I don't mean to brag but...

SOOOOOOO I've been taking my one masters class and doing pretty well in it. I have to write an essay about every 10 days or so. My last essay took my prof forever to grade and I was getting paranoid that it sucked. I know you won't understand the details of this "feedback" my prof left me but you'll get the gist... summed up it basically says "you're awesome". Here's my 'feedback'...

Grade : 15 out of 15
Comments : Bryanne-The purpose of Assignment E is to encourage you to think about what should be about teaching rather than what is. We go through life being told to “be realistic. Take things as they are.” In many instances, this is good guidance. Yet, in teaching, if we are not careful, we succumb to “what is,” to the “real” and give up on the ideal, such as facilitative teaching and life-long learning, ideals to be sought, if never fully achieved. Your essay "Imagine" had a singing quality. I thought of John Lennon's song, "Imagine" where he asks us to imagine a world where everybody lives in peace and harmony. Ah, ha, you're using a metaphor to develop your subject, facilitative teaching, by way of the two metaphors and what they mean to you. The story about your Grandmother (sage on the stage) and Mother (Guide on the Side) was right on target. Also, two of your colleagues in the class mentioned experiences with their children and how they were challenged to put educational theory into practice in the real world of family. Needless to say, this is your best essay! Well done. Dr. Garcia

Yeah. I'm awesome. haha.

I'm about to go register for next semester. I cant decide if I'm going to take two or three classes. Do I want to get done w/ this masters program in 3 years and go senile in the process or get done in 3+ years? Hmmm... that's a tough one.

OK. Enough about me and back to my regular blog about the kids...
We just took a road trip to IL for faux thanksgiving and it was a doozy! Grant no longer sleeps well in the car. Both to and from IL he only took a 20min nap and woke up SCREAMING. Why? I have no idea. But it was not fun. And I can't get in the back seat easily... the car seats take up so much damn space! So I have to squeeze my ass between them and have my body turned to one side. That's comfy! But thank God for the car DVD player!!!! That was seriously helpful!

Grant is seriously a genius I'll have you know. He was playing w/ those letter magnets you put on the fridge and I picked up the letter G and said 'do you know what letter this is?" and he goes "G for Grant". I was totaly impressed but decided to try another letter... I picked up the letter E and asked if he knew what that one was, he said "G for Ebony". Okay... it's not a G but he knew it was an E b/c he said EBONY (a girl in his class at daycare). I picked up the letter J and he said "G for Jetta" (another girl in his class). I picked up the N and he said "G for Noah". So he was stuck on the letter G but he KNEW what each letter was for names of people in his class! He went on to say "G for Sammy" when I picked up the S, "G for Hunter", w/ the H, and he did the letter R as well but I forget what the name was. Anyway... this is some impressive shit for a 2.5 year old you know!!! He talks better than most 3 or 4 year olds and the kid is about ready to start reading for Pete's sake! haha. So... that was more bragging. :)

Penny looks really cute in a dress. :) That's my bragging for her. haha. She'll be a genius too. A well dressed one.

Tootsie Roll

It's been a while since I blogged last and I have lots to say! The kiddo's have been up to some amusing antix. Penny is officially rolling over. Has been for a month now actually - she started that at 4mo old. The bad news about that though is that she rolls over and then realizes she doesn't want to be on her stomach... so she gets all cranky. So every evening Joe & I take turns rolling her back over while we make dinner. Seriously it's like every minute she rolls over. Then gets mad. I'm pretty sure she's working on teeth as well. I don't see any coming through perse but she is drueling like mad and chews on everything. I took a video last night of her going to town on her plastic giraffe, I'll post it on FB later. It's especially cute when she pulls her feet up to her face and start to chew on her big toe. Grant did that too. She is so flipping cute! She likes to suck her thumb and hold something soft up to her nose...which is EXACTLY what Grant does w/ his blanket... so it's just a matter of time before she finds her 'lovey' (her favorite soft blanket or toy to use while thumb sucking). She'll use anything at this point. Heck she'll use the sock while it's still on her foot!! haha. It's the funniest thing to see... she is sucking her thumb on her right hand and w/ her left hand she's got her left foot up by her face and her sock is pulled almost off her foot and she's touching it up to her nose. Kids are funny! Grant didn't really clame a 'lovey' until he was about 15mo old. I remember we were in Atlantic City on vacation when we realized he HAD to have the white blanket w/ the pieces of yarn on it. The lady who made that blanket for Grant made one for Penny too... I keep giving it to her just incase she's on the same path as Grant and will like the yarn... anyway... rambling...

Other stuff I want to jot down:
I'm really excited to take Grant to see Santa this year! I think he might not cry! We've already started talking about how you tell Santa what you really want and if you're nice he'll bring it to you. So hopefully when we see Santa he will be able to tell him what he wants. Last year he just cried. But it was ok because there was no one else in line so Santa started reading Grant a book and Grant calmed down. Never did say what he wanted Santa to bring him but that's fine. He wasn't even 18mo old then. But this year he will TOTALLY get it! Presents are the SH*T! right now so... haha.

Well next month I'll get to start trialing food w/ Penny. Normal, non-mspi babies are eating rice cereal by now. But we have to wait until she's about 9mo to try rice cereal. At 6mo we can trial veggies very slowely. Normal kids you try one thing and wait 3 days to see if they have a 'reaction' but w/ the mspi babies you have to wait 6 days. I'm going to start w/ sweet potatoes on December 8th! I can't wait. She sits w/ us in her high chair at dinner and watches all of us eat. She even watches Grant. I have no idea what she's thinking or if she's thinking 'i want some' but I kind of feel a little guilty eating in front of her! haha.

This weekend is faux thanksgiving in IL and I got cute outfits for the kids to wear. We'll be doing a fun family pic. Actually we are surprising my mom w/ a prof photographer to come take pictures for her and that'll be her Christmas present from all of us kids(&grandkids). Should be fun! I hope we get some good pics! Evertime I schedule pictures for my family I fear a repeat of Sears 2009. lol.