I have been waiting very impatiently for Livi's school teacher card to come in the mail. I just knew it wouldn't come today so I was in no rush to go see. I go out to our sad sad mailbox and carefully open it, making sure the post doesn't break in half, and what do you know? It was there!
Turns out her teachers name is Ms. Young. This is a relief because Alivia can say Ms. Young. I thought for sure she would get some teacher with an off the wall name but nope it's just Ms. Young.
Alivia was happy to get a special note from her teacher and made me read it to her about 50 times today. She had to share her excitement with all the neighbors as well. I think she is really going to love going to school!
On a side note her Aunt Emily is also in Ms. Young's class. Hopefully we can get that problem worked out before school starts. If we can't oh well I will just be sure to let the teacher know to separate them!
Both the kids have been doing well with their bedtime. They have even started getting up earlier and making it through the day. The only problem I am having is getting Alivia to eat her breakfast. She has never been much of a breakfast person but the thought of sending her to school without eating bothers me. I can't see her being happy sitting in school from 8:30-12:00 without having ate something for the day. I am working on it and I'm sure we will work through this.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
10 more days
We have ten days left until Alivia starts pre-k. We will then be doomed to follow the school schedule. We are not schedule people. All of my efforts (read: lack of efforts)to get us on a schedule have failed. I just can't get it right. If it is daylight and the kids are having fun and not fighting why mess with them. This thought process got them in bed at 10 tonight. The nights that they have been in bed on time they have stayed up playing until at least 12 so it was usless to put them in bed anyway. I guess we will just have to learn the hard way. I'm sure it will be a grouchy week before they figure out the need to go to sleep earlier. We shall see. I suppose.
We have managed to get everything on Liv's school supply list. It only took 4 trips to walmart and 2 to a special school supply store. I keep checking the school website and they keep changing things so I'm not going to look at that anymore. If she needs something else we will just have to get it later. We should recieve the letter telling us you her teacher is sometime in the next week.
Everyone is hoping that Liv and her Aunt Emily are not in the same class. If they are Grandma has already said she will ask that they be separated. Those two girls do not get along for some reason. Livi has no problems playing with any other kids she just does not get along with Emily. It is also a first daycare/school experience for both of them so I think it is best that they are not with eachother everyday.
I'm sure I will have more to talk about as the day comes closer. I still cannot picture myself bringing my little girl to school and dropping her off with someone I don't know and expect them to take care of MY child. How could you leave your baby with a stranger? I guess it is about time to find out.
We have managed to get everything on Liv's school supply list. It only took 4 trips to walmart and 2 to a special school supply store. I keep checking the school website and they keep changing things so I'm not going to look at that anymore. If she needs something else we will just have to get it later. We should recieve the letter telling us you her teacher is sometime in the next week.
Everyone is hoping that Liv and her Aunt Emily are not in the same class. If they are Grandma has already said she will ask that they be separated. Those two girls do not get along for some reason. Livi has no problems playing with any other kids she just does not get along with Emily. It is also a first daycare/school experience for both of them so I think it is best that they are not with eachother everyday.
I'm sure I will have more to talk about as the day comes closer. I still cannot picture myself bringing my little girl to school and dropping her off with someone I don't know and expect them to take care of MY child. How could you leave your baby with a stranger? I guess it is about time to find out.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
It has been 5 years
August 14, 2004 was our wedding day. It has now been five years since Cam and I got married. Sometimes it feels like five weeks, sometimes it feels like 25 years but we are still together.
He out did himself this year and we had a great night out. Just the two of us. I didn't think we were going to be able to leave the kids anywhere because Dylan had a fever for 2 days but he was miraculously cured when he woke up Friday morning. We dropped them off at Grandma's house with a happy meal for the evening. Who could be upset when mom and dad leave you with a happy meal right?
