It's a Girl!

For years Katie has told me that she doesn't like my curly hair and she was glad that she didn't have it! Yesterday we were fixing her hair (note the appropriate use of "fixing" all ya'll from arkansas!) and we noticed that there was a lot of curl and wave starting to happen! Since my curl didn't show up until I was in my late teens I had to burst her bubble! She was happy though, I think that she likes the wave and is ready to encourage the curl! YEAH!

It's like the first day of school all over again!

Katie was so nervous today that she could hardly stand it. She made herself so sick last night she actually threw up. I felt so bad for her but this is what she wanted. Her goal was to attend school with her best friends, and when her school was overcrowded this year she got the chance to change to middle school north! When we moved here we sent the kids to Eastside elementary which was a terrific school but it was the odd school, the students from there had to split between the two middle schools and junior high schools before reuniting in High school five years later. Sadly most of Katie's friends were sent to Middle school north last year and Katie was sent to south with only one of her group of friends who was put on a different team and never got to see her.

Katie woke up this morning and decided that she did want to go to school even though her stomach had been upset in the middle of the night. She was still nervous, the first person we saw was Jill Weir, Mrs. Weir is the librarian and was Katie's third grade GT teacher in that same school. She also attends church with us and led the Mission Maniacs at CUMC. The second person Katie saw was her 4th grade teacher Mrs. Brockinton who was very excited to see Katie again and I think that went both ways! Mrs. Brockinton was "that" teacher for Katie. She helped her blossom as a student and Katie really missed her last year. As Katie was talking to Mrs. Brockinton she was spotted by Amanda, Taylor and Darla who came running and screaming down the hall. We were then greeted by Stacey (Amanda's mom) and Danita (Taylor's mom) and Judy (judy crocker from VBS) who all work there! Suffice it to say that Katie will be well watched at CMSN and will have lots of people to run to if there are any problems! She gets to see her friends before school and at lunch each day and after school. While she wanted to be on the same team with her friends she is probably better off being in class by herself or at least without amanda and taylor. She is much more likely to go to the GT classroom and get her time in if she doesn't have her best friends distracting her in her regular classes!

It makes you feel so great to see your kids truly happy! Now I am even more jealous that I don't work for the school district, it seems to be the place to be! Guess I will have to consider the PTO president thing more carefully!