Savannah's First Day of PreSchool

I am suppose to be writing today about Savannah's first day of preK. She has been so excited! Last Friday night she got to meet her new teachers, Mrs. Linda and Ms. Rhonda. She took instantly to her class. She was thrilled to see one of her good friends Rishu from last year. They pretty much picked up where they left off, as far as their friendship is concerned. She has another little boy in her class from last year too. It was nice for her to walk in and see two people she new right away. However, she never looked at the other kids. There were actually two little girls in her class that she knows but she didn't look long enough to realize she new them! I know that it was a comfort thing, "I know them therefore I play with them." But, I really do hope she makes some new friends. There was one thing I did notice, though. At one point, Savannah was sitting in the "homeliving area" with four boys around her (ie, no other girls). I asked one of the moms "what does it mean when my daughter is the only girl surrounded by boys". Her response was "you are going to have fun when she is a teenager". Thanks :) Seriously, I think she is just really active and would rather play with children who want to play hard (as boys tend to do). Also, she does not like to be told what to do and I think that, even at this age, the little girls tend to have more to say about things than boys :) In other words, she can be the lone boss in the equation.

Anyway, back on topic. I would love to be able to post pictures of her all dressed up in her outfit heading off to school (without a backwards glance, I am sure). However, all I can share with you is:

This would be Tropical Storm Fay and would be why we are sitting at home watching Higglytown Heroes instead of running around getting ready for school. She handled the news really well when I told her. I said "I have something really sad to tell you. You can't go to school tomorrow because of a bad storm." Her response, "Oh. Well, I still love you." Hmmm, I guess she sees it as my fault :) Her next thought was "where will Mrs. Linda be." Nice to know she has some concern for her teacher.

Well, I thought I would take this time to catch up on last week. It was really busy. Savannah had a playdate almost every day plus she was taking swimming lessons. We finally got our car back! Thank you Brian :) He had to fly to Savannah, GA (by way of Charlotte, NC...makes no sense to me). Then, he had to drive all the way home. Meanwhile, mom and I went shopping where Savannah proceeded to have a major meltdown in Children's Place. I do not know what it is about this store but she is always very poorly behaved in it. Any of them! It doesn't matter which one we are at, she can't hold it together. Anyway, after that embarrassment, she was much better. And she scored a total of four outfits between mom and I. Now she is all ready for school. We were varied this week in playdate places. She meet one friend at the pool, another at Chick-fil-a for lunch and all out fun in the play area, a trip to Friendship park another day and we ended the week with a trip to the library (which was closed due to a tax break the taxpayers voted for and the county tries to find any and every way possible to punish us for). Friday night was the big "meet your teacher" night. And, I got to go out with my friend to the movies! Fun! Saturday started as a day of yard work. However, it turned into Brian spending the entire weekend trying to get the lawn mower to work (which never happened). Brian decided to start saving money by doing the lawn himself (I guess this is a bargain he made with himself when we bought the piano). This will be a great money saving thing to do once we fix the mower :)

Savannah had been enjoying dressing up in her clothes. She tends to forget the weather and puts on as much as she can. She really has a liking of tights. However, she hasn't realized yet that they should go on first, not last. Here is a picture of her latest style (notice the pink pants below the tights, oh, and that it was over 90 degrees outside):

Meanwhile, my nights (and Brian's by default) have been filled with the Olympics. I have been enjoying watching all the athletes compete. I have taken up a fondness for beach volleyball. Who would have guessed? Can you believe Michael Phelps? What an athlete! Not doing so well in diving :( I have been learning the finer points of fencing. (as a side note, I noticed that almost all of our fencers and rowers go to ivy league schools. Hmmm) Other than beach volleyball, I have not been able to get myself to watch any of the long sport games (like soccer, baseball, basketball, etc.) although Brian did watch the USA vs China men's basketball game. Gymnastics is one of my favorites. Last night they showed some of the apparatus competition. I have to say that I am not 100% sold on the new scoring system. On the first night of individual apparatus competition, a Chinese woman fell on the vault and still got the bronze. Come on! And then last night, a Chinese lady (ok, girl. Give me a break, they are NOT 16) and an American (our all around gold medalist) tied on uneven bars. And, instead of giving them both a gold, the Chinese girl got it! Do you notice a trend here? I know that they say there is no way for favoritism, but, come on! Anyway, I have enjoyed watching the Olympics (Brian says it isn't that I don't like watching sports, it is just that I do all my sports watching in a two week time every two years), but there are definitely some things that I think need to be rethought out. So, congratulations to all the people who are competing! There are only a few days left. Good luck to all!

Come back on Thursday. Hopefully we will have some pictures of Savannah wearing her perfect outfit and running of (with no trepidation) to her new class :)