Catch up time!

Well, the Olympics are officially over. Time to go back to cleaning my house, reading with the kids and blogging :)

I will go chronologically backwards to let you know about our past week!
Today was Parker's first day of Kindergarten! He is in a fabulous classroom with high ceilings and lots of room. There are 6 kids, 1 teacher and 2 TA's. His teacher seems very nice and really wants to challenge the kids and help them reach their full potentials. He loved visiting on Meet the Teacher night, but wasn't as keen getting dropped off. But I've heard that he is doing great and having fun. Camden was a bit jealous of his cool classroom..but oh well! I am sad that they are on different schools and different schedules, but it will give me some alone time with each child every day and then different times throughout the year! So that will be great. Here is a picture of my big boy (more on that later!)


Over the weekend, we had lots of fun. On Saturday, we had an Indian dinner (well, my americanized version) and converted 2 men who said they hated Indian food to now knowing what to order at an Indian restaurant! We made a curry chicken, curry potatoes and spinach, Chicken Tikka Masala and naan. We also had some non-Indian alternatives ;) The men really liked the Chicken Tikka Masala. Their wives, who like Indian food, were so grateful :) I will post the recipes on the "relative recipes" blog for anyone to copy and make at home!


On Friday, the whole family went out on the boat with our friends. This was the first time for either Parker or Camden to be on a motorboat. Camden had fun tubing and swimming and we all had fun powering across the water. Parker really enjoyed the wind in his face as we went. Camden did mention, though, that it was "too much fun" and wanted to know why we didn't have a boat to take out on a regular basis. Ummm....that was fun to answer :) Luckily, they are older then us, so I pointed out their older children and how we aren't really able to buy a boat right now, and it would be tough to take Parker out regularly anyways. That will hopefully hold him off for a few more years!

Look at this sailor boy!


Lovin the wind in his face!


On Wednesday, Paul took off of work and we headed to the beach for the day! It was really fun. Camden went boogie boarding for the first time and really enjoyed that. We picked up terrible seashells (seriously, they're bad!) and pretty rocks on the beach and, of course, played in the sand. The kids both enjoy the beach so much, it makes it an enjoyable day for all!

Boogie boarding!

And, referring to the "big boy" comment. We took Parker to his GI Dr. last Monday and he had gained 6 (yes SIX) pounds in the last 6 months!!!! He is now 36 pounds. He went from finally making it on the growth chart last visit to being in the 20th percentile! Now wonder he grew out of all his clothes this summer! We actually have to cut back his feedings to get him back between the 5th and 10th percentile (why make it any harder for him to move!) Now that we aren't stressing about his weight for the first time in almost 5 years, we can work on getting him to eat!



Well, life has been good and busy! We are sad the olympics are gone :( Camden is now determined to be in them-we figure 2020 or 2024 :) He hasn't picked his sport yet, but we will keep you posted!