This time my renewed commitment will be due to Steve & Afton Baxter's mission. I figure if they are going to write us once a week to keep us updated, I should try to do the same. In reality, "write blog post" has been on my recurring Sunday to-do list for a few months now, but I really don't look at my to-do list on Sundays! Maybe this will be the time that sticks??
This last week I've felt more accomplished than usual. I got some projects off my list that I've had for a long time, including Ruth's princess towel. I think I need to go back and add some jewels to the crown though, since it doesn't look as good as it did in the tutorial online...
Most elementary schools have a special playground that is just for Kindergarten, which I think is great. Except Tristan's school didn't have the rubber flooring installed until last week. It was KILLING him. He'd get in the van every day when I'd pick him up from school and say "Had another GREAT day... but the playground isn't ready yet." He was VERY excited when I picked him up today because it was the first day they actually got to play on it!
I also got school pictures back last week. I don't pay for them because I can get individual shots of the kids when we do family pictures, but I loved what came back this year. Tristan was "star student" during the week of school pictures, and I guess he forgot to take off his crown. And I have no idea what's up with Ben's smile.
Last Saturday we went hiking on the Bell Canyon trail with some ward members. We didn't go very far because it was very steep and hard to carry a 40 lb child. We stopped at a large pond (small lake?) and some of the kids took off shoes and waded in a little bit. When they got out, we discovered leeches. Luckily there weren't too many to pick off the kid's feet.
