Playing catch up

So we've just been super busy! The kids are signed up for every extra curricular activity on the planet and I just feel like the cabbie! The kids are in school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Avery does ballet on Monday mornings and Tap on Friday mornings. And both kids are signed up for swim lessons Monday and Wednesday afternoons. Lucas just finished a session of basketball and definitely made no improvement! So I guess we'll be laying off the sports for 6 months or so!

In the meantime, Avery turned 3. And her birthday party was a success... but that's for a future posting.

For those who don't know, Avery is a thumb sucker. We decided 3 was a good age to stop that horrible habit. The dentist recommended Mavala Stop, which looks like nail polish but it's a deterrent for thumb sucking and nail biting. It works miracles! Unfortunately, no thumb sucking turns my beautiful little girl into the crankiest human on the planet AND it took her afternoon nap away! We're still working the kinks out on this no thumb sucking thing but I guess you learn as you go....

Lucas is doing well in school... learning his sight words and his numbers. He really enjoys school and his teachers.

As for us, we just signed a contract on a NEW home. New, as in, there's no house at all... it's just a dirt lot. We get to pick the color of the house and everything in it! It's very exciting, the kids are excited. We'll be in a better neighborhood, where there are young families with kids and further from the highway. More information and pictures of this will have to wait for a future posting as well!

Gosh... this is all for now... I really need to work harder on this blog...

Dance

I forgot my camera to film Avery's dance class, so I had to use my phone. Sorry for the bad quality and lack of music but here it is!

Panerathon 2010

In August, I participated in my first 5k at the Holy Cow Stampede in Westminster. I walked half and ran half. This time I was determined to run the whole thing. On Sunday, I participated in the Panerathon, which raises money for the food bank of the Rockies. I actually did pretty well, for me that is! LOL I ran the whole thing and finished at a time of 35:10!! YAY! GO ME!!

Eric and the kids were there to cheer me on at the finish line.

Here I am with Christie, who walked with her two daughters.

And this is Amber, who ran the whole thing pushing her 2 kids in a stroller and did it all in about 30 minutes!!

Here was our team: Team COW POO. (City of Westminster Parents of Offsprings)

Great Job guys!!

Swim lessons

The kids also started swim lessons at Paul Derda. They're finally old enough to take classes by themselves, so we don't have to get in with them. They did AMAZING!

Here are a few pictures of Avery with her swim teacher, Miss Abby.

One of the other moms asked if Avery was always so smiley. She grins from ear to ear through out the whole class.

Here's Lucas. His teacher is Miss Holly. He really enjoys this class and is making some progress in the pool! I'm very excited to see how much he will learn from these classes.

Gymnastics

The kids are very busy this year. I signed them up for just about every extra-curricular activity possible!! This year we're trying gymnastics. Both kids were registered for Kidnastics at the Paul Derda Rec Center in Broomfield. They were able to be in the same class and then they were split up by age. Lucas attended two classes and then decided he didn't like it anymore. Avery LOVES gymnastics and she's pretty good at it too.

These pictures aren't all that great since they were taken through a window and without flash, but here's an idea of what's going on in class.

She's the youngest one in class but she can definitely keep up!

Avery's first day

Avery is at the same preschool she was last year, NUMC. She's in the frogs class now which is for 2 1/2 -3 1/2 year olds. A few of her friends are in this class with her. We attended back to school night, which was the week before school started, where we get to meet the teachers and play in her new classroom.

She found the frog with her name on it!

Here she is on her first day of school. She was very excited and was a ham for the camera!! :) She had a great day!!

updates

Sorry for the delay on updates... still learning how to use my mac... as soon as I get it figured out.. I have lots of pictures to post!

Everyone's doing well :)

Avery's Photos

Last week, my girlfriend Ozzie took some pictures of Avery!! She's such a great friend to us and an AMAZING photographer! Thanks for doing such a great job with Avery!!! You are the best!! Here are just a couple of my favorites!
If you're looking for a photographer, check out Ozzie's page. http://imagesbyozzie.blogspot.com

Westminster Faire 2010

Today was Avery's summer dance recital at the Westminster Faire. They performed to the "Hamster Dance" song. She didn't do too much dancing but she sure did look cute! :)

I also participated in my first 5k!! :) I walked half and ran the other half! I was very proud of myself and hope to run a complete 5k in October.
Here we are after the race. We did AWESOME!!

Carolyn, Stephanie, Rikki, Me, and Angela

First day of school

So it's been just about a year since I've last updated the blog! I know, I suck at updating but I will attempt to update more often!! So instead of back tracking and trying to catch up on the past year, I will just start with today.

Today was Lucas' first day at Broomfield Academy. He is in school Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30am-3:30pm. I know, it's a long day! Last night he picked out what outfit he wanted to wear (he doesn't have too many options since it's a uniform!). He also helped pack his lunch and was very excited that he would be able to eat all of his goodies!

Getting ready to load up the car and head over to school!

In the parking lot

While Lucas was in school, I took Avery swimming. She had so much fun playing with her friends and sliding into the pool! I only have a few days to spend with Avery alone before she starts school too. My babies are getting so big so fast!!