April 2013

by admin ~ August 2, 2013

We enrolled the kids into Pre-School starting in April. The first few days were full of tears but after the first week the kids were pushing me out of the classroom and were excited to be in school. We’re very happy that they love their teachers and are learning a ton. Getting the kids ready and out the door and dropping them off at school has been a little challenging but with each day we seem to get more and more into the swing of things. It’s $1 per kid per minute if you don’t pick them up by 6pm so at times it’s a little stressful sitting in traffic hoping that tonight isn’t the night there is a bad accident on the highway!

April has been a wee bit challenging with behavior. Whoever made of the term “terrible twos” clearly did not have children who were 3! It seems Gabe & Zara are fighting over EVERYTHING these days……even make believe items. One ride home stands out in particular. The conversation went something like this.

Gabe: (acting like he was picking fruit out of a book)
Zara: SHARE! Mommy Gabe is NOT sharing
Me: Sharing WHAT Zara?!?
Me: Here Zara – here’s a strawberry (virtually)
Gabe: NO! That’s MY strawberry

Two minutes later…
Zara: Gabe stop touching me. No thank you Gabriel, do not touch my body. (*this is something Zara learned in school)
Gabe (virtually touching Zara): I touching you! I touching you
Zara: (freaking out)

Two minutes later…
Gabe: I looking out your window
Zara: NO NO NO! Stop looking out my window

Don’t get me wrong – Zara is NOT innocent. While Gabe is very open in his harassment of Zara, Zara is much more sly in picking on Gabe. We know that Zara is picking on Gabe when she starts singing… It usually goes something like this “I have blueberries and Gabriel does not. I love blueberries. Yum Yum blueberries….” Gabe: “Blueberries! I want Blueberries! Zara has blueberries and I do not.” Etc…

View our April 2013 photos.