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Elia Graduates Pre-School

Today Elia graduated pre-school, and there will be a separate collage for her day in a while. So when Curie graduated, the preschool sent home a letter saying to dress your child up for graduation. Erin was annoyed that they were trying to make us dress our kids up in fancy dresses and outfits, so she “dressed Curie up!”… As Superman. All the other kids were in little dresses and shirts with ties and Curie is as proud as punch in a Superman/girl shirt complete with cape and snow boots. So today, Elia was all dressed up in her fancy dress – if you don’t know, she always wears a fancy dress to school, so this was not any different except for the Jojo Shiwa bow. She looked so cute, but at the last moment, unprompted by us, she had a meltdown saying she did not want the dress and instead wanted her Wonder Woman dress. SO Curie graduated as Superman/girl, and Elia graduated as Wonder Woman, why is that so appropriate?
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Curie May 2019

For her second date, Curie chose to take a walk with Albert instead of going somewhere fancy or eating anywhere. They went to the Little Target and Safeway where he and Elia go just to see where they do go. She was excited to get Elia and see Albert’s work and then go to the little store to see what Elia’s day is like. She LOVED Albert picking her up early two Fridays in a row and getting Elia. Elia loved having Curie come get her giving her a huge hug when Curie arrived. 

While Erin was away on a trip, Alice was scheduled to come visit. Albert and the kids needed to get the house ready for her. The girls did not complain about cleaning the house for Alice and they went so far as to go get her a present. Continue reading “Curie May 2019”

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Curie April 2019

We forget how little our kids are because they are growing at their own pace and Curie is the older sister and Elia is the younger one. They will always be smaller, more petite, as Dr. Dierks likes to say. But they are growing fantastically, Curie is very creative and loves to draw, make things with Plasticine, and create. She drew a picture for her preschool friends, Natalie and Chloe, which we made copies of for them, and ever since we saw the James May Plasticine episode, Curie likes to make flowers, and soup and fire, and all sorts of things in Plasticine. She told Albert that her favorite things in school were math, art, and music. Not too bad. Continue reading “Curie April 2019”

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Elia April 2019

Elia is growing up, she is getting longer and bigger, heavier to lift, but still a little girl. She is five, and we forget how little they are until they go outside and are around other children. She is about the same as her classmates at school, but that is because she is the oldest of the children there. It is almost graduation time and it is pretty incredible. Just this month, she went to kindergarten orientation where she got to play with toys in Curie’s old room, she is ready to ride the bus, she tells people she is going to go to camp with her sister. We had Curie in preschool all the way until kindergarten started. It helps that Curie has been through this before and Curie is telling her all about what to expect at school, on the bus (Elia gets to get on first, and ride in the front seat), and after school at EMA.  Elia is so excited, and though we know she will work through the new things as we all do, we are so proud that she is looking forward to all of this rather than worrying about it. Continue reading “Elia April 2019”

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Albert and Elia at play…

This is Elia in her shooting blind two-fisting in glee at an army of Chilbi superheroes and villains. She asked for a shooting song, but said that “Sunflower” was too slow. Her shooting song? “Welcome to the Jungle…”