These pictures are a little belated. My friend Kayla, was kind enough to send me these that she took of Addi and her daughter, Meredith. I took pictures before we left for school, but when I went to upload them, they were all black.
Addi & Meredith
Addi's teacher Mrs. Elliot. After the first week of school, I approached her after school to see how Addi was doing. She said she was doing great, really social and that she was listening
and following directions? I was surprised and told her that she is kind of a handful at home, to which she responded, "Ya, I can tell." This week, on Monday, I got a call from Addi's school. It was an office lady. She explained to me that Addi had told her that I had forgotten to pack her lunch and that she was supposed to buy hot lunch. Evidently, Addi had told her teacher the same thing. So when lunchtime came, Addi got into the hot lunch line, but when she got to the cash register, she had no cash or money in her account. She explained again to the lunch lady again her "situation," so the lunch lady sent her to the office to borrow some money. Which is when I got the phone call. At first, I frantically looked all over the kitchen thinking I really did forget to put her lunch in her backpack. I knew I had packed a lunch. And it all became very clear...Addi had had a plan. Lied to three adults to try to accomplish her plan. I could hear Addi in the back ground still trying to convince the office lady she was supposed to buy hot lunch! Once we figured it out, she sent Addi back to her class to get her real lunch. Are we in for it or what?
And then there is Von. This is why I didn't even attempt to take a camera to school. This is a daily occurrence. Von thinks that he is a big kid and kicks and screams when he has to leave his sister at school. Did I mention he is 35 plus pounds? I carry him back to the car, hitting, kicking and screaming. I am counting the months until he turns three and gets over these tantrums.
I'm always looking for new activities for the kids to keep them entertained. At the gym a few weeks ago, another mom told me about skating lessons at the Fountain Valley skating rink and I thought we'd give them a try. They do a half hour of "free skate," and then a structured 30 minute lesson. I went into it knowing it could turn out great or completely tragic. Luckily, it was a little of both. This is obviously before any skating began. Don't they look so grown up?
So, Von's problem was that he wanted to RUN. And running led to falling. We eventually switched his skates to the Fisher Price ones. They were great, he could run without falling much. Although, about half way through the hour, he just decided that he was done. He sat by the front door and tantrumed until we were ready to go.
The lesson part of it was really great. By the end, and after the teacher had tightened Addi's wheels, she was able to skate without holding on to me. She ended up loving it, even though her many falls, led to many tears. We will be going back soon, once we all recuperate from a month of sickness. It seems every year we are plagued with it. We all have had a variety of the flu, sore throats, colds, coughs, pink eye, etc. I am crossing my fingers we are nearing the end of it. 
