We did so much this summer, I'm wishing I would have been blogging more. Here are the highlights:
-Meister family reunion in Hubbard, IA in June. Also celebrated Granny Lu's birthday. It was the kids' first time there and it was fun introducing them to family they've never met. All of the Matt's immediate family was there as well. After the reunion, we headed north to Lake Okoboji with Grammy and Poppy. We stayed at a great resort, Fillenwarth Beach, and though it rained a lot, it was a blast. Time on the lake, old fashioned amusement park, and unbeatable family time. Matt and I celebrated our 10th anniversary while there too with a day out and nice dinner, Hawaii will have to wait until year 15!
-Lots of pool time. Nathan really took off with his swimming this year, becoming a little fish. Whitney was so scared at the beginning of summer, she wouldn't hang onto the side of the pool during lessons. Huge improvement by the end of summer, she is swimming from the wall to us standing about 6 feet away if she's wearing her goggles. Confidence is growing in both of them.
-A few camping trips this summer in our big tent. We have a queen air mattress for mom and dad and toddler air mattresses for each of the kids. They love the adventure and we love getting them outdoors to enjoy this amazing state we live. One of our camping trips was to Glenwood for a getaway with the Ehmann side of the family.
-Fairs and rodeos are always a highlight of the summer. Nathan refused to Mutton Bust this year, must still be freaked out about getting trampled last year. Whitney's not interested...yet!!
-We took a break from sports this summer but Nathan played flag football in the spring and will again in the fall.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
Kindergarten Time
Nathan's first day of kindergarten-Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
Just the kindergarteners started today, parents attended too. All the kids seemed so nervous including Nathan. He had red blotchy skin from the nerves. Four of the girls he already knows from preschool last year. His teacher is Mrs. Herd and he loves her already. She is very kind, I can tell she is very good at her job. He said on the way home that she is his favorite teacher ever:) He also said that this was the best day of his life, better than Christmas and birthdays!! Let's hope that lasts:)
Thursday was his first full day (12:05-3:30). He was very eager and excited, no emotion about it at all. He was elated that the whole school was full of kids today and he loves seeing those he already knows. Mommy was a little sad on Wednesday during the reading of 'The Kissing Hand' but I feel he is soooo ready, especially after 3 years of preschool. Looking forward to a great year.
Just the kindergarteners started today, parents attended too. All the kids seemed so nervous including Nathan. He had red blotchy skin from the nerves. Four of the girls he already knows from preschool last year. His teacher is Mrs. Herd and he loves her already. She is very kind, I can tell she is very good at her job. He said on the way home that she is his favorite teacher ever:) He also said that this was the best day of his life, better than Christmas and birthdays!! Let's hope that lasts:)
Thursday was his first full day (12:05-3:30). He was very eager and excited, no emotion about it at all. He was elated that the whole school was full of kids today and he loves seeing those he already knows. Mommy was a little sad on Wednesday during the reading of 'The Kissing Hand' but I feel he is soooo ready, especially after 3 years of preschool. Looking forward to a great year.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Nathan turns 6
Wanted to write a little bit about Nathan since he just had a birthday and has changed so much this summer. The excitement about his birthday was almost more than he could stand, mostly about the presents. We had a fun party at Black Forest Regional Park with friends and some classmates from preschool. The balloon/magic man was very impressive and Nathan loved all that attention. Right now he is a big fan of ocean creatures, especially whales, so he got a killer whale cake. He is outgrowing his love of trains but is still very into playing with cars. I see this line on our cork floors where two pieces didn't come together well...he sees a perfect starting and finishing line. Nathan has become quite the swimmer this summer, passing level 3 on the first try last month and he did great in level 4 which ended today. I've even see a perfect dive off the diving board too! Better than mommy already. He also loves fishing, never gets board amazingly. He loved being out on Lake Okoboji in Iowa. He played flag football this spring with great joy, he kept a good attitude and played hard. Nato still has his moments of 'fits' that remind me he is still a little boy learning to deal with his emotions, but growing and maturing so fast it's unbelievable. As we get ready to send him to kindergarten, I can see that he is ready to take off with all that school has to offer. He is excited and I know he'll love it. I'm sure there will be some tears, I can't believe he is growing so fast.
6 year doctor checkup:
Weight 45lbs (46%)
Height 47.5" (85%)
Kindergarten starts Aug 17th. He'll be attending The Classical Academy Central Campus in the afternoons Mon-Thurs.
6 year doctor checkup:
Weight 45lbs (46%)
Height 47.5" (85%)
Kindergarten starts Aug 17th. He'll be attending The Classical Academy Central Campus in the afternoons Mon-Thurs.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Nathan lost his first tooth
It's been loose a long time...finally so loose that we could tie the string and pull. He was so brave! Did you know the tooth fairy brings 2 gold dollar coins for the first lost tooth?
Thursday, January 20, 2011
funny, awesome kids
Whitney in the last couple weeks, cutest comments:
"Mommy and daddy, I'm sorry I cried."
"Mommy, I'm sorry I got you my cold, I'm sorry I caught you my cold."
"We're fancy girls, that's what me and Berkley say. That's funny, huh?" (I need to record her saying fancy girls with such sass!)
I have to make note that Whitney seems to love the name Ashley; so just in case her future best friend or daughter is named Ashley, we will remember how young it started. Not necessarily an imaginary friend, but whenever she makes pretend phone calls, she calls Ashley, and likes to pretend her name Ashley. I have no idea where she has even heard that name before.
