School Bus Prep

Last Saturday we took Sydney to the "First Ride" program. We went to a school & watched a Winnie the Pooh movie about school bus safety, then the owner of the bus line gave all the kids the rules & then we went on a 10 minute bus ride. I am so glad we did this because I think it will help a lot, but I still think that we will have tears from Miss Sydney on the first day of school. I sure hope I am wrong, but I am steeling myself for the possibility.

Train-obsessed

To say that Jason liked his birthday present would be putting it mildly. He loves his train & has played with it in every way manageable. He also brings his other toys to combine with it too which is nice to see him thinking in different ways.


The one thing that cracks me up is that he insists on sitting in the middle of the track. It is so tiny, so he barely fits in. But if it is in the oval shape, 90% of the time that he plays with it is with him sitting in the middle.

Developing Creativity

Neither Brad nor I claim to have any artistic skills & do not have high expectations for our children, but would be thrilled if they do. Sydney is finally starting to "think" creatively. Tonight she put ladybug stickers on her toe nails claiming that she was painting her nails. Brad & I both thought her rather clever.


Her drawings however are still a ways away from being life-like, or are they? She is starting to paint/draw pictures that have some theme to them. I still have a painting that she did a month ago that I could look at & say that it was an outdoor scene with grass, trees, "people", and sky. I was so proud it was posted on the fridge for over a month. One of her latest pictures, did not get posted on the fridge. Can you guess why?


She says it is a camel. Hmmm, what do you think. Not only is it a camel, but it is a camel with one hump not two. She can call it what she will, but it definitely looks a little phallic to me.

Bisbee North

This past weekend marked our annual trip up to "Bisbee North". Fun was had by all & it was much warmer sleeping this year than last year when Jason woke up as cold as a Popsicle. When we asked Sydney who she wanted to sleep with she said "Daddy, so that Jason doesn't freak out that he can't sleep with Mommy". Funny kid.

Early risers

Give him a truck & sand & he's a happy boy

Apparently I should have stopped them from filling the boat
with water instead of taking a picture.

I think I see a twinkle in her eye as she looks at Matthew.
Six or eight years from now we might need to keep our eye on these two.

The party

Just a few pictures from Jason's day to show

• the picture of the cake I took before removing it from the pan in fear that when it was all done it would no longer look like a train
• Jason's first present of the day, the school bus from Sydney
  
• putting the kids to work cleaning to get ready for the party
• Jason among his many presents
• and of course, the presentation