Friday, September 26, 2008

Sleepy Time

Okay, so I know I've already done a post about Nate's silly sleeping habits but I couldn't resist this one! Since Nate has started pre-k, he comes home exhausted just about every day. Nate goes to bed nice and early (yes I am a sleep nazi) but sometimes days he just can't make it until bed time! The other day after school Nate asked me if I "had any dollars?" I told him yes and I could see where this was going. In our neighborhood the ice cream truck rolls around EVERY afternoon and has been the angst of many-a-disappointed afternoons. Well, it had been a long time since I let him get an ice cream from the ice cream truck. So when he asked if I had any dollars and then proceeded to ask if he could get an ice cream, of course I said yes and he was thrilled! He ran and brought me my purse and I gave him two dollars. Since the ice cream truck wasn't here yet, he took his money, got his shoes on and sat down on the couch to wait. A few minutes passed and he asked where the truck was but was being very patient. I barely noticed when he decided to lay his head down, but then I did a double take and saw that he was fast asleep - still gripping the ice cream money! Strangely enough the ice cream truck did not come that afternoon and Nate ended up taking a two hour nap! After about an hour he rolled off the couch in a sort of standing position, but he was still fast asleep. Eventually he fell on the floor, woke up, and whined for a minute then crawled back up on the couch to finish his nap! Every time he does something like this, I can't help but think back to when he was a baby and would scream in his crib for hours not wanting to sleep. Ahhhhh the joys of parenting!

Still sleeping....and he still has one of his dollar bills clutched firmly in his hand!


Monday, September 15, 2008

Funniest Man Alive...Eric thinks I am talking about him

On Saturday night Eric and I got to see Brian Regan at the Silver Legacy. Yes I know its shocking, but we actually went out! We had such a good time. This is the second time we have gotten to Brian Regan in person, and I seriously didn't know I could laugh so hard. I was laughing so hard I almost threw up, I think all the belly jiggling bounced the baby right to sleep because she didn't move all evening! If any of you haven't heard or seen Brian Regan's act, just let us know we have a couple of his DVD's and we'd love to let you borrow them or better yet, come over and watch them with us!
The happy couple...happy to be out of the HOUSE!


So it's impossible to tell from these pictures, but we actually had AWESOME seats! We were in the third row from the stage, literally almost right in front of him. It was so cool to be able to see his facial expressions (one of the funniest parts of the entire act) so close in person instead of just seeing him on the jumbo trons.

He usually comes to Reno every year so let us know if you'd like to come with us next year, I guarantee it's worth the ticket price!

Monday, September 8, 2008

A New Era: The First Day of Pre-Kindergarten

We have been looking forward to today for a long time. Nathan started pre-kindergarten this morning. A few weeks ago his teacher came to the house to introduce herself and get to know Nathan. He was hoping she would invite him to go to school with her that day! Nathan was almost too excited to stand still long enough for me to take his picture this morning.
Nate found a rollie pollie (his absolute favorite) right in the midst of our "photo shoot". He just had to save it!!
And show the camera of course....

There were no tears shed today, but I did get a little emotional when I went to pick him up, he was standing there among 20 other kids, looking around the room, trying to find me in the sea of parents. When he spotted me he got a big smile on his face! So precious! Of course I peppered him with questions about his day, what he did, who he played with but he got frustrated with all the questions and said "you just had to be there." Somethings I did find out:
  • He had a banana for a snack
  • He did not get to play on the computer today
  • The class has a cat puppet name "Curiosity"
  • He did not find out any other kids name in the class
  • He read a Spiderman book with his teacher
  • He swang on the swings
So if any of you are wondering if I spent the morning at a spa getting a massage and a pedicure, I regret to inform you that I did NOT! I spent three entire hours working on the Primary Program and folding laundry. So exciting I know! Nate is excited about going back tomorrow, I just hope his enthusiam for school continues beyond the first few weeks, poor kid doesn't realize how many years of school he has ahead of him....especially if he is gonna be a doctor!