Daycare Drama!

Okay, so no pictures with this post, but Denise and I have been talking about daycare and what we observe every day when we drop off and pick Libby up. We find it kind of funny, so we thought we would share.

In the morning, Denise drops Libby off at daycare. The last couple of weeks, when she sits Libby down on the floor to play, one of the other girls in the room, Alexa, always comes over to her and they start "gabbing" away. This morning when Denise dropped her off, she sat her down and Alexa came over and started talking with Libby. Well, Libby coughed some and Denise patted her on the back. Alexa walked behind Libby and started patting her on the back just like Denise had. Alexa also likes to rub Libby's hair according to the daycare personnel. Looks like Libby has her first friend!

In the afternoon, I get to pick Libby up. It is the complete opposite with Isabelle and Libby. Every day when I walk in and get Libby, Isabelle and Libby will just stare at each other. I have never heard either one of them babble to each other, let alone smile! They just stare. Looks like Libby has her first enemy.

Denise said something to the daycare staff the other day and they had noticed both of these situations also! Libby also likes to laugh at the kids that throw temper tantrums. The other day one of the boys in the room just had a fit and was laying on the floor kicking and screaming. The staff was trying to get him to calm down when all of a sudden they burst out laughing. Here, Libby was sitting off to the side, just letting a great big belly laugh out. The more she laughed, the more the boy kicked and screamed. The more Libby laughed, the more the daycare staff laughed, and the more upset the little boy got. I guess it is not the first time she has done that as they have said she will laugh at kids that are crying.

Not a whole lot else going on here. Our hockey travels are over until October now. Bemidji is still playing as they won their conference tournament and now will play in the NCAA Tournament. They drew Notre Dame in their first game and will play in Grand Rapids, MI. Lucky for me, the game will be on Saturday night on ESPN Classic at 6:30. It will be a very tough game for them as Notre Dame is ranked number 2 in the nation right now, but in a one game playoff, anything can happen. If they win, they play Sunday, if they loose, they are done.

Both our jobs are still going very well. Denise just got done with a weekend upgrade that switched a portion of the Unicel customers over to Verizon. She had to work Saturday night from midnight to Sunday at 6:30am to complete the task, but it is done and Unicel is no more (for the most part). But as I have stated in earlier posts, her job looks pretty secure.

Our snow is, whoops, WAS just about gone. We had a pretty good blizzard a couple of weeks ago dropping 8-10 inches of snow with 40 mile per hour winds. That made the drift behind our house push 100 inches in height. Right now, after three days of rain, that drift is about down to 12 inches tops. It was also about the only snow left in our yard. But now today, we have gotten about an inch, maybe two. As far as flooding goes, we are pretty high and dry here. Our cul-de-sac had a nice pond for about three days, but that is now gone. Otherwise, most of the flooding is at least an hour from here.

That is about all from here. We will try and have some pictures for you next time!

Troy, Denise and Libby