Tuesday, September 8, 2009

School

Last Week was my kids first day of school. They were SO excited. Isaac got his backpack too and kept saying he wanted to go to school over and over. He was quite sad the first day Michael and Olivia had school. Both Michael and Olivia had a good first day. Although Olivia played on the monkey bars (which they don't have on the kindergarten playground) before school and at all three recesses and ended up with HUGE blisters and one was actually bleeding. And yes, she still continued playing on them all week. Michael had a great first day and is such a whiz kid-he just LOVES all of the mental stimulation!! I can't believe how big they are getting so quickly. By the second day of school Olivia said, just drop me off Mom (I was suprised she had been SO nervous). So, it begins......
Last week we went swimming at our gym and Isaac just looked TOO CUTE all ready! He's awesome:) We always have a good time swimming.

Gymnastics

Last Monday we decided to go to gymnastics as our last bang to the end of summer. A local gymnastics center has open gym and the kids love going and being monkeys. Isaac on the long trampoline.
Olivia loves the balance beams.
Michael constructed a long, elaborate obstacle course. He did the obstacle course over and over. Here he is at the beginning jumping.
Olivia being a monkey. She loves monkey bars so much she usually plays on them until she has several huge blisters and sometimes until they are bleeding. She loves hanging and swinging- and obviously making silly faces!
Isaac swinging, he is so full of energy!
Michael playing in the foam pit, the kids played in here for a long tim jumping in from the rock wall after climbing it, and throwing foam squares at eachother.
Crazy Olivia in the foam pit (and yes, she is happy and not sad). Good day to do something fun and get ready for school:)

Dutch oven Cook off

About a week ago, our ward had a dutch oven cook off at a great park. The food was delicious, the company was great and they had a DUNK TANK!! My kids loved it. Michael going under after someone hit the target.
Olivia throwing a ball at the target. Later she even got in the dunk tank and enjoyed it:) Mr. Baseball here throwing like a pro (yes, he got that from his dad!)
Isaac even wanted to go in the dunk tank, got a life jacket on, climbed up and just as quickly climbed back out. A great night.