Well, July has been eventful and has kept us quite busy. The first weekend and week of July we had a lot of plans. We had something to do nearly every day, going to a couple carnivals, a parade and fireworks. We had a lot of fun (for details see Neils blog). But I lost my camera at one carnival and I've been bummed about it cause I lost some really cute pictures. Oh well, now I get to buy a new one. But I haven't had pictures to post so I haven't blogged.
Then we all got sick. The kids had diarrhea and gave it to me too. Neils luckily didn't get it. Lucky guy. That took the better part of nearly 2 weeks for us to all get better. Then we packed the kids off to grandma and grandpa's house last week and had ourselves a "stay-cation". We didn't do much, just a much needed break from the kids. It's amazing how fun shopping is without the kids. We also went to a movie, The Proposal. Can you believe Neils took me to a chick flick?!? It was a cute movie but had 2 very drawn out, very inappropriate parts in it. Definitely not for kids. We also got to go see Herriman's performance of "The Music Man". That was fun. We even saw Cindy and Zac there, that was a treat. My favorite part was going to the Salt Lake Temple. We haven't been for a long time since it takes longer to get there and it's not in our district. But since we had the time we went down there and made an afternoon of it with lunch and a session. I'd forgotten how beautiful the temple is and how fun it can be to move from room to room. It sure does put things in a different light. I also cleaned out my car! I think it's been over a year since I did a good job of it and I did a really good job of it, I even pulled out the vacuum and got all under the seats and everything. It's amazing everything I found. It was so nice to get the inside clean we decided to clean the outside too. Amazing difference and how clear the view was (though I think the wind swept out the smog that week so...).
Now it's back to being a parent again. I love my kids, but I think this is going to be a tough year for Michael. He's 3 and wants to be so grown up like his sister age 5. He wants to go to school like Karen (she starts next week), he repeats what she says and does what she does. It can be really cute, but there are something he's just too little to do yet. Then there is the other side where he doesn't want to do anything for himself and wants me or daddy to do it all for him and still be the baby. He also doesn't want to potty train. His temper tantrums are worse too. Though I hope as Karen goes to school and I have more time with him one on one that things will start to get better. I hope this is just a stage he's going through. Pray for me.
They have a cute playground just for the kindergartners separated from the rest of the school by a half wall all the way around. It's really a cute little playground. Michael loved it too and wanted to get in on the picture taking.
They line up along the wall of the playground when the bell rings and the teachers come out to get them to take them into class. (I blurred faces for safety)
Mommy was able to help Karen with a few "get to know you" activities in the classroom. She was excited to be able to sit by two girls that she knows from primary. There is also a little boy from primary that she knows too. There are 24 in her class and she's excited to make new friends too. I know she will love school. As I was driving home suddenly I felt a little sad. I didn't expect that, but I guess it is a big deal after all. I no longer have a baby girl, she's growing up so fast.
