Card for Daddy

Here is a card that I made for Matt. Free from Shutterfly. :)

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School Daze

School is interesting to say the least....I have learned a lot about my child when I am not there. The past year, she has been going once a week with me. My buddy and Me was what she was in. She has moved up since turning 3 and is now doing a Teriffic Tots class, with the same teacher Miss Diane. Katie has been to 3 classes so far (today I got to volunteer in her class) and over all, she is a pretty good girl. She does like to do things her way and we are working really hard on having her do it the teacher's way. Her first day, she told the teacher "You are not very nice" because she was told to play with the other kids.

Last Wednesday, while she was in class, my friend Claudia (whose daughter Taryn is also in the class) and I had a nice breakfast at Dink's while the girls were in class....when we came to pick them up, I was told "She called another kid an idiot, ran from me on the play ground and spit in a kids bucket" OMG~ my child? I though maybe I can just turn and walk out and pretend I don't know her. Until she starts saying "mommy". When I asked her why she called another person an idiot (I am thinking it was from Toy Story) she said "because she told the teacher I was done with my food and I wasn't, so I said 'You idiot, I am not done!" Ugh..... At least I know no one will be pushing her around! She then told me she spit in the bucket because "The girl asked for water in it" Well, way to think outside of the box, but gross. We talked about what behavior would have been better. After all, she is in pre-preschool to learn all these hard things. :) She is lucky I love her so darn much!

Quick Run Down of the past few months

June, we went to the High Sierra's and had a blast....it was one of the best camping trips ever. We mountain biked in Lower Rock Creek and it was amazing. We fished-Matt caught his first fish and we relaxed. We visited Bodie, a ghost town. That was just breathless to think that it was once a booming town with nearly 10K residents...now, it is just a run down skeleton of what once was.Matt's first fish....it is kind of hard to see, as it blends in with the water...we released it back into the creek.

Bodie, as it is today

July, 4th at my mom's house with friends....we got a slip n slide and it was so much fun...the kids were pretty much done by the time the fire works were set off.

The kids treated it more like a catwalk than a slip n slide

August, hmmm... We went to the Sequoia's for a day trip. It was amazing like always. Katie loved it and wanted to throw rock in the river the entire time. We did let her once we were in an area which was not crowded. We also went camping in Moro Bay and had fun relaxing and doing not much of anything.

On Morro Rock in the Sequoia's

September, our 5th anniversary, Matt's birthday, Vegas, and a miscarriage. We also went to visit his aunt and uncle in Arizona... With the exception of the miscarriage, it was a wonderful month.

Sushi Dinner at Shibuya - Las Vegas

October, Katie's 3rd birthday and Halloween.

Dinosaur Birthday Cake

November, not too much-Thanksgiving with family.

December, my 32nd birthday, Christmas and New Year's Eve with our friends...

New Year's Morning with the Torossian's and Poduska's

January, it snowed. Amazing. I will stop there and from now on, when I update, it will be pretty current.

Matt's Snowman
Family Shot with Frosty

A new begining

I am going to start this up again....there has been a lot going on and I would love to keep a journal of sort to help me sort my thoughts. I am going to attempt (ha) to get this little girl to sleep now and maybe tomorrow I will be able to update with lots of stuff. :)

Time for a Potty Party

Seems that Katie has decided she is ready to be a "Big Girl" and ditch the diapers. Yay! One day she just threw her diaper on the ground and said, "I don't want this, I want big girl panties". She had a few accidents, but within a day or two started telling us she has to go pee pee. We still haven't had a poo poo in the potty, but I think it is coming really soon. She even was wearing a diaper (I am not brave enough to leave the house with out a diaper on) while I went to dinner with my mom and dad and said that she had to go pee pee. I took her into the restroom and she did. Woo Hoo. I am glad that this is going well.

Tomorrow, she said she wants to wear big girl panties to school, so we will and hopefully she doesn't have an accident. If she does not go poop before we leave for school, I am going to have her wear a diaper though. I think she has the pee pee part down, but I am not sure about the other one.

Big girl tooth

Seems that Katie has a new molar. I noticed when she was in the bath tub and talking and talking away. The strange thing is that every single time she has gotten a tooth, she gets a runny nose and nasty wattery poop. I thought she was sick, for what would be the 2nd time with a cold...but I am thinking maybe it wasn't since nothing else seemed to be bothering her. Her nose cleared up for a few days and now it is running again and she is gnawing on her other side, so I would assume that maybe her other one will make its appearance shortly.

Just a few mintues ago, I put her down for her nap and she wanted me to read her "Rainbow Fish", a fantastic story about sharing. She has got to be the best sharer ever, seriously. She opened it to the 2nd page and had memorized the story word for word. It was almost like she was reading, but I know she can't-yet. Pretty amazing, this child does not forget anything.

She is asking questions about everything! I love it though it is annoying at times, I know she has such a curiosity for things. The other day a lady was talking to her and said "You are so cute!" She turned to the lady and said, "No, I am curious" She was right on.

1st day of Pre-preschool

I signed Katie up for a My Buddy and Me class on Fridays with our friend Claudia and her daughter Taryn. Taryn is 9 months older than Katie and I think Katie is one of the youngest in the class, but she seems to keep up pretty well. She loves going and I do too. It is nice to socialize with other mommies and to watch the kids play together (or not). Katie is a really good at sharing. She is always giving the other kids toys to play with and usually is pretty good at not taking the toys from other kids. Her class starts at 9am and goes until 10:30am. The first 20 minutes are free play, then it is circle time where they sing songs and read books. Next is art/craft time and then snack time. Then they go outside and play for about 20 minutes (of course, Katie is the last one out there because she loves to eat) and then we sing good bye songs. It moves pretty quick, but it is good for Katie as she is a little relaxed and kind of just moves at her own pace. She has a pretty good attention span and will sit there and do the same thing while the other kids are moving on. I need to work on getting her to move on a little quicker.

Here is her 1st day picture

It is raining so hard right now and it is windy like I have never seen before. There are trashcans blowing down the street. I have to make sure to take ours in just as they empty it. For some reason, the trash man hits the opposite side of the street at about 8am and ours after noon sometime.