May 11, 2004

Sadly, just over a week ago I was bouncing around with joy and now I feel the weight of the world on my shoulders again. *sigh*

The preschool year ends this week and poor Pookie is miserable. Everytime we turn around, someone is talking about graduation and she is crying every time. You see, Pookie's cousin is graduating from preschool and will be starting kindergarden next year, while Pookie has to do another year of preschool. I suppose that doesn't seem like too big a deal, I mean, her cousin is older than her. However, her cousin is only FOUR DAYS older than her. Alas, the cut-off date is December 1st, the day after her cousin's birthday and three days before Pookie's. *sigh* So, poor Pookie is devastated. On top of this, SIL is upset becasue we won't be attending the graduation. I can understand why she is hurt that we are not coming, but I just can't put Pookie through that. So, I've got the depressed child of the year living in my house this week. At least she has the end-of-year picnic on Friday to look forward to; hopefully, no one will mention the "g" word. *sigh*

We've started Pookie's supplemental homeschool education. This week is "A" week. She is learning the letter A. She already knows how to make capital A's really well (it helps her real name starts with that letter), but the little ones are giving her trouble. Last night we made "A" cookies and talked about words that start with "A"...we ended up with a list of 20 words, which isn't bad. So, today I will be creating a word search puzzle for her to do using those words. Thursday we are making "A"pple pie to take to the picnic. Next week we start "B".

I have to admit that I am exhausted from all of this. I work full-time and then go home and most days work for a couple of hours on schooling with her and take care of Boo. On top of all of this, we are trying to prepare for Boo's first birthday part which is rapidly approaching (tomorrow it will be one month away). Of course, now is the time Jr. decides that a ton of outdoor work needs to suddenly be done, so the inside of the house is all mine to take care of. Oh well, maybe I can work the cleaning into a lesson for Pookie. :P

Welp, I must get back to work. The woman I share an office with has spent 90% of the day out of the office. :P So, now I have to keep playing cover her butt. :P