Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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Monday, August 24, 2009
Dancing machine, watch her get down (and out)
I was the "new" parent in an obviously already established group of women. Most moms know how that feels. Emerson stayed in the studio for about 15 minutes, and from that point on, things went downhill. She didn't want to stay in the classroom at all. This is a trying situation for any parent when you're in an enclosed room with other parents you do not know, trying to discipline in the most effective way possible. She probably ran on out of the studio 15-20 times, until finally the teacher came out and said she had to stay out, because she was disrupting the class. I was mortified. I talked her through it, and did not follow the teacher's directions. I took Emerson right back in there (after a long talk) and luckily it was time for tumbling. A big sigh, as this is something she knows and is familiar with. We got out of there in one piece, barely. For someone that didn't want to stay in the studio, she threw a fit when it was over!
Oh, one of those mom moments you'll never forget - unfortunately. I had absolutely no intention of showing my face there again, but then decided that would not be setting a good example. We need to try things more than once, before we give up. Perserverance, as Princess Aurora teaches us. Sometimes I need to remind myself I'm the parent, and then sometimes I just want to call my mommy!
To be continued...
Friday, August 14, 2009
Life's A Beach!
And exploring we did! The house we stayed at was great (everyone loved it, but it was really, really far for the family to trek to from VA and CT). It was located near a small inlet that fed the Intracoastal Waterway. This created perfect, kid friendly conditions with tidal pools, a small "stream" that came and went with the tide and tons of neat sandbars. We were so proud of how daring Emerson was - swimming in the ocean, going underwater and searching for sea creatures. Her and daddy were the only ones brave enough to venture out to the island sandbars and boy was it worth it! They found hermit crabs, stingrays, starfish and conchs. One conch they found was at least a foot long and weighed 4-5 lbs! The fun didn't come without a cost, though, as both AJ and Maddie got stung by jellyfish. The last day we were all going to go out to a sandbar island only to take two steps in the water to be greeted by a very large shark! All the kids had so much fun every day, which consisted of eating a huge breakfast, getting lathered up and hitting the beach for several hours, having lunch and then some pool time followed by a big nap, then play play play.
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