Labels: Digiscrapbooking, School, The Girls
I completely forgot about sharing Jelynn's first day of school pics. Here's a layout I did of her first day of kindergarten:
Credits are in my DST Gallery.
Anyways, Jelynn has been doing pretty good in school. The teacher has been very impressed by all the things she can do especially she never attended preschool. I don't think I should give credit to myself though hahaha because I didn't actually sit next to her and teach her. I do buy her activity books and I did subscribe at Disney's Preschool time online which she plays most of the time. And I'm also pretty proud because she can figure things out on her own. She would ask me questions occasionally when she doesn't know something but most of the time she figures it out. What I do try to do though is read to the girls everyday before they sleep and once they have that schedule down they would read books throughout the day and it was a great help for both the girls. Their vocabulary expanded and their memories are amazing.
Jelynn memorized the Pledge of Allegiance within two weeks and Jewelle memorized it after three weeks. They love to recite it whenever their lolo and lola asks them to. When Jelynn's class turn to do the Pledge for the whole class her teacher told me she will lead the whole school. Of course, I'm a proud mommy lol. But since she loves school so much she doesn't want to be absent at all even though she doesn't feel well. She is sick again. Been throwing up and having a mild diarrhea. I argue with her that she should just stay home and we'll be going to the doctor but she keeps telling me she NEEDS to go to school. So we just let her go. We just let her teacher know that she hasn't been feeling well lately. I cannot believe how much she loves going to school...but at least we didn't have a hard time putting her to school...Hopefully Jewelle will be the same hehehe.
....no not the baby...lol...That's why I have been preoccupied lately because my dear hubby is finally home. He flew from Hawaii to San Diego last Sunday and he was on leave from Monday to Saturday so he spent the week with us. It was great to have him back. The girls especially Jewelle were so happy because when her sister goes to school she really have nobody to play with and with her Daddy around she has somebody to play with her and carry her around. We surprised Jelynn after school Monday because she didn't know her Daddy is coming home but instead of hugging her Daddy she cried hahaha. I forgot she's like Mommy she doesn't like surprises. It also took awhile for her to warm up to Rico but by the end of the day she was like her Daddy's twin. Always asking Rico to carry her and play with her. We dropped Rico off to the airport again though this afternoon. It was heartbreaking to see Jewelle crying because she wanted to go with Daddy. It was hard again for her to see her Daddy leave even though I kept telling her her Daddy will come back next week she was still crying almost all the way home. And when her Dad called she didn't want to talk to him. Ahhh...poor girl. I know that it's going to be like this for awhile until we move back to San Diego again. But since Jelynn started school already and Rico still leaving in January we can't move back to San Diego. I know how hard this will be for the girls but this is the nature of Rico's job. We all have to cope with the situation I guess. 
It must be the weather. Her cold is on and off. When it gets a little colder she'll cough more and have a constant runny nose. Ever since she was two years old, she stopped taking naps but yesterday when she got home from school she went to sleep. I told her to stay home today but she flat out refused to. She really loves going to school and since she was fighting with me about it I let her go to school. If she has the energy to fight I guess she feels a little better. I gave her some triaminic thin strips to ease her cough. Poor girl she's been coughing a lot last night plus her congestion made her snore lol. This is what I hate about San Francisco, the weather keep changing and Jelynn's body does not like it. I think just like her Daddy their bodies love warm weather and cold weather gives them allergies of some kind. Hopefully she feels much better tomorrow if not I have no choice but to bring her in to see her pediatrician. I don't want her colds to turn into infection. Labels: Health Issues, The Girls
The little girl starting to get rashes again last night which made her the skin below her left eye swelled. It was just a little swelling so I didn't give her any benadryl. I just don't know what to do anymore because it seems like she's allergic to something but I can't figure out what. She just ate spam for dinner which was at 6PM at night and she started to have her rashes at about 10:30 thats four hours later. I don't know anymore. So I barely had any sleep because I was monitoring her face. I kept looking if the swelling is getting bigger or something. thank God it didn't. But I think she must've touched something because even her wrists had rashes. But what???? Ah maybe she's allergic to San Francisco? Labels: Health Issues, Ramblings, The Girls
I'm so proud of her because she has been such a great girl. She started school last week with no apprehension at all. She was full of excitement. Even before the 29th she was counting the days when she'll be back to school. I left her in school without worrying because I know she'll be good. I see most of her classmates teary eyed everytime they were dropped off but Jelynn is the opposite. She loves waking up in the morning and going to school. She even LOVES to do homework. I try to help her but she doesn't like me helping her. So I let her do her homework herself. Her homeworks has been pretty easy for her because she's been used to doing workbooks. I buy her workbooks all the time and she loves to do them. I picked her up today and the teacher talked to me about her. OMG I thought she did something wrong LOL. She said Jelynn is pretty smart. She can memorize a lot of stuff pretty easily. She even memorized her lunch menu and not just memorize it she memorized it in order lol. The teacher is pretty amazed at how good her memory is and how much she can read. To tell you the truth I don't teach her because she doesn't want me to plus I don't have that much patience. She teaches herself by asking questions and when I'm reading she can remember the words which is pretty great. I'm not really superstitious at all but I think giving her a dictionary as her first pillow does work hehe. She's a reader at such a young age and she loves to study.
