Sunday, September 4, 2011

A Week in Gilmer!

On Saturday, July 9th, Beck went to a class that I had signed him up for before we found out we were moving called Astrotots. I thought he would enjoy it since he's into space, planets and rocket ships but I was wrong. This class was for 3-5 year olds and the instructor informed the parents to wait outside the classroom. I was afraid of what would happen next because I knew he would not be happy that I couldn't be by his side. I watched him from the window in the hallway and he was sitting at the table in a chair with his head down but his eyes were looking at me. He looked so sad and did not participate in anything the lady did with the kids. She wanted the kids to get up and jump for a gravity demonstration and Beck would not do it. She also let the kids throw a rock in a tub of sand to show what a meteor does when it hits the moon but he would not do that either. He finally got excited when she gave the kids a rocket ship to color. Whew! I was so relieved when he got excited about coloring. The teacher glued the rocket ship to a toilet paper tube then attached an astronaut with a pipe cleaner. It was really cute! That was the last thing they did and he couldn't wait to show Daddy what he had made. (Because of of Kinsey's birthday and us moving, he never went back to this 4-week class.)

While we were at the Plano Rec Center, Kinsey was napping and Brent was loading up a U-Haul trailer with all of our stuff from the attic and a lot of stuff from our garage to take to a storage unit in Gilmer. He and Beck took off after lunch and Kinsey and I had a girls weekend. We had fun running errands and that evening we went to see Natalie, Jeremy and Addison. They recently moved into a house that has a lien on the loan so it could possibly go into foreclosure. They really want it so they are hoping to buy it at some point. The house is on a one acre lot and it is really nice. They have a few remodeling plans but can't do anything until they are able to purchase it. I really hope it works out for them!

Noah is still in town and Brent called on Sunday to see if it was ok if Beck stayed in Gilmer for the week. I knew Beck would have a blast with his cousins but he only had two sets of clothes and one set of pj's. Kiki said she would get him some clothes to get him thru the week. Katherine brought Ava, Lola and Otto so it was a fun fest for sure at Pops and Kiki's house! It looks like they had a blast at Chuck E Cheese...and Beck met new friends and their names are MacKenzi and Lidia which will be his new best friends once we move to Gilmer.

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They gathered every pillow in Kiki's house and had fun playing with them...I call it the mud pit but who knows where their imagination went with this creation.

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Brent was able to get a lot of painting done while Beck was gone to get the house ready to be put on the market. It was nice not having to fight with Beck to eat but I sure missed the little guy!

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