Signs of Spring

So, did you really think I was going to be able to show you daffodils sprouting? I sent Olivia out to play even with a double ear infection! Yea, I was that desperate for her to burn off some energy. She rode the bus for the first time yesterday and that went ok. First, I forgot to tell her and her cousin exactly where they were getting off at (my mistake), so they saw the house and figured they were getting dropped off right at the front door, wishful thinking. So I had to hold up the bus until they got them off the bus (which seemed like it took forever). They were clear at the back, i figured they would sit at the front, the bus carries K-4 and as we know, the bigger kids always get the back of the bus. So after talking to Olivia and telling her they should sit at the front since they are the first stop, she tells me about a "big kid" that made them move from the front cause they were in her seat. I know, i know, everyone has their seats they sit in and it's your seat and nobody else can sit in it, especially when you are the 4th grader! So she precedes to call them "boobs" when asked who was holding up the bus line, and this did not sit well with Olivia. Now understand, Mackenzie will let that stuff roll off and keep going, Olivia on the other hand would probably turn and stand her ground and call her a name back (she has no boundaries for older kids). This worries me. In all fairness she's only been in school with kids her own age and the K's are pretty much kept by their selves in school so she knows nothing of "older" kids. One thing I was very proud of her and myself was, she asked me this girl chose to use "mean words" and not make the right choice!! Some things do sink in! But as you see, she is still thinking like preschool and the world is not that nice! So, we will see how today goes, the mama in me wants to stick up for my kid with the older kids and keep her in her "safe" environment and keep all the meanies away, but that can't happen. It's a hard thing to do because you don't want nobody to be mean to your kid or you don't want them to be put in that situation where their feelings get hurt. Whoever said "the hardest thing you'll ever do is be a parent" was so very right.....

Logan's life is pretty simple and someday I will want to keep him in a bubble too, but for now, I can. I tried the cereal spoon feeding with him, and that did not go over well with him. I really didn't know if he was ready yet or not, but trying never hurts. Well, you would have thought i was trying to feed the child cow poop! Oh, the faces. But he really isn't ready yet and wanted to gag, so that ended that. Olivia was being very loud the other night and being just plain goofy and he laughed so hard at her, well that just egged her on to do it more and she thought i was the neatest thing that he thought she was sooooo funny. I had him sitting against the couch the other day and she was so amazed that he could sit like that and so excited that he was getting bigger. I love when she sees new things he's doing and she's old enough to see the progress.