Robb and I went to our ward's 2nd Annual Valentine's Dance (aka the youth fundraiser). With dinner, dancing, and free babysitting, we look forward to this event all year. We came away from the silent auction with several nights worth of babysitting and a beautiful ink drawing of the Tucson Temple. There was a live auction for the bigger ticket items and Robb did an amazing job as auctioneer (he even looked up how-to videos on YouTube and practiced for a week in preparation).
Alice missed her preschool field trip to Amy's Donuts because she was sick that day, and I promised her we'd make it up to her. So on the Friday of Rodeo Days (it's a Tucson thing, we don't get President's Day off, we get two Rodeo Days) we drove up.
It was a difficult decision
But we all walked away supremely happy with our choices (except for Robb, his maple bacon doughnut had too much chewie fat on the bacon...but my horchata doughnut was amazing).
Then we took the kids to the Compassion Experience, where we got to see what life was like for a little girl who grew up in the Dominican Republic. It sparked a small discussion on the way home about how there are many people struggling in the world (and around us) and how we need to do our best to help them and share the blessings we've been given. I think most of the presentation went over their heads, but we'll keep trying to teach that point in other ways.
:: Colby
At Colby's last appointment, the dentist asked if he'd experienced any blunt force trauma to his two front teeth. I couldn't remember any, but the x-rays showed they were coming out soon and his adult teeth will take awhile to fill their places. He lost his first one this month and the second is already getting loose. Luckily, I love his little gap tooth smile.
My little Arizona boy is telling me how cold it is :)
Colby's first soccer game
- Colby had a hard time when his team did a practice scrimmage earlier (he couldn't quite understand why it was suddenly okay to take the ball away from someone and vice versa and that he should get the ball more. So we were a little nervous this game would be difficult for him, but he did great. For the most part he kept up with the group. He also:
- Kicked a corner kick to someone that made a goal
- Had one shot on goal
- Stole the ball a few times
- He had a great attitude for most of the game, even when he got smush-pushed (his word for when two other people run into you from opposite directions and knock you over). He cried a little, but he pulled himself back up and got right back in the game. We lost 0-1, but we're really proud of how well Colby-boy did.
- Another highlight was when the ball was passed to one of our team members who was wide open, but he didn't see it because he was running as fast as he could--backwards.
- "Remember when Claire was cuter..."
- "Healthy eating on the road? That's a joke!"
- Why? She is on a kick where she asks why all the time (usually with follow-up whys to my explanations).
- "You need to dream about petting a baby cat and a baby dog and a baby ostrich and a baby bird all at the same time...in this dream you're going to need to be an octopus."
Alice and her chip beard
- "Una, una...that's what you say when it's safe to cross the road."
I taught Alice's preschool for the last time this school year (S is for stars and solar system, T is for teeth, and a Valentine's day party). They're such a fun group of kids and I'm hoping most of them will stick with this co-op for another year.
:: Claire
- Claire had a language explosion this month and my favorite thing she's started saying, "I want to dance" whenever she hears music. Then she grabs your hands and starts spinning around and around.
- She calls Alice, "Aleece," Colby, "Boy," and this morning she patted my stomach and said "Emmett."
Now that Fall is here in Arizona, the girls helped me with the leaves, but we needed to play a bit first
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