Haircut

So, we have a hair stylist who has a daughter that once attended the center.....as a thank you she comes back every few months and gives haircuts at no charge! I know, what a great thing to do!!!! So, I decided that it was time for Aliyahs very first haircut by a pro! I know what you're thinking, she is 4 and has never had a haircut, but her hair grows funny and I've always just trimmed it....i thought for sure she would give Lorna a hard time, because she never lets me brush her hair without hollering! but, of course she was perfect for her! never moved or flinched once....she did a good job and Lorna gave me some tips on how to make her hair always look great! believe me i need them!

the joys of having a little girl :)

so, as you all know Aliyah is very smart and quite a character! so, a couple of weeks ago I was changing her clothes. She looks down and begins to laugh...this goes on for a few seconds and finally I said, "Aliyah, what is so funny?". She looks at me with absolute joy in her face and says, "Mommy, I think my boobies are growing!" I couldn't believe my ears....I tried not to laugh and responded, "Honey, they probably aren't growing yet", and she looked right at me and stated, "Yes they are and I hope my legs grow too!"

Oh BOY!! I am scared for the future years to come with her and all the changes she will go through, may the Lord guide me!!!!! :)

GOD!

So, I sent away for Aliyah to get children's bible lessons in the mail to see what they would be and how appropriate for her they might be. Well we got the first one last week and they are cute! First you read a story and then you take a "test". So, we read the story and it pertained to Genesis 1:1--where it explains that God made everything. After we read it, we talked about it and took the test. Well....because of that story Aliyah will say, "Mom did you know that God made trees, he loves people the most, even me!! And mom, did you know that I love him!" It melts my heart. I have always wanted Aliyah to know God at a young age, because I never got the chance to do that....so, then you send the test back and they mail you another one. It's fun because she is super excited to do it, looking forward to reading the story or going over the test questions every night. She even looked at my mom the other day and said, "You know what Memere, God loves me and I love him!" My mom asked her where she learned that, and she said, "Mom told me!" That made me feel good...I'll keep you posted on the next lesson! :)

Highs and Lows

I am going to take an idea from Christina and create my highs and lows for the week....

-A definite high for the week was bringing Aliyah to Dianes baby shower. It really makes me look forward to giving Aliyah the opportunity to be a big sister. I know that she is going to make a great one...she is very loving to babies and just wants to play with them. So, I think at the beginning I will certainly have to monitor her (because as I know from experience, when I was young, Krystal used to pick me up by my neck and try to carry me around) but she will be a great big sister.

- A low for me last week was work. We have had so many cases of possible parent neglect and it kills me to see it. It is exhausting to worry about all these little bodies, but who wouldn't worry when you see something fishy....why can't people just love their kids unconditionally and take care of them...I know that God brought these little ones to this Center so we could look after them and I thank him for that, because who knows where they would be without our help.... :(


I like this idea Christina, it really gives me the chance to take a reflectful look back on my week and make sure I find some positives in it! Great idea!

shower

so i told aliyah that we were going to go to Diane's baby shower next saturday...i explained to her what a baby shower is, that you give presents to the mommy and when she has the baby, the baby gets to have the presents....so about 3 hours went by and aliyah got up, got her purse, and said i'm ready to go the baby bath...i was very confused and had no idea what she was talking about....she said, you know your friend who is having the baby...i just about died laughing, i said, aliyah, it's a baby shower!!!!!! too funny! but an honest mistake

Liar??

Just wondering....is it normal for an almost 4 year old to lie about stuff. like this morning, aliyah wanted to wear her pjs to school...i said you can't wear those you wore them to bed. and she looked right at me and said, no i didn't. she does that kind of stuff all the time...just lies about little things that i know aren't true...my dad is worried that this is a future indicator of how she will act, but she's still pretty little and maybe just testing things out????? i don't know........

Jokers

Malcolm loves money...he finally knows what having money means and he just loves 1$ bills, you have to watch your purse when you go over because he'll take it out of your bag! mal and memere and his cake
more money!! yahoo shopping!
malcolm loves his new movie snow buddies.... :)

Aliyah first tried the adult skee-ball but couldn't get her ball all the way to the top, so then we moved over to her size skee-ball and she did really good!
Aliyah and cody ride the train
Aliyah shoots hoops, but i ended up finishing the game for her
NICE SMILE!!!!!

Malcolm had his 9 th birthday party at Jokers on saturday...his actual birthday is today. We had so much fun, although I should admit, I think I had more fun than the kids did....but I am a kid at heart! The best part was, I only spent 20$ what a deal! can't beat it...after we went to my mothers and had cake and presents (mal's favorite part)!!