Play date

Because Ben was sooo upset about not starting

pre-school yet he started to think about his

school last year. He was getting very worried

about his little neighbor friend that

attended the same school with him last

year and that he would probably never see

her again because they will be in different schools this year.

When I told him we could call her

over for a play date that seemed to

make him feel better.

Ben was not being a very good listener in the morning

so I told him if he didn't start to listen I was going to call

Madeline's mom and tell her she could not come.

Well that got him to listen but when Madeline's mom forgot

what time we had talked about and was a little late Ben started to

get sad and thought that I really had called and told her

not to come. Poor guy he is have a very emotional week.

We didn't do too much just some board games and then

decorated sugar cookies. The kids seemed to have fun

and the more people I have to eat cookies the more I like to

make them. We cut out the shapes and it was all I could do

to keep them from eating the dough. Once the cookies were

cooled off they could hardly wait for me to color the frosting

so when I started to pull out the sprinkles they all said they

didn't want them and then they dug in eating their cookies

before I tried to make them do something else to them. Hey

I just thought they would like to make them cute, but I guess

4 year olds could care less. as long as they enjoyed it.

They did enjoy posing for the camera.

Madeline is such a HAM my kids could stand

to learn a few things from her when it comes

to taking photos. I love it.

Kendall and her green frosting face.

Now if I may pose a question... when kids come to your house do you let them just play in the other room and check on them every so often or do you have a structured play ready for them when they get over? Am I too much of a helicopter mom? I feel like I hover a lot.

1st day of Pre-school

Kendall started pre-school today. It was a strange day because it felt just like any other day, I thought I was going to be sad and she would have a hard time saying goodbye. None of that happened.

We woke up just like any other day and had breakfast and got dressed.

the only thing that really surprised me about Kendall this morning was that she was so excited to get out the door she didn't think she had time for her favorite breakfast (Dutch Baby: she wants to eat this every morning. she even knows how many eggs it takes to make and she likes to look in the fridge to see if we have enough before she asks if we can make it),

she just wanted cereal because it was faster.

When she was all ready and dressed in Red (the color on the calendar for this week) she would not stop asking if we were all ready for "her" school.

I think she likes the idea of having something of her own.

Once we were out the door she could hardly hold still for a photo.

I didn't even get a picture of her and her teacher until pre-school was over because

she ran in so fast. No problems saying good-bye I even had to ask her

for a kiss when she was halfway through the door.

I think Ben might have had the hardest time today.

trying not to mess with his schedule too much I decided to go to the gym and let him play in the daycare. Without his sister there I thought for sure he was going to run wild.

He walked in and flopped on the floor, I thought he was just being dramatic.

he was in the same place when I was done with my class. Poor boy didn't know how to act or what to do without his sister.

He is so sensitive.

He did like that he was the one that got to choose our post gym activity. He was not totally over it when we pick her up so I told him he could ask Kendall's teacher if he could see her pre-school.

I think he just wanted to make sure Kendall was not having more fun without him.

I am not sure how things went today with Kendall because she was not willing to volunteer too much information.

What did you learn about today?

Nothing

What did you do today?

Nothing

What was your favorite part of pre-school?

I don't know

she is going to be a fun teenager.

play-doh works like magic

My house is clean and the kids were entertained for a while. I cannot believe how much I got done in what felt like a short amount of time of play-doh play!
They shared and played nice with each other, the day just flew by. I even got to make a few things with them as I was doing things I needed to get done. It is not everyday that things go so smooth but today the play-doh was the

magic touch.

Today was a good day!

Play date

We spent the day playing in the sun. Some long time friends and I met at good old Murray Park had lunch in the shade and watched the kids play as hard as they could. We were all smiles because we all know what that means when it is time to go home.......Naps!!

I was so excited to find out that Debbie is now expecting, now she is a part of the club...... going crazy 'cause I have more than one. I think it counts if your preggers because you are just as tired as if you had two.

We all know it is possible for plans to change because we are talking about Debbie and all, but I was even more excited to hear of their plans to move back to Utah. I do feel a little bad that I never made it to Texas for a visit but hey no one ever traveled to the great northwest when I was residing there. Could you get back here quick so we can work on our daughters being best friends!!

from the mouth of Kendall

we were shopping and Ben was running around like a crazy boy, Kendall asked to sit in the cart so we could talk

and she said:

"Mom, I want a new brother"

I will have to get back to you on that one!!!!

fun 4th weekend

We stayed home this year for the 4th. Camping just seemed like too much work. It was still fun, just different. The kids got to attend their first parade and seemed to enjoy it. Especially the candy that was thrown, every float or car that went by Ben would wave his arms and say "over here, over here" I think he got the hang of it. Although I think Kendall ended up with just as much candy sitting on the sidelines. People would see her with out any and they would walk over and hand her a handful. Maybe she really had it figured out, she didn't even have to work for hers..
Ben's ultimate favorite was seeing all the different cars that drove by. He loved, loved, loved the line of corvettes because they all had the same round tail lights (that is how he decides if he likes a car, by its tail lights). Kendall would only stand up to wave to the "princesses" on the floats or to dance when the cheerleaders would come by. If we stay home next year I think we will go back again. We were all pretty lazy the rest of the day, it was nice. Burgers on the bar-b-q for dinner, fireworks on the driveway (Kendall was a little scared of the sparklers), popping snaps on Scott's bare back (ouch) laying on a blanket in the backyard watching the kids play with uncle Scott and a bunch of glow sticks waiting for the big show at the park across the street to start was the way we spent our evening


We were lucky enought to have Scott and Anita stay with us for the week. Scott is working here in Utah now and Anita is still finishing up with school and will be moving out here in August. The kids love them to death... if I cannot find them anywhere in the house all I need to do is find Scott. We played with Anita when Scott was working mostly shopping and catching up ya know girl stuff but we did take a few breaks to have fun with the kids.

Dropping Anita off at the airport was heartbreaking for Kendall she cried almost the whole way home until she fell asleep. I didn't cry because I knew she would be back.

going camping

I am off to girls camp. see ya'll in a week.

to all the blog watchers

I am dusting off the keyboard, get ready to see some posts.