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Sep. 8th, 2007 08:01 pmAnanda passed her evaluation yesterday, so now she's "legally" a second grader. We had to reschedule it before, when the evaluator had something come up. It was really awesome watching Annie talk so freely with her and read for her and all. She seemed happy with the samples of schoolwork that we brought along.
She also had her first new ballet class yesterday. It's "intermediate" and for 7-12 year olds. It's REALLY challenging compared to other classes she's taken, and we both love it. I had a blast just watching her - she was struggling a couple of times, but grinning ear to ear and giddy, the whole hour. They're really hands on at Dance Empire - this class only has 7 girls in it, and the teacher goes around and adjusts everyone's position and at the end she tells parents what each kid can do at home to help, individually. She was doing things like putting one heel at a height such that her foot was on the same level with her head, and bending the other knee/going up on the other toes. Different balancing and flexing stuff on the floor that Grant and I have a hard time managing, or just can't do. I'm really glad we put her back in, she is all about it.
Grant also took Aaron to get their karate uniforms. Aaron is SO EXCITED. I mean, whoa, it's bordering on "PLEASE CALM DOWN BEFORE I STAND YOU IN THE CORNER!", but I'm happy for him.
A and A talked for awhile and decided both are about balance, coordination and strength.
I have so many things I want to say! Argh.
Elise is basically crawling. Laura says it is crawling, I'm not so sure, but it is definitely some kind of mobility. She goes all over the place. She can "crawl" off my bed (mattress on the floor) and out into the hallway within a minute or so. She was chasing this purple ball all over the living room for about half an hour earlier today until finally Grant decided we had to film it.
Also, Dama wanted to hear her laugh. She was not in an especially laugh-y type mood, but we had the camera out so we went for it.
Lastly, I wanted to share a recipe. The only things I really do online anymore are check my comments, my email, my friends' page, and the blog of Anna Maria Horner, who is an Orthodox Christian, mother of 5, and designer of fabrics and crafts galore. She posted this recipe the other day and we tried it last night. With chicken and milk, not fish and wine. HIGHLY RECCOMENDED. Ananda had thirds (minus meat, plus mushrooms), and I polished off the leftovers this morning.
She also had her first new ballet class yesterday. It's "intermediate" and for 7-12 year olds. It's REALLY challenging compared to other classes she's taken, and we both love it. I had a blast just watching her - she was struggling a couple of times, but grinning ear to ear and giddy, the whole hour. They're really hands on at Dance Empire - this class only has 7 girls in it, and the teacher goes around and adjusts everyone's position and at the end she tells parents what each kid can do at home to help, individually. She was doing things like putting one heel at a height such that her foot was on the same level with her head, and bending the other knee/going up on the other toes. Different balancing and flexing stuff on the floor that Grant and I have a hard time managing, or just can't do. I'm really glad we put her back in, she is all about it.
Grant also took Aaron to get their karate uniforms. Aaron is SO EXCITED. I mean, whoa, it's bordering on "PLEASE CALM DOWN BEFORE I STAND YOU IN THE CORNER!", but I'm happy for him.
A and A talked for awhile and decided both are about balance, coordination and strength.
I have so many things I want to say! Argh.
Elise is basically crawling. Laura says it is crawling, I'm not so sure, but it is definitely some kind of mobility. She goes all over the place. She can "crawl" off my bed (mattress on the floor) and out into the hallway within a minute or so. She was chasing this purple ball all over the living room for about half an hour earlier today until finally Grant decided we had to film it.
Also, Dama wanted to hear her laugh. She was not in an especially laugh-y type mood, but we had the camera out so we went for it.
Lastly, I wanted to share a recipe. The only things I really do online anymore are check my comments, my email, my friends' page, and the blog of Anna Maria Horner, who is an Orthodox Christian, mother of 5, and designer of fabrics and crafts galore. She posted this recipe the other day and we tried it last night. With chicken and milk, not fish and wine. HIGHLY RECCOMENDED. Ananda had thirds (minus meat, plus mushrooms), and I polished off the leftovers this morning.