Nathan has learned to whistle, oh boy, that is a lot of fun. He can't seem to stop and doesn't even know he is going on and on and on. He is so hilarious with his imagination. He must say the words, "mom, pretend..." at least 25 times a day. I wish adults still had that kind of imagination, it would be easier to play along if we did:)
Nathan is reading exceptionally well. He has really taken off in the last month or so and seems to have developed a confidence in himself. He is loving school, they are studying the solar system right now and we can see a love of science emerging.
He went skiing with daddy and Uncle Geoff before Christmas. It was his first time up this year and after a great morning of more lessons, he went to the top with the guys and skied all the way down. I'm excited to see it for myself this weekend. We may put Whitney in her first lesson too.
"Mommy and daddy, I'm sorry I cried."
"Mommy, I'm sorry I got you my cold, I'm sorry I caught you my cold."
"We're fancy girls, that's what me and Berkley say. That's funny, huh?" (I need to record her saying fancy girls with such sass!)
I have to make note that Whitney seems to love the name Ashley; so just in case her future best friend or daughter is named Ashley, we will remember how young it started. Not necessarily an imaginary friend, but whenever she makes pretend phone calls, she calls Ashley, and likes to pretend her name Ashley. I have no idea where she has even heard that name before.
Nathan has learned to whistle, oh boy, that is a lot of fun. He can't seem to stop and doesn't even know he is going on and on and on. He is so hilarious with his imagination. He must say the words, "mom, pretend..." at least 25 times a day. I wish adults still had that kind of imagination, it would be easier to play along if we did:)
Nathan is reading exceptionally well. He has really taken off in the last month or so and seems to have developed a confidence in himself. He is loving school, they are studying the solar system right now and we can see a love of science emerging.
He went skiing with daddy and Uncle Geoff before Christmas. It was his first time up this year and after a great morning of more lessons, he went to the top with the guys and skied all the way down. I'm excited to see it for myself this weekend. We may put Whitney in her first lesson too.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
End of the year wrap up
Wow, I have visions of printing this blog someday and it being a cherished record of great stories of our family's adventures. I think of it at least weekly, why I can't get more posts done, who knows. Maybe I'm making it too hard, I'm letting go that it has to be perfect and all inclusive. Just a few thoughts as the year ends...
We had an amazing Christmas. Matt's folks as well as Uncle Geoff and Aunt Shannon were here with us. We had a great time, also spending Christmas day with my family and the day after at Grandpa Walt's. Many memories were made. I love taking the kids to the dollar store, they pick out gifts for each other and for us with their own allowance money. It is precious how they spend time thinking what the other would love best. We had fun with the count down this year...Nathan had a really cool Lego advent calendar and of course our nativity calendar adds excitement too. I really think both kids totally understood Jesus' birthday being the reason for celebrating but Nathan continually asked how old he was turning, it led to some great conversations/teaching opportunities. Whitney loved the cartoon version of the Grinch, she couldn't get enough of it. Whitney was nothing shy of horrified when it came to Santa. Nathan told Santa what she wanted for her...a hair doll. Matt told her to get to bed Christmas eve because Santa was on his way and made ho ho ho noises while hiding behind Geoff. She blasted down the hallway, we thought she was running to bed but turns out she was scared to death that Santa might be there...sad but funny. Nathan wanted a GeoTrax train that was 'retired'. Thank goodness for ebay and my friend Jill who sent the little man that goes with it. Whitney told everyone to close their eyes every time she opened a present and would repeat, "don't look, close your eyes" over and over. Christmas morning was so awesome, I wish I could bottle that kind of wonder and excitement.
Matt finished his year of adding a push-up per day...365 today!!! He had transformed his body and been very commited. He is trying to figure out what he'll do tomorrow, maybe add some sit ups? The best story is how he was bet $20 at a wedding this summer that he couldn't do 40 push-ups, well of course he could, cha ching.
We had an amazing Christmas. Matt's folks as well as Uncle Geoff and Aunt Shannon were here with us. We had a great time, also spending Christmas day with my family and the day after at Grandpa Walt's. Many memories were made. I love taking the kids to the dollar store, they pick out gifts for each other and for us with their own allowance money. It is precious how they spend time thinking what the other would love best. We had fun with the count down this year...Nathan had a really cool Lego advent calendar and of course our nativity calendar adds excitement too. I really think both kids totally understood Jesus' birthday being the reason for celebrating but Nathan continually asked how old he was turning, it led to some great conversations/teaching opportunities. Whitney loved the cartoon version of the Grinch, she couldn't get enough of it. Whitney was nothing shy of horrified when it came to Santa. Nathan told Santa what she wanted for her...a hair doll. Matt told her to get to bed Christmas eve because Santa was on his way and made ho ho ho noises while hiding behind Geoff. She blasted down the hallway, we thought she was running to bed but turns out she was scared to death that Santa might be there...sad but funny. Nathan wanted a GeoTrax train that was 'retired'. Thank goodness for ebay and my friend Jill who sent the little man that goes with it. Whitney told everyone to close their eyes every time she opened a present and would repeat, "don't look, close your eyes" over and over. Christmas morning was so awesome, I wish I could bottle that kind of wonder and excitement.
Matt finished his year of adding a push-up per day...365 today!!! He had transformed his body and been very commited. He is trying to figure out what he'll do tomorrow, maybe add some sit ups? The best story is how he was bet $20 at a wedding this summer that he couldn't do 40 push-ups, well of course he could, cha ching.
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