8/31 - Today we had Kasey's meet the teacher. She is in 3s class at
AppleCreek 3 days a weeks for just under 3 hours each day. Her teachers
are one of her teachers from last year and this summer, and a teacher
Landon had for a few years. This combination of teacher is who Landon
had his very first year at AppleCreek. We are excited. She has about 5
or 6 kids from her class last year, and new friends as well. I think
she'll have fun.
That night Greg, Doug, Dave and I went to opening game for Allen High
School. They played SouthLake Carroll, and ended up winning by quite a
bit. We stood up most of the game, and stayed into the beginning of
the 4th quarter. Kids were at Grandmas so we went out for a few beers
after the game. The stadium is pretty amazing and shocking that it's a
high school stadium. It was also fun to see the band and drill team.
We have kids on our street both in drill team and on the drum line so
that was neat.
8/29 - We have 3 of 4 sports schedules in and actually few
conflicts. I have a feeling when we get football schedule everything is
going to blow up. We are also trying to figure out which football
games we can go to. I think at Thanksgiving I'm going to want to just
sleep :)
8/28 - Kasey had her first soccer practice. I took her because
Greg was coaching his baseball team at the same time. I think it was
weird for Greg to not be there because he's always helped with practice
for every sport that Landon has done. She will have practice on
Tuesdays most of the time so he won't get to help out much. There are 7
girls on her team - they are the Starbursts. Families seem really
nice. The coach has two girls, there was a German man there so we
talked World Cup, and one of the dads used to play professional soccer.
Anyway, Kasey has been taking soccer tots for a few seasons so she has
some of the skill down. She does well dribbling the ball, but still
needs to work more on kicking the ball hard. They will learn a lot in
the games themselves.
8/27 - Landon's first day of 1st Grade - He's in Mrs Davis's
class (new teacher to Norton), and has friends like Collin, Andrew and
Kyle in class. Also a few other girls that we know from friends in the
neighborhood. He seemed to have a good first day. They got to play on
their new playground, be in their new school (it was completely
renovated over the summer), and start learning again. Landon has been
doing great reading Magic Tree House books. He's now on book 12 - 1st
grade homework is to read for at least 20 minutes so he's moving through
them pretty fast.
8/25 - Greg and I decided to have a night out just us. Greg and
Doug went to see Batman movie and I went with the kids to hang out with
my mom and dad, and then I picked up Greg from the movie and we went to
Bobs for dinner. YUM. They had a chocolate peanut butter brownie
dessert that I just had to try. It was huge and wonderful, but we
didn't finish it. We were to full to do anything else so we went home
to relax :)
8/24 - I had to work a bit in the morning, and then went to see
Kasey's soccer tots class. Landon had somehow hurt his neck and was
having issues running and with full movement. After Kasey's class we
had a
Schlotzskys lunch and then I took Landon to
his dentist appointment. They recommended pulling the tooth because it
wasn't likely that the adult tooth would push it out where it was.
Landon did great. They gave him laughing gas, and numbed the area then
pulled it out. She tried to hide that she was numbing his gums with a
shot, but Landon saw. He was fine though. He was really excited to
have lost his first tooth.
That evening we went to dinner as a family and then went to Market
Street to meet school friends for ice cream before school started. It
was fun to see friends and talk about which classes we were in and what
everyone did for vacation. That night we also had a girls night with 5
of the ladies from neighborhood.
8/23 - I took few days off after vacation. Today we started out
with baseball practice. Then we all went to lunch together. Greg went
to work and kids and I stayed home to hang out for a bit. We went to
grab some Ice Cream. Then we all did our nails. Had to cut Landons and
then cut and Painted mine and Kaseys. Kasey choose purple nail and toe
polish which matches her new soccer team uniforms. She will be playing
on her first soccer team this fall - the Starbursts. We had fun doing
nails then we started taking videos and laughing about the one Kasey
made. Silly girl. Then Landon brought in his ipad to show us a video
he made of Lady and he was glad that we had that.
Tonight we got to see new school and met Landons new teacher Mrs
Davis. We also got to see his AIM room (gifted and talented program).
Everything in the school is new except the brick so it's nice. Kids
were excited to see their friends and teachers.
We also discovered today that Landon has an adult tooth growing in
behind his baby teeth is front bottom. His pediatric dentist is closed
through Labor day so I called my dentist. They said that sometimes
they have to pull baby teeth so that new teeth will grow in fine. We
have an appointment tomorrow so we'll see.
Watercolor Family Vacation - 8/17 - 8/22
8/22 - We were leaving
in the afternoon to head home. We decided to all go to Breakfast at
Great Southern Cafe. We had eggs, fruit, pancakes, waffles, grits,
mimosas, etc. It was fun. Then we took a little walk outside on our
way back. It was pretty humid. Tracy and I took Landon and Kasey to
the pool for a little while which was fun. They seemed to enjoy it and
was a little calmer than the beach.
