Ammy and Papa Watch Brooke and Alex

Ammy and Papa did a great job taking care of Brooke and Alex while we were away on our vacation to the Bahamas!  I was super nervous about leaving the kiddos, not because I thought that Ammy and Papa wouldn’t do an excellent job, but because it has been so long (never for Alex) since they’ve been without at least one parent.  We had WiFi and I sent a picture of us when we arrived to let Ammy know we were safe.  Ammy wrote us sweet emails with pictures of the kiddos so we knew they were not only safe but incredibly happy.  The four of them had a great time and both kids were better behaved than they usually are for Mommy and Daddy!!  Here are the pictures Ammy took. 🙂

Bahamas Vacation

AJ and I had not taken a vacation by ourselves since before I was pregnant with Alex four years ago, therefore, we decided to take a few days in the Bahamas.  We enjoyed three nights on the island of Exuma at Emerald Bay.  We left at 4:45am to arrive on the only flight into Exuma and enjoyed the afternoon by the beach and pool.  The next day, I unfortunately woke up sick but found some dayquil at the gift shop. I was still able to enjoy the beautiful beach, a little catamaran with AJ, lunch at the beach-side restaurant, and the swim up bar with a colorful drink called the Bob Marley.  This night we went to a Japanese Steakhouse for dinner and ended up at the piano bar where we both sang but didn’t take pictures as we forgot the camera in the hotel room.  The next day AJ woke up sick and so we mostly relaxed at the beach and took the catamaran out (which was AJ’s favorite).   By dinner, he was feeling worse and I was feeling better so he had just a sprite with dinner but I found a non-bahamian beer.  He was up for a little darts and a quick game of pool after dinner but then headed back to our room early for him to rest and me to pack for our early checkout the next day.  Even though we both ended up getting sick we still really enjoyed our time with just each other in such a beautiful place!

 

October Kindergarten Homework

This month’s family homework (she has daily homework but one big project a month to complete with your family) was to make a portrait of yourself in fall with encouragement to use 3D items such as puffy paint, felt, stickers, etc.  Brooke and I brainstormed and thought it would be fun to make her portrait with leaves and actual fall items.  We gathered and stored various leaves, acorns, pine cones, flowers from our yard and other places around town for the last two weeks and yesterday and today completed her homework.  I helped her by sketching her and lightly painting in the details so she could glue the leaves over herself.  She chose where things went and glued them down, came up with using crushed leaves for her hair, and designed her necklace and headband.  Brooke did a great job with her homework!

A Day with Alex

Alex and I ended up spending a lot of time together today and he had a lot of fun playing in the yard, riding his bike, having a snack, and swinging in the hammock.