Knoonellog

August 2007



Almost Back to School

Friday, 31 August 2007 10:06 P GMT-05
Last night was "Meet the Teacher" night at the neighborhood elementary school.  Genna was a bit envious of the festivities that all her friends were attending while she waited at home.  Both older kids wanted to have their own bac

Here are the pictures!

Wednesday, 29 August 2007 5:27 P GMT-05
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Two Good Days

Wednesday, 29 August 2007 12:08 P GMT-05
We now have two out of three good school days under our belts.  I am hopeful that Monday's problems at preschool were a fluke, or more preciesely, a reaction to contraband cough drops that someone scavenged from a drawer in the bathroom.My m

Not a Good Start

Tuesday, 28 August 2007 8:46 A GMT-05
It's the second day of preschool and already I have been called to the principal's office.  According to Keeta's teacher he did not have a very good day at school as i had hoped.  He would not sit down when he was asked, called
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A Big Day for Us

Monday, 27 August 2007 8:15 A GMT-05
Today's the day!  My youngest child is headed for school today!The fact that this day has only been building for the nine months that Nikita has been here, rather than the usual 41/2 years, does nothing to minimize the importance of this day

Yes, I went to the doctor this week

Saturday, 25 August 2007 6:05 P GMT-05
And, yes, it's anemia.And yes, I am taking more iron.Thank you all for your prayers.  It's only a matter of time before I'm back to my old nagging self!

Two more get-ups! Thank Goodness!

Saturday, 25 August 2007 11:18 A GMT-05
We went to meet Keeta's teacher yesterday.  We found good news and mixed news there.  the good news is that there is a great big water table in Keeta's classroom.  Once he found it I had trouble tearing him away from it to leav

Five more get-ups left!

Wednesday, 22 August 2007 10:12 A GMT-05
Nikita will tell you how many more times he will get up before school starts.  We are patiently working our way to the big day.  Yesterday we had to go to the Health Department to get a TB test done.  In order to start school in VA, ch

Getting Ready for School!

Tuesday, 21 August 2007 6:48 A GMT-05
Nikita is counting down the days until he can go to "his" school next week.  Yesterday we dropped off some additional medical records to the school nurse.  There is some confusion about how to handle his TB vaccine.  I h

Week in review

Sunday, 19 August 2007 5:35 P GMT-05
I have found myself way to exhausted to blog this past week.  I have had an episode of anemia in the past and I have tried to deal with it by myself this time.  I think i'll pay a visit to the doctor just to be sure nothing else is goin
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More Kitka Lingo

Saturday, 11 August 2007 8:29 P GMT-05
Nikita's language development has astounded us over the past few months.  But there are still several terms that we find a bit entertaining if not easily decipherable.  The following are the current Kitka-isms we hear regularly:Punkers&

Extra Activities

Saturday, 11 August 2007 4:48 P GMT-05
I found some interesting commentary in this week's copy of the Arlington Catholic Herald, our diocesan weekly newspaper.  The first is an article by Elizabeth Foss, a homeschool mother of eight who has an idea similar to mine about the objec

Our Honored Guest

Saturday, 11 August 2007 10:39 A GMT-05
Yesterday we had a fast but fun visit from Uncle Scott.  He had business in Arlington (near DC) this week but found time to make a detour to Winchester before heading back to his girls back in Michigan. The kids and I drove over to Arlingto

Halloween must be just around the corner!

Thursday, 9 August 2007 8:15 A GMT-05
Yesterday at the grocery store I saw potted mums, one of my favorite fall flowers, for sale.  What,s more, my kids have brought to my attention the volunteer pumpkin that has been growing in one of our flower beds is so ripe, it litera
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It's Starting

Wednesday, 8 August 2007 8:39 P GMT-05
This morning I attended an orientation meeting for our Classical Cottage School.  They went over school rules and changes to policy.  I ordered books, paid for supplies, picked up our yearbook and, of course saw all the moms tha I have

Three Dolls in Manhattan

Monday, 6 August 2007 9:35 A GMT-05
As an early birthday party, I took Genna on a mother daughter bus trip to the American Girls Place in New York City.  Two of her friends were also on the trip with their mother and grandmother.  It was an amazing adventure and reminded me o
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Gone fishin'

Monday, 6 August 2007 9:31 A GMT-05
richard took the boys finshing this Sunday while the girls stayed home and rested.  Upon returning, Michael proudly announced that he had caught the first, biggest, smallest and most."Guess how many I caught!"  He challenged."

Oh no! It's already August!

Wednesday, 1 August 2007 7:27 A GMT-05
I am definitely not ready for this month to come.  Last year at this time I had all the kids' lessons and books ready and we were already starting our school routine.  This year I don't even remember having a summer break.  I h