We started our night at our favorite Mexican restaurant. Cam had it pre arranged with the owner so we didn't have to wait the hour long wait... that was awesome. When we got to our table they had it nicely set with beautiful flowers. Total surprise there. By the time dinner was over I could hardly walk out of the place. Never mind the fact that I was wearing heels and carrying a huge GLASS bouquet of flowers. I am a "1 small margarita please" feeling a little funny kinda gal, but nooo I was conned. We both ordered medium margaritas and mine was made "special" for me but I had to drink both of them. Nice date I had huh. I made it wobbling out with my burning red face... I'm sure I was still looking hot, literally.
We had to take a short break after that. I was determined not to break my ankle while out without children. You only get so many child free breaks you know and we were determined to make the best of it. We drove around for a little while and then decided to go bowling. I got my butt handed to me on the bowling game but I blame it on that heavy 10 lb bowling ball I was using :0) Why are things so much heavier when you have had some drinks?? We finished our game in like 30 mins. Why we went so fast I don't know. I guess we are just used to bowling with the kids and it takes a good hour and a half with them for some reason.
After bowling we headed over to the sports bar. We ended up meeting up with my best friend growing up. Me and her have been trying to get together forever but something always comes up. We had a few drinks, caught up on times, and laughed at the stupid stuff we did together as kids. Oh yeah Cam and a couple of her guy friends were there too. They thought we were crazy and cracked a few jokes on us.
This was the first time Cam and I had ever gone out for drinks together. It was great and I can't wait to do it again. Maybe next year we can do it again. Maybe we can even get a picture of just the two of us... oops.
He out did himself this year and we had a great night out. Just the two of us. I didn't think we were going to be able to leave the kids anywhere because Dylan had a fever for 2 days but he was miraculously cured when he woke up Friday morning. We dropped them off at Grandma's house with a happy meal for the evening. Who could be upset when mom and dad leave you with a happy meal right?
We started our night at our favorite Mexican restaurant. Cam had it pre arranged with the owner so we didn't have to wait the hour long wait... that was awesome. When we got to our table they had it nicely set with beautiful flowers. Total surprise there. By the time dinner was over I could hardly walk out of the place. Never mind the fact that I was wearing heels and carrying a huge GLASS bouquet of flowers. I am a "1 small margarita please" feeling a little funny kinda gal, but nooo I was conned. We both ordered medium margaritas and mine was made "special" for me but I had to drink both of them. Nice date I had huh. I made it wobbling out with my burning red face... I'm sure I was still looking hot, literally.
We had to take a short break after that. I was determined not to break my ankle while out without children. You only get so many child free breaks you know and we were determined to make the best of it. We drove around for a little while and then decided to go bowling. I got my butt handed to me on the bowling game but I blame it on that heavy 10 lb bowling ball I was using :0) Why are things so much heavier when you have had some drinks?? We finished our game in like 30 mins. Why we went so fast I don't know. I guess we are just used to bowling with the kids and it takes a good hour and a half with them for some reason.
After bowling we headed over to the sports bar. We ended up meeting up with my best friend growing up. Me and her have been trying to get together forever but something always comes up. We had a few drinks, caught up on times, and laughed at the stupid stuff we did together as kids. Oh yeah Cam and a couple of her guy friends were there too. They thought we were crazy and cracked a few jokes on us.
This was the first time Cam and I had ever gone out for drinks together. It was great and I can't wait to do it again. Maybe next year we can do it again. Maybe we can even get a picture of just the two of us... oops.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Disney World!!
We are now back from our vacation to Disney. The kids loved it and Cam is already planning our next trip! We got lots of pictures and video but I cannot figure out how to post the video. I am still working on that. I guess I will start from the beginning and walk you through.
We left out early Saturday morning and headed to my grandparents house in Tampa. We got there around lunch time and the kids were very excited to be at GG's house. We went for lunch at my favorite Mexican restaurant, where Diggy was happy to pick some leaves off the artificial tree just for his GG. We then headed back to the house to start some lizard hunting. The kids had a blast trying to catch all those lizards and actually caught three. Of course Alivia had to make sure we had a picture of all them. It was then time for dinner so we met some family friends at the Olive Garden, Diggy's FAVORITE place to eat. The next morning my uncle came to visit and brought all my little cousins. All the kids loved each other and played great together. It was good to get to see them all again. It had been about three years and they had never met Diggy before. It was then time to head out to Orlando to check in to our hotel.
