imaginatory

Victoria is having a fun time this summer. She loves the piano in the play area and using the big foam mats from the basement floor for making forts and tents. Today she made a "capitol" William asked her if she meant "castle" but she said no it was a capitol. I guess that makes her the president of the playroom. I don't want to even ask what my role is. I'm sure it's custodian. To enter her capitol you had to tell the password which was "squeaky". It was funny to watch her go in and out of her capitol and casually telling David "squeaky" every time.

Victoria is going through a stage where she wants to take everything home that she likes in a store. We went to Hobby Lobby yesterday and she just HAD to have a bag of pom poms. I gave in and bought the 1.19 bag of 50+ red pom poms. I even broke down and got a green bag. (You will probably get a Christmas ornament from us this year with pom poms on it.) We used a lot of these last Christmas for ornaments so I figured it was a good deal. Anyway, there are pom poms every where! I keep finding them in the kitchen, bathroom, office, high chair, under the couch, etc. She is staying with my parents tonight so it is a sweet reminder of her every time I turn around.

Vic started Dance today. She LOVED it. She couldn't wait to wear her "ballet costune" She was the first one in the room and the last one out. After class, all the little girls came running out of the room to their parents. I turned to look for Victoria and she never came. I could see down the hall and into the room Victoria talking to the teacher. I wonder what they did and what Victoria said in class tonight. It is so hard to get that kind of info out of them at this age. I'm so glad we are doing this.

David is a free man! I decided not to send him to school this year. I signed him up but didn't feel right about it. Unfortunately the school only offers TTH or MWF and no drop ins. I would have to pay for three days just to send him one that matched with Victoria's schedule. His tuition is more that hers too! I just couldn't pay for three and only go one. I also didn't feel right about sending him yet. He is so little. If I can find an occasional "drop in" at another school that would be great. I feel so much better about officially taking him out.

The title of this blog is from Victoria. She loves the Charlie and Lola show and book series from Disney. One of the characters has and invisible friend. I was reading Victoria the Charlie and Lola book about going to school. It is a story about Lola going to school with her invisible friend. Victoria stopped me in the middle of the book to explain that the friend was "imaginatory". I got so tickled! I was also proud that she knew invisible and imaginary had similar meanings in the story. I'm so glad I'm writing this down!