All week long I have had the song fifty nifty United States running through my head. Kat had to learn the fifty states and where they go on a map so I thought that I would teach her that song to learn all the state names as a start. It's funny because I hadn't sung that song since about first grade but I still remembered about a fourth of it and listening to it with her over and over again on utube was actually kind of fun. In the end, she only learned up through Iowa because the time constraint forced us to just memorize that placement of the states on the map (I say we because I have to admit that I didn't temember where the states all go on a map!) but I like to tell myself that the song at least helped by getting her familiar with the state names - this is how I justify the time spent on it ;). I've decided that I have a love-hate relationship with Homework and Kat: I really do love doing homework with her when she is pleasant because it is quality time that I get to spend with her but when she is unpleasant it can be missory (this is actually how Kat spells Missouri - funny!). Luckily this week she was mostly pleasant when it came to studying the states so that made for a pretty good week.
Kat currently has one A, three A-'s, one B, one C in science and an F in history. I'm actually pretty happy with that because if she did well on her state test then she may bring that history grade up and not have any F's. That will be a first for literally a year!
I've been singing the fifty nifty song to Tony. He has his ABC song mastered so I thought it would be cute for him to learn that song. That kid really has a nack for singing. He actually sings the tune of a song which I don't see too often for older kids, let alone kids his age. When I sing the fifty nifty song he just looks at me with apt attention like I'm saying the most important thing in the world;). Tony has been mama's boy this week. It has been really hard when I've had to drop him off at my mom's house or leave him with my live in sister-in-laws Kim or Monica because he cries. It is usual for him to claim every morning that he is going to work with me and to cry when I leave him with Kim (and sometimes Monica) but it was a rarity for him to cry at my mom's house. I know it makes her feel bad and it makes me feel sad that I didn't have the foresight to buy a cheaper house so I could work less and spend more time with the kids that I didn't know i was going to have. Huh...I guess it's just one of those huge bummers in life.
I went scrapbooking on Friday evening and Saturday. I have been working on a storybook of Kat's first year (for about a year, actually). I was going to give it to her for Christmas but I decided that as soon as I get it done - it is so close to being done! - I will give it to her so that it doesn't get lost in the sea of gifts that we call Christmas. I was debating on whether I should list out the cost of the adoption. I really want her to know how much it cost and what a sacrifice that was but would that be tacky and self-serving?
