Tuesday, August 26, 2008

First Day Of School

Well it has happened - both of my boys started school yesterday. Next year I will be done paying for daycare for good. Hooray!! Tanner was up and ready 30 minutes early. Keaton, on the other hand, took his own sweet time. He refused to eat breakfast - HE WASN'T HUNGRY! He made sure I knew. I tried to tell him he wasn't going to get to eat until snack, but he didn't seem to care. He ate breakfast this morning though- no argument - maybe he actually got hungry yesterday =) He gets to stay for afternoon campus club today - so he opted to have hot lunch - he was so excited for that. Tanner HAD to have hot lunch - he left his lunchbox at school - hopefully he finds it today. Tanner really likes his teacher, who is also the football coach. I asked how football practice went yesterday - he said "tiring". I said was it fun?? He repeated "tiring". We will see how it goes. He was up and ready again today, eager to take all of his gear to school. I will post more about football later when I get the pictures from the camcorder.

Keaton loves all of it. He told me about all of his new friends. Except none of them have names yet AND he let me know that Mrs. Smith said NO LOVE at school. He told me that this is a good thing because Skyler is in his class and she is from preschool and she wanted to marry him. SOOO he said that Mrs. Smith told the whole class NO LOVE so then it was okay to play with Skyler at recess because of the rule - they could just be friends =)














They both found their friends at school. Keaton's best buddy, Nick, is in 1st grade this year and he was soooo excited to see him at school. It was the best picture that I got of him all morning.






Tanner found his buds as well, all of them are playing football, except one of them. They were all in the same kindergarten class - it has been fun to watch them all grow throughout the years. Funny thing- all of their moms are teachers.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Crafty

So I spent the weekend getting the kids prepared for school. We did all of our last minute shopping - including shoes for football =) The rest of the time I spent at my sisters house. We (being the Simes that we are) were feeling the need to be crafty. So we had been tossing around the idea of combining our talents and posting our stuff in an online store. Laurie makes really cute tutu outfits and I have been doing the hair bow thing for a few years now so we thought hey - why not. (Cause I have nothing else going on RIGHT??!!) We were able to get a lot done this weekend and am happy to say that as I type this Laurie is at her house slowly uploading things to the store. We shall see how it goes. Feel free to stop by and check things out www.poshprincesscouture.etsy.com

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Football??Huh???

Yesterday Keaton had his meet and greet with his kindergarten teacher. Tanner came with us so he could show Keaton around his old stompin grounds. While we were at school we ran into alot of people on campus. Many were trying to find out where they were supposed to be picking up there pads for football. Someone asked Tanner if he was going to play. He responded with "I've been thinkin about it" HUH - WHAT??? This was news to me - up until that moment he had been talking about running cross country. So after a long discussion and a lengthy permission slip, we picked up pads for football. This is going to be interesting. For those of you who know Tanner you know how athleticly inclined he is ;) Practice starts Monday, as does5th grade for Tanner and kindergarten for Keaton. I can't wait to see what I am going to post then. I will send Phil to practice with the camcorder - maybe he will catch something good to post. Phil is working all weekend so we are off with Uncle E today to get shoes for football -yes I said shoes - they can't wear cleats - I'm not that football ignorant =)

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

A little about us right now


So what has been happening in the Olmos world??
Tanner and Keaton are getting ready to start school on Monday - Keaton is sooo excited for kindergarten. He picked out his new Star Wars Clone Wars backback and had to wear it through Target (then we had to make a separate trip to Toy's R Us to find the matching lunchbox -because Target was out) Tanner will be starting 5th grade - Wow I can't believe that one - He is excited to show little bro the ropes. Phil is in nursing school (finally) and that is all consuming - but will be soooo worth it when he is finished. I am teaching fast track (reading intervention 4-6th grade) and loving every minute of it. With school and soccer/cross country season getting ready to start were are in for a busy season ahead. I look forward to sharing it with you all.

Today is the day

So I have finally done it - after much pushing from Jill (some things never change) here is our family blog. I have been meaning to do this for sometime, (since Lauren contacted me through hers) but kept finding a reason to put it off. I am looking forward to sharing with all of you the exciting things that we have happening in our lives.