Driving to Orlando was not fun with all the heavy rain we had. I think it rained the entire drive but about ten minutes. We finally got to the hotel at about 5 o'clock and it was still raining so we couldn't play at the water park like we had planned.
We decided to go to Downtown Disney and find something for dinner. It stopped raining just as we got there and worked out perfectly. Downtown Disney was great and the kids had a good time, especially the attention seeking Livi. We got some pictures with Mr. Potato Head and a few other characters. Alivia was sure to make us stop at every princess statue alond the way. About half way through you find yourself in celebration square. There were dancers, a dj, and a funny guy in a hat directing it all. We watched as he conned a few first time visiters into doing the chicken dance. It was pretty funny. As we were leaving Alivia heard him say something about birthdays. We had to stay to see what it was all about and Liv had to get in on the action. They made the birthday people stand in a line in front of the crowd and tell their name how old they were and then dance. Alivia was not shy at all (surprising huh?) and proudly spoke in his mic to tell him her name was Livia and she was going to be four then danced out in the middle of the crowd. We continued with the shops and reached the Lego store. They had lots of cool things made from legos including a family, shark, transformer and many more. We then found a cool restuarant to eat dinner. I don't remember the name but it was some kind of Cuban Grille. The food was not that hot but we were to hungry to complain. The scenery on the other hand was great. Cam told Alivia that was the closest she would get to a bar scene until she was 25 :)
Monday we were able to enjoy our day at the resort water park. The kids really enjoyed themselves and we were able to enjoy ourselves also. The park was perfect for our family. It was not to big or crowded and we were able to go back to our room whenever we needed. Liv was a little upset to learn she was to small to go on the big slides but she got over it. They had 6 smaller slides to play on and a few other things so they stayed content all day. Diggy was not really into the slides that dump you into the whole 6 inches of water, he perferred the ones that you slide on a pad at the end. They both had fun swimming around the lazy river while Cam and I floated. We even enjoyed some beer and pina coladas!
Tuesday morning we woke the kids up, sang happy birthday to Livi, and got ready to go to Disney World. The kids didn't want to go. They wanted to stay and play at the water park instead. We got to Disney around 9:30 waited in line to get Livi's free ticket and a birthday pin to wear around the park and finally stepped foot on Magic Kingdom grounds at about 10:30. Cam thought it was funny that we had to catch a train and ride a boat just to get in.
Our first stop was to Minnie's house. We looked around and Liv was impressed that her whole refridgerator was full of cheese. Next door to Minnie's house was Mickey's. We went through it and it ended us in a line. We were not sure what the line was for but heard some people talking about Mickey so we decided to wait. When we got to the end we were in a private room with Minnie and Mickey. This had to be the funniest most memorable part of our whole trip. The kids were in shock. They could not belive their eyes. Mickey and Minnie were standing right there, touching them, they were actually there. Alivia was so happy that she got a birthday kiss from Mickey. She stood by his side the whole time saying "look mommy he likes me, he gave me a birthday kiss, look he likes me!" Diggy was just beside himself. He did not know what to do. He stood in front of them, walked around them, gave kisses and hugs, held their hands and shreiked with joy. It was hilarious, The line lady and photographer were laughing with us. I'm pretty sure Minnie and Mickey were laughing in those costumes also. It was definently unforgettable. Getting Diggy to leave was a bit of a task because he wanted to take Minnie with him. If he was not so overjoyed it surely would have ended in tears.
After our visit with Minnie and Mickey we walked around, rode a few rides, and caught a few showes. We took advantage of a couple fastpass stations and one gave us gift tickets to see Mickeys Philharmonic. It was a 3-d movie and really good. The kids couldn't believe their eyes when something would come toward them and would have to take off their glasses to double check. It was so good that Diggy actually watched the whole thing, he is not a watch a movie kind of kid.
Diggy took a nap while standing in line for the small world ride. Well actually he slept through the entire ride. It was smart of him to sleep then because it was airconditioned and dark. Alivia liked the small world and looking at all the dancing dolls.
