Spring Break is upon us!! School is out and it's time for a glorious (I say that now...haha) two weeks of vacation!! I'm not QUITE sure why Chloë being out of school for two weeks, and therefore me having 4 kids during the day instead of the 3, is something I would call vacation...but I'm just READY for a break in routine. The early mornings are something I'm still adjusting to. It's not as though I have actually slept late in the past 6 years...but the actual HAVING to get up and out the door by 7:30am has not been the easiest...and I'm not even the one who usually drives Chloë to school! The boys will have preschool next Monday morning but after that all 4 kids will be OUT of school for 10 straight days. Nice. Looking forward to doing some fun things with the crew. Just NOT being on a set schedule will be nice. Ahhhh :)
This week Chloë had half days everyday due to it being Parent-Teacher Conference week. We had our conference yesterday afternoon. Was interesting to go in the classroom and get to hear how Chloë is doing in class both academically and socially. She's a little fidgety and chatty with friends at times when she's not supposed to be, but other than that doing pretty well. It's always interesting to hear (i.e.: make sure!) that she's actually learning and comprehending Spanish. She's starting to read more and her accent is on-point. Her teacher even expressed admiration for how Chloë's rolls her R's. She even called Chloë in to the conference at the end so we could see her "in action". This was at my request, as I mentioned that since we aren't a Spanish-speaking family I don't get to see if Chloë can follow simple tasks, answer questions, etc., when prompted, in Spanish. So she had Chloë read aloud from the board for us. Chloë read 4 steps of a caterpillar's change to butterfly. There was a lot of sounding out, but she plowed through. I learned something new, too: crisalida is Spanish for chrysalis (not sure how to add accents with this keyboard). She's doing it! It's definitely nice that Spanish is a very phonetic language, which makes it easier to sound words out. Very different than English. So, we were pleased to hear that she's doing well, she's comprehending Spanish in that familiar classroom environment, at least. Maestra (teacher) asked her a few more questions about the caterpillar and the steps toward becoming a butterfly and Chloë understand what she asked and answered the questions.
Okay, Ella is up from her nap so time to cut this one short.
Owen & Elijah start soccer today. We have them on a little team of six kids and the coach. It's supposed to be non-competitive and just a fun introduction to basic soccer skills. They are both pretty timid with new things, so we'll see how it goes!
In other news, Chloë has her first loose tooth! Big excitement in the Hines household!
Is the going rate still 25 cents per tooth like it was back in my day? ;)
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