Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Pumpkin farm visits
Today Gabe went to the pumpkin farm, Caleb's country store, with his pre-k class and Max went to the same pumpkin farm with his preschool on Friday. They both had lots of fun doing the hay maze, riding the toy tractors and doing the other activities they had going on. I went with the kindergartener's to the Pride of the Wapsi pumpkin farm today and ended up getting sun burned. Who ever heard of getting sunburned in Iowa during October - unbelievable! We did have lots of fun. We are planning on taking the kids to the pumpkin farm to choose pumpkins sometime this week. Max really wants to make a jack-o-latern - we'll see.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
catching up...
Hi, we haven't downloaded Max's birthday party pictures yet, but when we do I'll definitely attach some. He had a great time at Fuller Park for his birthday. The weather started out rainy and chilly, but it didn't rain at all during his party and we ended up having the park to ourselves. Thanks to all who attended!
We've gotten into the school year and while it seems a bit crazy around here everything seems to be going well. Gabe really enjoys his pre-K class. I can tell that he's learning a lot - he's like a sponge soaking up information. He's not listening real well all the time and has gotten into trouble for this, but it's something we are working on. Max loves his preschool and seems to be learning how to make new friends. He's always been my quiet child, at least in public, and I feel that preschool is a wonderful way for him to explore in a safe environment. Max has started seeing a speech pathologist through AEA; Gertie Kent will be seeing him at Colorado School which will give him continuity through grade school. She's wonderful and I hope this helps him to communicate more clearly. Let's hope he can be fixed at an earlier age than I was. Elle has fun at her music and art classes and I hope to find a gymnastic or dance class for her to join - she needs something that's energetic to get her moving. She loves nothing better than to sit in someones lap and read - yep sounds like a Dundon!
Greg is in the middle of a three week shut down so he's been working 12 hour days straight. After 11 days straight he received two days off and now he's working for 5 days and will get two more days off. We're real excited about these next two days off as they were unexpected. He's very tired, but still makes time to play with the kids and give me lots of hugs. This last weekend, his first two days off, we camped out back with the kids. Did the whole camp fire, smores, and tent thing. The kids had a ball! Around 5:30am I brought Elle inside and caught a couple of hours of sleep in the warmth of the house. The boys have been talking a lot about this so we'll probably do it again sometime.
School for me has been busy as we will be having our Fall Festival at Colorado on October 10th. This is our one money making activity this school year and the kids are selling $1 raffle tickets - let me know if you'd like some! All the funds go to the PTO and back to the kids with new computers, field trips, books, and lots of other items. The raffle tickets are pure profit as all the prizes have been donated. We have a wonderful community and have collected lots of cash prizes, savings bonds, gift certificates, a hon chair, and so much more. I am a the head of the bake sale and have been helping the fall festival committee wherever I am able. Gabe is loving being a Colorado Tiger!
That's all for now!
We've gotten into the school year and while it seems a bit crazy around here everything seems to be going well. Gabe really enjoys his pre-K class. I can tell that he's learning a lot - he's like a sponge soaking up information. He's not listening real well all the time and has gotten into trouble for this, but it's something we are working on. Max loves his preschool and seems to be learning how to make new friends. He's always been my quiet child, at least in public, and I feel that preschool is a wonderful way for him to explore in a safe environment. Max has started seeing a speech pathologist through AEA; Gertie Kent will be seeing him at Colorado School which will give him continuity through grade school. She's wonderful and I hope this helps him to communicate more clearly. Let's hope he can be fixed at an earlier age than I was. Elle has fun at her music and art classes and I hope to find a gymnastic or dance class for her to join - she needs something that's energetic to get her moving. She loves nothing better than to sit in someones lap and read - yep sounds like a Dundon!
Greg is in the middle of a three week shut down so he's been working 12 hour days straight. After 11 days straight he received two days off and now he's working for 5 days and will get two more days off. We're real excited about these next two days off as they were unexpected. He's very tired, but still makes time to play with the kids and give me lots of hugs. This last weekend, his first two days off, we camped out back with the kids. Did the whole camp fire, smores, and tent thing. The kids had a ball! Around 5:30am I brought Elle inside and caught a couple of hours of sleep in the warmth of the house. The boys have been talking a lot about this so we'll probably do it again sometime.
School for me has been busy as we will be having our Fall Festival at Colorado on October 10th. This is our one money making activity this school year and the kids are selling $1 raffle tickets - let me know if you'd like some! All the funds go to the PTO and back to the kids with new computers, field trips, books, and lots of other items. The raffle tickets are pure profit as all the prizes have been donated. We have a wonderful community and have collected lots of cash prizes, savings bonds, gift certificates, a hon chair, and so much more. I am a the head of the bake sale and have been helping the fall festival committee wherever I am able. Gabe is loving being a Colorado Tiger!
That's all for now!
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Max's birthday
Tuesday, September 9th Max turned 4 years old. He had lots of fun with his favorite breakfast, new pirate ship, lunch with Daddy, Uncle Al and Gabe, afternoon of fun outside with the boys, and pizza for dinner. He finished his day with riding his new scooter, from Uncle Al, around the driveway till dark. Sunday will be his birthday party at Fuller Park.
Max's first day of school
Wednesday, September 3rd was Max's first day of preschool at Discovery Days. He had such fun and couldn't wait to go back. He will be going Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings for 2 1/4 hours.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Great weekend
I started my weekend with a massage on Friday evening. Thanks to Barbara Boland I began my weekend relaxed and rejuvenated.
