Josie's Journeys: What's new?

Last week Josie started swim lessons for the fall. She has a great class of 3 students! She already knows the other two kids too because they are Will and Ben. Works out well for us. All three at the same time and this is the first time that I don't need to get in the pool with them! Score for mom.

This week was suppose to be the week Josie has been waiting her whole life for... Josie was going to ride the school bus. She very seriously told Billy's co-workers (when we went up for lunch one day) that she has gone on party buses before (aka trolley buses after weddings) but not a school bus. Then she said the line that melted me. "I've been waiting my whole life for this!"

The field trip was cancelled due to rainy cold weather. It is suppose to happen next Thursday, fingers crossed. We didn't know it was cancelled till we were already leaving for school. I felt so bad that we had bundled up and then she found out last minutely it wasn't going to happen. But with typical Josie attitude she said, "that's ok. Next week will be better." No big deal. The kid goes with the flow better than most.... and yes I am referring to her younger brothers!

Today Josie had her first spelling bee. It was 20 different upper case letters. She thinks she got a 100%. Either way, we worked on those letters so much I feel good knowing it's done!

Lastly, on the way to school, Josie heard a fire truck and told me she used 1 of her 5 senses to hear the truck. I didn't know she was learning about them so it was cool to see her apply what she learned to everyday life....and made me realize I need to start reading the newsletter from school!