And so it goes...

Well with Halloween almost here things are moving right along! Gracie's costume in making progress I am so proud of myself for making the entire thing! She loves her wand that I made. Even though I have spent just as much if not more money making the thing but o well I have enjoyed making it. Things are still going well at school. The only time she gets on green it is not for talking it is for something like not sitting in her chair or something so I can't complain too much about that. We had a great Family Fun Day with Daddy Mac and Momma Mac the other day. Gracie's favorite part was painting pumpkins. She actually got an apple in the apple bobbing! I couldn't believe it, with no teeth. She did stick her entire head in the bucket though. He hair was all wet. She has another loose tooth on the bottom, it will fall out any day now. She was so sweet for mine and Chad's birthday's she sang Happy Birthday every day for like a week. Too cute! We took our family picture too, aren't we cute! It is amazing everyday to see what Gracie is learning in school. She comes home making the letters sound and then Chad and I try rhyming with her and spelling. She is pretty good at spelling, maybe she will be better at spelling than me.

Halloween - It's finally decided!

Well she has finally decided for sure about her Halloween costume... The Tooth Fairy! So I have made her a tutu and a wand. I'm still looking for a top and I have to make her a crown thingy. I am really excited that Halloween is on Friday this year. All of you with children know just how stressful it can be to get everywhere you need to be in one night. It's crazy!!! But it is worth it I guess to see her smile.

Well things are going well at school. Gracie's talking has gotten much better! She has been on blue light at least 4 out of 5 days and when she is on green it is not for talking. So I am really proud of her. I took her to the mall last night for her reward. She got 3 pairs of earrings for her treat. Gymnastics is going pretty well too, she seems to really enjoy it and is not too bad.
She is excited about my birthday, she started yesterday wishing me happy birthday, which is fine with me. I like to celebrate for a week anyways... HA! It is really cute.

Santa's Elf on a Shelf has arrived, but i have not given him to her yet, I am waiting for Halloween to be over. If you have not heard of this, it is so cute and I can't wait. I ordered what is called an Elf on A Shelf and the stuffed Elf and a book is shipped to her. The Elf's duties are "Santa has sent this Elf to watch over you" What you do with the Elf is up to you, you can be creative with it. For example the Elf at our house will be in a different spot each morning (he travels through the house @ night watching over us. Since Gracie is going through this "I'm scared" phase where she doesn't want to be alone anywhere in the house I thought it might help. He creates mischif throughout the night like messing up something or turning on the tv or lights or whatever I can come up with.) So I am excited about it.

Busted Lip

Well we now have a busted lip.... She fell face first out of a swing. She has scratches on her nose, chin, forehead, and busted her lip. It was pretty swollen Saturday afternoon when she did it, but it looks MUCH better now.
Things are going ok at school. She was on blue (the best) four out of five days last week, that was the best week so far. and she got on blue today as well so we are off to a good week. She goes back to gymnastics today.
She also came home with a note Friday about a cheer camp they are having at school. She begged me to go, so I signed her up. They get to preform @ half-time of the DJHS vs Mooreville game on Sept. 30th. so that will be fun. She is really excited about it so who knows I might have a little cheerleader on my hands.

A gymnast in the making

Gracie Ann started gymnastics yesterday. She is taking @ ICats, it is all gymnastics and a cheer academy. Gymnastics has changed a lot since I did it! It was an hour FULL of doing repetitions of different moves. She did pretty good for her first day. She LOVED it, she said many times. "This is SO much fun!" She was extremely tired when she got home last night and this morning said that her arms hurt. I told her it was from the 65 hand stands she did yesterday, which is really how many she did (not at one time). So she should be tired and sore. She will go every Monday from 5-6.

Another tooth gone....

Well Gracie Ann lost another tooth. It is the one on the bottom as you can see from the picture above. It has been pretty loose and we tried to pull it over the weekend and decided to just leave it. But she came home from school on Tuesday and had pulled it herself. She said after she ate lunch that she just pulled it out. and that everyone had to come look at it. We put it under her pillow and the tooth fairy brought her $3.00. I was instructed to ask the tooth fairy if she could keep it and take it to her Daddy's like last time so I did such. She asked me what she looked like, "What color was she wearing this time Mommy?" I said pink with blue wings. She asked me this morning if she could put it under her pillow again tonight so she could get some more money. I told her that the tooth fairy would know it was the same tooth, that you could fool her!

School is going OK. After the red light incident last week she is doing much better. She is writing her name better and I can tell the practice we do at home is working. Last week they learned the letter l and o. This week it is the letter g and numbers 6,7,8. She had her first test yesterday.... drum roll please.....100!!!!! I was so proud of her! So things are going well for now.

Update

Well we have made it through 2 weeks of school. They have a "light" system for their behavior, Blue being the best, then green, yellow, and red. Last week she was on Blue for 3 days and green for 2. One of the green days she was talking and the other she threw some paper. Of course she said that someone threw it at her first. But I am pretty happy with that. I knew going into this that she would be a talker. Her teacher is really nice and I have talked to her about it. She did say that it is improving. So so far I can't complain too much. We work on writing her name just about everyday and I can see some good improvement. They do take a nap everyday but I'm not sure that Gracie Ann does because I can tell she is so tired at night. She said the other day "I just rested my bones, I didn't go to sleep!" She still comes home excited and says she loves school. So all is good so far.

So Far So Good

Well we have made it though 3 successful days of Big School so far. She has gotten on the bus for 2 days and gotten off at the right place!!! YEAH! She has been on the blue light (which is the best) for her behavior, so that is good. If she stays on it all week she gets a prize at school and at home so she has a little motivation. She saids that she has "Super Fun!" so things are good.