No dance card?

Well, she finally did it.  I was beginning to think I was going to be one of the few LuckyMoms who have children who don't "trim" their own hair.  Not!  Last weekend, Lexie decided she wanted bangs.  She walked into the room, and my jaw dropped.  She actually didn't do too bad, but I still had Grammy take her in for a straightening.  Amazingly, she did this AFTER her school pictures!  Phew!  I'll post her school pictures and then compare with the post kid-with-scissors.

Today is Halloween.  Lexie's school doesn't allow costumes, but she will get to put hers on in about an hour, after school at YCamp.  She is Tinker bell. This evening we are going trick-or-treating with her friends Sam and Alex at a local mall.  Should be fun. 

Tomorrow, Lexie's Grammy is coming down to stay the night with Lexie.  I will be attending a party, that I go to only very reluctantly.  I'm not much of a party person.  This started out being five people, Cherri, Ryan, Hollie, and Josh.  It has added a bunch of people, NOT happy.  I tried very hard to cancel, but was essentially guilted back into it.  Since I'm bringing the RV, if I decide to pout, at least I have a good place to do it.

And now, the story behind the title of this blog.  When I went to pick Lexie up yesterday, she complained and was sad because we would miss the "sample" dance class.  I had not heard anything about this, but they are going to give dance lessons Thursdays at 5:00 at the gym there.  So, we stayed so she could try it out.  She loves to dance and has been excited for quite awhile about dance classes, and then this dropped in our lap!  Should have been perfect, but there is one ginormous hitch!  In Lexie's mind, dance class entails turning music on and everyone just dancing.  Very early on into the stretching warm-up, she became unenthusiastic. She wasn't impressed by learning moves and putting them together.  She was so put off by the end of the class, that not only wasn't going to join, but she specifically wanted to put the flyer they handed out in a hiding place where it wold never be found again.  Strike two for organized, structured instruction on how to learn something.  Maybe if I pick her up a little later and she sees the other kids having a good time with it, she might change her mind.  I think there were too many children there and if the classes are smaller and she gets more one-on-one attention, she might enjoy it.  We shall see.

We are starting Daisy Girl Scouts next Monday!  First and third Mondays, I'm excited.

Name Club

It's been so crazy, I tend to let the blog ride. I really should discipline myself to do a daily not at break time.

Yesterday, Lexie got into the "Name Club" at her kindergarten! I am so proud of her, and she is too. That means that she can print her name clearly. They teach print WAY differently then I remember. They put little curly tails on the letters to get them ready to learn cursive. Pretty cute.

Tonight is McTeacher night. I'm not positive, but I believe that means that the school teachers will be working at the local McDonalds to raise money. I think Lex and I will go take a peak.

Her first tooth is coming in nice, and she's got another loose one.