Then we headed home to shower and finish packing. We ate some food
we had at house, and the rest of the crew headed to the beach on the
beautiful day.
We headed out after lunch to return some stuff to
Kmart, and to the airport. Kasey fell asleep on the way so I guess she
was tired. We had an early dinner in the airport since we would be
getting home about bed time for kids. Mom and dad brought our car to
the airport. The kids were so excited to tell them about their fun
trip.
8/21 - Finally a beautiful day at the beach. Kids played in the
sand, both Landon and Kasey did boogie board, and they met a little
friend that they played with for a while. We made pancakes for
breakfast and then headed to the beach. We stayed into the afternoon,
had lunch from the trucks again.The waves were pretty rough though. I
was out boogie boarding with Landon and the rip tide kept pulling us
back. There were 2 times that I couldn't get back to him. The 2nd
time Greg had to come out and help both of us back. Luckily when Greg
got to us Landon was able to catch a wave in. He had a life jacket and
boogie board. This allowed Greg to help me back in. It was a little
scary. It wasn't deep, but the tide kept pulling you back so you
couldn't get anywhere. All is well though.
As we were leaving we
stopped and had some custard from one of the trucks just the 4 of us.
The Steiners had gone to the pool in the afternoon with Doug. Doug
played golf that day all morning. We then walked back to Seaside for
some dinner at the Taco Bar. We had some good fish/shrimp tacos and
burritos, and some yummy Sangria. The kids had Quesadilla and tacos.
After dinner we went down to the beach for Tracy to take a few pictures
of us as a family. They turned out nice, and I'm excited about
getting some printed. That night Tracy and I got girls night. We
headed to Watercolor Gathering Place for a fun drink, and then decided
to go to the wine World that we'd been buying wine from. We sat
outside, shared a bottle of wine and talked. We had a good time.
The boys had gotten some beer on the way back from dinner, and when
we got home found they had also had a Silver Oak bottle of wine.
8/20 - We woke up the next morning, and rain again. Unfortunately
this day it didn't let up. I was still in bed, Landon and Greg were
downstairs. Kasey came into our room and got in bed with me. She was
sad Landon has left her and was acting a little weird. She said she
felt like she was going to get sick. She fell back to sleep a few
times in bed, on bathroom floor, and then actually got sick with nothing
in her tummy. Poor thing. She had a rough day, and didn't understand
as she got hungry why we limited what she could eat and drink. She got
sick a few more times, but was doing better. In the middle of all
this people were getting letters to find out which First grade teacher
they have. We had a friend getting our mail so that we could find out.
I was on facebook in the afternoon checking who was in Landon's class.
We needed to get Landon and Elizabeth out of the house. We took them
to a pottery place. Landon made two tiles of his own design, and Tracy
made a cute tile with Elizabeths handprint as a fish. We then went to
get some Ice Cream in the rain. When we got back Kasey had taken a nap
and seemed to be doing better. The boys went out to watch soccer game
that was on TV. Somehow while they were out the washing machine started
flooding the floor. Landon noticed it and we were able to stop it. We
used most of the towels in the house to clean it up. Once the guys got
home we checked to see what the issue was, and it seems its a fluke
that the level nob was turned between two setting so it just continued
to fill.
That evening Kasey didn't have fever so we decided to take her to
dinner. We went down the road to Stinky's Seafood. Of course the
movement of the car made her sick again. As we were walking in the door
she got sick. She was ok after that and ate some pasta and crackers
just fine. No other problems for Kasey after that.
That night the boys went out for drinks so Tracy and I shared a
bottle of wine and watched movie August Rush which was cute. We were
sound asleep when the boys got home.
8/19 - It rained again in
the morning. We had some more eggs and fruit for breakfast. Once the
rain broke some we headed to the beach. It started raining again later,
but we were already wet so we stayed. We pretty much closed down the
beach. Most other people left. Landon dug a roller coaster on the
beach, and then Elizabeth got it in. It was cute. Just up from the
beach is Seaside center and there are several trucks that serve food for
lunch and dinner. This day we had some Grill Cheese, hot dog and a
beer for Greg which was good. When it was raining Greg, Doug, Landon,
Kasey and I were all in the water most of the time. We had fun.
Kasey tried boogie board for the first time. She wasn't to sure of it.
That night we hired a babysitter to take care of the kids while we
went out. They had 4 hour minimum so that's how long we were out.
This was new for Greg and I. We have never left the kids with someone
that wasn't family or a friend of the kids. We had them fed and ready
for bed so she just played with them some, and got them to bed. We went
to a nice restaurant (Fish out of Water) in Watercolor. Unfortunately
with all the rain they weren't seating anyone outside. We had a nice
time and good food though. After dinner we walked over to wine bar in
Seaside for a bottle of wine. It was a nice evening out. The sitter
said kids were good.
