Scripture Study

Leah was out of sight, and quiet. A very bad sign. Turns out she had made quite a lovely little reading spot in the laundry basket in my closet and found a good book to read. :)

 



Lessons Learned

Our neighboor, Bella, was over playing with Leah today. Bella was playing with our potato head pirate sword, they started by "cutting up" our little plastic butterflies "for food", then, evidentally Bella started on Leah's arm.

"Don't cut my arm!" Leah yelled. "Jesus made me, and Jesus doesn't wan't you to cut my skin and eat it!".

I'm glad she's learning something in nursery and family scripture study. :)

Kindergarten

6:30 AM - Jeremiah comes in our room and taps me on the shoulder. "Hi Mom". "Hi Jeremiah". "Is it time to get ready and go to school?"...................oh boy, I was in for a long morning.

8:40 AM - We left for school. Jeremiah couldn't wait any longer. We just walked REALLY SLOW. School didn't start until 9:15, and we can almost see it from our house.

 

  

 

Of course, the girls came with me. Leah insisted on bringing her plastic ice cream cone.

No tears, no heartbreak. I am just hoping for a great year with lots of fun, and lots of learning.

Cousins

My sister Amber came to visit for a few days in July. Shane is Leah's age, and Makenzie is Colette's age. They had a ball playing together.

Emergent Literacy

School starts this next week and I haven't even hinted at the alphabet, reading, or writing all summer. I was a little nervous. Would he even remember anything I taught him last year? So we had a little "learning activity" (thats what we call them at our house). He did awesome. But boy, that kid has shaky hands.

The Big Race

On Saturday our Stake held a Family Fun Fair, with balloon animals (J requested a T-rex, Leah, a flower), snow cones, a cow train, etc. That morning they held a 5k race, and a 1k for the kids. Jeremiah was STOKED to run his first race. He practiced running at the park, through our house, around our house, anywhere he could think of. It was also GREAT motivation to get him to eat his less desirable vegetables ("asparagus and tomatoes help your body grow stronger and faster"). Greg ran with him so he wouldn't get lost, and they came in about middle of the pack. Afterwards he was complaining that his knees hurt and his quads, but he said "that race was so long, I was so awesome.". We are raising nothing but self-confident children. :)

Excuse the Mess

Excuse the Mess, but the children are making memories...

 {the mud hole in our yard}

Leah's Mischief

"Hey mom, can you roll these pants up so they fit me?"...."Can you put Jeremiah's belt on me?"....

"Um, Leah, those are MY pants...."

"yeah, I know."

 Lotion is like gold in our house. Leah insists on smearing it all over her body any chance she gets. I have to lock it away, except when I forget, and then I have to change Colette's diaper and Leah climbs up on my counter and smears it all over herself, and then moves on to the bathroom mirror. I left it up for a couple days, to remind me never to leave her unattended for too long. :)

J's new face

Jeremiah has been making a new face lately. This is his angry/attack face. We went to Mo's for dinner while we were at the coast, and the kids got sharks with their water cups.  ARG! So funny.

Grandma and Grandpa's House

While we were in oregon we only spent one day at my parents house, but it was long enough for Jeremiah to have a micromachines battle with Greg, and play legos with my dad. He LOVES my brothers old toys.

 After Crater Lake we finally arrived at my grandparents house. They don't travel a lot anymore, so we knew that we had to make the stop while we were in Oregon. They've moved since I last was in Medford, so I got to see their new home (with no stairs), and the kids got to play, watch cartoons, and Grandma made sure she had cupcakes waiting for them to decorate and eat. (they were so excited). We all went on a picnic to Bear Creek Park, an old park I used to play at when we went to visit G&G when I was a kid. They also have a splash park right up the street, so the kids got all their wiggles out, and lots of outside time.

We love you Grandma and Grandpa! Hope to see you again soon!