Labor Day Weekend

We had a blast over Labor Day weekend~ Everyone was at Holly Lake. Mia, Corbin and Chloe had a great time playing together. Poppy even took all 3 grandkids to get donuts one morning by himself. He piled them all in the car and found the nearest donut place, and got them all out and went inside to find the donuts all gone. (church crowd) So he had to load (the confused and I want my donut) kids BACK into the car and find another donut place. He found one close by and unloaded again and finally got everyone settled with donuts. He sat down and Mia looked at him and said, "Poppy, I need to go potty"....and Chloe looked at him and said, "Poppy, hands!" Chloe's hands and face were covered with chocolate donuts and princess didn't like the mess. So Super Poppy took Mia to the Potty while he held the door open with his foot so he could keep an eye on Corbin and Chloe. He is really great with the kids and they all had a wonderful time.

We spent some time at the Ranch and Corbin had a big day. He shot his first 22 rifle. Now Poppy has talked to him about this for a while, and he was so excited and ready to be more like his Poppy. He asked me "how old do you have to be to get a hunting license?"

Poppy, as most of you know, is a complete stickler for gun safety and rules. (much to Mama's liking) So they went all over the rules and Corbin loves us to quiz him. I put him to bed the other night and he said, "Go ahead and ask me a rule about guns!" So I asked, "What if you see a gun at a friends house?" He said very proud, "I do not touch it, because it could really hurt me. I go find an adult and tell them that is dangerous!"

Rapid Fire was his favorite. He is focused.....he wanted to get that bullseye!

Chloe said, "no like, no watch" to the gun sound. So Mummy took her back to the barn! :)

1st Day of School!

So Corbin started Advanced Pre-K this week! He is going to the same school he went to last year, so he was excited to go back. He loves that he gets to see his teachers from last year too!

Meet your teacher went well the week before and so he was ready to go. On the way to school he kept practicing his teachers names. He would say, "Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Jefferies....Mrs. Jefferies has the glasses...Mrs. Jefferies has the glasses." I told him it was okay, he would get the names down fast. :)

All the kids in his class will be 5 yrs. old by the end of September, so I was happy it was going to be an older group. After the first day of school he told me, "I am the best behaved kid in the class!" Well...we will see if that lasts!

His two best friends went to Kindergarten this year and so I was a little worried he would want to go too. But when someone asks him if he is in Kindergarten, he proudly says, "I am in Advanced Pre-K, and I will go to Kindergarten when I am 6!" Then he says, "Do you know I only go to school for 5 hours and when you are in Kindergarten you have to go 7 hours!"

I am excited to see him grow this year. Now....Miss Chloe is missing her brother. Everyday this week when we took Corbin to school, Chloe would say, "No school....no school!" She fusses when we leave and says, "BUBBA" in a whiney voice. She actually has a great day and plays nice while he is gone. We keep busy with Mommy & Me gym, running errands, and playdates... but she gets soooooo excited when I say, "let's go get bubba!" As soon as we enter the building she starts yelling his name, and when she sees him...she runs and gives him a big hug. I think Chloe is glad it is 5 hours and not 7 hours too! :)

Looks like 1st day of school was a BIG thumbs up! :)

Tutu Time

Enough said!

Moving up in Swimming

Now he is no Michael Phelps, but he is pretty close! :) Corbin is doing so great in swimming. He can swim about 20 feet on his own and is doing great with his dog paddling for breaths. The first couple weeks when they were learning to come up for a breath, Corbin would come up, but take no breath. It was cute....the teacher would tickle him and say,"BREATH!!!"

He loves his swimming class and he has come so far. (Corbin has been in swimming on and off since he was 3) This is a boy that was scared to go under water when he was 3 yrs old...now I am having to tell him to stay above water when the teacher is talking! :)

We are going to keep him in swimming this fall and he is so excited. He thinks it is "totally awesome" to go swimming in the winter. Corbin was moved up to the next level, so today he got a reward ribbon. Corbin thought that was pretty cool, after I explained what it was. You should of seen his face when the teacher gave him this ribbon. He was like, "what the heck is this thing?" He is used to big cool trophies from soccer and metals from Little Gym sports. So once I told him that a ribbon is cool like a trophy, he got into it!

Mr. Chirs is Corbin's teacher! Corbin thinks he is cool, because he gets to do cannon ball jumps with him. They are real good about safety at this school. From day one they taught the kids to jump in and swim to the nearest side. Last week they put life jackets on everyone and put them in a raft (boat) and talked about boat safety. The kids loved that...because the teachers dumped them over in the boat and talked about what to do. Corbin had a big smile on his face and loved when the big waves came and Mr. Chris would turn them over!

