The Life Of My Four Year Old

This last week Alyssa has started what is her last year of preschool before entering Kindergarten!  I can't believe she is going to be heading into that scary but exciting world of elementary school.  She has been so excited to go back to preschool and has been counting down the weeks/days until she returned.

When we met with her teacher and learned of the new stuff she would be doing this year that was different I couldn't wait for her to start.  This year she is going to have some home work that will involve writing and math.  It's not mandatory but if they do bring it back there is some incentive, a toy box!  Alyssa is so eager to start reading and I can't wait until she actually does. 

There are only four returning kids from her class last year including Alyssa.  Her class is full with twelve kids, nine of them being boys!  It seems though like it's going to be a good class.  She goes Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday mornings for two and a half hours.

She is doing dance again this year.  Her class is still half ballet and half tap.  I think next year we or she will have to make the decision as to which one she will take.  I'm sure she will pick ballet.  This little girl loves it and when I receive info. from the PNB or a commercial wants to go so badly! 
 
We have also kept her in swim because she is progressing so much and want to keep her going until she actually can swim on her own.  Mondays thru Thursdays are pretty busy for us!  Also starting in October which I guess is just a couple weeks away, YIKES, she is going to be starting Campfire Girls.  I'm really excited for this and what it will bring her.

There are going to be so many changes with her in this next year.  I can't wait to watch the growth in her!

Busy

The last month has been very busy for Cory and I.  Cory has been working an insane amount of overtime with all the festivals, sports, and his normal schedule.  I have been busy with the kids and getting stuff done around the house.  I apologize for the possibility of a long post or one with not too many details of events!

Alyssa was able to go down for a quick "girl time" trip with her Grandma Gail.  They did all kinds of fun stuff while together.  She was also able to go spend some time with my parents while there too.

When she came back we were busy with more activities and then both kids got ready to go back down for another adventurous week.  At this point I can't remember what all they did but I know they had fun and were exhausted when they came back!

That weekend Cory and I enjoyed two days in Seattle doing whatever it is we wanted to do.  The first night we went to this Cigar party on Lake Union and took an electric boat out and had cocktails.  It was a lot of fun as well as the company.

Saturday we got a corner suite at the Grand Hilton and enjoyed a night out on the town with some amazing dinner.  We ate at Wasabi, a sushi restaurant located in Bell Town.  It was so good. Then we went out for some cocktails and hit the Highway 99 club before heading back to the hotel.
The next morning we went out for Dim Sum in China town.  It was soo stinking good!  It's one of the places Cory goes to on shift.  It's nice sometimes having him work in the city to know where to go. 

After picking the kids up later that week we hit the Evergreen State Fair in Monroe, WA.  We headed there after Cory got home from work and had a great afternoon.  The kids loved it of course and we saw some animals and had fair food. 

That weekend my oldest sister came to town with her husband and visited.  It was great to see them and the kids had a blast.  I was surprised that they weren't shy with them because Alyssa hasn't seen them since she was about two and Knox obviously was a baby.  The kids had a great time showing off and all of that.  Sunday we hung out up in my neck of the woods and headed into historic downtown Snohomish.  We had lunch, ice cream, and walked around.  Monday before they left we headed into Seattle.  The first stop was Discovery Park.  I love this park.  I plan on taking the kids back there very soon!  After walking around and playing we headed down to Chinooks and had lunch and checked out the boats before saying our goodbyes.

On Tuesday I headed down to Longview for a few days with the kids to visit my nephew and his family.  It was great to hang out with all the kids together.  I think we all enjoyed ourselves.  The next day I headed to the beach with the kids for some play in the surf and a little shopping.  The next day headed on back home.  It was a very quick and busy trip but I needed to get back to take care of stuff before the big week started!

Phew....I think that pretty much caught us up for the rest of August and beginning of September minus a play dates, park excursions, museum outings etc.