Excited about School Starting

Alex and Brady are so excited for school to start. We just bought their backpacks and lunch boxes. Pretty typical-princess and spider-man. But I thought it was a cute picture, both kids half naked. Excited but sad at the same time-both kids starting school next week. Big changes, they are no longer my little babies!

Swimming Lessons

My kids are taking swimming lessons at the Monterey Sports Center pool and they are loving it. I am especially excited because it's Brady's first time doing swim lessons by himself. Brady is a Sea Turtle and Alexandria is an Otter. Alexandria is totally swimming. It's amazing-she's not a baby anymore. She's starting kindergarten and swimming all by herself in the deep end. Brady is of course more than the teacher can handle. He's jumping up and down and messing around. The teacher keeps the kids on the stairs while she works with each kid individually. Of course, the other kids can't sit still so Brady's messing around and he slips off the last step. He's under the water trying to get back to the stairs. I am freaking out!!!!! Alex is in the water about 5 feet away from him so I yell to Alex to grab him, she doesn't hear so by now I am about to jump into the water. Another swim instructor about 2 feet away from Brady turns around and grabs him. I was so scared-Brady was fine but it definitley freaked me out!!!!! I may not be ready for him to be a big boy yet.

We have been to the strawberry patch many times in the last couple of months. We went as a family, with playgroup, with aunts, uncles, grandma and our cousins. The kids love it. They have become professional berry pickers. The strawberry patch is in Watsonville, California; about 20 miles from home. They also sell pies, have haystacks and a tractor for the kids to play on.

Disney Land

We had fun on our trip to Disney Land! The kids loved meeting Mickey Mouse. Alexandria is all girl and loved meeting Sleeping Beauty. She also met Cinderella and Snow White. Brady loved meeting Buzz Lightyear. Brady had big eyes and a big smile when he met him. Of course when I took the picture he looked freaked out! Brady also met goofy and Pluto. The kids loved all the rides except the ones that were enclosed, like Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Snow White's Scary Adventure and Pirates of the Carribean. The darkness and the loud music scared Alexandria to death. We were gone 4 days; 2 days for travel, 1 day at disneyland and 1 day at California Adventures.

New at blogging

This is my first time blogging. I am still trying to figure out what I am doing. Everyone in Monterey blogs so I thought I better get started.