First Day of School

Today was Reese's first day at Primrose. Ironically, it was also my first departmental meeting at my new school. I think my experience was much better than hers.

Jason was at home today so dropping Reese off was a family affair. Bailey was so excited about her finally going to school with her. I think the only thing that would have made her happier would have been if Reese would have been in her class.

Bailey wanted to drop Reese off in her new class so we went there first. We went over her schedule with the teachers and then handed her to Ms. Presli. She was smiling and happy at first but that quickly changed. When we saw her bottom lip start to stick out, we quickly evacuated the room.

We walked Bailey to her class and said our goodbyes to her. As we were walking out of the building, Jason and I peeked into Reese's room and she was in full throttle screaming mode. Her face was all red and she was just having a good old fashioned fit. We dropped her off at 9 am and her sheet showed that her first nap was at 9:50 am. If I had to guess, I would say she probaby cried herself to sleep. When I went to pick her up at 2 pm, she had just woken up from her second nap and was being fed a bottle by Ms. Ellie (a floater teacher that we love!). I asked how her day went and they said aside from the first cry fit at 9 am, the rest of her day went really well.

As I type this, she is out. I imagine it was a much more active day than she is used to. Hopefully tomorrow morning drop off will be better. Keep your fingers crossed.

Christopher - Week 3

So another summer with Christopher has come and gone. He left us yesterday. My friend Renee had come into town and was kind enough to drive him back to Louisiana where he was going to spend a week with his mom and her family. The drive back was quite the ordeal. Renee got a blow out about half way to Louisiana and they got to enjoy a visit from Triple AAA. Poor Christopher! His flight here had issues and his ride to leave had issues. We can only hope that next summer the transportation is improved.

This week was another fun week. I got to spend some time with Christopher - just him and I. We went to play Bingo one night. Neither of us won but Christopher was pretty disappointed as one game he was one away from winning when someone else called Bingo. When he looked up to see what the next number was, it was his. He was so close to his first ever Bingo win. Maybe next time! I also had Ms. Stephanie come babysit one afternoon so him and I could go see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. It was a very good movie! And, of course, as our summer tradition, we played many games of Rummikub. This year, I was the champion. Better luck next year, Christopher!

On Friday we decided to take him to eat anywhere he wanted. He chose Buffalo Wild Wings. If you've ever been there, you know it's a sports bar type atmosphere with lots of TVs and action. Apparently, it was too much for Reese as she would not stop crying - loudly! Jason ended up leaving with her while Bailey and I stayed for the goodbye dinner. Later Jason took the boys to play Lazer Tag - which is always a treat.

To add to the fun of his last weekend, we haven't had rain here in our area for about 2 months. Saturday night Mother Nature decided to not just let it rain but pour. The power went out at our house and everyone evacuated to Christian's. Christopher definitely cannot say his last weekend here was uneventful.

We really enjoyed his visit though. As always, it came and went too quickly. We miss you already!!!

Chistopher - Week 2

Week 2 has quickly come to an end. In some ways it feels like Christopher has been here all summer and in others, it seems as if it has gone too fast. Either way - he's having a blast. Bailey loves having him here and he is so great with her. She thinks he came all this way to play with her and he lets her believe it. In addition to be subjected to princess games and other girly things, Christopher also has gone to ride go karts, play lazer tag, see an Astros game, swimming and he usually is spending the night at one of his friends house or they are here. Of course, my favorite activity was when he and I went to see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Not only was it a great movie, we got to spend some nephew/aunt alone time.

As you can tell, it's another busy summer filled with lots of fun. Christopher is having a blast and we are loving having him. As we enter our final week of fun, I realize how grateful I am to my brother for letting him do this every summer. Nine years and counting!!!

Christopher - Week 1

It's that time of year again - Christopher time. He arrived last Tuesday (3 hours late thanks to Newark - yuck!) but safe and sound none the less. From the time he arrived, he's been going non-stop. Wednesday he went to see Ice Age 3 with William and Phillip (boys in the neighborhood) and then later spent the night with Phillip. Thursday we went out to dinner at my favorite - EJ's Pizza. If he's not with us on a "family outing", he's running around with the boys in the neighborhood or playing with Bailey. Or - he might be texting. That kid can text. He's the fastest texter I've ever seen!!!

To celebrate the 4th of July, we went to Towne Lake for some family fun and fireworks. Our friends Kelly and Mike (along with their guys Ashley and Megan) joined us. It was really nice. Towne Lake is a neighborhood right down the road from us. They had bouncy houses, face painting, fire trucks, boat rides, and fireworks. Bailey did so great watching the fireworks. She used to be scared but now she says she is brave. Reese was a little scared when they first went off but I covered her ears and she was fascinated after that. Belle only broke our baby gate while we were gone. At least this time it is not window sills or something else she chewed off.

Then today we went bowling. It was Bailey's first time. I thought she'd enjoy it more but after about 5 frames, she was done. In her defense, the lightest ball they had was 7 pounds - which was probably 2 pounds too heavy for her. But she was so cute trying! Christopher had a great time. He is quite the bowler. He even beat me the second game. That's my nephew!!!

I'll post more next week. We have all sorts of fun coming up.