Evaluation

We had Rylee's first parent/teacher meeting this week at her day school. I love the fact that they do this! It makes me feel like they really care about the kids education and development and are not just "watching" them like some child care facilities. Basically Rylee's teacher went over tests that they did at the beginning of the year and compared them to the same tests done recently. Overall she did fantastic. She counts to 18 on her own without any mistakes, can recognize all but about 6 letters of the alphabet. When the teacher showed Rylee the letter "T" she couldn't say that it was a "T" but she told her it was what "Tucker" started with. That made me laugh. I was like "yea, um that would be our dog". ha ha She knew all colors and shapes and was satisfactory in all coordination, language, social, emotional, physical, auditory and visual categories! Her teacher said under comments " Rylee has shown vast improvement academically & socially. I am very proud of her. She listens in class and follows instructions well. She is ready for Pre-K". :)

Parker is getting 2 bottom teeth now. He doesn't seem too phased by it but he knows they are there. I notice him doing different things with his tongue as if he realizes something is there that wasn't there before. He is not overly consistent with his night sleeping patterns. It is either up at 2:30, 3, 5:30 or 6:30. UG I am SO READY for him to just sleep through the night on a normal basis. The problem is he gets tired around 6:30 and if I put him down for a cat nap he just sleeps through until 2am or so. He will have a bottle and go back down until 7am. This isn't that big of a deal but I need to figure out how to have him nap from like 3 to 5pm so he can go to bed closer to 8:30. It is very hard to "plan" his naps when 3 days out of the week we have to leave the house twice to go drop off/pick up Rylee from school, not to mention I HAVE to run errands while she is there. This is not something I can just not do just so we can be home and he can sleep at the same exact time everyday in his crib. The books say to do it but it is very UNREALISTIC! SO my point is that when I am in the car I can not control him falling asleep so when we get home he is already napped and up ready to play. The timing is all OFF. Sounds silly but it makes or breaks the day and it is much more challenging than it appears! Anyway Parker is all over the place via army crawl or his walker. He LOVES his walker and follows me all over the house. It is so dang cute!!! I can just hear the rollers on the tile while he explores the house. I can't believe he is so good at it.

I was vacuuming the other day and he was actually chasing the vacuum cleaner. VERY different from his big sis who still runs and hides when I turn it on.

Lots of stuff to talk about

Rylee has been so amazing. I feel like I have so
many funny stories and things to brag about. First off all she is really into writing every one's name. She can write the names of all of the members of our family including Tucker all by herself! I didn't realize 3 year olds could do this. I am very impressed. She can also list all the cities that all of her friends and family live in. She knows that her friend Cole lives in Spring, Addi in Katy, Poppy in Comfort, ect. She knows our neighborhood name and street we live on. Again, very impressed with this. If she were to ever get lost GOD FORBID, she could tell someone where she lives! OH and she wants to go visit Montana specifically because that is where HANNAH MONTANA lives!!! Rylee has been very good lately about picking up her toys. She puts them all away in the exact spot where they belong. I hope I haven't created a mini me! :) She is very quick to tell you if you put something up in the wrong place or freaks if she can't find one of her toys where she last put it. Too funny. She even wipes the table off with a wet cloth after she eats ha ha ha.

It snowed in Montgomery last week. I got her all dressed to go outside and take some pics. We were out there all of 2 minutes when she ran right out of her rain boots and stepped in the cold water in her tights. She froze in place, picked her foot up and started crying. I literally had to run out in my socks and pick her up because she wouldn't budge.





Rylee had go Texan Day at school last week. She got to wear her fancy pink cowboy (she corrected me by telling me it is cow GIRL) boots. What a diva she is. She insists on dressing herself these days as well.

I accidentally pushed her when I was rushing around doing something. She goes "MOM, you are not supposed to push"!!! SORRRY. I just laughed. She also asked me if Parker came out of my belly button. I told her yes ;)





Mr. Parker is getting his FIRST tooth. I just felt it a few days ago and boy is he mad. He is literally yelling at me. It is SO loud. The good news is that it doesn't seem to interrupt his sleep. He has made a few nights in a row in his crib upstairs ALL night. YEA! He is trying to talk and his new sound is "umm-baaa". He says it over and over. Rylee even goes around saying "ummm-baaa" OH and he will be crawling VERY soon. I say within a week or so. He army crawls right now but he is pushing his butt up at the same time so I think I see baby gates in our future.