When I’m sitting cross-legged on the ground, Madeleine likes to crawl up to me and dive head first into my lap.
Archive for September, 2008
We “caught” Angelina and Madeleine holding hands while sitting in the side-by-side stroller today.
Angelina |
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| measurement | percentile | adj. percentile | |
| Weight | 15lb 7oz | .18th% | 1st% |
| Length | 28in | 17th% | 30th% |
| Head | 47cm | 93rd% | 95th% |
Madeleine |
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| measurement | percentile | adj. percentile | |
| Weight | 16lb 11oz | 1.5th% | 5th% |
| Length | 29in | 46th% | 75th% |
| Head | 46cm | 76th% | 85th% |
Woohoo, I got a pedicure today! My toenails are now dark purple to complement my dress for this Saturday’s wedding.
Tonight, while playing with my daughters on the floor, Madeleine and Angelina were completely drawn to them. They kept coming up to me to play with my toenails. I had to keep them from accidentally scratching it off!
When Jubilee was 2, we would read My Little People Schoolbus. It’s not just about the schoolbus, but about going to school. One page is inside the classroom.
“What’s the teacher’s name?” I would ask Jubilee.
“Mrs Woods,” she would always reply.
It turned out that Mrs. Woods was her BSF teacher. Later on, when I joined MOPS, I found out she also attended MOPS as one of the mentor moms. Over the summer, Anita (that’s what I call her!) led a Bible study that I attended. It came to be my weekly “mom break.”
Tonight, we were eating dinner and I told Jubilee that I was going to Bible study at Mrs. Woods’ home.
Jubilee brightly asked, “Is Mrs. Woods going to learn you the Holy Spirit?”
So thank you, Mrs. Woods, for learning both Jubilee and me!
I’m so excited that Mrs. Woods is teaching Jubilee again this year at BSF!
Today was the first time I took Angelina and Madeleine grocery shopping where they rode in the cart! Of course this had to be at Costco, home of the double child shopping cart. I meant to bring my camera but forgot. They loved riding in it. (I’m proud to say I was not a complete germophobe; I cleaned the cart with Clorox wipes but didn’t use a seat cover!)
I met another mom with twins and there were probably other twins at the store as well. When I told the woman this was their first time in the cart, the woman said to me, “It was a long time before we were able to get out of the house with them.” I completely understood all the stress and hard work behind that statement.
But that wasn’t me today. Today was fun!
I called Challenger again because I never received a call back from the teacher. I really wanted to learn more about Jubilee’s behavior at school. It’s just not like her to not enjoy school, whether it be a church program, academic setting, or social time.
When I picked Jubilee up, the teacher asked me why I called. I said I was concerned about her.
“Why,” she responded surprised, “she is my star student!”
So I explained I was concerned she didn’t have any friends and that I didn’t want to talk about this in front of her.
“I’ll have the director call you,” she said.
Later that evening, the director called. I learned several things:
1) Challenger accepts children as young as 2 years and 9 months.
2) Many of the students in Jubilee’s class are younger and still clingy.
3) Students that are younger are also less focused, so they’re not good at following directions, sitting down, etc.
4) There are also some students where English is not their first language.
5) Jubilee is way ahead of most of the students!
The director said she was visiting today during music time. “I don’t know which one your daughter is, but there was this one girl who was saying things like, “That’s our flag!” I described what Jubilee looked like and the director said, “Yeah I bet that was her!”
So my poor baby, okay she’s not my poor baby…but anyway, she’s having trouble socializing because she’s socially older and thus more advanced than most of her classmates! While it’s too bad she can’t be in a class with peers more at her level, they will begin separating into groups based on their abilities. The past two weeks were a time of assessment.
Ironic that Challenger is known for it’s academic challenges. But there’s no requirement to get in. Jubilee will be plenty challenged, plus she has BSF, Sunday School, and Awana to see other students on par with her. Of course the best source…she has me! (= She’ll be just fine.
Jubilee asked where dogs go when they die. I told her I didn’t know because the Bible doesn’t tell us. However, the Bible tells us where Christians go.
“For God so loved people that He gave His son Jesus, that whoever believes in Jesus, will not perish but have eternal life.”
I asked her if she wanted to become a Christian and she said yes.
So I explained to her the ABCs of how to become a Christian:
“A” is for “Admit.” Admit that you’re a sinner. A sinner is when you disobey.
“B” is for “Believe.” Believe that
“C” is for “Choose.” Choose to become a Christian!
I asked, “Do you want to do that right now.”
“After my room time,” she said.
“How about after we’re done eating our ice cream?” I suggested.
“Okay,” she agreed.
After ice cream, we went to her room where I looked at her devotional to see if it had another instruction for how to lead a child to Christ. Nothing. So we went with what I already told her.
“Do you want to become a Christian now?” I asked.
“I want you to do it first,” Jubilee said.
“Well I’m already a Christian, but I’ll show you how.”
We kneeled at her bed and went through the ABC’s again. Then, without me prompting, she repeated after me.
Me: God, I admit that I’m a sinner.
Jubilee: God, I admit that I’m a sinner.
Me: I believe that Jesus died on a cross;
Jubilee: He was in a tomb;
Me: Three days,
Jubilee: He arose! And that’s the gospel!
Me: God, I choose to a Christian.
Jubilee, God, I choose to be a Christian.
Then I explained that the Holy Spirit is now in her so now she will always know how to obey or disobey.
And that was it!