Tea Anyone?
I had afternoon tea with a delightful little lady. She was wearing a fancy dress two sizes too small with a long sleeved shirt underneath, a headband that didn't match, and all the jewelry she owns. We had graham crackers with frosting and strawberries. I got out my nice Mikasa teacups and saucers. I just kept smiling and staring at her thinking of how special it was to be spending time with her. I am sure you have figured out it was my soon to be 4 year old (yikes!!) daughter. My son was napping and I wanted to do something fun with my daughter. I told her I had a surprise and walked into her room with everything. You would have thought I had turned into Barney - she was so excited. We sat on her floor and ate and giggled. I should have taken a picture. I am sure it won't be the last tea party we have though.
I checking into swimming lessons and found that she can go to the ones at a local athletic club. She tried them last summer somewhere else, but was petrified when she was told to cling to the wall until it was her turn. She doesn't know how to swim at all and was holding onto the wall in 5 ft. deep water. It made me soooo nervous and she cried almost the whole time. The instructor was not sympathic at all and kept asking her why she was crying. She would try to pull herself up high enough to look over the wall and see me and then she would scream "mama, mama!". How can you ignore that?? So I checked with this new place and they said they have the kids sit on the wall until they are certified as "water safe". It is kind of spendy, but I am willing to pay if it means she will learn to be comfortable in the water, and learn to swim.
As far as moving goes, I think we are going to put our house up for sale in July and then plan on moving to a duplex or renting a house for a few months until our new house is built. I might be jumping the gun a bit because the City Planning Department has to approve us building on that lot. They have pretty much indicated that there won't be a problem, but we can't do anything until it is official. That whole process will probably take a month. After it is official, we will get our plans drawn up, get quotes from builders, and get going. I don't know how long it should take for a new house, but hopefully it will be done no later than this Fall. I am getting really excited about it, but should probably not count on anything until we go through the process with the city.
That's all folks!
I checking into swimming lessons and found that she can go to the ones at a local athletic club. She tried them last summer somewhere else, but was petrified when she was told to cling to the wall until it was her turn. She doesn't know how to swim at all and was holding onto the wall in 5 ft. deep water. It made me soooo nervous and she cried almost the whole time. The instructor was not sympathic at all and kept asking her why she was crying. She would try to pull herself up high enough to look over the wall and see me and then she would scream "mama, mama!". How can you ignore that?? So I checked with this new place and they said they have the kids sit on the wall until they are certified as "water safe". It is kind of spendy, but I am willing to pay if it means she will learn to be comfortable in the water, and learn to swim.
As far as moving goes, I think we are going to put our house up for sale in July and then plan on moving to a duplex or renting a house for a few months until our new house is built. I might be jumping the gun a bit because the City Planning Department has to approve us building on that lot. They have pretty much indicated that there won't be a problem, but we can't do anything until it is official. That whole process will probably take a month. After it is official, we will get our plans drawn up, get quotes from builders, and get going. I don't know how long it should take for a new house, but hopefully it will be done no later than this Fall. I am getting really excited about it, but should probably not count on anything until we go through the process with the city.
That's all folks!
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