The baby shower date is getting closer, and I'm starting to get pretty nervous about flying while 29-30 weeks pregnant. I'm sure I'll be fine, I have a doctor's note, so that makes everything okay, doesn't it? I mean, worst case scenario, I go into labor on the plane and have to give birth naturally. Call me prepared (my fiance likes to use the word "crazy") but I've also watched a couple of videos on giving birth in an emergency situation, so I'm practically an expert. Anyway, here's a video of my baby moving. It's right around 20 seconds if you get bored.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Kindergarten Graduation
In the midst of all of this baby preparation, my awesome six-year-old graduated from kindergarten!
Of course, it's called a "promotion" now, as opposed to a graduation, after I'm sure some politically correct parents or over-zealous educators got involved.
On another note, I'm not trying to brag, but my kid is pretty smart. Now, I believe that most children have the ability to be super-smart, it just depends on how much their parents work with them before they get into kindergarten or preschool. Once that happens, the kids mostly catch up to one another. However, my Angelina has been to kindergarten already, because she was too "bored" in the 4-year-old room in preschool. After starting elementary school, she passed the kindergarten competency test, which is supposed to provide their educators with a baseline indicating where they stand and where they need to be, with flying colors at the beginning of the year. She got the highest marks possible in all areas and achieved "mastery" in every subject (on another note, I didn't know they had subjects in kindergarten). I don't think she's any kind of genius, I just think she's very intuitive. Enough bragging, now to my point. Some of the kids were given awards for outstanding academic achievement. Yes, this is me being a little sore, but what the heck do you have to do for one of those? (She asked.) Did you finger-paint Picasso? Maybe the kids were able to read War and Peace? Oh well, maybe next year. In the meantime, congrats to my little angel!
Of course, it's called a "promotion" now, as opposed to a graduation, after I'm sure some politically correct parents or over-zealous educators got involved.
On another note, I'm not trying to brag, but my kid is pretty smart. Now, I believe that most children have the ability to be super-smart, it just depends on how much their parents work with them before they get into kindergarten or preschool. Once that happens, the kids mostly catch up to one another. However, my Angelina has been to kindergarten already, because she was too "bored" in the 4-year-old room in preschool. After starting elementary school, she passed the kindergarten competency test, which is supposed to provide their educators with a baseline indicating where they stand and where they need to be, with flying colors at the beginning of the year. She got the highest marks possible in all areas and achieved "mastery" in every subject (on another note, I didn't know they had subjects in kindergarten). I don't think she's any kind of genius, I just think she's very intuitive. Enough bragging, now to my point. Some of the kids were given awards for outstanding academic achievement. Yes, this is me being a little sore, but what the heck do you have to do for one of those? (She asked.) Did you finger-paint Picasso? Maybe the kids were able to read War and Peace? Oh well, maybe next year. In the meantime, congrats to my little angel!
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