Writing Poetry

A couple of days ago Q4 went off to a playdate so C6 and I had some together time ... and what she wanted to do was collect nature (acorns, tulip tree buds, gumballs, leaves), then write nature poems, attach a piece of nature to the poem and pass them out to neighbors.

So we did. C6 sat on the little table on the porch and wrote poetry for the neighbors.



It was interesting to listen to her compose her poetry. That one above is quite short (they all were) but she went over the word order over and over multiple times, reading aloud, listening to the poem and how she wanted it. It was fascinating.

Things you wouldn't eat part 5

Dinner:


For whatever reason, C6 really wanted to make some pink beans and honey. Sounded unpleasant to me, but I promised she could make something for a potluck we were going to Sunday night. We didn't have time for the potluck, but the next night she had to make this.



Q4 saw that C6 was cooking and wanted to join in. Hers was especially gross. She didn't even eat it.


I obliged both of them, however, and took a bite of each. The beans were eatible, but the cheese, sugar, milk, water thing ... not so much.

4-year-old check up

The 4 year old check up (forgotten in April, May, and June, and finally scheduled in August for September) went worse than expected, but reading back about C6's 4 year old check up ... went just about as well as I could have hoped.

Actually, Q4 was nervous about the tounge depressor, the ear check (she remembers the little pink spoon that scooped out copious amounts of ear wax last spring), the eye check , and nose check. She was NOT nervous at all about the Sthesocope, though. So we practiced everything she was worried about and made a deal that if she didn't fuss we'd go get donuts for her class at school.

Which was 100% on track ... She flinched when the doctor did look in her ears, but no fussing. She deliberately held herself together and was looking forward to bringing donut holes to class to share.

But then the nurse mentioned shots.

Which actually was OK ... I told her it would hurt, gave her a pinch, and told her it would hurt something like that. She was OK with that. We discussed that it would go in her arms, not her legs, that she wasn't going to fuss.

UNTIL -- Q4 saw the needles and she went apeshit, screaming, crying, holding her arms in and locking them together. We had to unlock her arms from each other and I didn't do a good job holdingher still so the first shot, I think, hurt quite a bit. And then there were 3 more. By the last one she did hold still for a bit -- or maybe my grip was better -- but was still screaming the whole time: NO! NEVER! I WILL NEVER GET SHOTS! GO AWAY! NO! NO! NO! NO! I DO NOT WANT A SHOT! NO!

And so forth.

And then it was all over and the sobbing and crying slowly tapered off and was gone by the time we hit Dunkin' Donuts. She picked a pink donut, but couldn't buy any to share with her friends. She even saved a bite to share with C4, who she has dubbed her best friend since N4 moved away.

Oh, stats! BP 92/58, Height 41", Weight, 37.5# ... yes, she's in the 50% range! Let's just ignore the fact that she is 4.5, shall we? Taller and heaver than C4 was at that age. I'm rooting for her, I really am.

Some good sister shots

The light was fading, but I managed to get a couple of shots of them together.

One step away from being a butterfly

We grow parsley in the garden and one benefit is the Butterflies. Apparently the Black Swallowtail loves to eat parsley (and fennel and carrots). And I've seen the adults flitting around out butterfly bushes all summer!



I found 7 catepillars on the parsley yesterday. The above is just one of them.

WOW face

C41 is home~

Yippee!!

We had a lovely week with Ninoo. Perfect. Thank you so very very much!!

C41 is asleep in bed with Celeste (I'm sure he just shut his eyes for a minute) and I just overheard Q4 reading to herself in bed!! She's working hard on some words she doesn't know. She won't do that if we are watching. Love it. Love love love it!!