"Oh Erin"....that pretty much is what I say to myself every time I think of her. She cracks me up. She does and says the funniest things. I often find myself wondering what goes through her mind that makes her do and say these things.
She went to the dentist the other day and right to pre-K afterwards (more on school in a minute). Kendel was away for the day eating her way through the Big E (her annual girls day out) so Avery and I had to pick Erin up at school. She was really excited to show me all of the goodies that she got after her cleaning so she ran into the TV room when we got home to unpack the bag. I was in the kitchen getting Avery squared away when Erin screamed from the other room...."Daddy, what the earth is this?" She was referring to the appointment schedule that the dentist put in her bag but clearly that should not have been there. It was very funny the way she said it.
It was akin to her recent comments on a girls night away with mommy in Providence. Kendel tries to take Taylor and Erin away for a night once or twice a year because she doesn't get as much time as she would like with the older girls as Avery can be so time consuming given her age and stubbornness :-). During the trip while all three were in the hotel room, Erin said to Kendel, "you know why it is good daddy isn't here? Because of his stinky armpits". Classic Erin. It was followed by another comment on the same trip when they were all getting ice-cream..."hands off, this is mine stinky pants". What makes that comment great is that Kendel and Taylor did not even ask for a taste. The comment was followed shortly after with "Ow, brain freeze". The bottom line is that when Erin speaks, you better listen because what come out of her mouth could be hysterical.
As for school, I am home with Avery again today because Erin has school and it is a volunteer day for Kendel to participate in the classroom. Erin was very excited to have mommy attend. Kendel had to get her fingerprints taken at the police station over the summer to be able to volunteer throughout the year which makes sense I guess but is just something that would not have crossed my mind before kids. This year is going much better than last. Erin loves school and is excited to go everyday. I think part of it is because she goes to the same school as Taylor so it probably makes her feel like a big girl, like she is in the big girl school. Last year Erin attended Connecticut College in New London. What was funny about that school was that Erin always used to say she was not in pre-K, she was in college. One of my favorite stories about that school was that the kids had two tasks every morning...wash their hands and write their name. Erin with her short name and all the practice she had writing her name was very good and usually done very quickly. While I was waiting to talk to the teacher one day, another kid was asking for help with his name and when he held up his paper which had his name typed at the top so he could copy it (as did all of the kids' papers), I couldn't believe my eyes. The kid was trying to write "Mhi Blessin". I was convinced it was a nickname or a significant typo so I called Kendel on the way to work. She told me I must have been wrong but she confirmed the name later that day.
To make the story even better, not long after that, I attended a parent student event that involved lunch and doing some of the day to day activities the kids were involved in. One of those activities was yoga so Erin and I were doing yoga with the rest of her class in a big circle. Not all of the parents were there and one of the kids that was sans a parent was Mhi Blessin. To say he was out of control was an understatement. By the end of the yoga session I think he had 2 aids trying to keep him under control. I came to the realization that this boy clearly had no structure in his life and as I thought about it more, the reason was very easy to figure out. When you name your child Mhi Blessin, he clearly walks on water at home and does whatever he wants!
Anyway, with the end of the school year and having an opening in the school that Erin was going to end up in for Kindergarten, we thought it was a good time to make a switch. Erin is clearly much happier. While I was typing this, she arrived home from her day so I asked her how it went and she just said "it was great!" She is a great kid and makes me laugh everyday.
Some recent pics of Erin...
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