All About Annika: Our Growing Girl

As usual things have been pretty busy around here. Football season is in full swing so Gary’s time has been consumed with practices, coach’s meetings and film watching. The Outlaws have lost 2 games in a row so it has turned out to be quite a different season than in the past. Their actually playing down South tonight. Gary text me just before the game to tell me it was snowing—so sorry I am missing it!

I am finally settling into my job and really liking it. Sometimes I feel more like an organizer than a teacher. But when I do get to work one-on-one with my students I really get to teach them and feel like they truly understand the material. I also get to have a real relationship with each and everyone one of them and their families—and I have GREAT families. I have 16 students 1st through 11th grade. So it can be a challenge to teach the high school subjects, but so far so good!

Annika is now home with me 2 days a week on Mondays and Fridays. For the most part she is pretty independent and enjoys playing on her own while I work on the computer. Just today I noticed that she is really trying hard to pull herself up to stand. Crawling is pretty difficult here at our house with the hardwood floors throughout the whole lower level. I am looking forward to getting my office done so that she can be turned loose upstairs on the carpet and I don’t have to worry about her falling on her face on the hardwood. She started eating chicken this week and last week had blueberries and kiwi. She doesn’t care too much for the Kiwi, but LOVES the blueberries. Unfortunately, prunes have had to become part of her regular diet which she could care less for. I try to be sneaky and mix them with apples or pears and then she usually doesn’t have an issue. She really likes her daycare and is so happy when I drop her off, which makes me feel better about leaving her. She is literally about 6 houses down the street which also makes it nice.

Well it is almost time for Grey’s…can’t miss that!