Storytime

I signed Seth up for story time at the library. It's every Wednesday. I figured it was a great opportunity for him to feel like he has 'school' like the big kids, and for me to see how he will do next year in preschool and to see what areas we still need to work on.

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't at all nervous when we went today. However, he walked in holding my hand, waited in line to get his name tag, found a seat on the floor in the front row while I found a seat in the back 'mom area'. He sat soooo well, raised his hand when he wanted to talk, and didn't reach out to play with the hair of the girl sitting next to him (kind of amazing b/c hair is his Kryptonite...he LOVES to run his fingers through hair). Story time is about 30-40 minutes. The librarian reads 3 books and has some songs or poems mixed in between. It's kind of a long time to sit, but he loves reading books and so he had a great time! Now we'll see how the rest of the weeks go...

First day of school

Last Thursday was the start of another school year. The kids were really excited! School supplies were bought and back packs were packed. Monday - Wednesday of that week Alayna was home with a UTI...high fever and miserable. I thought for sure she was going to miss the first couple days of school, but she perked up, and since she wasn't contagious and didn't want to miss it, we let her go. She was thrilled! :)

Josiah started 4th grade, Alayna is in 1st grade and Dan is in his 2nd year as a principal at WFHS.

Setharoo was a little bummed to not be going to school, so we started having school at home. We spend time each day working through preschool activities and I have to admit I'm a bit surprised at how much he enjoys it and his patience to work at it.

Summerland

Earlier this month, while I was hanging out with a girlfriend and then shopping for bridesmaid dresses with my cousin for her wedding...the rest of the family was having fun without me. Though I had a great time while I was away from them, I'm certain it shouldn't be allowed for them to have fun without me!! :)

Friends for 13 years...wowza!

Mini - Vacation

Earlier this month Dan had a conference he had to go to for work. The kids and I went a day after he left and enjoyed 1 night in the hotel. We were hoping to also enjoy the Bismarck zoo, but it just so happened that the day we were going to go....it was closed because they were removing trees from a bad storm. Bummer! Regardless, we enjoyed our mini-vacation, the kids had a blast in the pool area :)

Bowling with Cousins

We spent a weekend in St. Cloud recently hanging out with both of Dan's siblings, their spouses, their kids as well as his mom and step-dad. All in all...that's a total of...17.

Great pic of the grand-kids with Grandpa and Grandma

Here is a rare picture of the siblings, spouses as well as his mom and Jerry...I'm not sure if we've EVER taken a picture like this. Now that we have kids old enough to point and click, we might have to make a habit of it. :)

Here's all the grand-kids at the bowling alley..another rare picture

Backyard Camping

Dan loves to go camping. I don't love camping, but I don't hate it either. The only thing I don't like about camping is the packing of everything (it feels like you're packing the whole house in order to go stay in a hot tent sleeping on lumpy ground). Sooo, the best of both worlds is camping in the backyard. We can enjoy all the things about camping (ok, almost all of them) without having to pack. An added bonus is that when the tent seems squishy...mom can sacrifice and sleep in the comfort of her own bed. :) The kids had a great time! They enjoyed smores, reading in the tent and even starting to fall asleep before they heard the truck driving through town spraying for mosquito's...that ended the camping pretty quick (it's not good to be outside when they spray). Regardless of the short night...fun times were had by all!