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Summer was gone...

We love summer weather and we spend a lot of time outside. To prove this, the other day, I was on the phone while we were outside and I turned around and saw Alice dressed like this. Apparently I weed enough that the kids know how to dress for it.



Daniel started preschool. Knowledge Explorers Preschool has been a great place for him. He loves going and this is a picture of his first day. Some of the kids were hesitant while Daniel just ran inside and never looked back. Although he usually is the kid trying to beat the door down when it is over trying to get out. So far his favorite things are that they get to cut, he learns new songs, and he always wants to make sure that Alice and I miss him. Alice and I get an amazing amount of work done while he is gone and Alice is even starting to talk a little more, so what are the odds.



Do you ever spend a lot of time telling your kids what not to do? We yell at our kids all the time to sit on their butts at the table. We kept telling Daniel that he would fall and get hurt. Not quite two weeks ago, that is what happened. After I debated for about two hours whether or not to take him to the doctor, we went and even though we waited for 50 minutes in the E.R. room of the pediatrician, he ended up with a glued head. Which now he thinks is awesome.



Now when he stands up at the table we tell him "do you want to go back to the eyebrow doctor?" Amazingly he sits down. Alice however, is not so cautious and two days after Daniel's head trauma she fell off the chair and fell flat on her back. Luckily she hit nothing on the way down.

Other than that, things are pretty normal around here. Which is nice. We will enjoy the warm weather while it lasts.

Comments

Megan said…
I am glad Alice didn't get hurt. Or would it have been a good thing so she would learn a lesson? Who knows. I love this weather too! If it keeps up we could do another park play date! That would be fun :)
Colett's Corner said…
Cute pictures Mel. Your kids are so darling. I think we should start a family tradition of having a family (MAYCOCK) party during the holidays. What do you think?

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