Learning in Daily Life

Ryan's eyes are closed, he is in the middle of a prayer, "God, help us to be reliable to each other." His eyes pop open, he looks at me and says, "What does that mean?"

ROFL...I don't know where he heard that word.

Lily's First Significant Hair Cut

Those who know us or have been long time readers know that Lily didn't have much hair as a baby. She had kind of a baby mullet when it started growing in. When she finally had a measurable amount of hair it had the most beautiful curls. I've always loved her sweet curls, but recently they have started to look a little disheveled. I knew it was time to take her to get a real hair cut to try to even out all that short mullet hair from the top. In the picture below you can see the significant difference in the length of the back of her hair and the sides. The very shortest bit of hair is from when Sheri cut her bangs, but the rest of that side hair has never been cut. It was bittersweet taking her to get it cut. I could tell we would be taking off most of the curl, but I knew it would thicken up the look of it.

These two pictures are from today before we left.

These two are after.

She was in no mood to pose either time, so I had to take what I could get picture-wise.

Ladies' Man

When I unpacked Ryan's backpack today I found a little heart jewel. So I asked him about it. Apparently it came from a little girl in his class from when he was out sick, because she loves him. I asked him, "Why do you say that?" He said because she told him. Did I mention this is neither the little girl who I saw say she loves him, nor the girl he wrote his note about. So I asked him how many girls have told him they love him and together we came up with three(he didn't remember the girl I saw saying it to him, but I know she did since I SAW IT). The one he wrote the note for apparently told him she loves him and his note was to return the sentiment. He hasn't given it to her yet. It's kind of cute. I'm glad he is well liked. He has some really good friends that are boys too. I was a little worried about him in the beginning of the year because he is as young as you can possibly be for his grade and truth be told he's kind of shy (don't tell him that because I don't want him to live it out because he was told that's what he is). I was worried about what that combination could mean, but he always does well with other kids once he gets to know them. I guess he feels really comfortable in his class because the kids seem to like him and the teacher says he cracks her up. It really puts my mind at ease knowing he is going somewhere he enjoys with people he enjoys every weekday.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!

Look what I just found on Ryan's table.

He's in KINDERGARTEN! I'm not sure what I think/feel about this, but my baby has his first crush! And it's not even the girl who I saw tell him she loves him during group time. Oh, dear.

WHY?!

On a normal weekday morning it's a struggle to wake Ryan up at 7:30. Today, after much prodding, he finally got out of bed at 7:45 and Lily slept until 9:15. (Luckily the bus stop is so close that the baby monitor works.) Most mornings I'd say she's awake before 9, but not before 8.
So why do they wake up at 7AM weekend mornings?! It's so unfair:-(