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11/23/2003 Archived Entry: "5 days?"

I can't believe I haven't posted since Tuesday! Ack! The more there is to talk about the less time I have to actually sit down and type. Lessons are still going well. We've only been doing math formally, everything else is just life based. Tabitha hasn't been writing at all, so I still don't know if she's going to start writing with lower case letters or not. We took Friday off from math and used Saturday as a homework day. The curriculum we use has work sheets that are to be completed some time after the lesson is done because that time lapse helps retention better. The problem is we do two lessons a day and we do them in the late afternoon, so there really isn't a time for her to do the worksheets. It's not currently a problem since we're doing writing numbers, but eventually, it will be harder stuff and the extra practice will be necessary. I just need to find a way to fit it in. Of course, when it's harder stuff, we'll hardly be doing two lessons a day.

Wednesday, Tabitha and I skipped out of Mommy and Me class early and went to the mall instead. I got her a couple more pairs of pajamas and I think she has enough warm ones now to get us to Spring. She had decided she doesn't want footie sleepers anymore, so finding some warm enough was proving a challenge. We found some absolutely adorable ones at Penney's though. Funny thing, I pointed out one pair to Tabs that said "I didn't ask to be a princess, but if the crown fits...." Tabitha didn't want them and I couldn't figure out why since they were really cute. Finally she told me that she *did* ask to be a princess so those pj's were a lie, lol. Wednesday night when Chris got home from school we did a late night Denny's run. We haven't done that in ages. It was fun and Tabitha got a kick out of it. Thursday, she and I took Chris to work and went out to Whole Foods. I had gone for one specific item and they didn't have it! Argh! I found a decent substitute, but I didn't like driving that far for no reason. One of Tabitha's favorite parts of going there is when I buy things like brown rice in bulk and she gets to scoop it into a bag for me. I didn't even need brown rice, but she gets such a kick out of it that I bought some just for her, lol. It's not like it will go to waste around here.

Chris had changed days off to have Friday off and we went to Disney for the day. They have all their holiday decorations out so the place is more magical than usual. We went to the Spirit of Brother Bear show first off at California Adventure. It was rather good for what it was. I don't quite remember what we did after that, but I know we ended up eating lunch in the picnic area. While Tabitha was eating, I went back into CA to go to the toy store. I had a 20% off coupon and wanted to use it. We'll be staying at the Disneyland Hotel for Tabitha's birthday so I picked up a couple things to do in the hotel room since the parks will be closing around 6:00pm. I got Disney Pretty Pretty Princess game and a Disneyland Hotel Fashion Polly. Plus I picked up a Pilgrim Mickey beanie and a Haunted Mansion die cast vehicle for myself. I stashed them in the locker while Chris distracted Tabitha. After lunch we went into Disneyland and had fun there for a while, including watching the Christmas Parade. Then it was back to California Adventure where we stopped for some delectable bakery items. Well, Chris and I had wonderful treats. He had a brownie topped with a white chocolate raspberry swirl and I had a cinnamon twist pastry. Tabitha ordered a cream puff. The cream was wonderful, but the puff was way too dense. Very disappointing. Another hour there and it was time to go. But not home. We went to see our friends' band play at a nearby restaurant. Tabitha adores them and had a great time. They wanted her to play the triangle on stage with them (okay, not a stage so much as a corner of the patio) but she chose that night to become nervous in front of others. No one who has ever met my kid would accuse her of being shy, so it was a bit of a shock, but oh well. Maybe another time, but I doubt it because she put the idea into her head that she's nervous and probably won't let go of it for a long, long time. We stayed well past a child's respectable bedtime, but she had so much fun we couldn't tear her away, not that we really wanted to. We did leave before the end of the show as she was practically falling asleep and we were bombarded by smokers who came over after the Mighty Ducks game.

We were supposed to have breakfast with Santa on Saturday morning, but there was no way I was going to wake Tabitha, so we skipped it. I think there's a similar event at a different mall in a couple weeks, so maybe we'll hit that one. We didn't do much of anything yesterday, just took it easy.

Today, Tabitha and I went back to Disneyland with some friends. Tabitha gets so loud and borders on obnoxious when she's with friends, but I know to expect that and tried to bite my tongue from constantly telling her to calm down. My friend is much more patient with the girls' hyperness than I am, I get exasperated far too easily. I'm working on it, sort of. After we left there and headed home, we picked up some Subway and had lunch with Chris at his work. And now we're here.

Whew! I'm tired all over again just from typing all this out!