Update

I thought this blogging would be easy to keep up with about funny things the kids do. Well I guess I was a tad wrong. So here is a small update on the Waldron Children!

Shantel is in Kindergarten and already reading. I send her to school for 2 1/2 hrs a day for 2 months and she comes home reading...when did that happen. She is in gymnastics at the Little Gym and is such a natural. The teacher wants to put her in the advanced class. ( I am sure she tells all the kids that) I went to sign her up for the winter semester and the teacher brought it up again, so maybe we will look into it!

Kallie is in preschool. She is still our challenge. I am sure she is giving Miss Chris a run for her money, esp following Shantel. Miss Chris did say that Kallie is doing well and knows her stuff, but her attention span is limited...duh! She is starting to grasp the learning material and understanding the structure. I think this is a good thing for her. She is also in the Little Gym. She loves it and does really well too. Except for that darn attention span, she is constantly running around doing her own thing... at least she is having fun and getting exercise!

Keegan, poor guy, just gets toted around with me and forced to be good. He is such a trooper. We play with blocks and balls while the girls are in gym and he is just a monster with a large vocabulary and a mind of his own.

Zippity Do Dah

One of Gary's favorite saying to the kids is Zippity Do Dah when we want them to basically "Shut up". So the other day I was messing with Keegan giving him a hard time and he told me to "Zippity do Dah Mom." These kids pick up on everything.

Kindergarten and honesty

Today was Shantel's first day of Kindergarten and my birthday. I can't help feeling like "hey this is my day" but this is more her day than anything. What an exciting adventure for her. She is going to Park Lane Elementary instead of Granite. 1st of all because it is closer and second; we hear it is a better school.

We have been working all summer on our reading and learning the schools Big 3. Respect, Responsibility and Safety. She can tell you those without batting an eye. Her teacher is Mrs. homer and a very nice lady. She sent out a card with her picture welcoming her students to her class, Shantel thought that was great.

Well, on the way to school she was quiet sitting in the back seat and we when we got to her school I asked if she wanted me to walk her to her class. So we park across the street and walked to class. She started getting nervous, I assured her it was going to be great. As soon as she saw her teacher all her fear left and she ran to the line to go in. She was the only one with out her mom and dad there to say goodbye and I felt like the only mom that was NOT crying. I was just so excited for her.

2 hrs and 40 minutes later Gary and I (Kallie and Keegan) went to go pick her up. She came out standing in the line and was excited to see us. She told us about her great day and all the cool things that are at school (cafeteria, library, computer room, etc.) not hard to please a 5 year old.

Later that night we were talking about school and she says "you know what? Without you at school with me was fun." Ahhh got to love that honesty. I am just glad she loves school already.

Night shift and Family

As everyone knows I am working nights to save on babysitting and be home with the family during the day. It works out well for us except that we seem to be sleeping all the time.. at least it's together right? Well, this past few days I have done two nights a night off and two more nights. Kallie being the sweetie she is yesterday when I was trying to nap on the couch comes up and says "I am so glad to see you awake" if that doesn't tell you something..man. Then today she gives me a big bear huig and says "Oh, I missed you". I feel a little guilty, but now I have 4 days off with them and we are celebrating her big birthday this weekend.

Mad Cow Disease?!?!

So the kids have been taking turns being sick this week. Kallie started it off Sunday with a high fever (103.8) and saying her belly hurt. The next day a not so high fever and she said her belly broke again..meaning it started hurting again. The next day she was fine, but Keeg came down with a high fever (103.6). He never really complained of a belly ache... but what 18 month old can? so for two days he was feeling yucky. Then he starts feeling better and Shantel gets it, I am thinking man what's the deal. Must be a typical virus. So I wasn't to concerned because the other kids were fine after 2 days. Well day 2 comes and Shantel is screaming because her belly hurst so bad and now says her throat hurts. I have her open up and say Aaahhhh! Her tonsils are huge and there are a bunch of tine white dots all over the back of her throat. I think to myself....yuck it's got to be strep. So I call the doc and he is full so I get Shantel in with his partner. Well Toby our wonderful ped, snuck us in on his schedule. So we get to the office and they do a strep test. (Shantel was so brave) and what do you know NEGATIVE! What the! So Toby comes in to give us the news, looks in her throat and says, oh yeah it's not strep, it's Hand Foot Mouth. GROSS! Ok it is not the same as what the cows get, but disgusting just the same. and guess what it is a virus and you can't do anything about it. I am never going to the doctor again! Oh and the next day...Shantel was fine. Ahh the life of kids and viruses!

Shantel's words of Wisdom

I was changing Kallie's diaper today and it was VERY messy. Keegan was watching and got this look of horror at the iste of poop and couldn't stop staring at it. Shantel looks at Keeg and says.
"Don't worry Keegan, one day you'll be a dad and change a poopy butt like that."
I laughed at her wise mature words. Where does she come up with this stuff.

Kallie says the darndest things

We were having a little snack in the kitchen and Kallie holds up a pretzel and says

Look mommy it's Mickey Mouse!

She has also been into been into babbling some nonsense followed by the words Birthday Cake. I have no idea what she means by this, but out of no where or when you are yelling at her she does this. Hum, a distraction, I guess.
example:

K: Mommy!
M: What Kallie
K: lkadjfahdfkjhdfkaj a Birthday Cake!
M: Really! Wow!


Last night we had ribs for dinner. She was getting into eating the meat off the bone. She bites down and hits the bone and says "Daddy, it's hard."