Monday-Monday

I am way behind in blogging again. I promise to be better! I don't remember what happened Monday. I didn't take a photo and I don't remember much. 

 

Tuesday:

Brooklyn and Trace had school. Tyler got Brooklyn ready and once again did a great job!

 After school Brooklyn had dance. It was such a nice day that we decided to walk to dance. Once Brooklyn was in dance class Trace and I went to Great harvest Bread and got him a cookie.

 

Wednesday:

I don't have school pictures but that night we went to my moms ward Halloween Party.

They had a blast. They didn't go Trunk or Treating but stisll got plenty of prizes and candy.

 

Thursday:

Both kids had school from 11:15-1:15. It was weird having two hours to myself. I was able to get a lot of cleaning done. Kind of made me realize what it is going to be like in a couple of years when they are both in school at the same time. I actually missed having one of them home with me.

Friday:

They didn't have school today and we tried to go to the pumpkin patch. It was closed. We have now tried to go Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Nothing is working out for us. Sadly I don't think we will get to go this year. Brooklyn threw up yesterday and I am not sure I should take her out later today if she feels better.I am keeping her home from school.  I guess we will see. Both kids can't wait to wear their Halloween costumes this week to school.

 

Weekend in Reno

Brooklyn had off from Wednesday-Sunday. We last minute decided to go to Tyler's cousins wedding in Reno. We left Friday and came home Sunday. It was a long drive but it was nice to be there and see everyone.

Parent Teacher Conference

Today Tyler got Brooklyn ready himself again. Her outfit and hair he did it all. I couldn't believe how cute she looked! 

After school was Parent Teacher Conferences. While we were waiting Brooklyn showed me where her witch was in the hallway. The teacher said she is doing well. She is right on track with how old she is. In some areas she is lower and in some she is higher. Overall she is doing great and the teacher is so thankful to have a good student and listener.

Two days of school this week!

Lately the kids have been watching Christmas movies and are already asking "When is Christmas?" I think it's because I started to ask them what they are wanting for Christmas so I can start finding good deals. 

 Here is Brooklyn's Christmas list. She drew Santa the pictures since she can't spell all of them. I told we we can't mail it until after Thanksgiving because that's when the North pole opens. We don't want them getting so excited too early then end up having to wait forever. 

Another Halloween outfit! I wish I had hair dos and outfits for all of October! 

BYU SATURDAY

Once again.. Nothing to do with school but Tyler is finally home and we had our BYU Football Saturday. 

Too cute to not share this picture!! I love these three!

Learning the sight words or just memorizing the book?

Brooklyn gets these books sent home that we can use as reading time and for coloring. This week I didn't let her color it hoping she'd learn the color words instead of look at the picture. This is only her second time reading this one. I think she did a great job!

Dancing Skeletons!

Since Tyler is out of town this week we decided to stay at my mom's house after we went to the Zoo. 

 Tyler was way excited to show me his "boat pirate ship"

 Our dancing skeleton hair! I love October!

This is what Brooklyn brought home from school. I told her she did such a great job! We are proud of this and have it hanging up! 

Wed 9th

I am far behind but I plan on catching up today. The post wont have much info in them but I will post the pictures for the day. Today after school we went to the Zoo with my sister. It was cooler weather and the animals were out and very active.It was a lot of fun!

Feeling festive.

 I COULDN'T WAIT ANY LONGER!! Today was the first day that I had Brooklyn wear a Halloween shirt and did her hair festive. I am going to try for once a week until Halloween. I think it turned out pretty fun!

Today Trace had to wear white to school. They are working on colors and Trace is doing pretty good on knowing all of them. We still have a few to work on. He still gets so excited to go to school. I really wish he could go more often since he loves it so much!

This is how it is every time we pick him up. So excited to show us his school work!

homework.. homework.. and more homework!

I think Brooklyn get sick of doing homework. We seriously spend about an hour each night on homework. She works so hard and her letters look great but when she comes home with papers she did at school her letters go back to the way she did them before. To be fair.. they are getting better and I know with practice she will get the hang of it. Any one have any good ways to help her memorize sight words?

Celebrating Ten Years

NOTHING TO DO WITH THE KIDS SCHOOL BUT WORTH SHARING!
For our date night tonight we decided to go back to where it all began. Lagoon! 

 So technically it all start online but this is where it really all started on October 4th 2003. I met Tyler and his cousin Matt at Lagoon. I can't believe it's been ten years. Even though we aren't big fans of Lagoon.. I am glad we returned to celebrate!

 During the month of October they decorate Lagoon all Scary. They call it "Frightmares." 

 We rode as many rides as our stomachs could handle.(We are ten years older now.. and we could feel it!) It was pretty cold but it was so much fun. 

We had a blast. I haven't laughed so hard for a while. I don't think I stopped smiling until I had to paid the babysitter for the EIGHT hours of babysitting she did! 

At night they have creepy people walking around and fog everywhere. It's a pretty fun atmosphere. I am so blessed I met my best friend ten years ago. He is so good to me and I love him so much! 

