Today is the very first day of school for many kids such as Ava, Noah and three newbies in Beck's preschool class. Beck has a three month start on preschool so we told him to show the new kids what to do. This week's theme is Ready, Set, Go and Mrs. Mason will begin lessons when we return from our trip which makes me happy that he won't miss anything.
Kinsey had her second dance class tonight and Daddy picked up Beck so he didn't have to sit there the entire time. She did a great job! I snuck out after Carla started teaching the class which consisted of 12 girls. I peeked in after Beck left and it was so cute watching her mimic Carla's dance moves! When the girls changed from tap shoes to ballet shoes, I went in to help which was a big mistake. Kinsey got really clingy. I stayed in there because it looked like Carla could use my help. She informed me that she's splitting up the class so I'm looking forward to hearing from her.
One day this week, I decided to let the kids make puffy paint and it turned out to be a mess but not as bad as the finger paint project we had a few weeks ago. It's super easy to make and the kids enjoyed mixing up the ingredients. After making our puffy paint, I put them in snack size zip-lock bags and cut a corner of the bag WAY too BIG which is why it got really messy. Oh well, we had fun and that's what matters. After making a picture, simply pop it in the microwave for 45 seconds and you instantly have a dried painting! We will definitely do this project again!
Beck really loves to paint and I finally got some new water color since the other one got ruined by mixing all of the colors. Kiki gave me some good advice on how to keep the colors. (Wipe them off when you put them up and the yellow will stay yellow and so on and so forth.)
On Thursday, we went to story time at the library and Beck found a brand new Star Wars counting book. He was so proud of it! Afterwards, we went to the pizza place and Beck fell asleep. He must have been really tired.
On Friday, I made Stephen's favorite dessert...banana pudding which was oh-so yummy. On the way to Longview, Beck asked me to take a picture of me with him. Aw, this kid just melts my heart. We met Daddy for dinner at McAlister's which is our new favorite place now that we know kids eat for $0.99!!! Bonus! Then, we went to Neena and Stephen's house to eat dessert. On the way to Neena's, Kinsey wanted my phone to watch Barney on Netflix and I told her to take one picture with me and then she could have it. This girl gave me the biggest smile! She really wanted the phone! Anyway, this was their first time to eat my banana pudding and they loved it. Neena wanted to know how I made it because it was so fluffy and she had never had pudding like that before. I love making things that people like to eat! I must get that from Mom. Stephen will be going back to Costa Rica while we are on our trip so this will be the last time we see him until who knows when. He might have to stay until January or he might get to come back sooner if their house sells. I'm just so happy that Mom is staying here!
It's been a fun and busy week! I've been doing stuff here and there in preparation of our trip such as taking the kids to visit Nanny, doing laundry, going to the grocery store and packing clothes for me, Beck and Kinsey. It's a lot of working getting ready for a week long trip but totally worth it!
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