I've wanted to post an update for so long, but never seem to find the time to make it a priority. I read Jennifer's blog every day and am always amazed at how faithfully she blogs. You accomplish so much more in a day than I do!
What have we been up to in the last 5 months??? Well, Sullivan finished Willie Price 4K. As usual, I was an emotional, sentimental mess. I remember when Sullivan was first born we were talking about which school district we live in, and at the time, we said, "we have 5 years to figure out if we don't think this is the right school district for us." Queue...5 years later and we are starting kindergarten NEXT WEEK. We are all a little nervous about the transition, so sends some positive vibes our way next Thursday! Daniel and I both attended private schools (until Jr. high for me, until college for daniel), so the difference in school size alone is a bit intimidating. I hear many positive things about both public schools in this area, so I'm sure it will all be just fine. Sullivan is doing wonderfully reading and frequently reads books to US at night. His confidence has grown in this area, and I'm so thankful. He's grown and matured in many ways and we are really in a good place.
Evie just picked out her first official school nap mat yesterday. She found the one she liked and immediately put the strap over her head and took off. She's moving up to the next class on Monday! She's been in a clingy phase lately- wants momma in sight at all times. She talks up a storm, although we still don't understand a lot of it. In the car each morning, she'll say "Mommi, Daddi...." and then a long stream of gibberish. She'll copy just about anything you say, so we've got to be careful with that. She's very in to making all the animal sounds (cows, cats, dogs, sheep, ducks, birds, chickens) and pointing out all of her body parts (eyes, ears, nose, mouth, tongue, head, hair, belly button, toes, knees, and boo boos). She is still nursing at bedtime and early morning, but that is definitely starting to dwindle. I'm very sentimental about that too, but I think this gradual transition has been nice for us both. I will be very sad to see the end of my "baby days", but I know there are many wonderful "kid days" ahead. She loves to read books, love on her babies, and buckle and unbuckle anything she can get her hands on!
We've been on two big family vacations this summer. We took a reunion trip to Nantahala and our usual beach trip. It was interesting camping with both kids for the first half of the trip. It rained every time we needed to prepare or eat, but the weather was cool, so that was a blessing. The kids had a wonderful time playing in the water and the dirt, picnicking and hiking around with us. Our beach trip was much more relaxing, even with the kids in tow. They both loved the sand and water and were happy most of the time. Lesson learned- don't take tired kids out to dinner.
