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July 20, 2006
It has been quite a week. I took Abbey back to her ENT for the checkup. Everything looked great and we don't need to go back. She has been going to reading camp. I really like it. For two hours a day she goes and has a teacher work with her on her reading. I liked the idea of her getting some extra help before 1st grade. To me you can never be too good a reader. She seemed to like it at first but I think she may be getting bored. What I think is the coolest is that it is being taught by real teachers it is done at the university and all the evaluations and a teacher write up will get sent to her new teacher for fall.
Emmy is saying what dat about everything now. I love it. We have also just discovered baby TV that is a lot like the baby Einstein DVD's only it is a TV channel. It is so nice. I don't let her watch it all the time but we do watch it a little throughout the day.
I have had two things going on. I have an interview on Monday (the day before my 30th birthday) for the preschool job. I found out that the other applicant has a teaching certificate for special Ed. I do not have a teaching certificate but I do have a BS in Early Childhood Development. I also really haven't worked with children in a longtime. I did home preschool Abbey and she tested at a six year olds level when she was 4 and taking her kindergarten evaluation. I really want this job. I have tried to be as prepared for it as I can be. I typed up a list of ideas that I have for the class and as a special bonus I made part of my plan to show. It is based on the runaway bunny book the bunny lives in a shoe box house and on the last day of the week he "runs away" with a student and the student has their parents read the book and write about the adventures bunny has with their child. On the first day back the child brings bunny and we read about what they did. The other thing that has been going on is my family's family reunion. Mike didn't go with me he went to his cousins wedding instead. I had fun until the end when my grandmas sister said "I'll be burning with the devil soon enough." It's a long story. I was being yelled at because I didn't want to go to the cemetery. I had already told my dad before we left the house that if he wanted to go he could take his own car. Of course he didn't and then made me out to be the bad guy because I didn't want to go. The burning in hell part came when they asked me how would I feel if my ancestors didn't come visit me. I said I wasn't sure I wanted to be buried and maybe cremation would be good and that if they wanted to "talk" to me they had just a good a chance to reach me while sitting their living-room that they would talking to a piece of stone. Sorry if that offends anyone but that is how I feel. Oh I just remembered also at the reunion my dad kept going on and on about my sister. How she is the best photographer he has seen (it's a hobby) how she cooks just like his great aunt. I was starting to get upset how I am nothing. So I said Heather is his favorite and I have always been the disappointment. He said you aren't a disappointment I just wish you were different. I am not sure exactly how he would like me to be different. He has always hated how I got a degree and then decided to stay at home with the babies. You would think he would be proud that we can mange to do that. I decided right then that if I ever try to live through my children that someone needs to stop me. I never want to feel disappointed in my children because they are doing something that they love and doing it without mooching off of me. I want them to know that whatever they decide to do would be fine.
About my birthday coming up. I have been thinking about 30 for a while and what kills me is not t he number itself it is that I don't feel 30. I still feel immature. I see parents with what I have kids, car, house and they seem so in control and mature. I always assume people are older because I just don't feel it. I don't think I am immature. I handle my responsibilities just fine. Everything we have we have worked for ourselves. But I just feel so young. I was telling Mike in my head I am still 20.
Does anyone know how to post pictures on this thing. Please let me know. If you want to email me privately thats fine. The addy is hollys@email.com
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