Jelynn's first day of school was yesterday. She was a little sick but she was determined to go to school that day. As if there's really nothing that could stop her. Her school started at 8:25 and since it was half day yesterday I picked her up at 12:30. Us parents were given a chance to spend a little time inside the classroom with the kids. She seems to be having so much fun. I didn't even have a hard time leaving her there unlike the other kids who were crying when they announced that kindergarten parents need to leave. My Jelynn just wave goodbye to me and gave me flying kiss. I am so proud of her. She is officially my big girl. Today I dropped her off again gave her her lunch money and saw her followed her teacher inside the classroom and found her seat. She was seating there all behave and stuff while other kids started crying. Today will be a much longer day we'll pick her up at 1:40. Hopefully she eats her lunch this time hehehe. Anyways, pictures to follow.
Update on the girls...
They feel much better although they are still having cough and runny nose. We went to their pediatrician yesterday and no infection found which is good. They where given triaminic thin strips and thank God they were able to take it. I should not buy any of the liquid medicines anymore because they don't like the taste even with flavoring. Jewelle's swelling on the eye subsided yesterday too. I still have no idea what might have caused it. I mention about insect bites to her doctor but she said that it should swell up too big if it's from an insect bite. She said it was most likely that she touched something and rubbed it on her eye that's why her eye swelled. Then I thought about that what could have she touched at 11:30 at night in our room to make her swell like that. Arghhh!! If only we know what's her allergies are then it would be easier. Her appointment to the allergist is still about a month away. I guess we just have to be more careful. Wiping everything she might touch. Poor kid I have her wash her hands every couple of minutes or so..which isn't too bad because she likes to play with the water. Better safe than sorry I guess. Labels: Health Issues, The Girls
because I won't be able to enroll Jelynn to ballet just yet. Most of the ballet class only meet in the afternoons and I don't know how I'm going to bring three kids in ballet class. I think we may have to wait until Baby JE is a little bigger and would not be needing too much attention from me. Or better yet when I have somebody to help me take care of my kids. I just wish she doesn't take it too bad. I told her way back she'll go this September. She hasn't been asking yet maybe because it's not September..heheh Labels: The Girls
bad night....
We had a rough night once again..they girls are still sick. But what's worse is that Jewelle right eye swelled up last night. I was so scared that her whole face will swell up again. I immediately gave her benadryl and have the epipen ready just in case. I really don't know anymore what to give her to eat because I gave her Mac and cheese last night and a juice which she usually been drinking and eating the last couple of days with NO reaction but then there it goes swelling on the eye at midnight last night. Thank God I don't sleep early then I would have probably not catch it. I saw a little rash on her eye before we were going to sleep. I usually monitor her rashes and wait it out if it goes away or it gets better. After about ten minutes it was getting bigger and bigger so I got her benadryl to stop the swelling. I wasn't able to sleep that much because I keep waking up to see if it was getting worse. Plus Jelynn couldn't have a restful sleep because of her cough. I tried giving her some tylenol but she threw it up. Today I'll be bringing them both to the doctor after Jelynn's first day of school. Hopefully, the pediatrician will give them medicine they can actually take. And then I woke up with a sore throat and a runny nose. Yes, it was a pretty rough night over here hopefully it'll get better. Labels: Health Issues, The Girls
I barely had any sleep last night because of the constant coughing of both girls. They have caught the cold virus from their Lolo who is also suffering from a bad cold. Even their Lola don't feel well. They all have the cold and hopefully i won't catch any. But I may not be lucky this time around because when I woke up my throat started to itch. I don't want to drink any medicine right now. I'll let it pass hopefully it's nothing too bad. I'm still hoping my flu shot way back from January still works. But Jelynn and Jewelle aren't too lucky. They always catch the cold even though they already had their flu shot this year. I guess kids are more susceptible to cold viruses. I am especially worried about Jelynn because she has the tendency to start wheezing when she gets the cold. Plus she starts school tomorrow and then she's sick..poor kid. I started giving her some Tylenol Cold and Cough but she has this bad habit of throwing up stuff she doesn't like. She doesn't take medicines easily. I had to put the tylenol with orange juice so she can at least get it in her system. Hopefully she feels much better tomorrow if not at least I already made an appointment to see her pediatrician. Labels: Health Issues, The Girls
