School

Grey is obsessed with school!

We recently started an at home preschool group with some other moms and their kids in the community. It has been really fun. We meet twice a week, Wednesdays for the school lesson and Friday's for the review and field trip. For the letter "A" we went on a tour to the Los Alamos Airport. So cool! For the letter "B" we went to the Bakery. That was really fun and yummy! It has been really good for Grey to have the interaction with adults and kids and, of course, learning her ABC's.

Now, all she wants to do is play school. It's really fun though. I like being the teacher. Grey's favorite games now are "learning games." I can't complain about that.

Grey is very upset that she can't ride the school bus. She asks everyday when it is coming and she tells my goodbye. I asked her what she would do if I really put her on the bus and it drove away. She thought for a moment and then said, "you can come with me!"

We had a funny conversation one day:

Mommy, get your backpack on. The school bus is coming

Me: Well, I don't have a backpack.

Do you have a purse?

Yes.

Get it! Daddy, get your backpack!

Ryan: I don't have a backpack either.

Do you have a purse?

Ryan: No.

.........(Grey's thinking).........

Well, what do you have?.......come on mom, lets go on the school bus.

Too bad for Ryan, he didn't get to go on the school bus, because he didn't have a bag. :(

I'm so glad Grey has a while before she actually rides away on the school bus. What a sad and exciting day that will be though. For now, we will just pretend.

I'm Back

Hi all!

So, it's been a while since my last post.

Oops!

We've just had a busy/fun summer and I've tried numerous times to upload some photos and it's not working. Ugh. So I just thought I'd let you all know that I am still here and we are doing fine.

Keep watching for those pictures!

We are so glad that fall is in the air. As much as I love Summer, Fall is, by far, my favorite season. I especially love all the decorating and crafts that come along with this beautiful season. I'm trying to hold out until the end of September to get out my fall decor. We'll see if that works.

So in recent news:

we got the ok to paint our house. We started painting the next day!

That's how anxious we were.

(or maybe it was just me.)

I love the color we chose and it makes such a huge difference to have some color on the walls. I think for our first time, we did a pretty good job. Now I just need to figure out how not to hurt my back. I could barely move the next morning.

Yikes!

Not good.

Ugh. I'm getting old.

Not really, but I felt old the other day when my new friends in the ward came over and we were all asking each other's ages.

I was the oldest.

Nice!....

Thats ok.

I'll be the big sister of the group.

They were so surprised at how old I was.

I didn't know if that was good or bad.......?

Does it mean they think I'm immature, or do I look young?

hmmmm

Oh well.

So Grey is potty trained!

She asked me where the train was....LOL!

I thought that was cute.

It was the rewards that finally worked for her.

She got a princess purse out of it and many other things.

But, it worked.

Now she likes to tell us what her poop looks like.

Too much information?

Sorry, but she does.

I hope that doesn't last long.

I'd like to be able to eat bananas again...

We got a kitten.

Calico

Female

We haven't named her yet

Grey can't decide between cocoa, cracker, and zoe

What would you choose?

We love Los Alamos!

We are comfortable here for now.

Come visit us and see our cute town!

I hope you are all doing well. I will post pictures as soon as my computer allows me too. Happy Fall!