All day long people were stopping to tell Liv happy birthday. It definently made her day! She felt so special and would smile real big every time. Two memorable moments with birthday wishes were when we first got in the park we got on a carraige to ride to the castle and a man jumped on the back and started singing and the other time was when we were in one of the big reasturaunts to get lunch everyone came up from the kitchen to sing her happy birthday.
We did get to meet Donald Duck in Frontier Land and the Country Bears. We got a few more pictures but meeting Donald was nothing like meeting Mickey. Livi even did the hokie pokie with a cowboy in town square. We didn't get that part on video because our disk full but Liv was very proud because she really wanted to dance with that cowboy.
On the way out of Frontier Land Alivia spotted Thunder Mountain Railroad. She was having a fit to ride it so I checked her height and then agreed. At every check through we came to they would check her height again and ask if she was sure she wanted to ride it. She did so we rode it. She had a blast! She was smiling and laughing the entire ride. She kept telling me "See mommy I'm big now. I'm four. I get to do big girl stuff now!" It was funny and if we didn't have to wait in line we would have done it again.
It was starting to get late so we found some seats to watch the parade. The kids loved all the dancers and lights and of course getting to see all the characters one last time. Livi was fascinated with the castle changing colors. We got to watch the fireworks also while we were riding the ferry back to the parking lot. Livi told us the whole way back to the ferry that her birthday wish came true and she was so happy she got to go to Mickey Mouse house. It was beautiful and the perfect way to end a perfect day.
The kids promptly fell asleep as soon as they got in their car seats. We had not even started the car yet. We went back to our room and snuck out the next morning without the kids seeing the water park again. We meet the grandparents for lunch on the way home and that was it. That was our vacation!
We left out early Saturday morning and headed to my grandparents house in Tampa. We got there around lunch time and the kids were very excited to be at GG's house. We went for lunch at my favorite Mexican restaurant, where Diggy was happy to pick some leaves off the artificial tree just for his GG. We then headed back to the house to start some lizard hunting. The kids had a blast trying to catch all those lizards and actually caught three. Of course Alivia had to make sure we had a picture of all them. It was then time for dinner so we met some family friends at the Olive Garden, Diggy's FAVORITE place to eat. The next morning my uncle came to visit and brought all my little cousins. All the kids loved each other and played great together. It was good to get to see them all again. It had been about three years and they had never met Diggy before. It was then time to head out to Orlando to check in to our hotel.
Driving to Orlando was not fun with all the heavy rain we had. I think it rained the entire drive but about ten minutes. We finally got to the hotel at about 5 o'clock and it was still raining so we couldn't play at the water park like we had planned.
We decided to go to Downtown Disney and find something for dinner. It stopped raining just as we got there and worked out perfectly. Downtown Disney was great and the kids had a good time, especially the attention seeking Livi. We got some pictures with Mr. Potato Head and a few other characters. Alivia was sure to make us stop at every princess statue alond the way. About half way through you find yourself in celebration square. There were dancers, a dj, and a funny guy in a hat directing it all. We watched as he conned a few first time visiters into doing the chicken dance. It was pretty funny. As we were leaving Alivia heard him say something about birthdays. We had to stay to see what it was all about and Liv had to get in on the action. They made the birthday people stand in a line in front of the crowd and tell their name how old they were and then dance. Alivia was not shy at all (surprising huh?) and proudly spoke in his mic to tell him her name was Livia and she was going to be four then danced out in the middle of the crowd. We continued with the shops and reached the Lego store. They had lots of cool things made from legos including a family, shark, transformer and many more. We then found a cool restuarant to eat dinner. I don't remember the name but it was some kind of Cuban Grille. The food was not that hot but we were to hungry to complain. The scenery on the other hand was great. Cam told Alivia that was the closest she would get to a bar scene until she was 25 :)
Monday we were able to enjoy our day at the resort water park. The kids really enjoyed themselves and we were able to enjoy ourselves also. The park was perfect for our family. It was not to big or crowded and we were able to go back to our room whenever we needed. Liv was a little upset to learn she was to small to go on the big slides but she got over it. They had 6 smaller slides to play on and a few other things so they stayed content all day. Diggy was not really into the slides that dump you into the whole 6 inches of water, he perferred the ones that you slide on a pad at the end. They both had fun swimming around the lazy river while Cam and I floated. We even enjoyed some beer and pina coladas!