8/18 - The next morning kids got up around 7am. Not to bad. It was
raining. We made some breakfast - eggs and fruit and all at together
which was fun. After the rain slowed down we headed to the beach. The
beach was pretty calm that day. We had reserved 4 chairs and 2
umbrellas on the beach that they set up for us which was nice. It was
right down the walkway in Seaside. Landon, Dave and Greg played some
football on the beach. We came back to the house to have sandwiches for
lunch. In the afternoon the Steiners went to the pool and we decided
to take a hike around the area. There were some trails so we walked
around the lake some. It was pretty. It was a little warm and humid,
which Kasey didn't like.
That night we cooked dinner at the house. Guys made Steaks and corn
on the grill. Kasey and I snapped green beans and Tracy cooked them and
sweet potatoes. Kasey was very proud to help with the green beans.
She even said she helped more than Landon. Actually Landon was keeping
Elizabeth happy while Tracy was cooking. It was great dinner. We had
to eat quick because we wanted to go to the beach for a bonfire with
Smores. We got there and guy was playing guitar, and they had rods and
marshmallows set up. Landon enjoyed it, but Kasey wasn't to sure
about the fire. There was a big storm coming so we headed some to get
kids to bed.
The 5 adults had wine (ended up drinking 5 bottles :)) and sat on the enclosed patio and talked until 10:45 or 11.
8/17
- Because we were using miles we left on a really early flight Friday
morning. 7:25am flight is early with kids. We actually had to wake
kids up early. When we got there, we had planned to meet some friends
from the neighborhood at local waterpark to play. We couldn't get into
our house until 4pm. People we were meeting had been there for
several days and decided they wanted to go to the beach instead. We
met up at Crab Trap for lunch with Landon's friend Rohan, his family and
another family with little girl in Landon's class. We sat outside on
the patio, and then a big rain storm came through. We had to move
inside. We had good lunch, adults had fun drinks. After that it was
still raining so day at the beach wasn't happening. We went shopping a
little bit, and then decided to head back closer to where we were
staying. We met up with Dave, Tracy, Doug and Elizabeth at the grocery
store to get some stuff for the stay.
When we got checked into the house kids ran around to find their
room. They had their own room with bunk beds and their own bathroom.
Cute room. it even had a balcony off their room. The house was really
nice. Dave, Tracy and Elizabeth stayed in the master room, and then we
had a room, kids had a room, and Doug had a room.
We got a text from another one of Landon's school friends who was in
Destin to see if we wanted to meet them for Dinner in Destin at Deweys.
We were pretty tired, but went anyway. We got to sit outside with nice
view and great weather. The kids were a little crazy, but ended up
being ok. The food was great. At the end the kids were running around
and we couldn't find Landon. He had gone to the car with Carter's dad
and sister, but I was of course freaking out not finding him. All was
well, but it was a little scary.
We headed back and stopped to get a fresh made key lime pie at Donut Hole. Yum
That night we got kids to bed. We had some wine and hung out at the house.
8/14
- I had first AppleCreek board meeting for the year. I was going to
try and do less at the preschool since I'm doing more at Landon's
school, but we ended up with a fully new board. So I'm back to being
president again for 1 more year. I have put some of my
previous responsibilities on other board members, and home to be more of
a mentor to the new board and board meeting leader. We'll see how it
goes.
8/11 - It was a nice night so Greg took kids out backyard to throw baseball. Even Kasey was trying to throw and catch some.
8/10
- I was told at work that my boss was leaving our group and that I was
being offered a promotion to be in his role and manage a small team.
8/7 - Had Norton PTA meeting - new board, new principal, and the
meeting lasted 3 hours. We had a neighbor sitting at the house because
Greg had softball double header and I wanted to hear new things going
on.
8/5 - We celebrated Grandma's birthday. We went out to dinner with
everyone to Amegos, and then headed back to the house for some Bonnie
Ruth Red Velvet and Coconut cakes, yum.
8/4 - I had a busy
evening. One of our neighbors had her 40th birthday party that I went
to for a little while, then some of the ladies in the neighborhood
hosted a dance party and donation party for our city community
organization. We got many donations, and we had a blast dancing til
almost 1am.
8/3 - Greg and I were going to dinner and movie with friends so
the kids were at the Grandparents. I got home about 6pm to find our
sweet Lady dog had passed away. It was a blessing that the kids didn't
see her like that, but it was tough for Greg and I. We cancelled our
plans and decided to get the kids and tell them about Lady in person.
The kids were sad, and I'm not sure that Kasey really understands. Greg
and I are definitely sad. We got her right after we got married in
January 2001. She was a sweet dog that will be missed very much. We
read the Dog Heaven book to the kids, and they liked that.
