learning the hard way

maya and her friend, who we affectionately refer to as "little T" around here, are enthralled with bugs...caterpillars, worms, butterflies and moths....all sorts of creepy, crawly goodies...

however....

THIS

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in an almost unbelievable stroke of coincidence - yesterday maya brought home another container with yet another bug and leaves in it (caterpillars have to eat, you know)....hours later I received an email from a friend warning of a caterpillar that causes severe reactions...picture included...and low and behold it is THE caterpillar that maya brought home. I send her to bathroom to wash everything that touched the bug and talk to her about who else touched the caterpillar....i google...i print and write a note to her teacher...and this morning, she was COVERED in hives...her hands swollen, red blotches all up her arm (where she let the caterpillar crawl) and all over her chest...some down her legs even....

had i not received the email with the info, i probably would have FREAKED out, to say the least...but now we know...and some anti-histamine and a few days and she'll be fine....she's learned the hard way - some creepy crawlies are cute, but should NOT be touched...

KQOTD

while playing restaurant...

Molly: what would you like for lunch?

Me: Pizza

Molly: we don't have that.

Me: Sushi

Molly: Okay, we have that!

KQOTD

Maya: You can give Molly a whole apple and she'll eat it. She may be small, but she can eat big.

KQOTD

Molly:

Mom, you and I can be princesses....

....and Porter can be my prince and Daddy can be your prince...and Maya can be Lilly's prince...

see, it all works out!

guess it wore him out...

had to send porter up to his room after his first day of kindergarten today...just being a bit too loud and rowdy shortly after getting home...

hollered to him that he could come down (after about 5 minutes...)...no response...

went upstairs....fast asleep curled up on his bed...

i guess all that learning (and gearing up for all that learning!) wore him out!

first day of school - for all four!

and so here they are, for yet another year...big year this year...all four kids are in school at some point during the day!

molly has started preschool two mornings a week

porter is in Kindergarten! he's afternoon kindergarten, which is just about killing him to be waiting to go...after we dropped molly off at school...he wanted to eat lunch (at 8:15am!) because he knows he gets to go to his class after lunch!

maya is in second grade - and actually in a classroom that is a 1st/2nd grade split...

and ms. lilly is starting 4th grade, and for the first time, she's got a male teacher...

is it just me, or do they all look too old?
oh...and cute...