Tuesday morning we woke the kids up, sang happy birthday to Livi, and got ready to go to Disney World. The kids didn't want to go. They wanted to stay and play at the water park instead. We got to Disney around 9:30 waited in line to get Livi's free ticket and a birthday pin to wear around the park and finally stepped foot on Magic Kingdom grounds at about 10:30. Cam thought it was funny that we had to catch a train and ride a boat just to get in.
Our first stop was to Minnie's house. We looked around and Liv was impressed that her whole refridgerator was full of cheese. Next door to Minnie's house was Mickey's. We went through it and it ended us in a line. We were not sure what the line was for but heard some people talking about Mickey so we decided to wait. When we got to the end we were in a private room with Minnie and Mickey. This had to be the funniest most memorable part of our whole trip. The kids were in shock. They could not belive their eyes. Mickey and Minnie were standing right there, touching them, they were actually there. Alivia was so happy that she got a birthday kiss from Mickey. She stood by his side the whole time saying "look mommy he likes me, he gave me a birthday kiss, look he likes me!" Diggy was just beside himself. He did not know what to do. He stood in front of them, walked around them, gave kisses and hugs, held their hands and shreiked with joy. It was hilarious, The line lady and photographer were laughing with us. I'm pretty sure Minnie and Mickey were laughing in those costumes also. It was definently unforgettable. Getting Diggy to leave was a bit of a task because he wanted to take Minnie with him. If he was not so overjoyed it surely would have ended in tears.
After our visit with Minnie and Mickey we walked around, rode a few rides, and caught a few showes. We took advantage of a couple fastpass stations and one gave us gift tickets to see Mickeys Philharmonic. It was a 3-d movie and really good. The kids couldn't believe their eyes when something would come toward them and would have to take off their glasses to double check. It was so good that Diggy actually watched the whole thing, he is not a watch a movie kind of kid.
Diggy took a nap while standing in line for the small world ride. Well actually he slept through the entire ride. It was smart of him to sleep then because it was airconditioned and dark. Alivia liked the small world and looking at all the dancing dolls.
All day long people were stopping to tell Liv happy birthday. It definently made her day! She felt so special and would smile real big every time. Two memorable moments with birthday wishes were when we first got in the park we got on a carraige to ride to the castle and a man jumped on the back and started singing and the other time was when we were in one of the big reasturaunts to get lunch everyone came up from the kitchen to sing her happy birthday.
We did get to meet Donald Duck in Frontier Land and the Country Bears. We got a few more pictures but meeting Donald was nothing like meeting Mickey. Livi even did the hokie pokie with a cowboy in town square. We didn't get that part on video because our disk full but Liv was very proud because she really wanted to dance with that cowboy.
On the way out of Frontier Land Alivia spotted Thunder Mountain Railroad. She was having a fit to ride it so I checked her height and then agreed. At every check through we came to they would check her height again and ask if she was sure she wanted to ride it. She did so we rode it. She had a blast! She was smiling and laughing the entire ride. She kept telling me "See mommy I'm big now. I'm four. I get to do big girl stuff now!" It was funny and if we didn't have to wait in line we would have done it again.
It was starting to get late so we found some seats to watch the parade. The kids loved all the dancers and lights and of course getting to see all the characters one last time. Livi was fascinated with the castle changing colors. We got to watch the fireworks also while we were riding the ferry back to the parking lot. Livi told us the whole way back to the ferry that her birthday wish came true and she was so happy she got to go to Mickey Mouse house. It was beautiful and the perfect way to end a perfect day.
The kids promptly fell asleep as soon as they got in their car seats. We had not even started the car yet. We went back to our room and snuck out the next morning without the kids seeing the water park again. We meet the grandparents for lunch on the way home and that was it. That was our vacation!
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