I think the girls were almost as excited about the rehearsal dinner as they are about the wedding tomorrow! Sarah & Henry had a spectacular hug that ended in both of them in tears toward the start of the evening. Sarah & Henry went back to the hotel before dinner was served (I had taken the kids out to eat in advance) but Anna was really insistent that she stay. Thank goodness my mom was able to come stay at the hotel with us so I could go back and enjoy the rest of the dinner, too. (Thank you, mom!)
September 2011 Archives
Guess who didn't want to go on the walk?
The kids, Anita, & I went on a nice walk this morning. Although Henry really didn't want to go along and wanted to go home once we got to our destination, he was briefly distracted by some fun rocks along the way. The girls had a great time, however, and we all enjoyed being in the cooler Colorado temperatures.
Dipping leaves in wax with Nana
We stopped at Opa's house on the way to Anita & Brian's because Henry just loves cuckoo clocks. (He got interested in them because of Richard Scarry's "The Best Mistake Ever" book.) Opa gave us a little cuckoo clock to take home, too.
Another note about today is that Anna started talking to Opa! We were all surprised and pleased.
Pulling the airplane out of the hangar.
Henry was not interested in checking out the plane.
She wanted a picture of her on the plane but did not want to go up in the air.
Brave Sarah wanted to go for a ride in Grandpa's plane!
Now Craig has the camera and we (grandma, Anna, Henry, & I are all back in the hangar.
Sarah was quiet and nervous the whole time.
Back on the ground we are checking out the Tiger.
Anna & I went to the Houston Ballet's performance of Giselle tonight. We were scheduled for Saturday's matinee performance and to get to go backstage and meet the performers but we are going to be in Colorado on Saturday! We have the "Jr. Patron" tickets for three other shows this season so we will look forward to going backstage at the Nutcracker in December.
Sarah's school had "Donuts with Dad" today. Sarah was so excited to show Craig her new school but they didn't have any donuts, just bagels!
Henry had his real first day of school today. He did fantastic! He was also incredibly tired at the end of the day. I am so happy about how this school and the teachers seem to fit him. It was also really strange for me to not have him freak out like the girls did on their first days of school at this age. He didn't even care to say to goodbye to me!
We took Henry's "first day of school" pictures today just in case his appointment was finished in time for him to go.
Henry had his Early Intervention appointment today and although I suspected that he didn't really need it anymore, I figured we had to do a bit of work to get the appointment so we should keep it and see what they say. Basically he is at or above his level in all areas and they said his speech is at a normal stage considering he has only had a month on the Claritin and hearing (hopefully!) normally. I'm glad to know that we are on the right path with the Claritin helping us. The appointment did take so long though that we missed his first day of school so he will start next week instead.
Anita came to visit us today! I stayed home with Henry while Craig & the girls picked up Nana from the airport, went to lunch, and then went to the Museum of Fine Arts.
Henry was not excited from the minute he put on shin guards and his soccer socks.
Henry was that kid who cried and had to leave early.
Sarah was excited from the time she put on her shin guards and soccer socks.
Sarah had wanted to play soccer long ago but chickened out last year when it was time to sign up. This year I saw that Henry could also do a soccer class at the rec center so I signed them both up (they are in separate classes) with the hope that if Henry did it, Sarah would be more interested. Henry hated his first class and Sarah loved it.