Today Courtney had her first soccer practice of the new season. She was super excited! There was a bit of a mess up when the teams were formed and Bryan was made the coach of a team and Courtney was put on a different team. We had the choice of moving Courtney to the team Bryan was coaching or having Bryan quit coaching the team and leave Courtney where she was. We decided to have Courtney moved to Bryan's team so he wouldn't leave one without a coach.
Because of the registration date Courtney missed the deadline by a few weeks and so she is playing in the same league as last year but she is the oldest. She's pretty excited.
We are a bit out of practice with the soccer practice thing. I filled the thermos with ice and water...then left it on the counter when we went to the park for practice. I thought I fed the kids....but now we are all eating pancakes for dinner at 8 p.m. So we need to get with the program, but she is loving being a "soccer girl" for another season.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
SEPs
The kids had their SEPs tonight so we met with their teachers to find out how they are doing at the start of the year.
Ethan is reading way above his grade (which we knew) and he is where he needs to be for math. We have been worried about his math because they take timed tests and he freezes on them. Bryan has been working with him to help out but he still doesn't have things memorized. He learned "touch math" where they learn to count to add. I don't like the system because then they always have a "crutch" of counting instead of knowing the addition facts from memory. But his teacher isn't worried because he knows his facts.
Courtney is also doing well. She is right on grade for her reading and is a great girl (doesn't talk or disrupt). We don't have concerns with her because things are just starting but she is loving school.
Good job kids!!!
Ethan is reading way above his grade (which we knew) and he is where he needs to be for math. We have been worried about his math because they take timed tests and he freezes on them. Bryan has been working with him to help out but he still doesn't have things memorized. He learned "touch math" where they learn to count to add. I don't like the system because then they always have a "crutch" of counting instead of knowing the addition facts from memory. But his teacher isn't worried because he knows his facts.
Courtney is also doing well. She is right on grade for her reading and is a great girl (doesn't talk or disrupt). We don't have concerns with her because things are just starting but she is loving school.
Good job kids!!!
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Target
Target...my kids favorite store! They both had some money/gift cards to use from the work party on Friday night and from birthday/chores/allowance. So we went there on Saturday afternoon. I took Courtney to the toys while Bryan took Ethan to electronics. Courtney chose 3 Webkinz pets (they are stuffed animals that you can register on-line and then play with on the computer, although she only registered them and couldn't figure out how to play with them) and Ethan bought 2 Wii games...one was Pacman!
It was fun to help them pick things out and watch them pay for the toys themselves.
It was fun to help them pick things out and watch them pay for the toys themselves.
Work Party
Friday night was the annual Barney, McKenna & Olmstead Summer Family Party at Veyo Pool. The kids LOVE these parties and always look forward to going to them. They always follow the same format: crawdad catching for awards, swimming, food, BINGO (the reason my kids love it so much), more swimming, ice cream and then home.
Courtney didn't want to catch a crawdad this year (can't say that I blame her any) so she and I went swimming while the boys caught crawdads. Ethan had a unique approach this year...he got right in the water and walked around trying to catch one. It worked! He caught one all on his own and it was a big one. He got the award for the "Scariest Crawdad." There were some really huge crawdads that he saw crawling in the middle of the stream. I can't believe he didn't get pinched!
We all ate dinner, which was catered by Cafe Rio. It was good food. Then it was time to play BINGO. This is a tradition and one that the kids LOVE!! They have a table set up with all kinds of games, toys and gift cards. When you get BINGO you can pick something from the table. Everything has a gift receipt so you can take it back if you change your mind. In years past we have gotten a blow-up trampoline, gerbil (which we didn't keep), Polly Pockets, race cars, and all kinds of toys. This year Ethan got a $15 gift card to Target and Courtney got a soccer ball (which we traded in on Saturday at Target when she changed her mind). It was a fun game.
After eating ice cream, the kids went swimming until we started to see lightening in the sky and they got out. We were home pretty early, compared to years past. But the kids had a great time and can't wait for next year.
Courtney didn't want to catch a crawdad this year (can't say that I blame her any) so she and I went swimming while the boys caught crawdads. Ethan had a unique approach this year...he got right in the water and walked around trying to catch one. It worked! He caught one all on his own and it was a big one. He got the award for the "Scariest Crawdad." There were some really huge crawdads that he saw crawling in the middle of the stream. I can't believe he didn't get pinched!
We all ate dinner, which was catered by Cafe Rio. It was good food. Then it was time to play BINGO. This is a tradition and one that the kids LOVE!! They have a table set up with all kinds of games, toys and gift cards. When you get BINGO you can pick something from the table. Everything has a gift receipt so you can take it back if you change your mind. In years past we have gotten a blow-up trampoline, gerbil (which we didn't keep), Polly Pockets, race cars, and all kinds of toys. This year Ethan got a $15 gift card to Target and Courtney got a soccer ball (which we traded in on Saturday at Target when she changed her mind). It was a fun game.
