This past weekend, Tay and I went to Disneyland for a bachelorette party. I had never before seen her so excited and anxious to go anywhere, but as soon as we woke up early Saturday morning in our hotel room, she was raring to go! Our friend and bachelorette, Heather, bought Tay a beautiful Cinderella costume with all of the accessories to go with it. Tay quickly got into her costume and headed to the Bibbity Boppity Boutique for hair and makeup...yet another gift from Heather. All day long, Taylor walked around looking like a princess and being treated like royalty by the Disney staff. She was totally in her element. Her favorite ride was the Haunted Mansion. We rode it 8 times. I can't wait to return to Disney in a couple of years and bring AJ and Daddy with us!
In other news, AJ is in the process of being potty trained. He is doing so well with hardly any accidents. The only thing I really have to work with him on is doing his poops in the potty chair. Unless I watch him closely, he will slip one into his underwear. Sneaky guy! I'm hoping that soon potty training will only be a fuzzy memory and I'm grateful this is our last child to have to potty train. Yay!
Overall Taylor and AJ are happy and doing really well. Taylor has been accepted into the Spanish magnet program for Kindergarten in the Fall and AJ contiunes to flourish with learning to recognize all of his letters and many numbers. We are so lucky the kids learn really easily. It makes being a parent and teaching so much fun. They are both really helpful around the house with cleaning and picking up. Pretty soon I'll have them scrubbing the bathrooms and mopping the kitchen floors. I hope to make them strong in the areas where Chris and I are weak. Ha!
I will go through my camera later tonight and post some pictures.
"I don't like kids" started out as a joke between me and my 3 year old. I was teaching her to say "I don't like kids" in a grouchy old-man voice, hoping that she would go to her pre-school and start repeating it. So far, we haven't gotten a call asking for a parent-teacher meeting...
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Been a long time
So it's been a while since we blogged. I started working part time as a Pizza delivery driver, and was working 2-3 nights a week for the past 6 months. Now that I'm quitting that, one of my personal goals is to get back into blogging regularly. It's fun to read the old stuff and see old pictures.
So, I recently took a new job with Verizon, where I am a consultant, I work with commissions, reporting, web development and call routing. In the first month, I designed a national scorecard for one of the directors of marketing. It was awesome, and I learned a lot while doing it.
Fitness-wise, we need to get back to the gym regularly. It's kinda sad. I haven't gained any weight but I feel weaker. Time to do instead of talk about doing.
Nicky and I went snowboarding today, first time in years. So much fun, and I'm glad we went, next year, we'll go at least 2 times, and we'll bring Taylor at least once. Nicky has been jumping on the trampoline a bunch. She goes out with the kids, for what seems like hours every day. She started doing front flips and it's fun to watch Taylor and AJ run around the outside edge while she jumps in the middle.
Taylor is doing well in pre-school and is looking forward to Kindergarten in the fall. She's growing up so fast. She has started to get AJ to play games with her and she seeks him out. She loves to wear dresses, play dress up, and hang out with Linda, Samatha, and any other little girls she can find. She also started doing Tricks again, she loves her gymnastics class.
AJ is a little terror. He loves making raspberrys and hitting. I try to judge when it's a wrestling fun fighting thing, and when it's an anger thing. He gets in trouble for one, and boxing for the other. He also is sleeping in a big boy bed, and potty training will start soon. It's warming up and he loves jumping on the trampoline. Next post I'll put up some pics or maybe a video of them jumping.
So, I recently took a new job with Verizon, where I am a consultant, I work with commissions, reporting, web development and call routing. In the first month, I designed a national scorecard for one of the directors of marketing. It was awesome, and I learned a lot while doing it.
Fitness-wise, we need to get back to the gym regularly. It's kinda sad. I haven't gained any weight but I feel weaker. Time to do instead of talk about doing.
Nicky and I went snowboarding today, first time in years. So much fun, and I'm glad we went, next year, we'll go at least 2 times, and we'll bring Taylor at least once. Nicky has been jumping on the trampoline a bunch. She goes out with the kids, for what seems like hours every day. She started doing front flips and it's fun to watch Taylor and AJ run around the outside edge while she jumps in the middle.
Taylor is doing well in pre-school and is looking forward to Kindergarten in the fall. She's growing up so fast. She has started to get AJ to play games with her and she seeks him out. She loves to wear dresses, play dress up, and hang out with Linda, Samatha, and any other little girls she can find. She also started doing Tricks again, she loves her gymnastics class.
AJ is a little terror. He loves making raspberrys and hitting. I try to judge when it's a wrestling fun fighting thing, and when it's an anger thing. He gets in trouble for one, and boxing for the other. He also is sleeping in a big boy bed, and potty training will start soon. It's warming up and he loves jumping on the trampoline. Next post I'll put up some pics or maybe a video of them jumping.
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