Firsts

Madeline experienced a couple of "firsts" this week. First (ha ha), she had her first kindergarten music program where she performed an alphabet worth of songs. She was, in fact, the only kid of about sixty who chose to sit for part of the program. Asked about it later that night she exclaimed she "was tired". Aparently it's quite exhausting standing upright for about 30 minutes while singing and having fun. I chalk it up as another of her non-conformist displays. She enjoyed having Grandma JoLene watch the show and share ice cream afterwords.

Secondly, she rode on a school bus to her first kindergarten field trip. She went to a local greenhouse and learned stuff and potted a marigold to bring home. She ripped all the flowers off her marigold and played with them for most of the night. Later that night she picked all of my tulips. I think this was a novel idea since we can't see them when they're sticking in the ground in the backyard. Thankfully the "vase" (drinking glass) gets to sit on the table for all of us to enjoy.

It's dreary, drizzly, cold and overcast here. We may need to burlap the peach tree to make sure the blooms are safe.

Speaking of the garden... Ryan planted more strawberries last night. I picked another bunch of asparagus and the berries are leafing out nicely. The peach tree has a lot of fantastic looking blooms which hopefully produce some lovely peaches this year. The seedlings look good too. They are getting quite large and are almost ready to plant. I'm crossing my fingers that the garden does well.

As for Madeline's ear appointment with the otologist. He believes that the problem is either her eustation tube is too narrow and she'll outgrow the problem or that she was born with the problem and it's permanent. He wants to retest her in August to check her progress. Needless to say this wasn't a very informative or reassuring appointment. His response to our questions was essentially "well some kids are born entirely deaf in one ear and grow up just fine". Okay. There you have it! After that we went to a fun center where we mini-golfed, drank sprite and ate nachos with cheese. Maddie was ubber excited. We raced home just in time to get Maddie to her Daisy's meeting.