September 2014 Pics

IJ and ZJ both started soccer early September with the same program IJ has been with for a year now. They added a 2-3 year old class so ZJ was able to join. She is actually letting me put her hair up each week for practice and leaving it until we're back home. She likes practice and her coach Ziggy and has had no hesitation. She follows all of her coach's instructions which is more than I can say for most of the kids there.





IJ seems to be enjoying school and making some friends. He's struggling to focus and follow the rules and we're trying to help him with some extra incentives.





He puts a sticker on his calender for each good day so we can keep track.
 

Homework so far has been to make a "me" doll out of a paper form.


And to make an "all about me" poster.  IJ chose the content and wrote all of the labels. We found, printed and cut out the pictures.


ZJ is into cutting.
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And painting right now.


I made dog cupcakes for Mikey's bday.










Our tree is dropping pecans already.

We went to a cool, new to us, park at a Montessori elementary.

August 2014 Pics

The kids played together very nicely this summer (most of the time), especially first thing in the morning.

They made superhero emblems.

We dried out the sunflowers but then just let the kids play with them.

They were being explorers.


ZJ fell asleep for the night on NJ not once...


...but twice this month.  This was after refusing to go to sleep with me in her usual way.


Some pics from the children's museum.




ZJ continues with her puzzle obsession and now does this 48 piece puzzle and others all by herself.




IJ got his first professional haircut days before Kindergarten started.  We let it grow out most of summer in preparation.




On our last weekday of summer we made cookies for daddy and his coworkers and visited him at his new job.




We managed to give ZJ pigtails for the first time but she had a fit about it and they didn't last long.




IJ walks to school each morning and scooters home each afternoon.  It's a half mile each way.


We gave IJ a new Lego set for starting Kindergarten and then a few days later he got another set (pictured) as a late birthday gift from friends.  He was able to build them all, including the 3 configurations of this one, by himself.

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Our Museum of Fine Arts had a very sensory/interactive exhibit that I knew the kids would enjoy.  They liked it so much we went twice.








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Here's a video of the first experience there plus some footage of the kids playing at an indoor playground.

IJ starts Kindergarten

We took some pictures of IJ in front of his new school before he began Kindergarten today. I'm only posting those that don't show the school name.








I also took a picture once IJ was settled in his new class, in his morning routine of reading on the rug.
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IJ plays soccer

IJ just completed his 4th season of soccer with the local program that holds once weekly practices. He's improved a lot in the year he's played with them. This video is from one of his last practices.

July 2014 Pics

A couple pics from June that never got posted.

The morning of our trip to Florida, which happened to be pride parade day, while Mikey was distracting the kids.

 

Boxcar Willie tomato from the garden.


IJ on his birthday with his new bed.


ZJ sleeping in her "new" bed.






Lacinato kale from the garden.  This is my favorite type of kale.


At the Y pool.




Jalapenos from the garden.  We've only had these 2 so far.


ZJ climbing at the covered playground, next to the indoor pool where IJ has swim lessons.


Soyo cucumbers from the garden.  We got 3 before the plant died.


We went to the med center one day to meet MP for lunch and ride the light rail.  The kids loved it.






IJ's been found in a variety of unusual positions when I check on him before I go to bed since moving to his new bed.  Only once did I find him on the floor though.  He sleeps very deeply and will sleep though any noise or movement unlike his sister.