Sunday, March 18, 2007

Mira RR ready to go!



Well, almost ready, I'm still waiting on 2 spools of Kreinik braid I want to send along so that everyone will have what they need, but otherwise I'm ready to mail. I think Deepest Love turned out great, and I'm going to love watching this develop as everyone gets a chance to stitch on it. :)

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

The 3 Yr Old Room!

Katie has been potty-trained all day at daycare now since the beginning of February. Right around that time I was surprised to find Katie in the 3 year old room at her daycare when I picked her up one day. The teacher in that room informed me that they would be transitioning her into that room over the next two weeks. I did a bit of a double take cause Katie's birthday isn't until the END of MAY. I was sort of concerned because on Feb. 1 she was almost a full four months shy of the start of the age range for that room. So I went to her usual 2 year old room and talked to one of her usual teachers in there. Unfortunately the lead teacher was subbing for the school age kids that day and I didn't get to talk with her, but I did talk to her asst. teacher and they again reiterated about her transitioning spending more and more time in the 3 yr old room over the next two weeks. I told them, like I told the other teacher that she was almost 4 months too young, but she didn't seem phased by that. They just kept saying since she was potty-trained, and they had the spot open, it would be cheaper for us, etc. I was concerned, big time, cause she is really comfortable with the teacher she has now, and lets face it - that is a GOOD thing to have. (a daycare provider you really trust!) Also, would being with a bunch of kids that are ahead of her developmentally and socially intimidate her?



Well, I got home that day feeling really awful about it, and the lead teacher had heard that the others told me and that I was concerned and she called me at home. She reassured me that it was totally up to me whether to move her or not, that she understood my concerns and that it is fine if I want to wait. (I really like her!) We decided to revisit the question in the first part of April. Since this I've noticed that at least 3 of the kids in her current room are older than she is - one turned three in early Feb. and two are due to turn 3 at the end of March. Sooo I probably won't be able to move her in early April anyway cause these three might be moving - except that they still aren't potty-trained which is a requirement for the 3-yr old room and seems to be the big reason they are pushing Katie. I dunno where I'm goinig with all of this except that it has been rolling around in my brain what I want to do about it.



I don't want to be a total PITA and insist she have her birthday before she moves to the new room, but we pay our bill every week on time and she really loves her current room and teacher. She has gained so much confidence in there. I've met the 3 yr old teacher and she seems nice too, so it isn't that I don't trust her - I'm just not sure Katie is ready to be with a bunch of older kids just yet. A month or two age difference now is a much bigger deal than it will be in a few years. And no one seems to be putting any pressure on the other families to hurry up and get their kids trained so they can be the ones to move up. Not so much that I want anyone else's kid to be pressured, but geesh they are way older than Katie - shy should she suffer just cause she potty-trained earlier than they did.



On the other hand, maybe the stimulation of all the early preschool stuff they do in that room will be good for her too. *sigh* I don't know.



In stitching news, here is a pic of the latest afghan squares I completed. I'll be finishing up the stitching on Deepest Love for the Mira RR for the next few days and I'll post a pic of that next time probably. :)

Monday, March 05, 2007

Mira RR and 33!

Yep, today is my birthday. I'm 33, which has to be about the most ho-hum number yet. Not doing too much for my birthday this year - we went to TGIFridays for dinner last night and Katie did NOT have a meltdown, so that was a pretty good present! :) I had the fajitas, which despite the slightly stale tortillas were actually quite good. hrm, I am sooo boring.



Since it was my birthday weekend, and the first weekend of the month, which is Mirabilia Stitch-a-long, and March is mermaid month and all, I decided to spend the whole weekend stitching just what I wanted to stitch - which was my Mermaid themed Mira Round Robin. I would have liked to finish her face, but I ran out of 948. That wouldn't have been so terrible except that the first two craft stores I stopped at to get some more were out! Finally snagged some at an out-of-the-way craft store next to Alex's dentist today when I took him for his appointment. So she will have a chin shortly. :) I'm going to spend the rest of my birthday stitching time continuing with her before I have to go back to those wretched baby blankets!