Back to School Night At AHSJ

Last night was Back to School night at American Heritage.  This will be Rachel's first year there for 7th grade.  We met all but two of her teachers.  There are only about 17 7th graders.  That will be nice to have small classes.  Rachel said she was glad the school itself is small.  She was really worried about getting from class to class at the public middle school.  I was trying to figure out if there was anyone else coming from Daybreak but so far no luck.  I guess I will be dropping her and picking her up just like I did Jacob.  Good thing Noah will be in a school closeby.

Let's Play Summer Camp - Week 2

Rachel and her friend Jaden are doing a summer camp here at the house for some of the neighborhood kids.  We have 5 little ones this week.  It is so cute to watch the girls with these little kids.  They are really good at playing with kids.  The theme today is Fairy Tales so the kids made their own golden crown, built castles with blocks and helped Little Red Riding Hood get to grandma's house by counting the numbers on a die they rolled.  They also had a chance to make their very own fairy tale creature with play dough.  The one little boy made a pizza.  We will let the play dough dry and let them take their creatures home on Wednesday.

Summer Days are Going By Fast

It's just me and the boys this weekend since Todd took Rachel with him to help Richard Murdock with the Leadville 100 Race.  Todd, Rachel and Rich's family are his relief crew.  They run around to certain spots along the race to provide whatever he needs.

The boys are just hanging out, playing the Wii.  I got a bunch of scrapbooking done and Noah is playing. Every once in a while he will get up and walk 5-10 steps.  He hasn't been all that interested in walking but the fact that he is getting up and doing it on his own is a "step" forward.

Rachel has been doing a day camp for some neighborhood kids with her friend Jaden.  The last week we had 9 kids.  This next week we only have 3 and they are younger.  We will have to see how it goes.

The kids are about a month away from their blue belt test to receive their blue-red stripe belts.  They are so good at Tae Kwon Do.  Todd has been busy at it too.  I imagine he will test for his next belt, a red belt next month as well.

Todd has also started cycling.  He gets up every morning at 5 am to go for a ride for an hour.  Then he still attend TKD at night.  He is motivated in a way I haven't seen before.  It has got me going as well.  This past week I have gotten up and walked every morning.  Plus I am doing some light weightlifting.

Ethan and Jacob have started the new school year - 5th and 2nd grades respectively.  So far it is going well.  They will have to learn to rely on each other more since Rachel is not there.  Rachel will be starting school the day after Labor day - in September.  We just ordered her uniform.  I hope she likes it ok.

Can't think of anything else right now but maybe later.