Worst Day Ever

Parker had his first bad experience at school yesterday, on the first day of course! Well I guess the bad experience happened after school. I went to his bus stop to pick him up, I was all excited to greet him as he walked off the bus, camera in hand ready to shoot a few pictures. When I walked up to the bus doors the driver asked me what kids was mine, I said, "Parker" she looked at all the kids and said, "I don't have a Parker." MY first thought was, "Oh great, he is going to be so scared, I told him nothing would happen!" So I waited while the driver tried to track him down. She had just heard over the radio that another driver had an extra kid on her bus. So the driver, Theresa was her name, asked if the boy happened to be a Parker. Yes it was!! Yay at least he was still on a bus somewhere. I ran home called the transportation department and made arrangements for them to drop him off. They called me back when the bus was close and I went to the corner to meet him. As he got off the bus I tried to have a positive attitude so I wouldn't upset him. I told him that he got an extra long bus ride. Well he was already upset and said that he didn't want to ride the bus that long. He had the saddest look on his face and said he had "The Worst Day Ever" It took me a while to talk him down and to convince him that it wouldn't happen again. (Let's hope it doesn't!) I guess what happened was that he got on the right bus at the kindergarten, then had to switch busses at one of the schools after they picked up the grade school kids. He said that someone told him to get on that bus. So hoepefully today they have things straightened out and my little boy won't get lost again. What an eventful first day. I was just grateful that they kept track of him and didn't let him off the bus somewhere and then he really would have been lost!! I am sending him to school with a note on his shirt with the bus route info, it can't hurt to help them out!

Paxten's Checkup

While Parker was at his first day of school, I took Paxten in for his 6 month check up, I know I am a little late since he is almost 7 months, but I wanted to wait until I could go and only have 2 kids with me instead of three.

Everything went great! Paxten is growing and developing normally. He now weighs, 14 lbs, 5.5 ounces and is 24 1/2 inches long. So he has gained about a lb and a half and grown 1/2 and inch since he checkup in June.

He has one little tooth in the bottom front and the other bottom tooth is not too far behind, I think it will be completley through in another week.

He can sit up all by himself for quite a while. This has been great because he can keep himself occupied for a little while with a few toys. Making my life a little bit easier.

He still isn't rolling over very much, but the doctor wasn't concerned and neither am I. I am sure he will do it on his own time.

He got his vaccinations as well and I always hate the look that kids give you when the needle first goes into their legs. The look of "mom why are you letting them do this to me?," and "mom why are you holding me down so they can do this to me?" It breaks my heart, but I do it for them, to protect them and I am sure they will thank me down the road, when they are older.

First Day of Kindergarten

 

Parker had his first day of school today. Because if the boundries, he is attending the afternoon session of school. I was a little disappointed about that, because I wanted him to start getting into the habit of going to bed earlier and waking up earlier. But I have recently decided that it will be okay. I will get to sleep a little longer as well this year, and with still having to wake up during the night with Paxten, that will be a good thing. Parker woke up this morning and was so excited to be going to school. He probably asked me 100 times when the bus was coming to pick him up. He could hardly wait. When the bus finally arrived he just hopped right on and waved goodbye. I hoped he would do okay and that everything would go smoothly for my little boy. I will have you know that I didn't cry!! I am excited for him to be growing up and for the next phase in his life. I am also excited to have a few hours Parker free.

Parker Meets his Teacher

 

Parker is starting kindergarten this year and he got Mrs. St. John for his teacher. We are really excited about having her because we know she is super nice and she knows Parker's Grandpa & Grandma Yancey and his Aunt Christine. Mrs. St. John was excited that Parker was going to be in her class. We had a meet the teacher day yesterday and Parker and I got to do some fun activities in his new classroom together. He painted his hand blue and put his handprint on the wall with all his fellow classmates, we read a Clifford book together, he got to stamp his name in playdough, toured the school and got to visit with his new teacher. Parker is really excited to go to school and to ride the school bus.

Chuck E Cheeses

 

The kids have been dying to go to Chuck E Cheeses, and everytime the commercial is on they explaim how badly they want to go there. Since we were in Utah and didn't know when we would get the chance again we decided to take them. I was a little heisitant because we had been to Boondocks and they are quite similar, but Parker really wanted to go and experience Chuck E Cheeses. Matt said that he always wanted to go when he was little and never got the chance, so he wanted Parker to have that opportunity. We arrived just as they were opening, which was a good thing, less people to have to manuver around. The kids loved playing on the slide and play area that didn't even cost anything!! Paige was having fun just putting tokens in all the games she could, even if they were ones she didn't know how to play. We soon realized we needed to monitor her tokens and give them to her one at a time. Parker was in heaven playing video games with his dad! The kids collected 137 tickets and were each able to get a few toys in exchange for the tickets. Nothing special because all the good prizes were like 1000 tickets. Who is going to get that many tickets anyways??? That is a rip off. But the kids had fun and we managed to go and not have to get pizza there and saved our money so we could eat at Chipotle afterward....so much better!!! Aftet lunch we headed home. We had a great vacation spending time with just our little family. It was just what we needed before school started!

Wedding

 

My cousin Sarah married Blake Erickson on Saturday the 27th of August in the Mt. Timpanogas Temple. It was a really beautiful ceremony! The sealer did an amazing job and we all were brought to tears at the thought of how happy my Uncle Steve would be seeing his baby girl married in the temple. It was a beautiful day outisde, quite hot, and they had a lot of family and friend there to support them. After the wedding they had a little luncheon at the church and we had sandwiches and salads. The reception was at Carla's house in her backyard and was decorated to beautifully. We had a fun time catching up with family and spending time with one another, while celbrating this great occasion with Sarah and Blake!

Hotel Swimming

 

The kids were so excited about swimming that they could hardly wait to get their swim suits on (or swimmin soups, as Paige calls them). We happened to be the only ones in the pool for a little while and the kids swam for about a hour. Paxten did suprisingly well, I thought that he wouldn't like it because the water was pretty cool, but he seemed to to enjoy the time he was in the water. We stayed 2 nights at the hotel and had to swim both nights. Parker especailly was eager to swin again on Saturday. He didn't want to go to the temple or the reception, all he could think about was swimming. I better get him in some lessons next year!