Saturday was Dad's day at preschool. I don't bother to send a camera, he won't use it. But much to my delight, he did take some photos with his camera phone (not the best quality), but it's better than nothing. Since Steve was behind the camera, there are no photos of them together....I forgot to take one, shame on me. 
If I had a hammer.....
If I had a hammer.....Who doesn't love Pooh????
Kissing the baby doll (I don't know her name....she's on PBS)
Elise went to the doctor yesterday for her three year old checkup. Thankfully, there were NO shots needed. I was thrilled. The biggest crisis of the appointment was trying to get a urine sample. Here's the gist of that mess...
Nurse asked mama if little girl can tee-tee in the potty. Mama answers, sometimes yes, sometimes no. Mostly just no, but we'll give it a shot!
Off to the bathroom we go with the dreaded "cup". Empress Elise gladly disrobes (I had to convince her that she did not need to take her top off the bottoms and socks were plenty!), and gets on the potty. Mama explains what the cup is for and she thinks it's a grand idea.
Let me digress for a moment....Elise likes to sit on the potty for a very long time without producing any kind of result. It's very frustrating and I should have taken this into consideration. I have to remove the TP and tell her that she can only have it if she "produces" something. HA! I actually walk away and leave her there. She will eventually come and get me to announce that she is finished or I just shut down the entire project. I'm not all about pushing the potty training. I would rather her tell me when she is ready....but when she says, "I go tee-tee!" I should listen, right???? HA! Not Empress Elise! Sitting on the potty is some type of sporting event for her.
So you get the picture....after waiting an appropriate amount of time and me being tired of sitting in a semi-public bathroom, I decided to cease the activity. Well, Empress Elise was not happy with this decision and voiced it rather loudly. So loud, that the nurse thought I was forcing her to tee-tee in the cup and rapped on the bathroom door informing me that they didn't need a "sample". Well DUH....she told me that before I went into the bathroom and if you know me well enough, you know I rarely if ever let anyone push me into something that I don't want to do.
After the "tee-tee" drama we went back to the exam room. Elise weighs 33 pounds and is 36 1/2 inches tall. We didn't get a feel about her language since Elise wouldn't talk to the doctor. The jury is still out on whether she is behind on not. My gut tells me that she is behind, but I don't know by how much. I know she doesn't qualify for services through the school system, but I think she would definitely benefit from some type of speech therapy. I am looking into the schools evaluating her, but they have not responded to my inquiry.
This weekend is Tucker's District Wrestling meet, on Sunday. We went into this event with the attitude that it would be like wrestling camp. We knew that there were at least three boys that were going to compete that had beat him this year (he lost four matches), so it would be a good learning experience for him. This would be great for me since I wouldn't be all torqued out of shape worrying about him winning....not saying that my expectation would be low, just realistic. WELL.....I logged on today to check out the entries and everyone of the boys that beat him this year are wrestling in a higher weight class, that totally changes his chances of placing for the better. HOLY COW!!!! Where's that medication....I'm gonna need it now! So much for a relaxing weekend of wrestling! I'll let you know how the weekend turns out.
It's crappy weather here....no school again tomorrow due to weather...too much ice! Hopefully it will improve but I don't think it's going to...heaven help us all. You can't even sled in this weather because it's not snow, just ice. That turns a sled into a speeding bullet, something I don't want to experience since the Urgent Care is too far away in this weather :-)!
Blessings,
Kim
Nurse asked mama if little girl can tee-tee in the potty. Mama answers, sometimes yes, sometimes no. Mostly just no, but we'll give it a shot!
Off to the bathroom we go with the dreaded "cup". Empress Elise gladly disrobes (I had to convince her that she did not need to take her top off the bottoms and socks were plenty!), and gets on the potty. Mama explains what the cup is for and she thinks it's a grand idea.
Let me digress for a moment....Elise likes to sit on the potty for a very long time without producing any kind of result. It's very frustrating and I should have taken this into consideration. I have to remove the TP and tell her that she can only have it if she "produces" something. HA! I actually walk away and leave her there. She will eventually come and get me to announce that she is finished or I just shut down the entire project. I'm not all about pushing the potty training. I would rather her tell me when she is ready....but when she says, "I go tee-tee!" I should listen, right???? HA! Not Empress Elise! Sitting on the potty is some type of sporting event for her.
So you get the picture....after waiting an appropriate amount of time and me being tired of sitting in a semi-public bathroom, I decided to cease the activity. Well, Empress Elise was not happy with this decision and voiced it rather loudly. So loud, that the nurse thought I was forcing her to tee-tee in the cup and rapped on the bathroom door informing me that they didn't need a "sample". Well DUH....she told me that before I went into the bathroom and if you know me well enough, you know I rarely if ever let anyone push me into something that I don't want to do.
After the "tee-tee" drama we went back to the exam room. Elise weighs 33 pounds and is 36 1/2 inches tall. We didn't get a feel about her language since Elise wouldn't talk to the doctor. The jury is still out on whether she is behind on not. My gut tells me that she is behind, but I don't know by how much. I know she doesn't qualify for services through the school system, but I think she would definitely benefit from some type of speech therapy. I am looking into the schools evaluating her, but they have not responded to my inquiry.
This weekend is Tucker's District Wrestling meet, on Sunday. We went into this event with the attitude that it would be like wrestling camp. We knew that there were at least three boys that were going to compete that had beat him this year (he lost four matches), so it would be a good learning experience for him. This would be great for me since I wouldn't be all torqued out of shape worrying about him winning....not saying that my expectation would be low, just realistic. WELL.....I logged on today to check out the entries and everyone of the boys that beat him this year are wrestling in a higher weight class, that totally changes his chances of placing for the better. HOLY COW!!!! Where's that medication....I'm gonna need it now! So much for a relaxing weekend of wrestling! I'll let you know how the weekend turns out.
It's crappy weather here....no school again tomorrow due to weather...too much ice! Hopefully it will improve but I don't think it's going to...heaven help us all. You can't even sled in this weather because it's not snow, just ice. That turns a sled into a speeding bullet, something I don't want to experience since the Urgent Care is too far away in this weather :-)!
Blessings,
Kim
3 comments:
OH MY! That Pooh is awesome!!!
Katie Lin just wants to..."SEE POOH"
Photos are cute of Elise. Are you letting her hair grow out. I am trying to let AC's grow. It is so thin. I saw OH on the news regarding your weather. It is a mess up there. I hope the roads clear soon for you.
Lisa
YYes, Pooh is awesome and Elise lays all over him. He's been in the nursery for some time, so it's obvious they just brought him back to the toddler room and she is getting her "fill" of him.
I am letting her hair grow out, but it is so thin. She needs to get a trim, so that's right around the corner.
HOLY COW...there was just a big "crack" outside. I'm sure something fell off the house since it's riddled with an inch or so of ice!!!! Sorry, digressing...
Weather here stinks, it's cold (I brought in the brass monkey) and icey. NO SCHOOL AGAIN TOMORROW!!!! I CAN'T TAKE IT!!!! THREE DAYS WITHOUT SCHOOL....I NEED MEDS! Just kidding. I love my kids. I made one of them go to the gym today and run on the treadmill for 30 minutes.
Hope everyone is having better weather. We can't go sledding since your sled becomes a "Superman Bullet" on these icey surfaces.
Kim
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