August 2016

Aurora learned how to ride a pedal bike at camp this summer! We sent her to the Avid Learn to Bike Camp, just hoping to get her more excited about biking, and she came home after the first day saying she had learned how to ride. She spent the rest of the week learning not to crash into the other kids :)

Matt and I took the kids to Deer Valley for a much needed vacation. It was a 7.5 hour drive but we all survived and it was actually much easier than flying! We spent the week hiking and hanging with the kids. One day Matt and Aurora actually climbed all the way up the mountain and rode the chairlift down. She was so proud!

Mimi and Papa came to visit and take care of the house and dogs while we were in Deer Valley. They came up a few days before we left and then stayed a few days after we got back. It was perfect to get two mini visits with them. They also got to pretend that they already lived in Denver for a week and just relax here.

Aurora started Kindergarten at The Logan School! She has loved it from second one and never had a moment of being nervous or scared, just super super excited. Coming from the girl who cried almost every time we dropped her off at Temple Emanuel that is really saying something.

Connor also started school! He is a Squirrel Nutkin -- 2's class at Paddington Station :) He goes MWF mornings and seems pretty happy. It is a whole new experience so he is rightly a little cautious, but we haven't had any tears yet so, YAY!

Cooper at 10 months -- I can't believe I don't have any notes here for July or August!! Yikes.

September 2014

September was mostly just settling in at preschool. Aurora has been having a very rough time with drop off so her amazing teacher, Miss Jennifer, suggested we come 10 minutes early to let Aurora settle in. It is still not perfect but there is no more kicking and screaming. I'll take that as a win.

Aurora and her buddy Gwen at Temple

Matt and I decided to look for a condo rental in the mountains this year. Aurora is going to be starting ski school and it is way to far to drive up and back in one day. A friend of mine has a cabin in Blue River (just south of Breckenridge) that they don't use very often so we went up for the weekend to check it out.

We also hit the mountains for Pete & Nicole's wedding. Miss Lauren came up to watch the kids so both Matt and I got to attend the wedding together! It was a beautiful wedding in Beaver Creek and so much fun.

Breckenridge

-- Connor at 10 Months --

You are pulling up and starting to cruise! Your sister says she can't wait until she can walk around with you :)

You are a pickier eater than your sister, but I think you are eating more volume than she did at this age.

We finally figured out that you have eczema which is causing the scaly patches of skin on your back and shoulders. We put a humidifier in your room and have stopped giving you a nightly bath which have both helped a ton.

2 naps a day -- one around 9:30 and the other around 2.

You are finally sleeping at night! You go down around 6:30, wake at 5 to eat and then go back to sleep until about 6:30. After a few night with Dada on duty you seemed to have decided that it isn't worth the trouble to wake up if you aren't going to get fed.