A little rain never stops us...

...of course, if it did we wouldn't get to do much this time of year!

Preschool Graduation

I don't know how I missed this, back at the beginning of the summer Kali graduated from preschool.

Petersen Family Reunion

I figured before I did a recap from the summer I better finish our July vacation. We met in a lodge up in Timber Lakes above Heber City. The place was awesome. Every couple had a room and there was a bunk room for the kids. Air hockey, ping pong, and pool. We enjoyed staying up late and playing games and taking turns fixing meals. We hope it won't be long before we can see you all again!

Oh boy...

It's finally here! The first day of school! I have about a million and a half things to blog about to get caught up from this summer but I couldn't pass this up.

Kali is SO excited about school.

She's been ready for years!

Went straight to her locker, put away her things, gave me a hug, said "see you later"

and headed for her classroom.

I was fine.

Until I got to the car.

And it wasn't being sad that my baby is going to school.

It's was a crazy mix of excitement and fear.

Fear for the hard life lessons you learn at such a young age.

Kids can be cruel.

And to think of someone being mean to my daughter,

or leaving her out,

or making fun -

breaks my heart.

But that is real life.

You will get hurt.

At some point someone will say something that makes you sad.

You HAVE to know how to deal.

Or you'll be miserable.

AND, there are so many exciting things.

She's going to make great friends.

And learn to share, and think of others,

she's going to learn who she is,

and what she wants to be.

And most importantly, hopefully she's going to learn how to gracefully not get her way.

Because you don't always get to be first.

You don't always win.

She's learning to get up early.

She helps pack a healthy lunch and two healthy snacks.

She's learning the importance of being on time.

And the importance of listening and learning from someone other than me.

I've taught her these things -

Now she gets to practice.

Yep, that's what went through my mind while I was buckling my seat belt.

And then I pulled into our parking lot and saw a tenant that owes me paperwork and I snapped back into my routine. Kali will be fine. She's awesome and I'll see her this afternoon!

The boys on the other hand.

This will be a HUGE adjustment.

Kyle's been fussy all morning - she is a major source of his entertainment.

And Corey made it all the way until 9:18 before asking when we were picking Kali up from school.

To soften the blow of Kali going to full-day Kindergarten she told Corey not worry because he would be going to school too. I was going to be doing home-schooling with him. He was so excited I figured I better have a bit of a plan. Today we learned about police officers. We read a book he got from the public library yesterday and he colored a picture of a police car. He made a badge that I lamented and pinned to his shirt. He enjoyed that - but he'll only sit for so long. And he's asked a dozen times since 9:18 when we're getting Kali. It's now 10:02.

Oh boy...