Labor Day Weekend
We headed up to Warroad on Friday afternoon for the long weekend. Made good time on the way up ... just under 8 hours ... and the kids did pretty well. Of course once we got up there they didn't want to go to sleep because they'd been cooped up in the car. :) We had a great weekend ... Ryan got to go golfing with his dad twice, Riley got to play at the park every single day, Paige learned a few new things (more on that later), Ryan and I got to go out on a date (dinner and a movie) and I got to give Fern "crazy" paint choice ideas. We came back on Tuesday to try to avoid the Labor Day traffic.
Riley
The biggest news in Riley's world right now is that he starts school next Wednesday. :( He'll be going to preschool on Monday and Tuesday mornings with his good friend, Issac from daycare. He's super excited ... and I'm about ready to cry. We got a letter from his teacher, Mrs. S. ... and Shelley says she's a great lady. I really just have no idea where the time has gone.
I continue to be impressed and amazed with how much this kid is learning. He's got an amazing sense of direction (you could put him just about anywhere in Rochester and he'll tell you where we are and what stores/restaurants we've been to near there), he's extremely observant ... to the point of driving me up a wall sometimes because I can't sneak anything past him ... and his memory is outstanding. (And yes, I know I sound like a typical mom gushing about her child.)
Paige
Well, Paige has had an interesting few weeks. A week ago last Tuesday, we took her in to the doctor because she had a slight rash and some blisters on her toes. We figured it was Hand, Food and Mouth but wanted to be sure. We were right. She had a very light case of it ... blisters only on the feet with red spots near her mouth and on her hands. Daddy got to stay home with her this time because mommy is starting to run out of vacation. It really didn't seem to bother her all that much.
While we were in Warroad, she learned two new things. She now shakes her head back and forth when you tell her no. It's the cutest thing, not just a simple head shake, it's like half of her body moves with her head. LOL Grandma Fern also taught her how to climb up stairs. She thinks she's pretty hot stuff now ... the only thing is that she doesn't know what to do if she wants to go down ... so she just lays back. Not a good thing.
One thing is for sure ... Paige is ALL GIRL!! She's always been a bit of a drama queen. Just putting her down on the floor when she wants to be held can send her into a fit that would make any outsider think we'd just taken away her only source of food. However, she "found" her girlie scream while we were in Warroad. It's a high pitched, full lung capacity happy girlie scream that just about made great grandma need to turn off her hearing aids. It's really hilarious to watch her .. she makes herself crack up laughing.
So there is the "short" version of the update ... now for some pictures!!
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