Xander Goes to Preschool

I signed Xander up for Pre-School!
Here he is with his very first
Assignment!

So far so good. The First day that I attended with him he was a bit of a crazy kid. This is what I posted on Face Book.

Xander's first Day of Preschool. Went as follows. Cried during the singing of the "Wheels on the Bus" Said "I don't want to sing this song". Ripped up the puzzle Mat on the floor. Kicked a little girl during story time and shot her with his finger gun. "Bam, Bam, Bam" and threw sand at a little boy on the playground.
And I thought I was raising a sweet little boy with "Love and Logic" I can't stop crying today.

Here are some comments I received

• Tiffany Downs Brown Were you the teacher? Are you doing joy school? If so, he probably doesn't like sharing you.

  September 1 at 9:52pm via mobile ·
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  Jannet Downs He just misses grandma

  September 2 at 1:00am ·
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  Hannah Brown McKay When I was in preschool I told the teacher that she was stupid and I stuck my foot in the popcorn bowl...I also threw a rock at a girl and told another girl I was going to rip her earrings out....I turned out alright...ha ha ha

  September 2 at 11:18am · · 1 person
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  Nichole Johnson Thanks Hannah! I feel a lot better now! No Tiffany, I was not the Teacher. I am sending him to a little Church Preschool down the road and they had Parents come the first day. I asked him, later on...Xander why did you cry during Wheels on the Bus and he said, "I wanted to play with the toys". I said why did you throw sand at the little boy and he said, "I did not like his Cowboy boots" Oh well. I guess we will just see how it goes :)

Well I am happy to report that going by himself without me watching is probably the best thing for him. I am trying not to be an over protective Mother that corrects every little thing the little guy does. But sometimes I do.

He has been put in "Time Out" a couple of times. But I really hope this is a good experience for him. He seems to enjoy going and is happy when I pick him up. So I hope things continue to get better.

Camping with the Firestone Families

For the past two summers we have gone camping with some families from Firestone. It is a lot of fun! They are really cute with Xander "The older kids" and it is a laid back time.

I did not get any pictures of us out on the lake in the
Canoe that we rented. Xander LOVED it! But going camping at 7 months pregnant was a pretty good accomplishment so I am proud that at least I got a few pictures of us hiking. I am also sad that I did not get any pictures of any one else. But hiking was the only time I remembered my Camera and they all were way ahead of the little Prego and went down and played in the river.

We went up to Grand Lake Area which is where we went Back Packing Last Year.

It is one of our favorite spots so we were glad to get up there again.

I can't wait until next year!
Last weekend in August is when we go!
I will have two little ones to enjoy the mountains with.

Xander Speaks

Xander has reached the age where he starts to say cute things. And what comes out of his mouth makes me grin or smile. I thought I would write a few down so I won't forget.

1. "Holy Cow Meat Balls"

2. "Grandma, Where did your hair go?" When Grandma J came out without her wig on.

3. When he says the prayer at night, "Heavenly Father, please bless the ketchup. Nooo that's not right." "Heavenly Father, please bless the food." "No that's not right, there is no food" His little jokes with Heavenly Father! I am sure he understands his humor. :)

4. "Where's my cup to Pee in" When he was at the prenatal appointment with me in the bathroom.

5. His favorite song to sing, "All the Single Ladies" By Beyonce

6. When Dad asks him what we do to Prairie Dogs, "Shoot them and Pigeons too"

7. When asked, "Whatcha doing?" "Chillin like a villian"

8. "Guess What?" "Chicken Butt", "Guess what word." "Chicken Pants" He asks the question answers it himself and laughs.

9. He knows various statements from the movie Cars, When asked what Mater says, He says, "GET ER DONE" and one for many of the other characters in the Movie!

10. "AWESOME!!"

The Rock Star

We have really enjoyed this summer. All a sudden in a blink of an eye. My boy is a little kid. He is Potty Trained and continues to amaze me every day. He doesn't even need pullups at night. He wakes up dry and loves his little potty.

With Potty training has now come taking off his clothes. Putting them back on is another story. Like the picture with the flag. He took his shirt off and was running around with his shirt off. Every time I went inside today, he would rip off his clothes, swimsuit, or underwear.

We played outside long and hard....So hard that he took a long nap...Much like the day above when he played long and hard at swim lessons and fell asleep on the Bar stool after dinner. He never did that as a baby so I had to take a picture.

Xander and I painted a picture together today. He had fun putting colors all over and then I made a picture of it. The finished product which is not pictured turned out pretty cute. It was fun to paint together and let him do whatever he wanted and then I made it artistic...(for me anyway) Jeremy wants to paint with Xander now...So I am sure their picture will turn out even better.

I then decided to pay homage to the Hot Summer Day. Every day when we go outside, Xander says, "Wow, Mom, it is a HOT SUMMER DAY"

So I painted a little Sun on
the son
.

Simple days of Nothing...that mean a lot of Something
to my memories are absolutely wonderful!

Rythmn on the River

Jeremy and I discovered this outdoor festival that we love in Longmont. They have lots of activities for Kids to do for free! It was fun for me this year, because Xander is getting older and able to do some more stuff.

He wanted to try all the outdoor stuff. I was thinking he was too small to do the boats, but he totally held his own. He even tried to move the heavy paddle.

I am so thankful for "Free" stuff that I can introduce my dude to lots of stuff. There are so many wonderful things that Heavenly Father has given us to enjoy. I love summer with all the festivals and outdoor concerts and "Free" things you can do.

At this time in our life, where we can't go somewhere for a vacation, does not mean we can't "vacation", Jeremy and I like to talk about this, how we know people that will put vacations on Credit Cards, and spend money they don't have for Vacations.

Vacation is enjoying time as a family, so when you don't have the money to GO somewhere does not mean that life still can't be fun.

Don't get me wrong, I hope one day to be able to take my family to New York, Washington D.C, and maybe even Hawaii and I really think a Cruise would be fun.

But if we can't afford it. I am perfectly content finding tons of really fun stuff to do in Good ole Colorado!

1st trip to the Dentist

Xander was a Gem at the Dentist! I am constantly amazed at what a good kid he is! The Hygienist was impressed that she was able to do a full cleaning on his teeth.

He was very excited to get his "Treasure" at the end for doing so well. His favorite part was the "water sprayer" and the "sucker" which happen to be my favorites too. If I were wealthy I would furnish both of these in my home for my personal oral hygiene.

He also enjoyed going up and down in the chair. Simple life and simple pleasures.

Brush your teeth with really cold water!

Say Cheese

Because you will cause it makes you feel so good!

4th of July

My Brother Jeff and Family live on the coolest culdesac EVER! Every year they have a HUGE 4th of July Party and all there neighbors put it on. My brother Jeff DJ's the event, they rent a big Water Slide. They rent a Snow Machine with 24 different flavors, Popcorn, and a big BBQ with REALLY GOOD FOOD!

Xander loved going down the slide, eating flavored ice, and chillin like a villian in the Barbie Corvette with his cousin Bowan. It was so funny watching the two boys go around and around the water slide. Bowan in the drivers seat and Xander chillin in the passenger seat, eating popcorn. I am glad I have pictures for Highschool Graduation and his Wedding! He is going to love these when he gets older.

We left after dinner, because the 4th being on a Monday, we both had to get up and work Tuesday. So we came home and watched the good ole Broomfield Fireworks! Which were pretty good this year. Maybe because they had some stored up from the show being rained out the past 3 years.

Happy 4th of July!