Meet the teacher

We went to the preschool open house this afternoon to meet both kids' teachers. Both kids will be attending preschool programming at the same school this year. You'll find a few cell phone pictures of the event below.

On the way home, William was discussing his future job aspirations. He would like to drive a bulldozer one time. But really, he really wants to help his daddy fix airplanes so they can work together (how sweet!!).

Not to be left out, Amelia chimed in with her future goals: she'd like to be a doggy (spoken in all seriousness - it was all John and I could do to keep a straight face.)..........and Mama could be her firetruck (how sweet?).

Walrus

Weekend with Grandpa and Grandma

Grandpa and Grandma were here this past weekend. Which means we were busy.


They drove in late Thursday night which gave us all day Friday and Saturday and part of the day Sunday to play.

Friday morning we packed up and went to the zoo. We haven't been out to the zoo at all this summer because of the heat. It was on the warm side (90's), but the kids had a great time. We stopped at the Forest Park Boathouse for lunch - fun to try new things! After some rest time at home (or paint time if you are Daddy), we ate some dinner and hit the pool for some swim time.

Saturday we had some rain/thunderstorms come through. We decided to try out the Magic House, a new venue for our family. The kids LOVED the place so much that William cried when we had to leave. I wasn't as much of a fan because the place was PACKED. It was wall to wall people and kids everywhere. The kids were having such a great time running from thing to thing, they didn't always notice we weren't right behind them. Stressful! Saturday evening we got to FINALLY move William's new bed into his room. We have been working and working on this furniture! William has been so patient!

William made a great big bubble around himself
Amelia made beautiful music
And played with water for a long time
John and I found a sign that made us laugh out loud. I'm sure William regularly asks 437 questions a day before lunch time.
William changed a tire on a car - no time for questions here!
He also served up some ice cream While Amelia did some grocery shopping at Grandpa's store.

Sunday we bolted together the new bed we've been working on for William and moved some furniture around before heading out for some lunch.

William's new captain bed - drawers now installed
Amelia was pretty excited about her "new"bed from William's room
She tucked herself in right away!
The best part of his new bed? The hideaway (aka: how to give your mother a heart attack)
Our "helpers" supervise the construction of the bed
Amelia adores her polka dot sheets. She was very concerned when I took her mattress off to move in the new bed!

My brother is engaged!

Goal Unfulfilled

Welll.....I meant to go back and fill in all the old posts before I went back to work this fall. It was high on the list of things to do. But, I didn't get it all done. So sad. The good news is I did make a dent in the old posts and if you want to go back and read them, here are the links:


Merry Christmas:
http://familyheidt.blogspot.com/2010/12/merry-christmas.html

Christmas Day
http://familyheidt.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-day.html

2010 Year in Review:
http://familyheidt.blogspot.com/2011/01/2010-year-in-review.html

William is FOUR:
http://familyheidt.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-baby-is-four.html

I'm putting away clothes in his room while he sleeps. The closet door shuts louder than I mean it to and William stirs in his sleep. I look over to assess the situation and I am instantly transported back in time.

His fingers are splayed wide, arms in front of his face. His lips purse in a face that in entirely unexplainable to anyone who wasn't witness to it thousands of times just four short years ago. Here he is. Just a tiny little trace of the tiny baby he used to be. Grown now into my big almost 5 year old boy. Moments like these are far and few between these days as he grows faster and faster into a boy, not a preschooler, toddler or baby.

My Hammer

This one is old. But, it still makes me laugh, so here it goes.

I'm tucking Amelia in for bedtime and giving her one last kiss. She hugs me tight and I kiss her for the last time (she gets lots of "last" kisses). As I walk out of the room, she sits up in her bed and exclaims "OH NO! My hammer!" Puzzled, I offer her every stuffed animal she has ever shown interest in and a few others. I try the plastic hammer from the toy box. No dice. Finally, I stick my head out into the hall and ask for reinforcement....which is when John informs me I should be looking for her tiny LEMUR toy from the zoo this summer*.

The smile on her face when presented with the "hammer" says it all.


*This is another post in of itself, but working part time has really stepped up John's Daddy game**. Several nights a week he has the kids on his own at bed time which has had some really wonderful side effects. Such as, being able to understand what our daughter wants better than her own mother.

**This is not to say he wasn't doing a good job before. He was great. Now he is awesome.