Tonight was Maddie’s preschool graduation. It was really cute! They sang a bunch of songs that they had learned throughout the year and she was just beaming the whole time, loving Mom and Dad’s full attention. She also got to go on her “big fieldtrip” today to Heritage park. It was rainy, so that was a bummer, but I’m sure Maddie still had fun. She loves the rain. I didn’t find out though until at the Preschool graduation that she threw up on the way to the fieldtrip! She has always gotten carsick, and I totally forgot to tell her teacher about it. They said she felt fine afterwards, so that’s good. Poor girl!
On Maddie’s report card she did VERY well in all of the academics, but social skills and some life skills definitely still need some work. Her teacher says that she is reading at a mid-year 1st grade level!! And she won’t be going to Kindergarten for a whole ‘nother year! She misses the cut off by 8 days! ugh! So while my little girl is a super smart smarty pants, she needs to figure out sharing and not always getting her way. Heaven knows I try and teach her these things ALL THE TIME. She is just so darn head strong! Any advice?
So my little baby is a ONE YEAR OLD BOY now! It’s really amazing how fast that year has flown by. He had a very good birthday. He took two nice naps, and near the end of the day Aunt Amy and her family along with Grandpa Kimmel, and Cousin Billy all came over for cake. He was a little concerned as to why everyone would be staring at him and singing, but once he got into the cake, he was just fine with it. He made out pretty good too, with some clothes from Grandma Kimmel, a book from Grandma & Grandpa Bankhead, and a car from the Roskelley’s… sorry to everyone else, but the car was the hit. He’s in love with that thing!
The other big thing that happened today was that FINALLY a small littl
e bit of tooth has busted it’s way through his gums! FIN-ALLY!!! I was beginning to think that boy was never going to get teeth.
We had a great day, and Michael loved being the center of attention for the day!
Although my sweet little mischief boy was up until about 11 PM tonight I pushed through and posted to all 4 of my main blogs! Woot WOOT! Amy and I have set some goals this week, and by gum I’m sticking to them.
Michael is a naughty little monkey that climbs his way into every single thing he can. Plus we think his is FINALLY teething (although nothing has broken through yet). And this being his birthday and all… I’m actually writing this about 10 minutes from the time he was actually born. I’ll dedicate my post to my naughty little angel child Michael.
Michael loves getting into everything, especially electronics (who can blame him on that count in our house). He also LOVES books. I can’t remember if Maddie was as into books as he is, but when I pull out a bunch of toys from the toy box, the first thing he goes to is the books. I have now placed a few in his crib so when he wakes up he’s got something to do. He also loves balls. He could care less about animals (except for Holly of course, whom he adores!). It’s so funny how different that is from Maddie… she who could watch the whole movie of Lion King at 8 months old. 
He also loves to color. Just try and pry a marker from his hand once he’s got a hold of it. It’s darn near impossible. He is generally very well mannered though, and is a completely joy to be around. Very mellow, but VERY curious about everything.
It is crazy how it is with your second child. With Maddie I remember being so excited for her to turn one so I can turn her forward facing in her car seat. I’m not so anxious about it this time. Maybe half of it is because he’s so tiny, and the other half being that the “recommendations” have changed anyway. It’s also nice that he can see his sister, cause she loves to play with him in the car. So he’s going to be rear facing for quite a while longer I predict. Then we’ll move him to Maddie’s old carseat. Speaking of Maddie, he LOVES his sister so much. Even though sometimes she can be too rough with him, he still adores her and would follow her around the house all day if I’d let him.
So Happy Birthday little Michael! You have truly completed our family!
Maddie is smart, she is very smart. And when it comes to technology, she’s got it down.
We were eating breakfast one day and she saw on the box of Froot Loops that there was a url for frootloops.com. She immediately knew where it was supposed to go and went to her computer and typed it into a browser and was playing games on frootloops.com before I knew it. So today I was uploading some recent pics from my phone to facebook, and she asked what I was doing. I said I was putting the pictures on the internet. She asked me what the internet was. I said it’s the places on her computer she goes to play games. She then said “like frootloops.com or ipod.com?” I then asked if she saw ipods on ipod.com. She said no. I asked what was on ipod.com? And she said iPhones. I can’t believe she even knew what an iphone was (since Trevor and I have Pre’s). I love my tech girl!
When I was little, I had an imaginary friend. It wasn’t so much that I really saw a person there, it was more along the lines that I decided that I was going to do, and so I did. It’s the same philosophy I had when I decided that I was going to now cross all of my 7′s and Z’s. It’s not that I was TAUGHT that way, I just decided that I wanted to write them that way, and so I did. My imaginary friend was named “Hang Loose” and he came from Loosy Land… again, who knows??
So it looks like the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree, as Maddie has imaginary friends. Sometimes these people are external (like she’s talking to them, or making me talk to them), and sometimes she IS the friend. There is a dog… named Sparkles, and a baby… named Leah. Both Sparkles and Leah are quite funny. I am required to read to Leah, and teach her how to walk and read, and give her baths. I have to feed Sparkles, and pet her.
I just have to say, my child is hilarious. 
I’m going to a “baby shower” in a couple of weeks that is going to benefit a great cause. Read about it here…
If you would like to donate anything, please either come with me, or bring it to or send it to my house prior to the event! THANK YOU!!
So yes, it’s been forever since I’ve updated this blog. I’ve really been slacking on all my blogs lately. Hopefully I can be a little bit better from now on.
Life at the Kimmel home has been very good. Trevor’s job is going great, as is mine. I really couldn’t be more blessed to have such a fantastic and flexible job that I can do from home! The kids are growing up so fast, and it’s just been great to be their mom (well…some days).
Maddie is seriously smart as can be. She’s reading very well, and loves to learn new things. Her favorite thing is to ask “What would happen”. So I say don’t do that, and she says “What happens when I do that?” We are looking into various school options for next fall. She barely misses the cutoff to go to Kindergarten for the fall, but academically she is completely ready for it. Her Preschool teacher tells us that she is at the level she should be at the END of Kindergarten. We had her tested for a private school locally, and she only missed a couple of questions about vowels. She is just too too smart!
Michael is the MISCHEIF BOY! He’s a professional crawler and within the blink of an eye can be completely across the room. His favorite things are Holly’s water dish, and trying to get into the entertainment center. As soon as that door is open he is jetting across the room to get into it. He doesn’t have any teeth yet, but is getting excellent at gumming his food, and can pretty much eat anything that you don’t need to really bite through.
I’m starting to really get somewhere with my blogs and am excited for the trips I’m going to be taking this summer! We also have a family trip planned this summer too, which is going to be so much fun! I best get going back to the grind. Michael needs to go to sleep!
Tonight was Maddie’s preschool graduation. It was really cute! They sang a bunch of songs that they had learned throughout the year and she was just beaming the whole time, loving Mom and Dad’s full attention. She also got to go on her “big fieldtrip” today to Heritage park. It was rainy, so that was a bummer, but I’m sure Maddie still had fun. She loves the rain. I didn’t find out though until at the Preschool graduation that she threw up on the way to the fieldtrip! She has always gotten carsick, and I totally forgot to tell her teacher about it. They said she felt fine afterwards, so that’s good. Poor girl!
