Saturday, August 21, 2010
Fun Times
We've had quite a few fun family outings lately. Last weekend we went to the KC Zoo. And earlier today we took Eli to Deanna Rose. He loved both and we had such a great time. His love for animals is infectious :) How can you not think that goats are cool when Eli's laughing hysterically at feeding them? Or running up to the fence and saying "HI!" to each and every one of them... Such a personality for a 17 month old. Anyhow, I thought I'd post a couple pictures from our adventures since I tend to take way too many pictures.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Busy Busy
Aaron and I have both been working a lot this week. I was filling in at work in the preschool room several days. And Aaron is apparently working with some short deadlines this week and has been at the office more than we'd all like him to be. But we're very much looking forward to the weekend and some quality time together. We might take a trip to the zoo tomorrow since it's FINALLY going to cool off a little. No more 100 degree weather- thank goodness!
Some highlights of the week:
*Ali came up and celebrated her birthday with us last night. Ross and Randy were here as well and we had a fun evening. Cheesecake Factory always puts a smile on my face :)
*I'm reminded why I love working with children when I'm with the preschool age. For example, we were talking about feelings this week. I took each kid aside one at a time and had them tell me what makes them happy and sad and wrote it down for their parents. Some of the funnier ones include: "I'm happy when I'm in a corn maze" "I'm happy when the rainbows don't disappear" "I'm happy when.... flowers!" The sad ones were, of course, less funny because the children were truly sad in these situations. One little boy actually told me that he's sad "when my mommy isn't so nice to me" :( If that isn't a reminder that our children are people too - and can tell other people what their mommy's and daddy's are like at home - I don't know what is! Definitely made me sad and made me give Eli some extra loving that night.
*Not-so-fun news is that Eli got bit twice by friends in daycare this week. It's obviously not the end of the world. And he initiated one of the incidents. But still not so fun for him.
*And finally, I forgot to post earlier that we went down to my parents' last Saturday for a birthday party and had a marvelous time. We took Eli to my grandparents' pool during the day and had lots of fun with Uncle Macey, cousin Brooke, and cousin Robin. We then had dinner in at Macey and Heather's house and it was delicious! All in all, very fun (albeit short) trip.
Some highlights of the week:
*Ali came up and celebrated her birthday with us last night. Ross and Randy were here as well and we had a fun evening. Cheesecake Factory always puts a smile on my face :)
*I'm reminded why I love working with children when I'm with the preschool age. For example, we were talking about feelings this week. I took each kid aside one at a time and had them tell me what makes them happy and sad and wrote it down for their parents. Some of the funnier ones include: "I'm happy when I'm in a corn maze" "I'm happy when the rainbows don't disappear" "I'm happy when.... flowers!" The sad ones were, of course, less funny because the children were truly sad in these situations. One little boy actually told me that he's sad "when my mommy isn't so nice to me" :( If that isn't a reminder that our children are people too - and can tell other people what their mommy's and daddy's are like at home - I don't know what is! Definitely made me sad and made me give Eli some extra loving that night.
*Not-so-fun news is that Eli got bit twice by friends in daycare this week. It's obviously not the end of the world. And he initiated one of the incidents. But still not so fun for him.
*And finally, I forgot to post earlier that we went down to my parents' last Saturday for a birthday party and had a marvelous time. We took Eli to my grandparents' pool during the day and had lots of fun with Uncle Macey, cousin Brooke, and cousin Robin. We then had dinner in at Macey and Heather's house and it was delicious! All in all, very fun (albeit short) trip.
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