Melissa’s Blog

We are heading into the 3rd week of school. We are getting used to our routines but next week the homework begins. School is going well. Nikki is in a K/1 combo class with the teacher Justin had last year. This was a definite surprise. I was so happy about the teacher that I didn’t give the combo much thought. Mrs. Cook is on maternity leave so Nikki has Mrs. Harlan and she is as sweet as can be. Justin has Mrs. Ortego and she seems great. He seems to really like her and the class. Mrs. Ortego is a think out of the box kind of teacher and very easy going-I think this will be great for Justin. There has been little hang ups with the combo but that is to be expected. Nikki was really upset when she saw Justin’s classroom and he had desks and she didn’t. She does have bigger tables and chairs then the kinders. The cool part though is when the kindergarteners go home @ 11:30 there are only 11 kids in the class until 2:10. It is like a private school and I think it is then that Nikki is very happy. I think the kids were a little disappointed not to have their best buddies in their same classes but they do see them at recess. Handball has become a craze again. The kids want to play it all the time. The kids are getting so big. I have too much time-I miss the kiddos. I am enjoying it but it seems like they are in school a long time. I have been able to get a lot of stuff done thought. Here are some back to school-1st day of school photos:

On top of school starting soccer has begun as well. Justin’s team is now red thunder and he has the same team/coach from last season which is pretty cool. Therefore, I was unable to coach his team. I am coaching the girls again-the Tigers. We have a bunch of girls who have never played soccer so it is not going as smooth as I had hoped but it will be great to see them improve over the season. By being Nikki’s coach I am unable to get pics but she is probably happy about that. Here are some of Justin and team:

Luckily someone captured a few pics from Nikki’s last game:

And the kiddos are now greenbelts:

They did great doing their form in front of everyone. Love the genuine smiles!

And we had back to school night. Bret and I loved being in the classrooms and listening to what they were going to do, meeting and talking to their teachers, etc. I had to take a picture of the picture Nikki drew-she even included Scooters the bunny, too cute!

Justin brought home a lot of work the other day and there were loads of compliments on it from good coloring to good printing. Justin has really nice hand writing.

Last night, 8/31/12 Justin was playing with his wiggly tooth. It was so wiggly. He decided he wanted to pull it. I gave him a paper towel to grab hold of it and he pulled it! It was so exciting! All happened right before bedtime. Here is a pic:

He looks even more grown up and even cuter with his whole. He wrote a note to the tooth fairy asking to keep his tooth since it was his first one. Can’t wait until he wakes up and find the $5.00 under his pillow.

This summer has just flown by. We are trying to complete our bucket list. We have been busy but have also spent lots of time at home playing the big thing which is Ninjago. We have been bowling, swimming, to the beach and lagoon, the San Diego Safari Park, Goofy’s Kitchen, the movies, Chuck E Cheese, Disney, park days and play dates, etc….The kids had a blast at Boomers and wanted to go again and again. Mini golf was the highlight. Here are some pics:

We were at Disney from 11:00AM until about 9:30PM. We did see the fireworks from the parking lot. We were pretty exhausted but the minute we heard the big booms from the fireworks we all found some energy again. The Cars Land was amazing; Disney did a great job with it. We spent a long time at CA Adventure. It looked just like Radiator Springs. It was so cute to hear the kids get so excited to see the town and name off the places, like the Cozy Cone Motel, etc. The Cars ride was awesome and luckily Ms Tanya knew the tricks so we didn’t have to wait too long. We went in the single rider line. It meant two of us rode in the same car but behind one another. No big deal-it was well worth it rather than waiting in the 2-3 hour line. Nikki was a little nervous but she was brave and was glad she did it! The ride was awesome. We had an amazing day at both parks-lots of smiles, parades, rides, etc. The kids rode the rockets all by themselves and they were so proud!!! And the three of us barely fit in the Autopia cars-last time we went we had plenty of room. I think Justin’s new favorite ride is the Cars land one. Here are a few pics:

Started to think about back to school…..Justin picked out a Skylanders lunch box and a Skylanders cup. Nikki picked out a Scooby lunch box and a Skylanders cup. Can’t believe how fast summer went by. Here are a few back to school pics I have started taking:

Soccer has just started up again. I was hoping to coach Justin’s team but his team has stayed intact and his coach is coaching again. So it looks as though I am coaching the girls again.