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Damon is working long hours, still out at the lake outside of town & thankfully not dropping dead from the oppressive heatwave (yet). He's got a nice tan now!
Lianna has just finished 1st grade! She got the highest marks possible for each quarter and exceeded her reading goal by so much that she was awarded a FREE 1-topping pizza from Domino's. She chose mushroom. We celebrated with ice cream sundaes. To give an idea of how much she's reading, she just finished The Witches by Roald Dahl... in a day. A 208 page book rumored to be about a 4th grade reading level from the author of Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. Spooky stuff.
She really loves Star Wars & playing Zoo Tycoon. Something she can't do when her silly mother is writing a blog. Poor child. She's getting good at riding her scooter and is learning to jump rope well too. She'll be back down in Florida soon to visit her father during most of the month of July.We are still awaiting the appeal for her to be transferred to another school for 2nd grade (our initial request was denied). My meeting with the principal of her school this year was abysmal. Actually, that might be too optimistic. Suffice to say, she accepted no blame for the problems we've had and even went so far as to suggest that Lianna herself was to blame. Classy.
As a result, I've begun looking into homeschooling options for her, which she is excited about. I'm more apprehensive than excited, but I think it will be just fine if we end up going that route. My main problem right now is deciding on & finding a curriculum... Ugh.
The AC in our car quit cooling (along with a lot of other things that seem to have quit working on it recently) but so far I have been doing alright with the 100+ temperatures we've been getting for over a week now. Don't ask me how. I'm not sure yet either. I'm sure it won't last long enough to figure it out anyway.
I've also been busy cleaning & organizing our tiny house top to bottom for the last week or so now. I've been relentless. It's annoying. I know it's that nesting instinct preparing things for the baby and the results are fantastic, but I also sort of just want it to stop. I feel like a slave to my body's cleaning impulses!
The baby is also doing fine. About all that can be said about our lil guy is that he is still kicking like wild in there. Yesterday morning he had somehow managed to get himself positioned sideways inside my belly and was doing what I can only describe as dancing. Yes, dancing. In a very rhythmic fashion, he was kicking and then punching me on both sides of my stomach simultaneously. This went on for a good 10-20 minutes.
If he keeps it up, I might just give him some awful middle name like Dancer. You hear that baby? You'll be Tiny Dancer Neri if you don't settle down in there! Maybe he's just trying to convince me to take him to see Toubab Krewe tonight rather than sitting at home complaining about my sore back.
We've found a midwife for the homebirth also. She is wonderful. This Saturday we have an all-day homebirth class we are attending as a family that will break down the more nitty-gritty scary what-if scenarios and how to handle them in a homebirth situation - something Damon is really eager to find out more about. I'm most excited about meeting some other local homebirthing moms and pigging out during the potluck lunch afterwards. I'll be making one of mine and Lianna's favorites: Spelt Pilaf. Which reminds me, I think I may have a recipes section on here if I get around to it.
Love & Hugs to all!
~Arielle
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