Silverwood

Every year the kids' school has a reading contest where if they read 900 minutes in a 1 month period, they get a free ticket to Silverwood. Well, Logan met his goal and got one. It was valid until September 26, 2010, except for weekends during the summer months. Needless to say, since I wasn't about to take all the kids by myself on a weekday, we were going to have to wait until summer was over. We had gone to Costco and bought tickets for me and Rob and had planned to go on the 4th of July, but it was freezing cold and raining that day, and that's when we went and stayed at Silver Mountain. So, me, not being able to let our tickets go to waste, insisted that we go on Saturday, September 25th, NO MATTER WHAT! So we (Rob and me and my sister) took our 'older kids' and their cousin, McLaine to Silverwood. It was such a beautiful day and we all had a blast. My mom was so awesome (as usual), and watched Hudson, Berkley and Olivia while we went. Let's just say it's not the most fun place to take a 3 and 2 year old that don't like to be left behind, and a baby. Makes me ill just thinking about it. ;)

Me and Travis

My first time going on "AFTERSHOCK". Jeana and McLaine were sitting next to each other, Rob was waiting with the kids, so I was riding "single". So I asked this kid next to me if I could ride with him. He was so funny. While we were buckling in, he told me that the scariest part is the beginning when you go backwards really fast and that I should just hold my breath, cuz the rest of it was alot of fun. I told him that I'd done the "Panic Plunge", and he said he doesn't do that ride. Anyways, a few hours later, we're walking through the park and I hear "HI!" and it was Travis. I had to get a picture with my rollercoaster buddy!

Berkley was eating her cereal yesterday morning and she was just talkin up a storm and I wanted to get it on tape. Unfortunately whenever I try to get her on video, the minute she sees it, she stops. So I had to 'secretly' videotape her, which is why it's not totally centered. Luckily she didn't stop, because we got "Soo big" on tape! :)

"Sooo big!"

Just so Berkley knows what she was doing when her brothers and sister started school...

Bros

I love that I can buy matching shirts for the boys! LOL Rob has 2 older brothers and his grandma would always buy them all matching shirts. Rob has 2 pictures from elementary school where he is wearing the same shirt, because there was a hand-me-down from his older brother for him to wear the following year! LOL Awesome. Maybe Hudson can wear Logan's shirt on his 1st day of kindergarten!

Logan and Hailey's 1st day of school 2010

Logan 4th grade; Hailey 1st grade

Hudson's First day of (pre) school

This year, I decided to "try" to put Hudson in preschool. We "tried" putting Logan in when he was 3 and he screamed and cried for 2 whole weeks, so I pulled him out and it was the best decision!

Hudson started preschool a day before Logan and Hailey's first day. It was really weird, because usually preschool doesn't start until after the elementary does, but for some reason, it was a day before. He was so excited to take his Superhero backpack to school and be such a big kid! He did really good when I took him in and hung up his backpack and everything, but the excitement soon turned into "wait, my mom doesn't stay with me?" Then the tears and hanging-on-to-my-leg-for-dear-life began. I helped him find a "center" to play with and gave him a kiss and left. Oh my gosh, it broke my heart. After school that day, they said he just sat in the "house" center and wouldn't join the other kids for circle time. I think he did warm up enough to have snack, but it was heartbreaking for me to hear. He cried for the first 2 weeks.... but just on Tuesdays (the days that I would take him). My friend that I started carpooling with said that he never cried when she took him. He's such a little stinker! I'd been being played the whole time! LOL Anyways, he's great now. Every once in awhile, he'll still get a little emotional and grab my leg and want another hug, but for the most part, he excitedly asks if he has school tomorrow. It's hard to explain that he only goes on Tuesdays and Thursdays! :)