Emilee has a Friend Party

Emilee was turning 6 so we decided to let her have her first friend party. We rented a bounce house and bought pizzas and soda. Do I hear a vote for parents of the year.

The bouncehouse in all its glory

I am not sure if am more proud Emilee survived are parenting to reach 6 or the phineas and ferb birthday cake she picked out

The gang stopped the bouncing for two seconds to pose for a picture

Emilee's cousin carter had so much fun he took a nap in the middle of having fun

Emilee Starts School

On Aug 22, 2011 Emilee started school at Sam Morgan Elementary

Emilee was signed up to attend fremont Elementary. After notice of failing test scores over two years Julie and I decided to apply for a variance and get Emilee in a better performing school.

Emilee's teacher is Mrs. Moore. Emilee comes hoem everyday eager to show her projects and letter she has learned that day.

The only complaint is that recess is not long enough. There is never enough play time

Misguiding Parents

Over the last couple of weeks has been an adjustment as Emilee has started kindergarten. My fail came as last Monday I was to pick Emilee up from Kindergarten. For some unknown reason I thought class ended at 11:50. This must have been because school starts at 8:50, so class should be four hours. Wrong class ends at 11:30. There I was hanging out in the parking lot at 11:50 with no other parents around. As i sat in the car waiting Emilee was in the office waiting for her daddy to pick her up. I took some phone calls, made some texts with no clue. I did think it was odd that there were no other cars or parents waiting. I finally got out of my car and was walking around as I was on the phone and here comes Emilee with one of the schools office people. What a dork I am.
I was only to be outdone by mom the next day. Emilee has been playing fall soccer. All but one of her games has been at 6pm. Not on this night, the game was at 5pm. Julie was home cleaning and cooking unaware that the game was going on. When Julie arrives she thinks she sees the coaches wife leaving. As she pulls up there is no blue jersey to be seen. Emilee is on the blue team. The tears immediately start flowing as she realizes she missed her game. To add gas to the fire it was Emilee's turn to bring the treats. She was very excited to hand them out at the end.
I guess it is true that a parents job is to ruin the life of their children, So in that case this pass week we have been successful.

Burrito

Just when you think you have things figured out in life a curve ball comes your way. Yesterday we spent new years eve with Friends. Carly was being a pill, it did not help that she was up two hours past her bed time.
I took Carly to calm her down and hopefully get her to sleep. She was a wiggle worm and still wanted to play. When she was first born the only way we could get her to sleep was wrapping her up in a blanket. She was always wrapped up like a little burrito.
This did the trick. Within seconds she was quite and calming down and within minutes she was fast asleep.
times like this are why i love being a daddy to two beautiful princesses. These quite times when it is just me and i can see the love in their eyes.
It almost gets to the point that you start thinking of adding another. Well that is going a little extreme.
I do miss the naps with Emilee on my chest as a baby. I miss the time with Carly wrapped like a burrito at two in the morning. Life was so exciting sleep to her is not a requirement but almost a punishment.
Lets hope as a new year comes around we can look at the past and be reminded of all the blessing we have been given. Lets also hope we can look in to the future and be prepared for what ever is in store

Discipling Imaginary Friends

Emilee the other day comes to Julie and i and said that her imaginary friend Kasey pushed her and that it hurt her feelings. Julie and i were shocked and did not know how to react. So now not only do we have to worry about Emilee and Carly but we must also figure a way to discipline imaginary friend.
The joys and funny moments of parenting are never at rest.

Carly has a stay in the Hospital

Carly for the last week or so was under the weather. She could not keep anything down as she threw up or peed out her butt. On Saturday Julie took Carly in and she was dehydrated. They could not find a vein in the doctors office for an IV so Julie was off to Mckay Dee hospital. Luckily we had great care and for the first time in a week Carly went 24 hours without vomitting. Carly only was in the hospital overnight and now is home trying to help daddy with homework. Here are some pictures of her stay.

Nine Years of Marital Bliss

Julie and I celebrated are ninth anniversary last night. We decided to spend the day shopping for swingsets and things for the yard. We then got all dolled up and went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner. Lagoon provided the dinner on the account of ten years of service I have provided.
It was a nice evening to set and talk about the past, present and future of are family. We both decided it was worth pushing through for another nine years.
Coming upon this achievment and still married brought great joy to Julie and I. Looking around at the world and their views on marriage and that if things get tuff it is ok because there is always divorce. I am happy to say that it has not always been good, and we have had are share of ups and downs. In the end we stuck it through and are still madly in love.