September

 I'm feeling pressure to teach Maggie all the things. She's so close to being a full-fledged adult. I'm especially trying to teach her to do the hard thing, persist, etc. 

She's such a joy! I feel like we almost exclusively just enjoy hanging out. She keeps up with school and does her chores without complaint. I rarely have to get on to her about anything (EXCEPT being mean to her little sister!!!) so we can just talk. 

Ruby can do cartwheels! Her teacher came up to tell me how well she's doing. She seems to mostly just jump around so it's exciting to see some progress. She is so funny about the fact that she didn't gain weight. She keeps looking at nutrition facts and telling me, Mom this has one fat in it, will it make me less skinny?

She apparently has been drinking milk at school again which has made her asthma horrible. I contacted the school when she was in Kindergarten to tell them not to let her get milk and they told me they couldn't do that. I talked to her again so I guess here's hoping. She told me her friend Sadie told her there is no dairy in chocolate milk. Oh jeez!

She asked me to make her something and she told me, I love to eat. Even though I'm picky, I love to eat. 

Another time, she said something rudely and I told her to ask nicely. She said, I can't ask nicely; I'm in a bad mood! 

I decided to continue with the exercise I had been doing. I set up an intense program when I thought I was doomed to a neurodegenerative disorder. And while I'm not, I'm going to get something, so I might as well do what I can.