Visited Cantingy in Wheaton (Chicago), IL. Totally cool estate and war museum!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Other summer activities
Wow! Summer has ended. I can't believe how quickly it went by and how I just plain ran out of time each evening and didn't get around to updating the blog. Of-course, going to China during the summer and all the adjustments afterwards pretty much shrunk up our "summer". So what did we do this summer?
Victoria - week long orchestra camp, rookie tennis lessons June through July, two weeks in China, cheer and tumbling classes, and swimming at the pool every day.
Carter - two weeks in China, rookie soccer lessons, and swimming every day. Summer soccer has turned in to fall and spring soccer league! Hockey sign up was last week. Sold old equipment and have a list for replacement items!
Addie - summer of change!! Discipline introduced that seems to finally be working. 1, 2, 3 Magic - highly recommend it!! We went from 45 minute temper tantrums to occassional 5 minute tantrums, and bed time is going smoothly. I can't even begin to express my gratitude to the writers of this book! After several weeks of tantrums, I threw out the notion that I need to give her a break because she's adopted. I realized she was working us and just wanted us to watch her fit. Pulled out the book and put it in place along w/ a tantrum notebook to document her behavior! We used this program on the oldest two when they were younger (and some now - much to their dismay), and it's working great on Addie too. 2 weeks of shorter fits and counting!
Victoria - week long orchestra camp, rookie tennis lessons June through July, two weeks in China, cheer and tumbling classes, and swimming at the pool every day.
Carter - two weeks in China, rookie soccer lessons, and swimming every day. Summer soccer has turned in to fall and spring soccer league! Hockey sign up was last week. Sold old equipment and have a list for replacement items!
Addie - summer of change!! Discipline introduced that seems to finally be working. 1, 2, 3 Magic - highly recommend it!! We went from 45 minute temper tantrums to occassional 5 minute tantrums, and bed time is going smoothly. I can't even begin to express my gratitude to the writers of this book! After several weeks of tantrums, I threw out the notion that I need to give her a break because she's adopted. I realized she was working us and just wanted us to watch her fit. Pulled out the book and put it in place along w/ a tantrum notebook to document her behavior! We used this program on the oldest two when they were younger (and some now - much to their dismay), and it's working great on Addie too. 2 weeks of shorter fits and counting!
Addie's birthday
Just realized that I don't have any pictures or comments from Addie's birthday back on July 13th! We had a fairly small party. Invited neighbors and John's parents over for cake and watermelon. Everyone gathered on the back porch for a nice evening visit. Addie's figured out the purpose of gifts - at least the ones she gets to open!!
First day at school
Everyone went to school on Monday, August 23rd. Carter and Victoria had 1/2 days, and Addie just went for an hour. Mom and dad went with Addie. We met her teacher, finished unloading her supplies, read a story, had snack, and looked at the class pets. Carter and Victoria reported good news about their teachers and schools. Carter is in 3rd grade and has Mr. Scott. Victoria is off to the big bad world of Junior High and sixth grade classes.
The 2nd day of school was a full day for everyone. Victoria reported that everything went well for her except lunch because they had issues with the pizza. Caused their lunch room group to make it to their next class late. Bus riding seems to be going okay, but she said they're going to have to add another bus to her route because they were sitting a minimum of 3 to a seat and some had 4 to a seat. Crazy!!
Carter likes Mr. Scott and complained that Mr. Scott doesn't have any hockey stuff in his room (he's a Packers and White Sox fan). But, he said Mr. Scott has a hockey stick somewhere in his room so it's Carter's task to find it. He knows several of the kids in his class and is sitting next to his friend Ira.
Addie apparently survived the day. Sam (our sitter) and I dropped her off in her class line in the North gym. All of the K, 1st and 2nd graders were in there - about 300 kids. I wasn't sure how she'd do when I walked off, but I'm not sure she even noticed. She was sitting with Peyton and seemed to be either overwhelmed or in awe. When we got to school to pick them up, Carter had already got her from her class and said the only thing the teacher said was that she had marker all over her. And she did!! At least it's washable!!!
I was expecting Addie to crash when we got home, but she was wound up instead. Everyone was! I had to tell everyone to STOP!! One at a time with papers to sign, checks to write, homework to discuss!!!!
The 2nd day of school was a full day for everyone. Victoria reported that everything went well for her except lunch because they had issues with the pizza. Caused their lunch room group to make it to their next class late. Bus riding seems to be going okay, but she said they're going to have to add another bus to her route because they were sitting a minimum of 3 to a seat and some had 4 to a seat. Crazy!!
Carter likes Mr. Scott and complained that Mr. Scott doesn't have any hockey stuff in his room (he's a Packers and White Sox fan). But, he said Mr. Scott has a hockey stick somewhere in his room so it's Carter's task to find it. He knows several of the kids in his class and is sitting next to his friend Ira.
Addie apparently survived the day. Sam (our sitter) and I dropped her off in her class line in the North gym. All of the K, 1st and 2nd graders were in there - about 300 kids. I wasn't sure how she'd do when I walked off, but I'm not sure she even noticed. She was sitting with Peyton and seemed to be either overwhelmed or in awe. When we got to school to pick them up, Carter had already got her from her class and said the only thing the teacher said was that she had marker all over her. And she did!! At least it's washable!!!
I was expecting Addie to crash when we got home, but she was wound up instead. Everyone was! I had to tell everyone to STOP!! One at a time with papers to sign, checks to write, homework to discuss!!!!
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