We are on spring break in Winter Park, CO. Today was day 2 of 3 days of skiing. Izzy and Joseph have been in ski school for both days so far. We’ve had our ups and downs, but I think everyone is having fun. Even Anna skied on day 1, Read more…
I took Izzy skiing on MLK day this year. She got better without doing any skiing. Crazy how that works. She was going down the hardest run at App Ski Mtn within an hour. The first time, she kind of just went straight down, and I was really hoping she Read more…
Joseph has come down with RSV and Strep Throat. Great timing, because we were at Marny and Papas for Christmas things. Joseph and I came home today and went to the doctor. As soon as we got the antibiotics and Tylenol, he started feeling better and wanted to watch TV. Read more…
We have experienced our first case of struggling at school. Izzy is having a tough time staying focused and following directions. She also has a confidence issue. I’m not convinced any of this would be happening in a different school, but I guess that’s why its hard to get into Read more…
The highlight of Thanksgiving for Izzy was the movies with Luke. They would film them on Luke’s phone, and then edit them. They consisted of a lot of pandas and monkeys. It’s all Izzy wanted to do. Luke was a good monkey. I say highlight for Izzy, because the highlight Read more…
Izzy had 2 plays this week. One was for her after school drama class, and that was he Wizard of Oz. Izzy was the Cowardly Lion. Joseph, Papa, and I went on Wednesday afternoon. The highlight to me was when Izzy had to act like she was scared of Oz. Read more…
In today’s soccer game (did I mention their coach is a former MLS player) Joe scored his first goal, and Izzy played the role of stopper, not allowing a goal while she was in the game (the other team scored 1 goal while she was out, so it was a Read more…
Izzy is 10 days into first grade. So far, she has been the mathematician of the day, the VIP, and had a tooth pulled out by Mrs. Dudley. Izzy lost 3 teeth (2 middle bottom, 1 middle top) in the span of about 2 weeks. She’s so motivated by money Read more…
We’ve had a lot of cool stuff happen the last few weeks. Izzy and Joe have now been to Upper and Lower Falls 2x this summer, and the difference is this time they slid down the waterfalls. Joe went first, and then Izzy followed the first trip. The second trip, Read more…
The other day, I asked Izzy how long she thought she would live. She responded with “600 years.” I told her that I didn’t think anyone had ever lived that long, to which she responded – “Yea but you don’t die in heaven, so I’ll be at least 600 years Read more…