Getting Better all the time

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So the last update had Daniel decorating the hallways at school pink on Wednesday, the first day of school.  He stayed home in the afternoon, and so he missed the actual Kindergarten.  On Thursday morning, he complained that his stomach hurt again, so we kept him out of Ms. K’s (that’s her and her assistants in the picture) KEP class, and sent him to Kindergarten. 

He didn’t want to go, but afterwards, was pretty happy about what had happened and excited to tell about the day.  So we figured we might be in decent shape for Friday.

That’s NOT how the day started.  Again he didn’t want to go to school.  He wouldn’t ride his bike, had to be driven in a stroller and threw a fit over going into KEP.  Luckily, he settled down quickly, and 10 minutes after being dropped off, they called to let us know he was doing fine.   Again, at the end of the day he was smiling and excited about the day. 

And here we are, after day 4. He still expressed that he’d rather hang out at home and play with Mama, but he went, had a good day, and I think we’re going to be on a good trend.  It’s been a larger adjustment than expected, but he’ll be fine.

Little Ms. fabulous went off and got a haircut, and decided to show off her goofy side.  She has an amazing sense of humor, and really likes the slapstick humor. 

Rachel has a really good vocabulary, and if you go back to the posts when we were amazed at Daniel’s language skills at 3 and a half, she’s right there with him.  Sure, she has some letters that she enunciates a little less clearly, but her logic and reasoning skills are amazing.  The other day, she said “I have a big brain” and pointed at her tummy, and we came to realize that we’d never told her where the brain was…

Oh, and it may curse the whole deal, but just in the last week or so, we are ready to declare an end to pull-up diapers at night.  This is huge – she’s been out of the daytime ones for months, but this would be a complete success.

 

Over the weekend, we went hiking out at Golden Gate Canyon.  A moderate out-and-back 4 mile hike, with about 800 feet elevation gain.  The first 1.1 miles took 90 minutes, but it got faster once it leveled off.  Daniel and Rachel got to take turns taking pictures when we stopped.

Rachel hiked the whole thing without needing any help, and earns the “super-hiker” award.  Daniel neglected to hydrate properly, and had to ride on shoulders for about half a mile.  Still –> it was a nice day out, and good fun.

 

And that’ll have to do for now.

Love, ADRE.