Labor Day, Preschool and Soccer

We had a fun and busy Labor Day weekend. My mom finished with her mission in Salt Lake and left on Saturday to drive back to Alaska. My Uncle Butch (who looks just like Santa Claus) flew down to drive back with her. So we spent Friday with them before they left. I am sure that having two little girls in her small apartment while she was trying to clean and move was not at all helpful. But we went to Discovery Gateway which is always a special treat for us and we probably won't go near as often without my mom living so close to it. We also had dinner that evening with my Aunt Ann and Cousin Shannon too, so it was really great. And it wasn't too bad to say goodbye to my Mom, because I know I will see her for Christmas.

Alexis being the checker in the grocery store.



Denali watching a ball she put into the tube get carried away.



Saturday we went to Swiss Days in Midway. Snow College had an Alumni float in the parade and we took the girls to be in it and help out. It was fun to be in Midway and we ate some yummy scones for lunch. Healthy huh! On Labor day I had big plans of all the things we would get done, but Alexis wasn't feeling well and I was exhausted and we spent a day of doing pretty much nothing.

Alexis had her first day of preschool. I was a little sad to think about how big she is growing. But she is so ready for school, so I am glad she has the opportunity to do it. She is not really a morning person and likes to stay up late. So believe it or not, 9:30a.m. to be somewhere is kind of tough for us. She came home sick on the first day. She hadn't been feeling well over the weekend, but I thought she was o.k. But being tired and the excitement, she came home with a tummy ache. Later that afternoon she was begging to have friends over to play though. Which I had to tell her no. But she was excited about it when she came home, even though she didn't feel that well.

Isn't she so cute?


She had her first soccer game on Wednesday. She really loves playing. She runs after the ball but has to wave and yell "Hi Mom!" every time she's running by. She doesn't think it is polite to try and kick the ball when someone else is already kicking it. I had to tell her that it was o.k. to try. And she was thrilled that she got a treat at the end of the game. We have to bring treats to the next game. Is it weird that I was just as excited to pick out treats as she was??? She is in the yellow shirt and bright pink skirt.


So today was her second day of preschool and she really enjoyed it, especially because they got to play outside. She came home singing this song that she learned.

"I'm a little apple, round and red. Here is my leaves, here is my stem. When I finish growing round and red, I fall off the tree and land on my head."

And to not show favoritism, we had some ice cream tonight and Denali thoroughly enjoyed it. So I had to take a picture.


I am 12 weeks a long today. I thought I was starting to feel better, but the last few days I have been totally exhausted. And I haven't been able to keep my breakfast down. Ugh. I am hoping that some of my energy returns soon.