Marvelous Rachel!

Rachel recently completed a packet at school that showcases her personality, likes, thoughts, etc.  Here are some of the highlights (original spelling):

Favorite sport:  ballet
Favorite resaurant:  McDonld's
Favorite thing I own:  radeeo
Favorite song:  rudof the red nose raindeer
One thing that makes me very special is:  I am nise and I have lots of firends.
Here are five things that tell about me:  sister, play piano, nice, like to go to sleep and 2nd grader
I know a lot about:  planets
I used to:  like peperony
I have never:  ran into a car
I worry about:  Seth and Ruby
I can jump:  3 feet
The best age to be is: 16  because I get to get a horse
The biggest mistake I ever made was:  getting Seth out to early
One of the greatest people I know is gramda and mom because gramda is fun and mom make me dinner.
I wish:  I had all teh pets in the world
On report card day:  I get a report card
If I could call the President I would say . . . Thak you for watching are state, Mr. President.
If I could be an animal I'd be a dog because all of the kids would like me

And here's our favorite:
If I could be any person in the world I would be . . . myself.

We love our marvelous girl!

California Adventures

We took a quick trip to California Adventures this week. We've always just stayed at Disneyland when we've gone before, so this time the kids were ready to try something new. We had a great time.

Seth took a 1 hour nap, but was happy all day. He had a great time in the Monsters Inc ride, which we did four times. And he loved the parade. We were buddies throughout the day because between him being less than 40 inches and me being pregnant, we weren't allowed on many of the rides.

Rachel was our dare devil and loved all the scary rides. Her favorite was the California Screamin Roller Coaster that goes upside down. She also went on the tower of terror three times--more than Danny did.

Danny was a trooper and never complained about walking everywhere. His favorite was the California Screamin Roller Coaster too. Danny and Rachel went on it together. Bob was going to go with them, but that would make one of the kids have to ride by themselves, so he just let them go together. I was a little worried about that, but they did great.

Aaron was brave too and loved everything. His favorite was Mullholland Madness, a fun roller coaster that had no wait at all; so they rode it at least 5 times. The kids also loved going in the redwood forest where they had a zipline that never had a wait, so every time we walked by they went in and rode it a few times.

Back to School

The kids all started school just fine two weeks ago. Danny has Mrs. Wolf for third grade. I think we'll both really like her. She seems like a fun, good teacher. He likes his class and knows some of the boys in there already. He settled in really quickly this year.
Rachel has Mr. Esquibel for second grade. He seems pretty good. He really likes to play the guitar, so if he brings music into the class I think Rachel will really like it. This is her first year not being with her best friend, Jaclyn. She's doing just fine. She's making new friends and having fun. She's likes to be responsible and organized about her homework. She also loves to get dressed for school. She comes out in cute outfits with her hair done. She even asked to have her hair curled one morning. She used to hate it when I'd try to spend more than two minutes on her hair.
Aaron started preschool with Miss Kathy. Rachel went there for preschool too. She's wonderful. Aaron is really liking it. She keeps the kids more active than his last teacher did and I think he needs that. He's also excited because Miss Kathy said if he does the homework program this year, he'll be reading by the end of the year. Aaron was really excited about learning to read.

Seth had a hard time when the kids left. He cried several times when they got out of the car and he didn't.

End of Summer Party

We had an End of Summer Bash this year on the last weekend before school started. We had silly string and a pinata and rain trampoline. It was a great night!