Overwhelmed and Underwhelmed

As you can see by the date it's been awhile since I've been able to sit down and write. Life has been crazy since school started. Grace goes to Preschool Tuesday and Thursday. Plus we go to Music Makers on Monday morning. It's taken some time to get use to our new schedule. I get up every morning (most mornings) at 6 and workout before the kids get up and try to get ready for the day. Since Grace started school for some reason they have been sleeping later too. I'm not complaining it's just funny. There getting so big and growing so fast. Grace is doing well in school learning poems and her letters. Josh still hasn't said much but he sure does understand what your saying to him. It's interesting because Grace at 18 months had a bigger vocabulary but she most times didn't seem to get it, if that makes sense but Josh on the other hand you can have a conversation and he doesn't respond but with his own language he knows what you are asking him. Boys and girls really are different. Chris is hanging in there, poor guy school is just so hard for him. But he's at a good charter school and there really trying to help him. Getting ready for October with birthdays, fall break, halloween and new babies (not ours the Carpenter's). Headed out to Southern California to visit family while Chris heads to Colorado to visit his. Excited to go to the beach and visit with my sisters. The weather is finally starting to change so it should be really nice, hopefully. Looking forward to the upcoming holiday's Grace is understanding now and loves Christmas and anything Christmas. She found the tree's at Walmart the other day I thought I never get her out of the Garden Center, but it does make me excited for this year. She's so animated it's so much fun, the best part of being a parent is watching the reactions of your children. Hopefully is a successful holiday season:)

Summer of Swim

Grace had her first summer of swim lessons. She did really well, the first few classes were a little rough but soon she got the hang of it and by the end was doing really well. I'm glad she's not afraid, I do not like the water and it's always been something I have truly regretted. So I am so glad Grace likes the water and is not afraid. Josh even loves the water and thinks he can swim. It's actually exhausting taking them to the pool because he just wants to jump in and obviously he can't. Maybe lessons for him next summer:)

Preschool

Grace started Preschool last week. So far she really likes it. Heidi is a Sister in our ward and super nice. We probably don't have the extra money but I felt strongly that Grace needed the extra and specific help in learning color,numbers and letters. Plus don't kids just do better with other people:) Hopefully she continues to grow and learn. Looking forward to this school year.

Think She's Getting the Hang of It

We started potty training Grace again a couple weeks ago and she seem's to be getting it this time. Other than going number 2 still in her pants, ugh! She's been going on her own and sleeping thru the night. She has a occasional accident but nothing to serious. We have adventured out to the store and errands and no accidents. Tomorrow will be our second Sunday hopefully she feels more comfortable letting someone know she needs to go. Still praying this all comes together before she starts preschool next month.

3rd Time a Charm?

Trying again at potty training with Grace this week. I still don't get why this is such a difficult thing to accomplish. Doesn't she realize how carefree and less messy her life will be. It's so frustrating, I told Cori the other night I rather be up every two hours with a newborn than deal with potty training. I can only hope with more patience and a lot more treats this week will be the week, I'll even take sometime this month. I love you Grace but seriously!

A Day At the Beach

A couple of weeks ago we spent a few days at the beach with Brian's family. Brian's brother Brent was out from Colorado with his three kids. It was fun to see them unfortuantely we don't get to see them very often. The kids all had a great time and loved playing with one another, the boys were really good with Josh and Grace invading there sandcastle. We spent one day at the Baby Beach in Dana Point, the beach sits off the harbor so there aren't any ocean waves which was kind of nice for safety reasons. Plus they have picnic tables and a grassey area. The next day we needs some waves so we hit Aliso Creek Beach just south of Laguna. It was a great park too, play area, snack bar and bathrooms. The waves were really high so we weren't able to spend anytime in the water but just watching and listening to the waves is good for me. Plus all Josh wanted to do was eat the sand.

Summer Vacation

Last week we headed to Northern California to visit my family. It's the first time Josh had made the trip and the last time Grace was there she was six weeks old. We drove to Ebmeyer's and stayed the night then drove up the next morning. Stayed at my grandma's which gave us lot's of room being that she's up in Nevada City taking care of her brother. We had bbq at Kerrie's and Uncle Marty came it was great getting to see him. Monday it rained and we visited the fire house with dad. The kid's loved playing in the fire trucks and pushing the horns. Tuesday Grandma came down and we had lunch at Casa Carlos, Carlyn, Rex and Kerrie & Jared came along too. Wednesday we took the kids to the train museum in Old Sacramento, my mom came along as well. The museum was great even Brian had a great time. Spent some time at Celeste's house in the afternoon, she's out in the middle of a orchard so Grace and Josh loved running around. Thursday we headed up to Grass Valley to visit with grandma and enjoy some pasties. Friday was the parade in Colusa and the county fair. Christopher got to ride in parade with my dad a great Fisher family rite of passage. Grace, Josh and Lizzie ran wild at the fair (omg they were so dirty) Lizzie and Grace had a small melt down on one of the rides thankfully they were not scared for life. We also got to visit with Uncle Brian and Aunt Linda it was great seeing them and yet another wonderful backyard for the kids to play in. Can't wait for next summer!