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September 22, 2010

We Love The Park

I took the girls to one of our favorite parks by our house which has several playgrounds, a lake, tons of ducks and a really yummy restaurant. I decided to bring crackers and bread so the girls could feed the ducks. Little did I know, the ducks apparently were starving that day and they pretty much attacked us. I had to pick up both girls from the picnic table to get them away from the crazy ducks. Both girls told me they never want to feed the ducks again. The picture below was taken when we first arrived to feed the ducks.

September 15, 2010

Soccer

We signed Peyton up for her first season of AYSO soccer and she loves it! Since Geoff and I both played soccer when we were young, it's so exciting to watch her on the field. Peyton has practice two times per week and a soccer game on Saturday. Her team includes boys and girls under the age of 5. Peyton's team uniform is red, so the coach requested suggestions from the parents for a team name. Drum roll please... Peyton's team name is, "The Red Bulls". Peyton wanted to be called the Shooting Stars (which was my old teams name) and the coach didn't go for it. This is a picture of Peyton at home, just before going to her first soccer practice.

This is another picture of Peyton at soccer practice.

Peyton's first soccer game was this past Saturday. It was so fun to watch the kids play and chase the ball. Peyton did a whole lot of running that day. We aren't supposed to keep score at this age but Peyton's team scored 3 goals, the other team, zero. :)

This is a team picture after the first game. All the kids have their horns up. The kids really loved the snacks they received after the game.

September 2, 2010

Peyton's First Day of Kindergarten

Peyton started kindergarten today. The morning started off very well and it wasn't difficult to wake her up. She had breakfast, got her clothes on and we were out the door... after a few photos of course. The whole family went to the school to meet her teacher and show her around her classroom. The teacher's prepared a list of all the birthday's in the class and it looks like Peyton is the youngest in her class. Sadness arises as I forgot my camera in the car when we took Peyton to her class. We had to park far since there were so many people on the first day and I didn't have time to go back to the car once I realized I forgot my camera. Geoff was able to snap a picture with his phone outside of her classroom.

August 30, 2010

Peyton Is Starting Kindergarten

I can't believe Peyton is going to start kindergarten in 3 days. We have purchased all her school supplies, her backpack, lunch box, school clothes and shoes. Grammie also came by this weekend with some adorable school clothes for Peyton. She is very excited to start school and I know she will meet so many new friends since she is such a social butterfly. Of course, I do have a couple concerns.

Our little Peyton loves to sleep in every morning. Sometimes she wakes up after 9:00 a.m. School starts at 8:15, on the dot, so Little Miss Peyton is going to have a rude awakening come Thursday morning when she's woken up at 7:15. Oh, how I hope she wakes up in a good mood, eats her breakfast and puts her clothes on. Grammie recently summed up Peyton for me regarding time... Peyton is a on 48 hour day, while the rest of us are on a 24 hour day. We call her Slow Poke McGee and she has no sense of urgency. We must be ready for school and out the door by 7:55 a.m. I really pray our mornings go smoothly and Peyton wakes up in a wonderful mood. And more importantly, I hope we make it to school on time.

We recently went to Peyton's school to find out who her teacher is, which kids are in her class and what time she will start school. We heard that Peyton's teacher is wonderful with kids. Geoff and I were both shocked to hear that there are 29 kids in Peyton's class. I can't imagine teaching 29 kids at once. I figured there would be a teacher's aid or something, nope. Geoff and I both agreed, we need to volunteer at Peyton's school as much as we can. I truly commend teacher's out there for their wisdom, patience, support, and the love they have for our children.

Last, but not least, Peyton needs to decide what she is going to wear on her first day of school. She has lots to choose from so we'll see what she picks out on Wednesday night.

This is photo of Peyton on her first day of preschool, September 7, 2009.

August 28th Weekend

August 21st Weekend

Sorry this post is so late as the girls haven't been feeling well.

We had a rough start to our weekend as Logan's fever, which started on Thursday night, was still there on Saturday. I must say, I truly hate it when our girls are sick. I'm the type of mom that is a very light sleeper and I am constantly feeling foreheads throughout the night when they are sick to make sure they don't have a fever in the middle of the night. I will wake up the girls in the middle of the night to give them Motrin and a drink, which will hopefully cool them down. I recently heard about people getting seizures from having a high fever and I freaked. Thank goodness, Logan's fever stayed steady at around 101. Once the magic Motrin kicked in, she was back to her little silly self during the day.

I headed to the Target in the late morning on Saturday and when I arrived home, Geoff said that Peyton looked a little green and went upstairs to take a nap. Wait a minute... Peyton hasn't taken a nap (besides falling asleep in the car occasionally) in over two years! The girl doesn't nap so I knew something wasn't right. I headed to her room, and there she was, laying in her bed. I checked her temperature and she had a fever too! We were so bummed because we missed our friend's second birthday party and we also missed dinner with our good friends. We also missed my mom's birthday celebration as well on Sunday. Motrin seemed to keep the girls' fevers down for a while, but the fever always came back. Logan ended having a fever for 8 days and Peyton for 5 days. Fast forward to Wednesday, August 25th, I stayed home from work and took the girls to the doctor's office since they still had fevers. The doctor's checked the girls and said they both had red throats, so he did a strep test on them. Let's just say, both girls ended being put on antibiotics. I was happy to find out there was something causing the fevers. They truly had no symptoms, except having a 101 fever.

Ok, back to Friday night... Geoff and I had a chance to go to dinner Friday night as Grammie watched the girls. We first met up with our good friend Annie at El Ranchito in Corona Del Mar. After I snacked on chips and salsa and Geoff and Annie had a cocktail, we said goodbye to Annie and hello to my boss Kyle and his wife Joi. We went to dinner at Bungalow and I must say, the food was awesome! We had a very nice dinner and headed home to the girls. I was worried since Logan had a bit of a fever before we left. They were in good hands with Grammie.

Saturday afternoon, Geoff went to his fantasy football draft so it was just the girls and I. After Peyton woke up from her nap (see above), I decided we needed to do something very mellow since the girls weren't feeling well. I found little piggy banks that the girls could decorate with paint and stinkers by Melissa & Doug. I decided to put down place mats in front of the girls, while they were painting. Note to self, next time put down an entire table cloth. The girls enjoyed decorating the piggy banks but I think Logan enjoyed painting herself more. Logan did get a little paint on our dinner table, and of course, I can't get it off.

Grammie came over to the house in the late afternoon to play with the girls. I recently bought sidewalk chalk so we all went outside and made pictures on the cement in the backyard.