For Mother’s Day, Anna really wanted some time to herself, so I took Joseph and Izzy to the playoff Checker’s game. We met up with his friends from basketball, and had a great time. Joseph loves his popcorn, Izzy loves her pretzels, they all love sugar. Our children were taught Read more…
So – Joseph is a huge Benson Boon Fan. Izzy was not. He played the Lovin Life music festival, so we got tickets and went. The night before, I really hurt my knee playing basketball. We have since learned, MRI Pending, that I tore my ACL. So at the concert, Read more…
Izzy has really hit a new level in her reading ability. We’ve started reading books at night where I read a page, she reads a page. She’s getting all the words very quickly. Even in her worksheets, when she just has to identify 25 words, what earlier this year might Read more…
We skiid in 9 inches of powder on Day 3. Halfway down the first run, Izzy looks at me and goes “I have to poop”. After getting down to the bottom, we pooped, and then overcame a rough start (she did not want to put her gloves back on) to Read more…
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…