Sunday, September 26, 2010

First Days of School

So here we are in California! We LOVE it. Ivy started school on August 17th which made for a very short summer for her. It has been very exciting and new. Everything is so different. Her new school is really nice and really different from Erdenheim. It is rated 10 out of 10 on greatschools.net so we're hoping that even with the budget crises she will still be getting a top notch education. So far so good. Some of Ivy's favorite things about her new school are: It is an outdoor campus so she gets to walk outside to go to lunch or the library or to gym, each class has a garden, the bathroom stalls close and lock, the building isn't 100 years old, they have a beautiful view of the valley from their playground. She misses a lot of things about her old school, and really misses her friends, but she's getting used to it.



The view of the valley from the playground

Lane started pre-school on September 14th. His teacher is a woman in our ward who does a small (but very hard to get into) pre-school out of her home. We were on a waiting list and at the last minute she had a spot open up. She is really sweet and Lane absolutely loves it! He still wakes up in the morning and says something like, "today is my 4th day of pre-school", or "in 2 more days it is going to be my 5th day of pre-school". He's so funny.

He was really excited about his new backpack because it can hold a skateboard and insisted on having his skateboard strapped on for his first day of school. So cute! (He's getting a lot of practice on the skateboard with our concrete backyard and our big house with wood floors and no furniture!)


Sunday, September 19, 2010

Three weeks in Utah and Scarlett's 1st Birthday

So Jude had to start work on the 8th, but our perfect house that we found as a last minute miracle wasn't ready until the 27th. So Jude flew from Boston to California and the kids and I went to Utah. Jude was able to come out for the first weekend and hang out for a couple days. The kids played so well at Al's, it was great. Lane and Andy became best buds--they were so cute together. Even after 3 whole weeks they didn't want to leave.

Lane was awesome on the plane (for the first 5 hours anyway). He was totally independent over there on his very own row. Love Southwest for that. Hate the layovers.
Logan canyon



Boating


While we were there, Scarlett turned one! She also started walking everywhere. Poor Jude was working in California and missed it. Sad. I really wanted to be in our new house for her birthday, but it just didn't happen.
Cute little piggies!


I can't say I was disappointed when she wanted nothing to do with the cake.
I know what you're thinking...does the child have any other clothes? She is wearing this shirt in every post since May. What can I say? I've got better things to worry about I guess. But isn't she cute!