Sick Day

Today marks the day that I met Tyler at Lagoon ten years ago! We decided to take Brooklyn out of school for a "sick day" to celebrate.(She actually really was coughing pretty good and had a runny nose.)I went to Brookie's school to turn in her homework and picked up next weeks. Our plan was to try Lagoon again or the Zoo. We ended up going to Nickelcade, The Pizza Pie Cafe, and then to watch the BYU game. It was a great family day and I am so glad/blessed that I met my best friend in person at Lagoon ten years ago! He and the kids are the best part of my life!

 Just some of our fun BYU pictures. Trace got this shirt with the gift card he got from Grammie. Thanks Grammie!!

 Loving the pizza before the game. He loves BYU! Go Blue! 

Thank you Grammie!

 Since it was my first day of October with the kids we made pumpkin pancakes! I think the kids favorite breakfast is pancakes. We have them almost every day.

The kids and I went shopping with the gift card they got from Grammie. Brooklyn saw this sweatshirt and wanted it so bad. She looks pretty darn cute in it! Thanks Grammie!

 We didn't carpool today but Brooklyn was still able to find Hannah before school to play. Hannah and Hannah's cousin Tyler are Brooklyn's best friends. 

 Trace was excited to go to school today. He loves to show me everything she did at school right when I pick him up.  I walked to pick him up and decided to go for a walk. It was a pretty chilly walk and it actually snowed a bit on our walk! Trace was still all smiles though. 

First day of Carpooling

Today was the first day of carpooling. Tyler just had to get Brooklyn ready and Hannah's mom picked her up and dropped her off. I am sure it's nice for Tyler to not have to take her on Wednesdays. 

Tuesday October 1st

I can't believe today was the first of October! For some reason we didn't take any pictures of the kids today. They are both doing great. With Brooklyn they send homework each week. We work about an hour on it each night starting Friday night and we still barely make the deadline on the next Friday. It's a good thing we work an hour each night and not leave it all for the last minute. We wouldn't get it all done. Trace is working on letters and numbers. He knows 1-15 and is trying to learn the alphabet song. They are so excited that its the month of Trick or Treating!

Bye bye bus

Today was Brooklyn's last day on the bus. I think she will miss riding the bus. Thankfully I got with Hannah's mom and we worked out a car pooling system so that they can still ride together. She is doing really well in school. She does very well on her homework and tries hard. We couldn't be more proud of her!

It's BYU Friday!

 Today after school Brooklyn and Hannah wanted to play. I told Hannah that Brooklyn had to go home to do homework and afterwards she could play. Hannah wouldn't let go of Brooklyn's hand. Her mom had to take Hannah's death grip off Brooklyn's hand. I guess Hannah really wanted to play!

 Later tonight Brooklyn finally got to go to Hannah's and the rest of us watched BYU. We had our own little party. It was a lot of fun. It was weird to have Brooklyn at a friends house until around 8:15 at night. I guess my little girl is growing up a bit. 

There's a chill in the air!

Today was pretty chilly! I think it was around 43 degrees and raining when I took Brooklyn to the bus stop. Both are still loving school!

Brooklyn had tumbling tonight. I think she is really enjoying it. I love how cute she looks in her tumbling outfits!

Beginning to feel like fall!

 It is starting to feel like fall. Had to have Brooklyn in long sleeve and pants today. Tyler did however do her hair and get her ready. I seriously think he does a better job with her hair than me! 

Brooklyn has had a lot of homework this week. She has been so good to do it though and not complaining. I really couldn't be more proud of her. Tyler is so good with her and helps her so much. I am so thankful to have him. She wouldn't do as well if it weren't for him!

School day for the two

 Today Tyler had to get the kids ready and I couldn't believe how darn cute they looked!! Trace was suppose to learn about the letter A today. When I got home and asked him what letter he learned he just had this huge smile and said... "Dunno know" haha He will get it eventually. He seems to be learning more of what Brooklyn is since he is always right there while we do homework with her. 

Brooklyn is doing awesome on Homework. They sent home all the colors and she is suppose to be able to read or memorize the color words. So far she has learned  "Blue, red, pink, green, orange, yellow, and gray." She is so smart and I am so proud of her!

9/24/2013

Brooklyn is really enjoying school and she tells me all the time how Hannah is her best friend!

Pretty in pink

 I let Brooklyn sleep on her already curly hair and then just threw it into a messy bun. I thought it turned out way cute. 

She has been doing so well. She gets homework every Friday and it is due the next Friday.  She works on it every day and works so hard on it! I am so proud of her! 

September 19th, 2013

Today was Trace's special day at school. It happens once a month in Preschool. They get to help out at school and they bring a treat for everyone. Trace brought dried apples dipped in Jello and Ritz crackers. 

 He ran up to his teacher and yelled out "It my special day! I have crackers and and apples!"He was so excited!! After preschool he was excited to show me his picture and told me he learned about family trees. 

I couldn't decide on whether or not Brooklyn should wear a long sleeve or short. Either way I think she looks pretty darn cute! Her hair looks so short when its done with curlers.