After a morning of scootering.
An afternoon of playing with friends.
A princess just needs to take a rest.
Wiped Out
Upside Down
I know kids go through phases, but this one is crazy!
Dash is always upside down.
ALWAYS!
At home, he is constantly doing head stands against the wall, or attempting freestanding handstands.
And in the car, I always see the above scene in my rear view mirror.
I can’t tell you the amount of times we have had the seat belt lecture, but he tells me that he just really likes to be on his head, and can he put it on “while doing a head stand”?
Special Bond
These two have quite the special bond.
I don’t care at all — even if she does wriggle her way into the middle of us and scoot me off the bed!
Happy Birthday to Me
Honestly, these days every birthday is just a big blur. But I do remember two key moments:
When Scout woke up and made me these delicious cookies from scratch. And they were amazing! AND he had the kitchen spotless before they were done, because he said I always say, “The sign of a good cook, is one who keeps their kitchen clean”! Well, Scout you are definitely a GOOD COOK.
My other highlight was this song that Navy wrote for me. She actually performed it for me as my gift, and it goes to the tune of “Mother when I see you Smile”.
The lyrics go:
“Mommy when I go to school. All I do is think about you. And when I think about you, I think all I want to do when I grow up…I want to be just like you! And when I say just like you, that means to hade four kids and a great house and a great husband and a great mom which I already have one. And when I say I already have one, THAT MEANS YOU!”
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Yep…it was a perfect birthday with those two doosies.
Bunny?
I was so spooked out when this big pink mass came towards me. Was it an intruder? Was it a girl burglar?
Or was it a bunny rabbit, with the cutest little teeth poking out!
Three’s A Crowd
Good thing Micah has long arms and legs, because three is pushing it.
But not today, when the giggles of delight were in full force.
Three At School
There go three pieces of my heart.
I hate when school is in session.
Good thing a fourth piece of my heart is still home with me.
That fourth piece is ready to join the big kids, and made sure to be well-seen at Dash’s ice cream social, because “this is almost [her] school”.
Sleep Selfie
All I was trying to do was cuddle my boy.
We started off by talking about his first days of school, then we decided to take a rest.
Little did I know, that while we were having our rest, he was taking selfies of us.
Let’s be honest — these pictures are heinous of me.
But when my fifth grader comes and crawls into bed next to me to just hang out…I don’t care what the pictures look like!
Dash’s First Official Day of Kindergarten
Today was the first day that Dash did Kindergarten on his own. I thought he might be nervous, but not Dash. He was only excited.
He jumped to be the first in line for morning line up.
Meanwhile, Pippi was either really sad to send her brother off to school.
Or more likely, she was still battling jet lag.
Regardless, Pippi and Dash’s reunion was cute.
She stood with me as Dash was getting out of school.
And when he finally got to us, he picked her up out of excitement and twirled her!
First Day of School ‘17
Less than 24 hours after a whirlwind trip, my kids were up and at ‘em to their first day of school.
Scout is in his last year (insert me weeping) of elementary — 5th grade.
Navy is in third grade.
And Dash is starting real-deal school in Mandarin Kindergarten.
Of course they picked out their backpacks this summer.
Navy got hers at our traditional BYU stop, and the boys were sad they didn’t get theirs at BYU, so they got patches instead.
We could NOT BE HAPPIER, that Scout got Mrs. Komine for the third time. She is his favorite, and we are pretty sure that he is her favorite. (Pretty sure because she tells us!) Scout is so excited for a great year. He is also in Ms. Napoli’s english class, and she has a reputation of being young, vibrant and a great teacher.
Navy got Mr. DeSalvo for English — who is everyone’s favorite.
Probably because he doesn’t give homework — which makes him MY favorite!
She has Ms. Lu for Chinese, who is a new teacher.
And Dash has Ms. Kung.
He is currently a late bird, but we are diligently trying to get him to be an early bird.
His first day of Chinese ever went really well. He was so excited to be a part of everything that his older siblings have talked about for a lot of years.
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These three were excited about their days when I retrieved them all from school, which was my second favorite part of the day.
My first, was when Navy told Dash…”If you get scared or have any questions, just find me at school.”
It’s really nice to have a mini mother at the school, to take care of the kids when I can not.
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