It's a long one

I have had my first rite of passage -- my daughter had to pull a stick at school. ACK! I can't believe it. When she came home with the note, I was mortified. And do you want to know what she was doing -- playing in the bathroom with her friend. They were peeking under the stalls and talking to each other. Her reprimand went something like this, "ELLIE! There is PEE on that floor." Ellie then explains to me that if there was pee on the floor she would have seen it. "It could be DRIED PEE! So there are pee GERMS." She then had to write an apology note to her teacher.

So tonight was Curriculum night at the school and I'm so embarrassed to go because I'm sure her teacher is thinking that I'm the slacker mom that never had the "we-don't-peek-under-the-bathroom-stalls" talk with my daughter, mainly because I never thought I would have to. The teacher launches into her discipline plan and starts talking about sticks and a couple of parents I know start whispernig their horror of finding that their child had lost a stick already.

I can't even tell you the relief I felt knowing that I wasn't alone. One little boy got a stick pulled for hitting someone. His dad asked him if he felt bad and he said, "It wasn't even that hard!" Another little boy told some kid to get in line or he'd punch him in the face. And of course Ellie's little parnter in crime in the bathroom got her stick pulled too. And these are all good kids.

So that is our Ellie school story for the week. Also, tomorrow is her first play date with a friend from school. Her mom volunteered to be room mom, though, so it sounds like she's an over achiever. We'll get along just fine :p. She and Ellie are best buds and so cute together. I'm so glad she's found a good friend. Oh, and Chelsea, I met Chelsea tonight. She said Ellie and Chandler can talk each other's heads off at lunch.

Nate is still hacking away. He's actually sleeping, though, so that's a good thing. He is also obsessed with earning an Edward train -- from the Thomas series. I told him when his *sparkle jar* was full, he could go get one, but he can't seem to think of anything else. Everytime he wakes up or suddenly sees me again after a short break he asks if we're going to the store to buy Edward. He's about 2-3 weeks away from earning it, so this is probably going to drive me crazy. It is literally the first thing out of his mouth each morning, "We go to store? Buy Edward?"

I left Sadie for one of her first times ever tonight. It was with Jill, my FABO neighbor, who was so awesome to take my kids. If I was going to trust anyone with Sadie for the first time, Jill was the perfect person. She is just so laid back and low key so I knew Sadie would love her, and that even if Sadie cried the entire time Jill wouldn't mind. Of course she did great! Sadie's a champ.

And so don't kill me for making you read this whole thing and not having any pictures!