Preschool

Kaleb had his first week of preschool! When I asked him how it went he said, "Mom, that was totally awesome!" Yay! Thank you Emily. This year I'm trying out a co-op thing where we take turns teaching. There is 9 kids! But, always a helper Mom. I think it will be fun (hopefully!) The first week of class was "All About Me" theme and Kaleb made a little book about himself. Here's some of his answers:

His favorite color is pink. He wants to be an astronaut when he grows up. He wants to be a parrot for Halloween. He said his favorite thing to play with is knights, which I find odd since he has none. Then they colored a picture of their family. In Kaleb's house, Braydan, Kaleb, and I are all inside, then there's this blob on the outside. I asked who that was and he said, "Eliza."

What a funny boy. Today during devotional, he was losing it because he couldn't find his collie dog. We looked everywhere and it was almost time to go to school. Finally I told him to say a prayer. He knelt down and asked for help. During his prayer I knew we should go check under the couch cushions. Sure enough, we found collie! He was more excited about Heavenly Father answering his prayer than about finding his dog. He kept asking me how Heavenly Father knew where he was.

Eliza has been asking good questions too. Today she said, "After I die are you gonna hold me in heaven?" And often times when she gets hurt she says, "I want Jesus to hold me."

Kaleb was in tears one night because he was asking about death and I said, "you don't need to worry about that until you're old and have gray hair." Well, he burst in to tears and said, "I don't want to have gray hair! I want white hair!"

One of the best parts of being a Mom is hearing their questions about life. They see things in a whole new angle. For instance, one morning I was nagging Kaleb to do his chores and he finally said, "Mom, why don't you have a big smile like the missionaries?" I wanted to say, "because I have to deal with you all the time" but I didn't.

Fun with the Family

Here's some more pictures of Mom and Zach's trip here. We went to the locks one day. We had more of an adventure getting there and back then actually there! The night before we were playing racquetball and Braydan hit me in the eye. It was my fault for not wearing goggles, but my eye was swollen and hurting the next day! So, Alisha drove to Ballard: hence our adventurous drive :)

We got to meet up with Carla and see where she lives.
Another day we went climbing at Marymoore Park
Mom stayed home and watched the kids (thank you Mom!) I like this handsome picture of Zach (ignore me)
Braydan was so nice and came over on his "lunch break" (he doesn't really have one) to set up some routes for us.

Alisha, trying to belay me. She's a few years out of practice and I was her first victim. Scary! She didn't drop me.
Braydan setting it up in his button down collar work shirt.

Bridal Falls Hike

We went up the canyon one day and planned to hike to Lake Serene, but only made it to the falls. Can you see why? Packing little dears the whole way.
I love this picture of Zach and I. Can you tell we're related?
Kaleb was excited to get there!

The hard core hiker troop
Our ward camp out happend to be the night Mom and Zach came. But . . . we still went! Shame on us, but they told us to.
They had fun (I think) and Zach and Alisha almost beat Braydan in the bunny bunny tournament.
Kaleb, whittling with a real knife. Braydan let him! He and Henry could've happily lived down by the river forever looking for creatures, pretending all sorts of things.

We also had fun playing tennis, swimming, and playing games.


After the week was over and Mom and Zach were packing up to leave, Mom hugged Kaleb and he turned to me and said, "Yay! Now I can go play with Henry!"

Don't worry Mom, he really loves you!

The Other Zoo

This year we braved the fair twice! (well. . . . some of us did). We went with Braydan, Alisha, and Carla on the free day and it was the first time we went when it was HOT! It was so weird not to run from building to building in the rain. Instead we ran from building to building to get ice-cream and slushies!
The pig races are funny
The wool station was interesting, getting to see how they shear sheep and feeling the different wool types from alpacas, sheep, and llamas.
I thought it was silly, but the kids loved the "be a farmer for a day" station. Their favorite part was collecting eggs! Why can't they be excited to collect ours at home?
I couldn't believe the logger show was exactly the same as last year AND with the same people! I felt bad for them.
We went again later with Mom and Zach and saw things we missed the first time, like the Elvis show (boring!, sorry Mom). Thank goodness uncle Zach and Grandma came. They carried at least one kid around all morning.
Our favorite was the reptile man show. He brought the coolest creatures and Kaleb got to sit in the front row.
He gave out stacks of free passes to his zoo. I think Kaleb was confused later because he kept asking to go back to the "other zoo." I finally realized he was referring to the fair :) It kind of is a zoo!