Yesterday in general was not a good day for Ms. Kaylee. Caught her trying to turn the fireplace on and scribbling all over Emily's homework.
The good news is that in last weeks soccer game, she neither tried to run off the field, or started crying like she did in her first game! She actually appeared to be enjoying herself and just ran up and down the field with a big smile on her face. Here she is in that first game:
Emily
Emily started 1st grade! The girl LOVES school and can't wait to go every morning. Teachers love her too.,,they are going to be in for the shock of their life if they get Kaylee after they have already taught sweet Emily.
1st day of school
Emily is in dance (hip hop) and soccer. Up until last week, I didn't hold out much hope for her being a great soccer player, I thought dance was her forte. That is until she scored FOUR goals and brought her team back from behind! The U6 kids just run up and down the field screwing around and all of a sudden the U7 girls GET IT and the soccer games are actually REALLY exciting and not just funny! Jesse said he enjoyed my reaction watching her score those goals more than the actual game itself. I was QUITE excited. Let's hope that fire in her continues ;).
Oh, anyone have any brilliant ideas on how to teach a kid to ride a bike without training wheels? Is it just something they all of a sudden GET? Or does it take a ton of practice? Emily still is not there yet, but she is a little old to be riding with training wheels!
Presley started Preschool. The first two weeks we had to pry her off of our legs to get her to go, but yesterday she went with no tears! Definetly different than Emily and Kaylee who are SO independent and have never met a stranger. They had no problems ever going to school or even getting on a big yellow school bus with a bunch of strangers. Here are the kiddos waiting for Emily's school bus (Damn those Robinsons! Bringing down the property value with all those half naked kids running around!
Here she is playing with the neighbors worms. They have a worm garden in their garage... I think it because they like to fish.
Jude. Sweet baby Jude. Terrible Twos. Enough said.
And one last picture. Presley and Jude playing hide n go seek. They hide here about 9 out of 10 times.
Emily started 1st grade! The girl LOVES school and can't wait to go every morning. Teachers love her too.,,they are going to be in for the shock of their life if they get Kaylee after they have already taught sweet Emily.
1st day of school
Oh, anyone have any brilliant ideas on how to teach a kid to ride a bike without training wheels? Is it just something they all of a sudden GET? Or does it take a ton of practice? Emily still is not there yet, but she is a little old to be riding with training wheels!
Presley started Preschool. The first two weeks we had to pry her off of our legs to get her to go, but yesterday she went with no tears! Definetly different than Emily and Kaylee who are SO independent and have never met a stranger. They had no problems ever going to school or even getting on a big yellow school bus with a bunch of strangers. Here are the kiddos waiting for Emily's school bus (Damn those Robinsons! Bringing down the property value with all those half naked kids running around!
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Ok, so we had the same issue with Lindsey and I was killing myself running beside her. I found a technique that worked in 2 afternoons. All you do is lower the seat so she can have her feet flat on the ground while sitting on the seat. Take her to the top of a slight incline, we used our driveway. Have her lift her feet just enough to start coasting. Shell slowly coast down, and she can put her feet down if she gets nervous or is about to wipe out. I waited at the bottom and caught her. We did that for 2 afternoons (driveway and then a sidewalk) and she was good to go.
ReplyDeleteTracy, were you standing on the toilet to get that last picture?
ReplyDeleteWhen Robbie was three he had a "run away" with the ball moment. We cheered with much excitement until he kicked the ball past the goal and continued kicking it into the woods. Cheers turned to laughter and precious memories. Ahhh, those days...they'll be here again soon through Jack (& Jude & Jayce....) Can't wait!
i learned to ride going around and around a cul-de-sac. it just seemed easier that way - maybe it was b/c i could put one foot down like Robo said. oh, and my mom promised me a pair of roller skates if i learned to finally ride my bike. 'nuff said . . .
ReplyDeletefunny post T! I taught two kiddos how to ride their bikes back when I was 12 years old and all I remember was running behind them holding the back of the seat and then would let go and they were off.
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