Saturday, September 10, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Summer
We've had a great summer this year. It started out slowly, we didn't get good weather until the end of July, but it's the first week in Sept. and we're getting temps in the 90's. We went to the Clark county fair for the first time this year. Kyle really enjoyed looking at all the animals and feeding the goats. His favorite was the demolition derby, he screamed when we left, he wanted to stay for more!
We went on our first family camping trip on the 4th of July weekend with 2 other couples and their kids. Getting the kids to sleep at night and naptime sure was a challenge, but we survived. The kids got to meet Smokey the bear and spent most of their time playing with cars or riding bikes with the other kids.
We had a great visit to WI the end of July despite some hot and humid weather. I was able to visit with some old friends in Madison and in Green Bay. While in Madison the boys played at the park, took a boat ride on the lakes in town, played at the children's museum, toured the capital, fed chickens,zoo, went swimming, library and more... They loved playing with John's trucks, of course. In Green Bay Bryson and Kyle enjoyed visiting with their cousins Skye and Vincent. Kyle really took a shine to Skye and even called her "mama". Bryson had fun with Vincent and went to the train museum together, Bay Beach and slept over at Grandma's and the cottage. The boys had fun at the cottage riding on the pontoon boat and playing at the beach.
We spent time working on the house in August. Power spraying and staining our deck, getting our old septic decomissioned and fixing a leaky pipe. We went to the beach for labor day weekend and the boys had fun playing in the sand. Their favorite thing to do right now is to play in the dirt (it is even better than sand). The side of our house is all dirt right now (we plan to build a swing set there) and the boys love to play trucks in it.
Bryson is learning his letters and can name a few when he sees them. He also knows some letters in sign language. He was a little fearful of the deep water, but is getting braver with getting his head wet in the shallow or the bath tub. We've been playing more in the creek this summer and even have an inflatable boat and little fishing poles. Bryson loved all the boating we did this summer, he even went on uncle Scott's (z) boat. Bryson has appointments the next two weeks to be evaluated for special education through the school system, I'm hoping he will be accepted so we don't have to pay for more therapy.
Kyle loves the water, he doesn't seem to have any fear of it either. He likes to float with his life jacket on and doesn't seem to mind being dunked. His speech is improving, he speaks in sentences now. He has a few favorite stuffed animals he likes to sleep with his Kitty (a dog toy from Abby), puppy and penguin. He also has a couple of blankets he likes to sleep with. He can climb into the top bunk now and he usually naps up there during the day. I want to start potty training, he's gone 1&2 on the potty a couple of times, but frequently refuses to go on it. He's moved up to the next class at daycare and they work on potty training there too.
We went on our first family camping trip on the 4th of July weekend with 2 other couples and their kids. Getting the kids to sleep at night and naptime sure was a challenge, but we survived. The kids got to meet Smokey the bear and spent most of their time playing with cars or riding bikes with the other kids.
We had a great visit to WI the end of July despite some hot and humid weather. I was able to visit with some old friends in Madison and in Green Bay. While in Madison the boys played at the park, took a boat ride on the lakes in town, played at the children's museum, toured the capital, fed chickens,zoo, went swimming, library and more... They loved playing with John's trucks, of course. In Green Bay Bryson and Kyle enjoyed visiting with their cousins Skye and Vincent. Kyle really took a shine to Skye and even called her "mama". Bryson had fun with Vincent and went to the train museum together, Bay Beach and slept over at Grandma's and the cottage. The boys had fun at the cottage riding on the pontoon boat and playing at the beach.
We spent time working on the house in August. Power spraying and staining our deck, getting our old septic decomissioned and fixing a leaky pipe. We went to the beach for labor day weekend and the boys had fun playing in the sand. Their favorite thing to do right now is to play in the dirt (it is even better than sand). The side of our house is all dirt right now (we plan to build a swing set there) and the boys love to play trucks in it.
Bryson is learning his letters and can name a few when he sees them. He also knows some letters in sign language. He was a little fearful of the deep water, but is getting braver with getting his head wet in the shallow or the bath tub. We've been playing more in the creek this summer and even have an inflatable boat and little fishing poles. Bryson loved all the boating we did this summer, he even went on uncle Scott's (z) boat. Bryson has appointments the next two weeks to be evaluated for special education through the school system, I'm hoping he will be accepted so we don't have to pay for more therapy.
Kyle loves the water, he doesn't seem to have any fear of it either. He likes to float with his life jacket on and doesn't seem to mind being dunked. His speech is improving, he speaks in sentences now. He has a few favorite stuffed animals he likes to sleep with his Kitty (a dog toy from Abby), puppy and penguin. He also has a couple of blankets he likes to sleep with. He can climb into the top bunk now and he usually naps up there during the day. I want to start potty training, he's gone 1&2 on the potty a couple of times, but frequently refuses to go on it. He's moved up to the next class at daycare and they work on potty training there too.
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