Sadie and Preschool

Sadie has done so well at Preschool.  Who knew she was so school-smart?  I feel like she is as quick as Kylee was at that age.  But it will be interesting to see how she does in school because her personality is so much different than Kylee’s.  I feel like she is very capable of learning things but she doesn’t have the drive.  She just doesn’t want to sometimes.  When she’s in the mood, when it’s fun, she will read and do really well.  When she’s not in the mood, she has no interest at all.  She’s not as driven as Kylee.  At least not yet.  That could change.  It will be very interesting to see how things go when she starts Kindergarten and 1^st.  As of now, we are working with her on reading simple things.  We’ve got some easy reading books from the library that we try to work with, but she isn’t always into it.  It was easier when the other kids weren’t home.  They are all having a hard time wanting to do any productive work.  They just want to play.  With each other!  It’s hard to complain too much when they are making secret hideouts and searching for spiderwebs, etc.  Kid stuff.  So we aren’t pushing the reading thing too much.  She will get there.

I feel bad because almost all of her little friends will be starting Kindergarten this year.  Pretty much everyone in her church class will be starting, everyone from her preschool class is starting, even the cute boys down the street she plays with are starting.  She’s going to be very limited on who she can play with next year when everyone else is at school!  Which will be hard because this child is SOCIAL.  She always, always wants to be playing with someone.  She will go outside to ride her bike and end up hanging out with whoever is out there.  I don’t mind that at all as long as she stays close to our house. 

Anyway, back to preschool.  She had her little graduation, which was Hawaii themed.  It was adorable.

Her cute friend Lily:

The stage lighting is so horrible for picture.  I almost want to just toss the pictures and call it a waste, but then I wouldn't have any pictures of her with Miss Kymm or these cute girls.

Kelsie:

Raegan:

It’s funny how her whole class is like a foot taller than her mostly.  But she fit right in.  She made so many friends!  She’s going to miss this group and Miss Kymm.

Sadie knew all the songs really well.  And she knows the Pledge of Allegiance, the months of the year, days of the week, etc.  She learns songs really fast just like her mom and sister both.  She had a lot of fun in preschool this year!

On a different note, I’ve realized how very similar Dylan and Sadie are personality-wise.  They are both super social and not shy of strangers at all.  They both get fun ideas and start projects and rarely follow through with them.  Most comically, they both wander upstairs around 11 pm almost every night, half asleep and really needing the potty but usually too asleep to find it.  We often crack up about it because we will point to the bathroom and say, “go to the bathroom, it’s right there.”  And sometimes they will start that way, even go in the bathroom door, and then wander back out with this pained looke on their face like they just can’t find it and they desperately need it.  Dylan is worse than Sadie, or at least more funny, but they both do it.  It’s just funny that they have a bathroom just feet from their bedrooms downstairs.  Oh well, sleepwalking must run in the family because I used to do that too apparently.

They were complete opposites as babies.  But I’m seeing more and more of 4-year-old Dylan in Sadie right now and it’s a little stressful for me.  Because we had a lot of battles with Dylan at age 4.  It’s an age where they are pushing their limits and seeing what they have control over and how far they can push.  It’s power struggles and a lot of screaming fits.  I can’t imagine she will be as stubborn as Dylan was.  And since we’ve gone through it once already, I imagine this time will be easier, but it’s still not fun. 

Sadie and Dylan have golf together, Kylee is in the older group and goes after them.  Sadie was telling me one day how she got to have two rides in the golf cart because the coach had to take her to the potty.  The next day she told me she got to ride in the cart again!  And a girl in her class was complaining that it’s not fair.  Dylan says, “it’s NOT fair she always gets rides.”   This time it wasn’t for a bathroom break.  I can only imagine it’s because she’s so slow (that girl really is SLOW, not just walking but getting anything done.)  I said as much but Dylan said, “no, it’s because she’s the cutest.”  He said it with a bit of bitterness.  What can I say to that?  Sadie is the littlest child in Jr Golf, and I’m sure the coaches do think she’s pretty cute.  Who doesn’t?  But that isn’t really fair.  I tried to explain to Dylan that it’s just because she’s little and her short legs aren’t very fast.  But also that little things are cute, just like Kaden is super cute.  Or the tiny little grapes we find on the vines are cute.  I think he understood, but he still thinks it’s unfair.

I remember when she was just a baby or toddler and I knew we were spoiling her.  I used to say that she gets whatever she wants but that’s just because she wants so little.  She was just happy most the time so when she wasn’t happy, it was easy to try and please her.  It’s possible that we are paying for that now.  She is a stubborn little thing.  The dinner battles continue, though not as often as before.  Really, I think if we can get through this summer, things will get better when there’s more of a schedule and less chaos.  I can survive that long, right?