Super Heroes and Coffee

Milo this morning, heard Amelia and I talking about the grouchy aide at her school. He has been talking for the past few weeks about his plans to become a super-hero when he grows up. A real one, not like the pretend characters he reads about in books but, specifically, the first real non-fiction super hero the world has ever known. So in the car after we drop Amelia off, on the way to preschool, he tells me that when he's grown up and is a super hero, he will change the world so that the mean teacher can learn how to be kind to children. Then walking into school he asks me if coffee is good for adults to drink. So I tell him that drinking too much coffee isn't healthy, and coffee with lots of sugar isn't healthy, but drinking a little bit is ok. So then he says that when he's a grown-up super-hero, he's going to change the world so that coffee is healthy like medicine or vitamins.

He has other plans for bettering the world that I didn't commit to memory (or paper, or blog) but I am continuously so impressed at how caring and thoughtful this child is. He is turning out to be the most kind and insightful little boy and I am inspired by his love.

****This was written back in March of 2012.

Spring stuff

So two years might be enough of a break in between blog posts, eh? I'll do this one today then my lofty goal is to do another one within six months, wouldn't want to get all unrealistic on myself.

This fall semester will be my last official one here at the local community college. Finally. It's been a journey, that's for sure. I was fortunate enough to find an incredible preschool for Milo while I was in classes. This photo is from his last day there this past spring. He loved it there and absolutely thrived. It was one of those situations where Mama could breathe a sigh of relief after dropping him off instead of worrying. Whenever things got hectic in our lives and I was stressed to the max.... just knowing he had this calm, nurturing and loving learning environment to go to on a regular basis was huge. He has missed it this summer.

Amelia had an amazing last year in third grade. It was her first year at a new school but she adapted immediately and thrived like I've never seen her thrive in a classroom before. No small part of that was due to the incredible teacher she had. She is amazing. She gave Amelia opportunities to challenge herself and gain some independence and responsibility in her own education, and Amelia ate it up. This was the year Amelia turned into a playwright, actor, and director! She wrote a few plays during the school year and the teacher let her go around to different classrooms to recruit kids to perform them, and she directed and acted in them, too. It was awesome to see the natural leader in her come out. She also snagged the MC roll in the end of the year 3rd grade program, which was an absolute hoot to watch. 

This spring I finally made it to a Wilson family reunion back in Iowa with the kids, and I'm so glad I did. We are so lucky to be a part of a family with such rich history, not to mention such loving supportive people all around on all sides. 

I could sit and stare at this green all day long, I miss it. It just never gets quite like that out here in the wild, wild west! 

Mr. Snazzy Pants

Milo came out of his room this morning with a tie on and declared: "I want to look snazzy today."

Mission accomplished, I'd say!

The other day in the car Amelia was reading something and sounding out the word Yugoslavia. It sounded like "yoooo.... yoo-go.... yoo-go-sl...." And Milo chimes in "you go sledding!"

We were discussing where such-and-such animal lives (I think it was bears) and I suggested maybe there are some in Canada. Milo replied "No, nothing can live in Cannonda. It's just a land full of dirt with cannons buried under the dirt, so no people or animals can live there."

I love this kid so much!

A perfectly imperfect quick haiku....

...because I'm cheesy like that. What I'm thinking at the moment:

A sigh of relief,

Why has it taken so long?

Life begins again.

Hopefully more to come later. Hopefully not in the form of an emotionally charged haiku. We shall see.

Feeling grateful and just plain happy.

I love life. It can only get better from here. The end.

Some Spring and Summer

Spring and summer. Milo is on this little tricycle every chance he can get. If his mother wasn't in such denial about her baby growing up he might have a two-wheeler by now. But he loves it and it fits in the trunk, so it goes with us to the parks, to Grandma and Grandpa's house, etc... he's on it rain or shine. When he's not outside, which is pretty much at least 85% of the time, he loves cooking with me, of course his cars and trucks, and he's turned out to be quite the bookworm. Summer is the season for contstruction, and of course that means tractors. We love watching the tractors work! "Work" is a big deal with Milo, he loves being a big grown up "worker". It's usually very serious and important. And always exciting.

Amelia's 6th birthday was May 8th, and she had her very first birthday party with friends! We decided on a tea party, and did it all in pink, red, and white. It turned out pretty cute. The guests had their pictures taken with the birthday girl right away, then decorated frames. They sat and had tea and treats, then had a framed picture to take home as a favor. It was a lot of fun, and the birthday girl was thrilled with it all, which is exactly what I was aiming for. :)

Amelia has been taking a tap/jazz combo class and loves it. Nothing tops ballet though, it's definitely her all-time favorite. She has her first recital coming up in August but her dance studio had a "Preview in the Park" where she got to perform her dances in a relaxed outdoor setting. I was nervous for her, but she was all smiles and so excited to get up there and do her thing in front of everybody! It was a lot of fun. I can't seem to get video to upload here, so you'll have to just take my word for it... it was definitely cute!

And in other growing older news, I turned 30! AWESOME. Seriously. I told my little (ok younger, now that I'm old and mature, I'll finally admit that she's taller than me) sister that I've felt 30 years old since I was about 12, and now it's finally here. Not sure what that means, but that's that. And it really was the best birthday I've ever had. We went up to my mom's family's home-The Mountain- as if it's the only mountain in the world. It might as well be. And ate picnic deliciousness at Grandpa's picnic grounds, played a little bit, opened presents.....

I got a bike for my birthday! How cool is that?! Ice cold. I couldn't have been more giddy with delight because, get this... I haven't owned a bike since junior high school. Yeah. I know. About time, right?! So there's that. And note that big blue contraption above that the kids are sitting in? Just a small little accessory to go with the bike. Mmhmmm.

My stellar siblings built this bike for me, and my parents got me the kid trailer to go with it! I was pretty scared to actually get on it, like I wasn't going to remember how to balance and pedal and breathe all at the same time.

Nothing to worry about, I should have known. :) It was just like.... well, you know.

PS. Yes, I started this blog post back in June and am just now getting it published. That's how I roll.

Helloooo!

maybe?

Contemplating coming back to blogging. I miss it. But I feel like I should only do it if I can commit to doing it regularly. Hmm.

Hello

I love fall.

Quicky update

Amelia started full day kindergarten! She is enjoying it despite the fatigue, which I'm hoping will subside once we get more accustomed to this routine. She is making lots of new friends and loves her teacher.





I am getting back into the school groove with a couple online classes and also doing some work for my dad. Milo misses his sister during the day and is tagging along with me, but is being a trooper about it all.


We all feel like this a lot lately....

Hope you're enjoying the start of this new season as much as we are. :)