Today was Jelynn's kindergarten orientation. She thought that she starts school today because when I gave her the clothes she was going to wear she asked me why she isn't wearing her uniform. I told her we're just going to a meeting so the excitement faded. Hahaha. I cannot believe how kids today love to go to school while when I was younger I had my Dad stay with me while I get used to everything. Anyways, I didn't feel like Jelynn likes her new teacher I think she got used to the teacher she had over the summer. But I think she can adjust once she gets to know the new teacher. The orientation touched up on Uniforms. That they are expected to wear uniforms everyday except on Fridays. I told Jelynn she doesn't need to wear uniforms on Fridays because she might start to cry when she doesn't wear a uniform on fridays heheh. She can buy lunch over there if she wants to. I think it'll be good for her to buy the her lunch over there because she'll get used to different foods everyday. She officially starts on the 29th. Class starts at 8:25AM to 1:40PM. I don't know how she can handle a much longer school time but hopefully she'll still love it just like the summer program. I think I'm more terrified than her. She is so excited while I'm a little apprehensive lol. Oh well..I'll get used to it I guess. I know I can't keep her my baby forever....*sigh*
Huh? My little girl has been having different names every couple of hours or so. Her favorite name is Barbara. I call her Jewelle and she'll say, "No! My name is Barbara." Oh okey. When did we go to the city hall and changed her name to Barbara? lol. Her dad called this morning and Daddy said... "Hi Jewelle..I miss you." Then she got mad she told her Dad. "I said my name is Barbara!" Of course Rico was like.."What? When did I get a daughter named Barbara? lol.She just love to play pretend very opposite from her older sister who is into books. I bet tomorrow she'll come up with another name hahaha. Labels: The Girls
I'm getting serious about potty training Jewelle because well it's about time since she's already three and soon she'll want to go to preschool. Plus she goes through pull-ups after pull-ups and pull ups are expensive. And since we're having Baby JE soon I might as well potty train her before the new baby comes. Because she might gets jealous of the attention we are going to give Baby JE that she would want to act as a baby again. Not wanting to potty train or anything. Monday, I told her she gotta wear the panty for the whole day. She was reluctant at first because she was looking at the pull ups. I told her if she wanted to go to school she gotta learn how to go potty. She did give in and put on her underwear. She had so many accidents but I still encouraged her to make potty and if she does make potty I'll give her Starburst. She did try to go potty going in twice but she refused to take number two on her potty. I said that was okey because she was crying when she made poopie on her panty. I told her she can try again tomorrow. When she went to sleep I gave her back her pull ups because I know she wouldn't be able to control herself just yet. Tuesday when she woke up I told her to take off her pull ups and put on her panty and she did. Then after awhile she went potty. She was so excited to show me that she made wee wee on her potty. So I gave her some starburst. I told her if she goes wee wee on her potty she gets three starburst and if goes poopie there then she gets four. I was so proud of her she went poopie there too. Tuesday was a great day. She only had two accidents and I didn't even have to ask her if she needed to go she goes by herself. I think the accidents happen when she can't control herself anymore. Oh well she'll learn I guess I just need to be more patient. Labels: The Girls
We bought Jelynn's uniforms for school the other day. She is now so ready to go to school. I also bought her a new backpack from Disney Store with a lunch box. I think she won't be able to use the lunch box because she'll have lunch in school cafeteria. I think it's better that way so she'll learn to eat other foods. I had her picked up all her school supplies too. In two weeks I have a little who goes to school full time. Anyways, since I find her uniform so cute I took some pics. The uniforms are a little big but I think she'll grow into it. Since it's already the smallest size we can't do anything about it lol at least it isn't falling lol.
She also have the pants but it isn't as cute as the Jumper hehe so I haven't taken a pic of that one. Maybe later. She'll only use that when it's get too cold anyways or maybe if I don't have time to wash her jumpers lol.
