I need to update this thing or I'll forget simple things.
Paula has started babysitting for 20 month old twins who live around the block from us. Boy/girl twins. The mom or dad or both are always home. Paula is more of a mothers helper right now but she wants to be able to babysit them and other kids alone some day. She gets paid but not much, although money does make her feel like it’s a real job. In December she’s signed up for a Red Cross babysitting class in Palo Alto from 9am-6pm. That’s a long class. The list of what they get taught is lengthy.
Volleyball started up again at school. There are two 5th/6th grade teams and the one she was on last year (coach) she did not get on this year. This time her team has a lot of new players and although they can hold their own for awhile, they end up losing in the end. She’s discouraged.
For Halloween she dressed up in 80’s clothes. Some from the Halloween super store and some from Goodwill and Walgreens. She wears the legwarmers quite frequently. She may bring them back in style. Heh.
Parents at school asked me if I had those clothes lying around. Ha! I actually did have the black shirt buckle in my hope chest. I just could not throw it out. Good thing!
Paula's grades are very good also. Almost all A's. During parent teacher conferences we were surprised to learn she gets distracted easily in class. Yet she has A's so the teacher is not sure what to make of the two. Paula is working on paying more attention.
Shawna is doing really well in school. She also has almost all A's. Her teacher started the year tutoring her then said she no longer needs it. She's all caught up from summers lack of reading. Not that we didn't try to get her to read, she just refused most of the time to pick up a book. She does better when a teacher makes her read, apparently.
Volleyball is happening for her too. She's loving her first year. I really like her coach, who has a scheduled movie night for the team. We got her new sneakers yesterday with white soles for the gym. A new rule or old rule, I'm not sure. She wanted to test them out by jogging but I don't job. haha Todd took her to the school by our house for her to run around.
This past weekend Paula went to two different sleepovers so Shawna and I got to pal around. We watched Soul Surfer together on the couch. She's a snuggler that girl. Love my Shawna time.
Todd turns 45 in a couple days. I'm throwing him a birthday party with our close friends. I wanted to invite more people than we are but I started to hyperventilate. Thankfully he wanted something smaller. For Christmas maybe we'll have a big one, who knows.
Alrighty, I'm off to go dress shopping at Macy's for my company holiday party coming up in a couple weeks.
