her dexterity has improved drastically overnight. Coloring in the lines, painting pictures, tracing words...I love watching her grow.
Beginning of August Caleb switched jobs from AT&T to Best Buy, and we found ourselves with a week off work! So, we ventured up to Indy to visit my mom for her birthday. We had a perfect mini-vaca. Skylee is always a joy on long roadtrips...really! (She is just so easy!)
August 3, 2011, after a 9 hour drive home, I found out I'm pregnant!
Skylee is so proud to tell everyone she knows (and doesnt) that she is going to be a big sister. We talk about the baby everyday in little ways.
Skylee asked me this morning if she can feed the baby cereal in the mornings. She always wants to teach the baby how to paint. :)
She wants a baby sister, but she told me we won't know until it grows eyelashes.
I am between 9 and 10 weeks along..so far the due date is March 31.
We are so excited to have another little addition to our family!! I really cannot imagine anything more happy than another baby to love, and a little sibling for Skylee.
Skylee started gymnastics this morning. She really likes ballet, LOVES tap dance, but gymnastics is her favorite. There is only one other little girl in her class-- Ruth (they took gymnastics together in the summer).
Since Caleb started with Best Buy, we have become Michaels junkies (it's right next door to Best Buy). Two or three times a week we browse for cheap crafts and inspiration. We picked up a water coloring kit last week, and it has been a huge success. Skylee is very determined to always use every single color at least once, so her pictures turn out especially colorful.
Oh! And Pocahontas. We have been listening to the Pocahontas soundtrack non-stop in the car, and I caught Skylee singing along yesterday. In the song, the pilgrims sing "Savages, savages." in the scene before John Smith's supposed death. Well, Skylee has interpreted this as "sandwiches, sandwiches." Tehee. :) Makes me giggle everytime I hear it.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Music Class!
Last week, Skylee and I enrolled in Gymboree music classes. It took her half of the first class to warm up, but now she loves is. There are about 6-8 kids in our class (plus parents!), and every Thursday from 10:45-11:30 we sing, dance, and play with instruments. Today we learned a jazzy little song (with coordinating dance movements) about a trumpet player in New Orleans! Next week we are starting a 2 week series about folk music.
The class starts off with a "good morning" song, then we stand up, stretch, and wiggle all our body parts. After a few minutes of dancing, we learn a new song and sing it. After waking Mr Microphone, each kid takes a turn singing different tunes into it. We also pass a big drum around, each kid trying to keep the beat. :) That's Skylee's favorite part; she likes to drum loudly. At the end of the class, we dump out two huge containers of an assortment of instruments everywhere and play as an orchestra! Then, after the goodbye song, we're off for an hour of Open Gym in the Gymboree playzone. Slides, tunnels, trampolines, balls, obstacle courses, balance beam...the playzone has it all.
Today Skylee made a new friend: Ruby! They played the whole time vigorously. They took turns pushing each other in a wooden car, played "lion"- one chasing while one hid, made a little house under an obstacle course...and the best part is we'll see little Ruby again next week for more playing!
And an even better part..next week Daddy will be able to come to music class too!!
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Gymnastics
Skylee has been looking forward to today since a week ago when I enrolled her. Everyday she begs "Is today gymnastics?!?" Finally, today was! She picked out her 'gymnast' outfit a week ago, too, so this morning when I told her to put it on, she knew. :)
She told me yesterday she wants to take gymnastics, swimming, and piano. And I hope to spoil her in the arts! I've already enrolled her for a music class through Gymboree, and am debating between more gymnastics or ballet for the fall. We have plenty of time to decide, though.
Ms. Rebecca, the gymnastic instructor, told us Skylee and Lacey were excellent listeners! I think having a friend with them, is helping the girls to ease into a class-like structure.
Over the past few weeks, Lacey and Skylee have been inseparable. Same with Margina and me! Just about every day we have gotten together whether to relax at the pool, venture to new churches together, play dress up, watch movies..our lists go on and on. And now gymnastics!
After gymnastics, we went to J J Biello park for an hour where Skylee made another friend (Savannah), joined daddy on his lunch break, visited Grammy at school, and finally made it back home to transform my apartment into a gymnastic obstacle course.
Bicycle across the tile, under the table-now-tunnel, spin in the chair three times, somersault on the yoga mats, balance beam across the painters tape (sprawled across the carpet), climb over the pile of pillows, and finish with a few jumps on the bed.
Throughout the course, Skylee excitedly explained everything that she learned in her class this morning, and taught me what to do. ;)
We finished off the evening with the drawing game. Somebody picks a theme, and everybody draws it. Tonight Skylee chose a tree and a flower. Then, she drew a picture of Nana Velva and me with a birthday cake. Happy early birthday, Grandma Velva!
Also, last night we went to Sparkles with Lacey, Margina, and Ryan. Since Skylee got skates for her birthday, she has been anticipating using them. We stayed close to three hours and did everything. We started off skating (Skylee in between Caleb and me) until Skylee was ready for a break; then we arcade-d it up! Skylee and I are ever the arcade junkies...We used 4 tokens and won 33 tickets which we exchanged for smarties and sweet tarts. (and a spider ring!)
Next, pizza break, followed by the playground. Sparkles has an epic playground for kids; I think Skylee would be content living there. After an hour or so of playground, skating, playground, skating, we did our final rounds and headed home. While Skylee gets frustrated after a while of not being able to skate on her own, I see a lot of improvement each time we skate! And more importantly, she has the determination to keep trying. :) Yay, Skylee!!
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