I having a difficult time potty training Jewelle. Maybe because she is more stubborn than her sister. I told her she needs to start going to the potty so she can go to school but even that didn't excite her. She told me she has pull ups so she doesn't need to go potty lol. I even did the reward system but it's not working. Ahhhhh! I really want her to go potty because she gets jealous that her sister goes to school and soon to dance school. And I know a lot of preschool don't take diaper toddlers. So I really need her to start using the potty so I can enroll her to preschool. Labels: The Girls
Since Jelynn is starting school in a few weeks I don't know how much I can do to help her thank God for Reading Tutors. I don't need to feel guilty if I'm unable to teach her sometimes because at Score the tutors are dependable and trustworthy. I know that they will teach Jelynn the best they can and in no time she'll be reading like a pro.
Getting ready for school...
We received the letter from Jelynn's school yesterday and she starts school on the 29th of this month. She will be going to school from 8:25AM to 1:40PM. Awww I didn't know that kindergarten is that long hahaha. I think I'm the one who needs to prepare for school because I'll miss my big girl terribly. Then we plan on enrolling her to ballet twice a week which is tuesday and thursday at 4:15. She'll be a little busy. I don't know how I'm going to bring her to Dance school with two babies in tow but she does want to go to Ballet school so why not. I'm still deciding if Jewelle would want to because if I enroll her now it's a ten month commitment so I don't want to enroll her just yet maybe if she sees her Ate wearing ballet clothes she'll want to join too. Anyways, we just need to order Jelynn's uniforms for school then she'll be just about ready.
I'm so sorry if I have been slacking with your tags ladies. I'll try to do everything once the "laziness" goes away. ARghhh! Might be because I'm almost there to the finish line and I think I still have soooooo many things to do for the baby's arrival. Plus Jelynn starting kindergarten and Jewelle having her allergies I think I need an extra 10 hours a day to be able to do everything I want to do. And I love napping again since I have a hard time sleeping at night because no sleep positions sleeps to work anymore so when Jewelle takes her afternoon nap, I try to do the same while Jelynn plays with the computer or does her work book. Thank God though my girls are a little bit older if I got pregnant earlier I would have died hahaha. I mean now I can leave the girls while I do something else especially Jelynn. If she has her work book she can do it the whole day. And since Jelynn is a little bit older she does help me around the house, like getting some stuff downstairs when mommy gets too tired climbing up and down the stairs. She does a lot of a 5-year old and I'm so lucky. Jewelle on the other hand is my own little shadow. She follows me around and I have a hard time leaving her with her Lolo because she likes to go with me everywhere. I have to bribe her so that she stays with lolo but that means when I come back I need to have something for her lol. Thank God we moved back here in San Francisco if not I think I must have gone crazy a long time ago...Rico really owes me big time hahahha.... anyways back to the tags I will do it promise as soon as the laziness goes away. Thanks for always remembering me. Muah!
Late last night, Jewelle and I were still awake. She didn't sleep early because she took a late nap waking up at 8:30 so at midnight she was still wide awake. I was reading my book and told her: Labels: The GirlsSleep now, baby.
No, not yet..not sleepy yet.
But it's late.
No, it's not. (She is stubborn I tell ya...must have gotten it from her mother lol)
Oh oke, what are you going to do?
Read my book. Get my Elmo book please.
I gave her her elmo book.
She started reading but then she kept asking me what's happening, so I told her:You're not reading.
No, I am. See it's a perfect day for picnic. (Pointing to the book's title)
Oh oke, read your book then I'll read mine too.
After awhile, she got tired of her book and watched me read. Then she asked pointing to her fingers:What's this finger's name? (showing her index)
Index finger.
How about this?
Middle..
This one?
Ring.
This one?
Pinky.
How about this one?
Thumb.
Oh your thumb is reading your book.
I look at my thumb and because I was holding my book and the thumb is on top of the pages.
What a silly little girl lol. Made me laugh in the middle of the night.
I was browsing BabiesRus the other night when Jelynn came next to me and askCan I sit next to you mommy?
Okay. (giving her a room to sit)
Mommy, you're squishing me!
No, I'm not.
I think maybe because you're fat now.
Am I Fat?
Yes, you are because you have Baby JE in your tummy.
Hahahah even my five year old thinks I'm fat. Hahaha. At least she knows I'm fat because I have a baby inside me lol.
