Wow - I haven't blogged in 12 days. I've been busy with life I guess.
Life is going to get even more super busy over the next few months due to lots of birthdays, soccer games and Bri's finishing up with elementary school.
So what's been going on?
Bri is looking super grown up lately. That's a bit crazy.
Bri is looking super grown up lately. That's a bit crazy.
Briana spends a lot of time facetiming her friend Maisie and playing Minecraft with her. They love spending this time together. I wish we lived closer so the girls could see each other in person more often, but this is a good alternative...
A few weeks ago, I did finally bring Bri over to see Maisie to they could spend some quality time together in person (even if they were still online. ;-D ) I also got to catch up with my friend Lisa, so that is always nice too...
When we left Maisie's house, Bri and I realized we were getting hungry. We stopped at a little Italian restaurant for dinner that I used to enjoy going to when I used to live in that area...
She and I split a bowl of pasta and had a girl's dinner date...
One weekend evening, Doug, Bri and I had a nice dinner...
Then we took Bri to the bookstore. She LOVES the bookstore. My kid loves to read. My kid that hated to read just a few years ago now reads at a 7th grade level. Truly blessed...
She and I watched "Sing" together one night. I missed seeing it with Doug and Bri back in December when I was sick, so we bought it and I got to watch it. What a fantastic movie...
And Bri and I watched the Kid's Choice Awards together one evening too. I may sound very old, but the music that was performed that night on the show was horrible. Just horrible. I honestly don't think Bri was impressed by the music either, but she liked the rest of the show...
Bri had spring pictures taken at school a couple of weeks ago. She of course had running club in the afternoon that day, so she had a pretty blouse on top and running club gear on the bottom...
Doug saw this awesome soccer shirt at Dick's Sporting Goods and just had to buy it for Bri. She loves it...
Bri wore green for St. Patrick's Day...
Bri had her 6 month dental checkup last week - no cavities and no problems at all. We stopped for some pizza after to celebrate...
Miss B had an oral presentation to do for her 4H class at school last week. Pandas were her subject (no surprise there!). She did an amazing job...
She got in front of everyone and spoke slowly and clearly. So proud...
It was funny that all the kids in the class were explaining to the 4H teacher (she only comes once a month to school) how obsessed Bri is with pandas. I guess B makes it pretty well known. ;)
I finally broke down and downloaded snapchat on my phone. Bri and I have had some fun playing with it...
I finally broke down and downloaded snapchat on my phone. Bri and I have had some fun playing with it...
And yesterday, I went to Bri's final conference in elementary school. She did a bit of a sad face for me for this pic...
She is doing amazing, so that is always good news.
I'm a bit nervous about middle school for her of course - academically and socially. Bri's Venture teachers recommended that I sign Bri up for 4 advanced classes in middle school. I have heard the honors classes are pretty tough, and we all know Bri loves to study - not. I just had an issue with her being a bit lazy on a writing assignment.
I referred to this assignment as the "very, very, very" paper. She had to write a paragraph - at least six lines. She wrote five lines. And only two of the lines were really worth anything. It made me immediately think of a scene from the movie "Summer School" (the students had to write a 100 word essay; half their paper was filled with "verys")...
Doug felt the way she ended the paper was more like this...
She literally wrote that.
I obviously made Bri redo the paper. And it was "very, very, very" much better the second time around.
Bri is used to a lot of (not all though) things coming easy to her. So, academically she will really have to step it up in middle school being in these classes. I am nervous for her and I'm worried about my decision. Only time will tell. And as for the social part, I just hope she survives any "mean girl" situations she may come up against.
The spring soccer season finally started back up too...
Too much to talk about regarding soccer on this post, so more on that in my next post.
So that is my catch up. I'm bracing for the months of April and May. I have a feeling they will be doozies!
I'm a bit nervous about middle school for her of course - academically and socially. Bri's Venture teachers recommended that I sign Bri up for 4 advanced classes in middle school. I have heard the honors classes are pretty tough, and we all know Bri loves to study - not. I just had an issue with her being a bit lazy on a writing assignment.
I referred to this assignment as the "very, very, very" paper. She had to write a paragraph - at least six lines. She wrote five lines. And only two of the lines were really worth anything. It made me immediately think of a scene from the movie "Summer School" (the students had to write a 100 word essay; half their paper was filled with "verys")...
Doug felt the way she ended the paper was more like this...
She literally wrote that.
I obviously made Bri redo the paper. And it was "very, very, very" much better the second time around.
Bri is used to a lot of (not all though) things coming easy to her. So, academically she will really have to step it up in middle school being in these classes. I am nervous for her and I'm worried about my decision. Only time will tell. And as for the social part, I just hope she survives any "mean girl" situations she may come up against.
The spring soccer season finally started back up too...
So that is my catch up. I'm bracing for the months of April and May. I have a feeling they will be doozies!
