This summer has gone by sooo fast and I can't believe that the girls' birthdays are almost here already! Taylor is going to be 4 (and going on 14 at times) and Sami is going to be 2 and I can't believe how fast time has flown in the last 4 years! I can remember being pregnant with Taylor and only have to worry about myself and now I have 2 kids AND MYSELF to worry about...not to mention Mike and the dogs! We had a busy summer of camping, mike and I both playing softball, and spending lots of time with Family and Friends. I think every weekend "something" came up even though we were looking forward to a quiet weekend at home...yeah, I don't think that ever happened! LOL
Taylor was in the pre-school program at Bear Buddies for a while this year and she loved it! (not the actual pre-school program but for her age group) She learned soooo much and it was super good for her to interact with all of the other kids and they were soooo wonderful there! I put her in daycare with Sami recently to save on some dough and she is so much more advanced than where she needs to be right now since she can't start actual pre-school until she is almost 5 because of where her birthday lands. :( I didn't want her to be bored and know too much when she starts either. She is my little mother hen, little miss attitude, and definately a Mini-Shlee!!! It scares me sometimes to see how much of me rubs off on her! haha - I often hear her and Sami playing in the bedroom (mommy and baby) and she tells Sami to do things in the same tone and words that I often tell them. "Now Sami, Im not telling you again...be nice or you are going to bed" - Wow...I better watch myself! haha
Sami - wow Sami has gotten so much bigger, smart, mature, and not so babyish in the last few months. She is our little brute child. She doesn't cry forever when she falls or gets a scrape (unlike little Miss thing as mentioned above), she doesn't mind getting dirty or when her hair is messy, she kind of growls at times, and she likes to be picked on by dad a lot more than Taylor does. She loves the in-home daycare that she has been going to and loves all of the other kids and Lois tells me that she is the one that she can understand the most and there are I think 3 kids the same age as her. I sometimes think there is a little devil in her as she always looks at us out of the corner of her eye before she takes off after something or when she is doing (or going to do) something that she knows is wrong. She is the little comedian of the family and there is never a dull moment with her. AND she has finally started sleeping through the night in the last few months! Yes...I did say finally at almost 2 years old...she is (for the most part) sleeping through the night!! WOO HOO
Mike and I were busy all summer with softball and of course our camping trips. We went to Glenwood City for our annual Memorial Day camping trip, Shell Lake for the 4th of July and spent some time at the Durand's as well up there, The Dells (without the kids) for the Amery vs. New Richmond annual golf showdown with the Gibsons, Parnells and Flattens and a couple others trips. Amery won the golf showdown this year and I will post pictures of the guys in the fabulous outfits! I had a couple of softball tournaments this summer which were lots of fun! Our tournament up in Barnes was a great trip again this year! Never fails...but I do admit that is one tournament I can only handle once a year!
Well, I know I am forgetting some things but this will get us started. We are getting new family pictures taken on October 6 so I will post them when I get a chance!