After eating ice cream, the kids went swimming until we started to see lightening in the sky and they got out. We were home pretty early, compared to years past. But the kids had a great time and can't wait for next year.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
2 Hours
That's how long it took after I posted the loft bed frame on craigslist before I got a call and sold it. Amazing!!! The woman drove down from Cedar City to buy the bed.
It was a good bed and I'm sad that our ceiling fans get in the way but it's nice to have the money back from it. Now...what else can I sell???
Courtney's New Room
Courtney's loft bed was just too big for the bedroom. We couldn't have her fan on because the bed was so high that it was dangerous, so her room was really hot during the summer. Finally, we decided that it had to go and we had to get her a little bed.
We had a twin bed frame in the basement, I found a twin mattress set for $25 on craigslist and our neighbor sold us her daughter's old bed set for $20. We were set! Courtney and I got the room as ready as we could before Bryan got home from work on Friday. Then on Saturday morning we took pictures of the loft bed frame so we could sell it before we took it apart and put it in the garage.
Courtney is so happy about her new room. I need to fix the curtains that came with the bed set, but that won't be for a couple of weeks when I get the time. I like how her twin bed fits in the room so much better and, Courtney says, it give her more room to dance!
We had a twin bed frame in the basement, I found a twin mattress set for $25 on craigslist and our neighbor sold us her daughter's old bed set for $20. We were set! Courtney and I got the room as ready as we could before Bryan got home from work on Friday. Then on Saturday morning we took pictures of the loft bed frame so we could sell it before we took it apart and put it in the garage.
Courtney is so happy about her new room. I need to fix the curtains that came with the bed set, but that won't be for a couple of weeks when I get the time. I like how her twin bed fits in the room so much better and, Courtney says, it give her more room to dance!
Friday, August 19, 2011
Tooth Fairy Again!
Ethan is obsessed with pulling teeth and I have been, frankly, a bit concerned about it. During Kung Fu Panda 2 he pulled a tooth. He pulled Courtney's first tooth last week and now...
He kept telling me that he had a tooth loose but I couldn't feel it and he said it was a molar. I didn't think those came out so I kind of just ignored him thinking that he was just obsessed with pulling another tooth. I was blogging and he came into the kitchen and said, "Really Mom, my tooth is loose." I felt it but it didn't feel like it to me.
About 5 minutes later he came back into the kitchen and said, "Well, it's out." I looked over to see him holding a tooth in his hand and one of my best kitchen dish towels in his mouth with the other hand (he had to stop the bleeding somehow, right?).
I freaked out. First off, I didn't think kids lost their molars. I am at a huge disadvantage when it comes to teeth coming out because, right before I got braces, the oral surgeon pulled 10 of my teeth. So I didn't go through the teeth-loosing stages like everyone else did. Secondly, he pulled another tooth. Can't he leave those things where they belong?!?!
I immediately called our neighbor, who is a dental hygienist, but she wasn't home and she didn't answer her cell phone. So I tried our other neighbor, who is also a dental hygienist, but she didn't answer either. So I called my friend around the corner who has 4 kids. She told me that it was perfectly normal but that she wanted to see. So we walked over there and she said that it was a baby molar (who knew they came in baby size?!) and that he was perfectly fine.
Now Courtney tells me that she has another tooth loose. Will this never end? Hahaha. Good thing we have a pediatric dental appointment next week.
He kept telling me that he had a tooth loose but I couldn't feel it and he said it was a molar. I didn't think those came out so I kind of just ignored him thinking that he was just obsessed with pulling another tooth. I was blogging and he came into the kitchen and said, "Really Mom, my tooth is loose." I felt it but it didn't feel like it to me.
About 5 minutes later he came back into the kitchen and said, "Well, it's out." I looked over to see him holding a tooth in his hand and one of my best kitchen dish towels in his mouth with the other hand (he had to stop the bleeding somehow, right?).
I freaked out. First off, I didn't think kids lost their molars. I am at a huge disadvantage when it comes to teeth coming out because, right before I got braces, the oral surgeon pulled 10 of my teeth. So I didn't go through the teeth-loosing stages like everyone else did. Secondly, he pulled another tooth. Can't he leave those things where they belong?!?!
I immediately called our neighbor, who is a dental hygienist, but she wasn't home and she didn't answer her cell phone. So I tried our other neighbor, who is also a dental hygienist, but she didn't answer either. So I called my friend around the corner who has 4 kids. She told me that it was perfectly normal but that she wanted to see. So we walked over there and she said that it was a baby molar (who knew they came in baby size?!) and that he was perfectly fine.
Now Courtney tells me that she has another tooth loose. Will this never end? Hahaha. Good thing we have a pediatric dental appointment next week.
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