At the end of each class they get to go down the big water slide (behind Corbin)....another highlight of swim lessons. As you can tell by Corbin smile....it is "totally awesome!" We are so proud of our little swimmer.

Sunday Mornings

We have a bit of a routine on Sunday mornings. We wake up and getting ready and go to Church at 9:00 am. When Poppy and Mummy are in town we meet them at church. We have to get an extra "parent pass" for Poppy, so he can get back into the children's church to pick up the kids. The very first Sunday in our new building they wouldn't let him back because he didn't have this "parent pass." Well....for all of you who know our Poppy....that was not going to work. :)

This Sunday, Poppy peeked in the door to pick up Chloe and she jumped up and started waving like a crazy woman to Poppy. She was so happy to see him and that it was time for her release. Chloe is too fond of Sunday mornings. She is doing a lot better....she doesn't cry anymore like she used too. We say, "Chloe we are going to church and you are going to play!" Then she says, "Mama and Dada......Right...Back!" We go over this almost every Sunday. So needless to say, pick up time is her favorite time.

Corbin loves church. The music teacher came up to David this Sunday and told him that Corbin was such a leader during church. He helps lead during song time and he leads the prayer a lot on Sunday morning. I asked him about his prayers and he said...with his hands flying for description..."Well....you don't pray for webkinz or power rangers or toys and stuff like that....I just pray to have a good day at church and for friends and everyone to have a good time." It was so cute, but I am so proud of him.

Here is Miss Priss thinking she can sit at the table like a big girl!

Poppy and Chloe about to go on the golf cart! Poppy can't say "no" to that face! :)

So when Mummy and Poppy are in town we usually go to the club to eat. Dad scarfs down his breakfast because both of the kids are quickly ready for the Sunday Golf Cart Ride at the Club! They will drive around the golf path and look for birds to scare....all the while Chloe is saying, "Wee Wee!" They have a blast.....even though Poppy is probably hungry!

That is usually how Sunday mornings go. This Sunday after the golf cart ride, Corbin said, "Poppy, let's go look at golf stuff!" So they go in the Pro Shop and when we go check on them they have a shirt for David, Corbin has a glove, hat and a trainer golf club, and Corbin is still shopping around. He goes, "Mama, here is the girl section!" As he holds up a pink golf shirt. I said very politely...no thanks! :) I think he is going to be a shopper like his Poppy.

So on the way out we found some shade outside and played for 15 minutes. It is too hot right now....unless we are in water....15-20 minutes is all you can take!

Notice how carefully Corbin is listening to Poppy's instructions! He gave it a try anyway. I think he looks cute with his little golfing glove.It is Chloe's turn with the gold club....she is actually pretty athletic. Don't you know my baby girl who I can't wait to put a pair of dance shoes on is only going to want to play sports! That will be fine too! She has her hands out because Poppy was hitting a tennis ball with the golf club and she was trying to catch it!

We Conquered the BOARD!!

So we met Mom at the club to go swimming and there was a kids camp going on with bigger kids. Corbin loved to watch them jump off the diving board. (they were having big and little splash contests....remember those?)

Anyway...we asked Corbin several times if he wanted to FINALLY have a turn on the diving board. As always he would say, "YES" ..then we get close and he would change his mind.

So the camp kids left and there was really nobody in the pool, so I said .."come on bud, this is the perfect time to be brave!" What do you know...he loved it! I knew he would. He jumped off like 10 times. The very first time he jumped he went sooooo deep....I WAS NERVOUS. I had to dive down and pull him up. As you can see I was right there when he would jump in. He came up and said, "Wow...I went really far down and you can't even touch, Mama!" I told him to kick as hard as he could once he hit the water. After that he would just pop up. He was very proud of himself and I told him he should be and how it was great he was brave to try new things. Whomever he talked to that day he would say, "have you ever been swimming in 12 feet deep water? Well...I have!" Fun day!

Baby Girl is growing up!

So we had a big day yesterday morning!!!...........................I painted Chloe's toenails for the first time! :) I was unprepared that she would want me to paint her toes so young (19 months) so I did not have an appropriate nail polish available. But as you know I jumped at the chance to make my baby girl more girly! :) (Note to self....go and buy baby girl her first baby pink polish.)

She had so much fun! I was painting my toes and she comes in and sits down and says, "Chlo Chlo's turn?" So I painted and she didn't move a muscle and I said don't touch and held her toes and said, "SO PRETTY!"....while I blew them dry! She ran to her brother and said, "don't touch....pretty!" Corbin didn't miss a beat and said, "Oh...what a big girl...so pretty!"

Chloe and Mama with matching polish!!

I think Mummy is the most excited, because she can take Chloe and have a spa day! What a fun day to have my baby girl!

Chloe is painting her toes and Mama's toes with the pretend nail polish!