Melissa’s Blog

We are no longer blocked from Disney. It was great to be able to go to Disney again. We had a great time and it wasn’t too crowded. Nikki got an autograph book from Disney before the summer and she was finally able to have the characters sign it. She loved it-it was so cute. Here are some pictures from our day….Chip messed up Justin’s hair right before I snapped the camera.

I missed not having a stroller at Disney as I had to carry the heavy backpack. We can’t wait to go back to Disney-I hope we can go at least once every week before school starts. Justin is in his element playing video games whether it is at home on the wii or Disney playing Fix it Felix. I would say his favorite video game is Pirates Plunder.

Nikki has been really into being a magician. She has been practicing and learning lots of tricks. I have watched lots of magic shows. She uses her care bear blanket as a cape with a chip clip.

The kids have been doing swim lessons the last few weeks. They are becoming better and stronger swimmers. The backstroke has been a little hard for Justin but he is working at it.

This past weekend we went to a Tae Kwon Do competition. The kids competed in tiny tigers, 8 and under. The kids had to do their form, nun chuck form, and some sparring. Both kids did awesome, I  like that they got to spare each other, so cute. At tiny tigers it is not really a competition, more like practice for competing and everyone gets a trophy. It was pretty cool to see how a competition works…I was hoping to see older kids compete but it was just way too crowded. Couple pics from the day:

Summer is going by way too fast. We went to Big Air Trampoline and the kids had a great time. Nikki was loving the rock wall and Justin was loving dodge ball.

Yesterday during lunch Nikki lost yet another tooth #8. Crazy how many she is losing. Justin still has only lost two but he will have his turn soon. I wanted to do something different than just leave $2.00 under her pillow. I learned how to turn $1.00 into an orgami little basket and put change in it. I couldn’t put it under her pillow so I just put it on her floor by her bed with a big bow. She came down this morning saying “apparently the tooth fairy know how to do orgami”, I love it!

We are having a great summer. We made a bucket list of things to do and have crossed out a few. We went to Dave and Busters and Chuck E Cheese. We dragged out the slip n slide. The kids had so much fun on it:

Also the kids got to go to the stables with Justin’s 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Ortego and her daughter Tess. They lease a  horse names Six for the summer. It was great as Tess gave them a ride on Six and even trotted. The kids had huge smiles with the trotting:

So we also went and saw the movie Turbo. Of course the kids loved it, along with Despicable 2. Both kiddos started swim lessons at Woollet and seem to be really liking it. Both kids are working hard to learn their strokes. Justin was having a little trouble with the back stroke and is improving so much. Nikki needed a little help improving her crawl stroke. So amazing to see how far they have come. The kids wanted to try a camp so through the city, they went to icamp. Nikki had so much anxiety about me leaving her but when she got there she just ran off and played. I loved hearing all about what they did and they were kept really busy. Justin said his feet hurt from standing so much. We have had lots of play dates too. Nikki is loving gymnastics so much. We have been coming to the open gym and Justin has fun playing and Nikki plays and practices. We put a rope in the backyard over the patio cover. It has been the best toy ever. The kids climb it, swing from it. I need to take some pics. When I bring my camera out the kids just run.