I thought I'd update the blog! And yes, I am waiting for my bank to call me back. Apparently, some suspicious charges have been made "at a school" with my card. And while I do give LOTS of my money to my daughters' schools, this money I did not give. Should be fun! Anyways.... time to do some catching up. These pictures are a little Celia heavy, but that is because she is typically the one doing crazy stuff. Like dumping cereal on the floor this morning, on purpose, or biting everyone just because she can. You know, fun stuff. Here you can see she is riding on Maia's back during dance class. She is also going to be a war correspondant when she grows up, because she likes to carry a pen and paper wherever she goes suddenly, because that's just what you do. She draws teeny tiny circles on the paper, and it looks a great deal like cursive. Maybe she'll be an early writer! And we also have the classic, "Look,Maia filled my playhouse up with toys while I sat here and now I can't get out!" shot. I did toss on in of Sophia and her friend at school today during recess. For months now she has guilt tripped me about not having lunch with her at school. I have tried to explain, "It's not that I don't want to, but I don't want to take Maia, who I know would be good but super slow, and Celia, who I know would be horrid and humilate me in front of people I'm going to know for at least the next 12 years of my life." So, today my cousin watched Mo and C and I had lunch with Miss Sophia. She was so jazzed about it. After lunch was recess, so I watched that for a bit. They have started a walking club, where the kids walk, skip or run for a few minutes every day, to be sure they are exercising. They are promising if they do it for a certain amount of time, they get a charm for their backpack. Which is good, because lots of girls just sit and talk during recess. I know I did. Unfortunately, it's not mandatory. A little girl that lives down the street who just loves me for some reason did it today for the first time while I was there, and was worn out by it. I told her I was proud of her, and if she kept it up, she would get better and better and healthier too. Her reply, "and I'm fat, so I need to do it to get skinny." I was horrified! She is a bit pudgy, but that is just sad. So I told her she was beautiful, and that the whole point of exercising is to get healthy, and being skinny is just a side effect. It just broke my heart that at 6 she is already labeling herself as fat. The saddest part is that Sophia doesn't care for her too much, probally because she's pretty needy for love and attention, and so I don't get to have her at my home to encourage her to look at herself differently. I hate that. So while I had fun being with Sophia today, I left really sad for this girl. That's the part of parenting that I hate, seeing something like that you can't fix. I can only hope I give my girls the right tools to be healthy, both physically and emotionally, so they won't ever view themselves like that. So far, I think they are pretty happy with themselves, and they should be!
