Wednesday, September 2
Silly Corey
This is what happens when he's being shy and hiding from my visiting teachers - he holds still long enough to fall asleep!
Saturday, August 29
A little rain never stops us...
...of course, if it did we wouldn't get to do much this time of year!
Friday, August 28
Preschool Graduation
I don't know how I missed this, back at the beginning of the summer Kali graduated from preschool.
Thursday, August 27
Petersen Family Reunion
I figured before I did a recap from the summer I better finish our July vacation. We met in a lodge up in Timber Lakes above Heber City. The place was awesome. Every couple had a room and there was a bunk room for the kids. Air hockey, ping pong, and pool. We enjoyed staying up late and playing games and taking turns fixing meals. We hope it won't be long before we can see you all again!
Tuesday, August 25
Oh boy...
It's finally here! The first day of school! I have about a million and a half things to blog about to get caught up from this summer but I couldn't pass this up.
She's been ready for years!
Went straight to her locker, put away her things, gave me a hug, said "see you later"
and headed for her classroom.
I was fine.
Until I got to the car.
And it wasn't being sad that my baby is going to school.
It's was a crazy mix of excitement and fear.
Fear for the hard life lessons you learn at such a young age.
Kids can be cruel.
And to think of someone being mean to my daughter,
or leaving her out,
or making fun -
breaks my heart.
But that is real life.
You will get hurt.
At some point someone will say something that makes you sad.
You HAVE to know how to deal.
Or you'll be miserable.
AND, there are so many exciting things.
She's going to make great friends.
And learn to share, and think of others,
she's going to learn who she is,
and what she wants to be.
And most importantly, hopefully she's going to learn how to gracefully not get her way.
Because you don't always get to be first.
You don't always win.
She's learning to get up early.
She helps pack a healthy lunch and two healthy snacks.
She's learning the importance of being on time.
And the importance of listening and learning from someone other than me.
I've taught her these things -
Now she gets to practice.
Yep, that's what went through my mind while I was buckling my seat belt.
And then I pulled into our parking lot and saw a tenant that owes me paperwork and I snapped back into my routine. Kali will be fine. She's awesome and I'll see her this afternoon!
The boys on the other hand.
This will be a HUGE adjustment.
Kyle's been fussy all morning - she is a major source of his entertainment.
And Corey made it all the way until 9:18 before asking when we were picking Kali up from school.
To soften the blow of Kali going to full-day Kindergarten she told Corey not worry because he would be going to school too. I was going to be doing home-schooling with him. He was so excited I figured I better have a bit of a plan. Today we learned about police officers. We read a book he got from the public library yesterday and he colored a picture of a police car. He made a badge that I lamented and pinned to his shirt. He enjoyed that - but he'll only sit for so long. And he's asked a dozen times since 9:18 when we're getting Kali. It's now 10:02.
Oh boy...
Monday, July 27
Wheeler Farm
This was the highlight of Corey's vacation. He LOVES animals and kept asking when we were going back to the farm.
Thursday, July 23
Kid's Fishing Derby
Kali participated in the Kid's Pink Salmon Derby last Saturday. It's super slow this year, especially compared to last year, but she did manage to catch two.
This was her biggest, 2.38 lbs. Only about two pounds shy of third place in her age division! ;)
Wednesday, July 22
My Baby is 1
Kyle had a great birthday; he loved all the attention, gifts, and especially the cake! Here he is all cleaned up in the cute pj pants my friend made him!
Sunday, July 19
Lagoon
The kids LOVED Lagoon! We had such a fun day riding the rides and spending time in the water park. I loved how many options there were for the little ones...we had so much fun we hardly noticed that it was 90 degrees.
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