Our Vegas trip

Tim and I had our second annual Vegas trip with our friends, Carrie and Scott.
We changed it up a bit this year and tried some resteraunts that were off the beaten path. WOW. The Italian restaurant, Batistas was amazing. A nice man walked around playing the accordian and singing to people.
The Tapas at Fireflies were awesome too.
We got a cabana for a day and relaxed and we danced the nights away at the clubs.
The kids stayed with Nana and Papa and enjoyed all the fun things they did as well as their little dog, Max.

a week in review

Kayla recorded a radio commercial. First time in a studio!


"Whopper Cake" was one of the books Collin recently checked out at the library.
It inspired him to make a whopper (huge) cake of his own. The kids made two different kinds of cake and layered them. So fun!



Nana got a doggie. He is a sweetie and his name is Max.


We hit the zoo with our friend Margaret and her kiddos. Lots of turtles out that day!



Kayla, Bailey and Collin had an art afternoon in Nana's casita.


I can't get enough of these cute cuddly girls.


Ridiculously cute!

A day in the life of a Mom

*wake up to feed two hungry kids.
*have kids feed two hungry dogs
*ignore cat
*Email rsvp's to two birthday party invitations
*remove dog toy from second story hanging light fixture with a shower curtain rod
*pack up backpacks and lunches
*drop son at a playdate
*drop daughter at school
*drop Guess jeans at seamstress to be hemmed
*stop at grocery store for more deli meat and milk
*send 4th angry email to a teacher keeping up my end of an email argument
*complain to friend about the injustices of the world and the American Education system.
*complain to second friend about the injustices of the world and the American Education system (this time via text)
*work out on Elliptical
*take 15 minutes of zen time sitting in the pool
*spray tan myself for our Vegas trip
*read text response about the injustices of the world and the American Education System.
*Feel mollified
*Meet Mom for pedicure.... ahhhh
*run to Costco for vita-tops and milk. Damnit did I already get milk? Ooh simply gogurt is on sale!
*drop cold groceries at home
*pick up both kids from school, dealing with the awkward moment of seeing my email argument partner
*find out I have won argument. Mollified, justified, exhausted
*meet another friend for dinner.
*Complain about the injustices of the world and the American Education system
Good night

Parent Teacher conference... Kayla

It was great to meet with Mrs. W. She is so sweet and reminds me a lot of Collin's loving preschool teachers. She hugs the kids, encourages them and even talks to them on a friend level at times.
We learned that Kayla is lively, creative and talkative in class but very well behaved. Socially and emotionally she is well adjusted, which just goes to show that homeschooling a child does not necessarily hurt them socially. It depends on their personality to begin with.
She is still a bit more mature than the kids in her class... always has been a bit of an old soul. So apparently she had some frustrations when they were put in to groups to work on geology. She didn't like the arguing and interrupting going on.
But that's OK... it's a great lesson to work with all different types of kids.
That's life!
Science, reading and writing are all going well. In fact, just as Collin's teacher had commented, Mrs. W said Kayla has a wonderful writing talent.
Who would have thunk it that I would have these two great writers when I could barely tolerate working on writing with them because I hate handwriting myself and it pains me to watch a kid trying to do it.
The other thing I did not work on with Kayla is timed math tests.
I am impressed with how fast she's caught up but she still has to get a little faster.
So our goal is to practice timed math facts every day... maybe we'll have time now that her play has ended.