It's been a while since I've had time to write...we have had such a crazy schedule over the past week or so. We've been busy bees!
Jason and I both went back to work last Monday. Kailani and Zachary both need to be dropped off at different places now in the morning. Kailani's first day at the before school YMCA program was on Monday. She said she had fun. Zachary had a hard time adjusting to being dropped off at school, but has a good time once he's there.
Kailani is still enjoying school. She'll just randomly start singing songs in Spanish. She only had to go to the YMCA program after school one day. Jason has been able to pick her up from school most days, which is nice. If Jason picks her up, she has time to come home and relax and have dinner before cheerleading practice. It's actually been working out pretty nice. Jason picks up Kailani and makes dinner...I pick up Zachary and we're home in time to eat together....then either we all go to cheerleading, or one of us goes and the other stays here with Zachary. When Zachary goes to practice he enjoys walking over to the pavilion at the high school where a few owls have created a home. It might be a little hard to tell from the picture.
Friday afternoon Kailani and I went to the park to meet with a few other girls who she'll be in Daisy troops with. She wants to be a Daisy because Makenzi is in girl scouts. We may have to miss some meetings because of cheerleading, but she'll be able to be more active once cheer is over. She had a good time at the park and enjoyed meeting new friends.
Friday night we all headed to Kailani's school for a welcome back luau. They had tables set up with hands-on activities for the kids. Kailani and Jason built a music box from the "Build and Grow" kits from Lowe's. Kailani participated in a donut eating contest. She just wanted to play for the donut! Both kids enjoyed watching the hula dancers that performed. We all enjoyed the dinner provided by L&L Hawaiian BBQ. We hung out as long as we could and then I took Zachary home to bed. Kailani and Jason hung out to play BINGO and to watch Shrek 4. I don't think Kailani made it much after the movie started:)
On Saturday morning, Kailani had a cheer clinic to go to. She spent 4 hours with the cheerleaders from a local high school learning cheers and cheer moves. She had a good time, but it was tiring for her. While Kailani was at the cheer camp, we took Zachary to a birthday party for a little boy in his class at daycare. It was at a park that has a fountain the kids can run through. We can't keep Zachary out of the water now. All of a sudden, he loves it!
Saturday night I was able to spend a night with the girls from our meetup group. Fifteen of us got together for a Thai BBQ chicken house party and games. The girl who won the house party received a package with ingredients and recipes. She catered our game night and everything was delicious. It was nice to have a night out even just to play games and chat with the ladies.
This morning I had some more time out to go to a baby shower for one of the girls I work with. She has a 3-year old boy and will be having a girl in September. Her kids will be about the same number of years apart as Kailani and Zachary. While I was gone, the kids helped Jason make breakfast:)
So far so good....We'll see how week 2 goes!
I talked with another mom at the party whose daughter is in the Daisy troop. Her daughter is in the other Spanish immersion class at Heritage, where Kailani goes to school. The mom runs a before and after school program out of her house. I was talking with her about care for Kailani when the school has breaks that don't coincide with mine. Their first break is coming up at the end of September. She said they run "camps" during that time and go on field trips to the zoo, SeaWorld, etc. I might consider sending her there rather than using the YMCA for the breaks.
