Silent Sunday

Tchau,
Sara

Making Friends

Everyone in our little neighborhood has kids and they all hang out in the front yards and street when the weather is nice. We haven't even moved in and we love our neighbors!!

Belle was obsessed with the car and it eventually turned into a meltdown but I am happy she has kids to play with!

Let the fun begin! I can't tell you how wonderful I feel. Once we start getting internet and moved in more I will do better writing ;) until then enjoy all of my phone posts!

Tchau,
Sara

Shipment!!

It has arrived!! It's all going into the garage until we get the house painted ;) then we will start unpacking and throwing things away!!!

Tchau,
Sara

Pics of the House

Here are just a few pics of the empty house! Feels good to have a home ;)

Tchau,
Sara

Moving

I can't wait to move into our new house so Belle knows what a real backyard is instead of a cement patio!

We have the keys and are going there today after her nap. Out shipment from Brasil should be arriving at our new place on Friday morning! We will see how much we have to get rid of once it arrives. Along with our shipment comes our storage container that we packed before we went to Brasil.... I have no clue what's in there!!

Power, cable, gas have all been scheduled to come and we are working on painters still. Not sure if our marriage could handle the painting! (Just kidding of course but it wouldn't be pretty!)

I will take pics as soon as I can and post them up later tonight!

Tchau,
Sara

Closing!

Fingers crossed that closing proceeds without problems!!

Tchau,
Sara

Easter Bunny

Can't send my child to play with other kids and a nice teacher but she will sit on a giant Bunnies lap ;)

Oh and she cried when she had to leave him....

Tchau,
Sara

Quit School

Turns out Belle wasn't ready for school. I gave her 30 minutes and she still didn't calm down. I decided to wait until she is a little older :)

I cried, she cried. We got doughnuts and made the day better!!

Tchau,
Sara

School Time

I started looking for a place to put Belle twice a week so she could interact with other children, learn, and start spending some time away from me. I went and interviewed The Children's University and fell in love immediately! 

It looked like something from the movies. The hallways are littered with school projects, maps, letters, numbers, and even birds in cages! The science room has koi fish and turtles along with a rabbit :) and then when you go out by the playground you see a Llama, a pig, chickens, turkeys, and goats!

Belle couldn't stop running around pointing and saying every word that she knew. I couldn't stop smiling knowing that this was the place for her and that she would really thrive here.

Yesterday was her exploration day to see if she would tolerate it and to makes sure that she was thriving. The class times are 8 to 230 but I was only planning on leaving her there from 830 to 1130 so she could nap at home instead of at school.

I dropped her off right as her class was walking to Spanish class and she gladly took the aid's hand and followed suit with the rest of the children. I smiled inside as I walked away to chat with the teacher. (maybe this is where I went wrong? Not saying goodbye?) After talking to the teacher for a minute about Belle I left the school wondering how I was going to convince her to come home when I picked her up.

Since I didn't get pictures of her in the morning I snuck in a little early to get pictures of her in action. When I walked into her hallway there she was, holding hands with the teacher walking the halls with tears in her eyes. I will NEVER forget the look in her eyes when she saw me. Words cannot even describe the gut wrenching feeling that took over my body. I ran to her and held her so close while tears streamed down my face. 

I talked to the teacher about what happened and it turns out she started having a hard time about two hours into the day :( My heart lays in broken pieces yet to heal. 

Nate and I discussed that Thursday we are going to take her again but I will pick her up at 1030! I have her teachers cell phone number so if she starts to crumble before then I will speed over to pick her up!!!

Argghhhh!! The emotional roller coaster kids put you through! I believe in my heart that this is something that she needs and is ready for. If she proves me otherwise then we will just hold off until she is ready!

Tchau,

Sara

Grown Up

Lately something has clicked with Belle and she seems way too grown up for me! Maybe because her vocabulary has really exploded recently or possibly the fact that she counts the stairs when we walk down them. Either way the girl has got it going on :)

She wants to read by herself, put her shoes on, get her own drinks, put her clothes on, and anything else you can think of. She won't even let me color side by side with her or dance when she is dancing to music!

Her favorite word is NO and it used to be cute but now I have to think of creative ways to get her to say yes... Like which jacket do you want to wear? Instead of asking her to put her jacket on. This way she feels like she is making the rules but not really.

Oh I have tons to learn! I just can't wait to get into our house and start making it our home! Finally!



Tchau,
Sara