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. :)