Saturday I attended Renae's party and purchased bags for my mother in law, myself and Elle. Renae gave me the idea to buy Elle a matching bag to mine - I can't wait to see them made up. These are cloth purses/bags from A Bag Above. Later on, Greg and I worked on taking apart our play set. We are moving it and expanding it to make a ship shaped fort. Wish us luck! That afternoon Al, Greg, the kids and I all went up to Moline to attend the circus. We ate at TGI Fridays and got a deal on the parking. They charge you $5 to park, but give you a coupon for $5 off of your meal. It's right next to the Mark and the walk is nothing. The kids had never been to the circus so we did the whole thing: we arrived for the animal showing (you get to walk around outside and see the animals before the show), then watched the pre-show and finally the circus. We had cotton candy and Al purchased each of the kids a toy (which was their favorite part - they come with a 2 year warranty too). Max kept acting funny, but we thought he was tired from not taking a nap - boy were we wrong! At intermission he threw up so we left. We had actually seen a lot so we didn't feel like we didn't get to see the circus. We arrived home after 9 pm, took showers and crashed. Max didn't get sick the rest of the weekend and acted fine even on the way home. ?!?!
Sunday was a beautiful day so we went up to Maquoquita caves. The kids love walking the trails and exploring the caves. Max went creek stomping and was soaked from his chest down. We had a picnic lunch and headed home. After Greg's nap we worked on the play set again. For those of you that don't know how we do things, this project will probably take weeks to finish. At 5pm we went to Alison's for a pot luck with my family. Matt and Kevin tried teaching my kids to play kick ball which was a hoot! Alison, Bridget, Sami and Evelyn's girls seemed to have fun too. Jeff says Gabe will be a good soccer player and that I should sign him up to play Y soccer. Alison showed the kids how to pick tomatoes - they didn't quite get the red color idea and she ended up with a couple green tomatoes too.
A fun weekend was had by all!
Saturday I attended Renae's party and purchased bags for my mother in law, myself and Elle. Renae gave me the idea to buy Elle a matching bag to mine - I can't wait to see them made up. These are cloth purses/bags from A Bag Above. Later on, Greg and I worked on taking apart our play set. We are moving it and expanding it to make a ship shaped fort. Wish us luck! That afternoon Al, Greg, the kids and I all went up to Moline to attend the circus. We ate at TGI Fridays and got a deal on the parking. They charge you $5 to park, but give you a coupon for $5 off of your meal. It's right next to the Mark and the walk is nothing. The kids had never been to the circus so we did the whole thing: we arrived for the animal showing (you get to walk around outside and see the animals before the show), then watched the pre-show and finally the circus. We had cotton candy and Al purchased each of the kids a toy (which was their favorite part - they come with a 2 year warranty too). Max kept acting funny, but we thought he was tired from not taking a nap - boy were we wrong! At intermission he threw up so we left. We had actually seen a lot so we didn't feel like we didn't get to see the circus. We arrived home after 9 pm, took showers and crashed. Max didn't get sick the rest of the weekend and acted fine even on the way home. ?!?!
Sunday was a beautiful day so we went up to Maquoquita caves. The kids love walking the trails and exploring the caves. Max went creek stomping and was soaked from his chest down. We had a picnic lunch and headed home. After Greg's nap we worked on the play set again. For those of you that don't know how we do things, this project will probably take weeks to finish. At 5pm we went to Alison's for a pot luck with my family. Matt and Kevin tried teaching my kids to play kick ball which was a hoot! Alison, Bridget, Sami and Evelyn's girls seemed to have fun too. Jeff says Gabe will be a good soccer player and that I should sign him up to play Y soccer. Alison showed the kids how to pick tomatoes - they didn't quite get the red color idea and she ended up with a couple green tomatoes too.
A fun weekend was had by all!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Gabe's first day of pre-K
Gabe went to Colorado today for his first day of Pre-K. He is very excited since he gets to spend the whole day at school!
We went for Max's well check today and he is in the 75% for height and weight. The best thing was that he wasn't due for any shots - Yeah!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Gabe goes to preschool
Tomorrow is Gabe's first day of pre-K at Colorado. He'll be going from 8:30 till 2:30 Tuesday thru Friday and half days on Monday. We went to an orientation tonight and he didn't want to come home - I'll take that as an excellent sign.
Max has his well check tomorrow - wish us luck! He's pretty good about the shots, but you know he's not going to be real happy about it.
All three kids went to the dentist today and they did great! Elle actually let them count her teeth, clean her teeth and had a fluoride treatment. I was real proud of all of them.
Max has his well check tomorrow - wish us luck! He's pretty good about the shots, but you know he's not going to be real happy about it.
All three kids went to the dentist today and they did great! Elle actually let them count her teeth, clean her teeth and had a fluoride treatment. I was real proud of all of them.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Pictures
Sondra asked for more pictures so here they are....if you want to enlarge them just double click on them.
At Wild Cat Den
At Wild Cat Den
Sunday, August 24, 2008
My first blog
Hi everyone, welcome to my blog space.
Our summer has come to an end, but we're ok with the ending. Gabe and Max are looking forward to starting preschool and I'm enjoying getting back to work. Last week the kids had fun going back to daycare. They really missed Angie and their friends.
We went to Gwen's 2nd birthday party Saturday and we all had a great time! Gwen is soooo cute - such a little Graham.
Our summer has come to an end, but we're ok with the ending. Gabe and Max are looking forward to starting preschool and I'm enjoying getting back to work. Last week the kids had fun going back to daycare. They really missed Angie and their friends.
We went to Gwen's 2nd birthday party Saturday and we all had a great time! Gwen is soooo cute - such a little Graham.
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