We went to the state fair this morning. James took a half day and came with us. The highlights were the 1200 lb pig and free ice cream. Fyi On Wed if you take 3 cans of food you get in for 2 dollars. They also had a fun kid zone where you get to pretend to be farmers and a cool show with dogs doing tricks and of course you can't leave without checking out the live stock. It was so much fun we are planning
On going again next year.
Bella had her first day of preschool away from our home today. We are doing another coop with two other moms this year. It was so fun seeing her be confident and excited about having her own "thing". Her and Luke do everything together and are best friends which is so wonderful! but because of that Bella depends a lot on Luke sometimes in social settings so it great for her to be able to have this experience on her own. Luke was feeling left out at first since he loved doing preschool last year but that quickly changed when he saw how much fun and special it is to spend time with just mommy (and Royce) the brownies i made him also helped him.
I haven't posted much on homeschooling because to be honest things have just been going so fast lately I have barely had time to sit and think about it. I know we made the right choice for our family and for Luke and I also know that its not the right choice for everyone. Luke was a little resentful at first because all his closest friends started kindergarten this year and he thought they were going off to an all day playdate. We quickly clarified this when we had a pretend kindergarten at home where he sat at the kitchen table and had to pretend he was in real school and when I gently explained that going on work trips with daddy would be out of the picture he quickly announced he liked homeschool but he since argues that he is not a real kindergartener because he is homeschooled. Things have been good, we have had some ups and down but they are starting to level off as we get in the swing of things. I know I have said this before but I have and will still have to learn not to expect so much out of Luke. I sometime expect perfection and have to take two steps back and realize he is only 5, luckily (and unluckily for Luke) Bella and Royce benefit from these experiences. Right now our schedules are like this.
We have A days and B day and Fridays are early out day so we stop lessons after handwriting.
A day
Just pulled the piano bench over on himself. It must have really hurt because I have never heard him cry like that. To add injury to insult he wacked his head earlier while crawling and cut his top gum with his bottom teeth. Rough day.
Lately the children (mostly Bella) have wanted to sleep with me when James is gone. Though I have attempted to keep them in there beds at some point or another in the night they all three have been ending up in mine, and sleeping with a 5, 3 year old and 7 month old does not equal a good nights sleep. So this is what I did the other night. I also brought in the pack n play for Roy.
Funny conversation with Luke tonight. We were talking about fast Sunday and I said "on fast Sunday we don't eat for 2 meals and we give that money so people who can't afford food can have something to eat." Luke responded with "Yeah! And on slow Sundays we get to eat all three meals." LOL.
We are in Austin for the BUY game this weekend. James, his dad Marc, his brother Joe are going. We decided to take advantage of the Friday night and go and see the thousands of bats that fly out from under Congress brigde every night at dusk. Very cool minus the poop we got on us when we were trying to look at them from under the bridge. It was a better view from the top of the bridge. We stayed for about 30 mins and they were still coming out. Definatelt recommended.
We went on a work trip with James this week and found some time to drive around his old stomping grounds. James move to Houston (Spring TX) from Colorado when he was in elementary school and finished off high school there. He lived approx 1 mile from the temple but of course that wasn't here when they 0first moved in. An interesting story is that the house that James is standing in front is not the original house they moved into. That house got hit by lightening when he was in high school and they got to build a new one. A blessing in disguise. It's been fun watching James get to relive some memories and letting the kids play at his old elementary school.
We went to chick fil a for there free breakfast promotion this morning. Royce took his first ride down a slide with the help of big brother and sister.
We got an indoor pool. Well kind of. Lol. End of summer clearance at Target only $35. We set it up in the shop because 1 it was level ground and 2 we can lock the doors so the kids can't get to it. We are filling it up right now. Should b good times! And don't worry grandma its only 30in so Bella head standing up is above water.
I have such mixed feelings about baby shoes and have long since stopped buying them. They are such a pain and pretty much usless, but seriously cute. These little red converse r some we have had since Luke and are one of the only pairs that stay put. Royce loves them. It's like having a permanent toy attached to his foot.
The pictures say it all.
So the past few morning I have hardly been able to drink my breakfast smoothie due to Royce's insistently wanting to drink it. So this morning I made him his own and he was a happy camper. We also headed to the beach this afternoon. Boy was it hot, we really enjoyed the water.
This kid cracks me up. He started making this new face today. He also has two new teeth cutting through, I think its the two top fangs. Yikes! Hopefully no more biting will occur. We are looking forward to many sleep full nights to follow!
Royce love our coffee table I frequently find him chew on it while doing a pull up. Funny kid.
We were babysitting my friends kathryns boys and man was Royce excited when he saw his buddy Blake!
I have to admit that when James is out of town I get really lazy about cooking. The kids don't want to eat what I make most of the time and to spend that much time cooking just for myself isn't worth it to me. So we usually do something easy. To give an example this is what dinner looked like last night. Between Luke and Bella they ate half a watermelon. Lol! I did however try to feed them some chili and they weren't interested.
We went to cowboy storytime yesterday and the kids really enjoyed it. They especially liked seeing allthe kids dressed like cowboys. Here r a couple pics of them in the cowboy hats they made.
My dads brother Russell died when he was just a baby from an illness. My dad sent me this pic and it reminded me of someone I know.
So here I am 40 miles outside Amarillo blogging due to the new phone I got. Yea! More to come I am just figuring this thing out.
Roy
