The 3 F's: Father's Day, First Day of Kindergarten Camp, and Feathered Friends

Father's Day was yesterday and we just hung out and did some stuff around the house. We gave George bar-b-que stuff-a new smoker and accessories to go with it. We would have smoked some meat on Sunday but we were worried it would rain. Matthew also dictated to me a list of 17 things he liked/loved about his daddy. (17 because it was June 17th). Here's a photo of the two handsome dudes around our house.

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First Day of Kindergarten Preview

Matthew is lucky enough to be attending a week long Kindergarten preview at the school he'll attend in the fall. We decided this would be good practice for him as he's never gone to preschool or daycare more than 2 mornings a week. Below is a picture of the eager Matthew. He woke up Monday morning at 7:00 a.m.!!!!!! While that's not early for most people, Matthew rarely wakes up before 9 and has been known to sleep until 10:30! He woke me up at 7, so I sent him back to bed, telling him it was too early. Then at 7:30, he was back, waking me up. I asked him why he was awake and it was because he had to go to Kindergarten today. So, we got up, got dressed, ate breakfast, the whole nine yards. He was so ready! When he got to his classroom he already knew 4 other kids so that put him at ease. When we picked him up, he was too cool to say much about the day. We had to ask very pointed questions otherwise he would just say everything was good.

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FEATHERED FRIENDS

We are lucky enough to have a bird's nest where we can watch it. A sparrow has built her nest in one of my hanging plants in the front yard. Matthew loves to check on it each day to see if the eggs hatched. I was lucky enough to get this picture of the eggs. We'll keep you posted.

A Fun Summer Project

As we were standing in line at HEB one day, Matthew spied a Woman's Day magazine with a picture of a fun cake on the front. I was suprised to hear him ask if we could make the cake. I'm always up for trying something new. So, we bought the magazine and proceeded to buy a very lengthy list of ingredients. Thank goodness, Nena was around to help because it turned out to be a very involved process. Overall we had a good time and Matthew enjoyed eating all the candies and Teddy Grahams that were left over. We didn't eat it because Matthew didn't ever want to cut into it but I'm sure it was delicious.

Catching up

Ok, I see that it has been quite some time since I've posted any news. So, I'll try to post a few so that ya'll can catch up. We're still working on the addition of course. We're waiting for a plumber......we've been waiting.....Once we get a plumber and they finish, then it'll be on to sheet rock!!!!

One of our favorite things to do in the summer is to go swimming. Matthew took swimming lessons at Alamo Heights pool. It was the best thing for him. In 2 weeks time, he is fearless in the water. He's a regular fish, diving down to get stuff off the bottom, jumping in from the side, and going off the diving board. We went to a swim party a couple of weeks ago and he swam for 5 hours!!! Now that he can touch the bottom in the shallow end, he's very confident with his ability.

When he goes off the diving board he swims across the dive pool to the other side-all by himself!! It's amazing what simple things like that can make a parent proud!