Visiting Santa

Today we attended the Taylorsville, KY Farm Toy Show.  I know I have blogged about this particular show before, so I'll try to keep it short and get to the pictures.  We love this show because there is more than just the vendors selling farm toys.  There are vendors selling crafts, there are farm toy displays, there are tables with crayons and coloring pages, there are pedal tractors, and there is Santa and Mrs. Claus!

Julianne was not excited one little bit about visiting the Claus family.

I think Mrs. Claus was a little terrified of my crying little one!

Until next time...

Preschool 2013

That's right...Little Miss started preschool this morning!

She was able to see Daddy before he left for work, and was all excited about going to school and meeting new friends.

She let me know she was done with pictures by sticking her tongue out at me...

When we got to school, she was still doing great.  She talked to her teacher a little, and I gave her one last hug and said I would be back in a few hours.  That's when the tears started streaming down her little face.  And in a complete turn of events from yesterday, Momma didn't shed any tears!

How crazy is that?
Dallas - no tears; Momma - crying fool.
Reba - crocodile tears; Momma - no tears...

I'm sure she was fine within minutes of me leaving, and I'm sure she will be full of stories when she comes home.

Until next time...

Quick Blurp

Well, day 2 of pre-school didn't start so well.  Dallas started crying as soon as I turned into the parking lot this morning.  He was in full sobs by the time I walked out of the room.  Reba started crying as soon as I walked out the door, and I was crying by the time I reached the car.  Let's hope that he calmed down quickly and had a good day.  I'm off to go pick him up.

Until next time...

Update: as I was leaving the house to go pick up Dallas, guess what song was playing? 
Darius Rucker's It Won't be Like This for Long.

And will you believe that it was at this part of the song?

Four years later ‘bout 4:30
She's crawling in their bed
And when he drops her off at preschool
She's clinging to his leg
The teacher peels her off of him
He says what can I do
She says now don't you worry
This’ll only last a week or two

When I picked Dallas up, he was all smiles.  His teacher said that he did great after a few minutes, and she said that he is "really starting to open up."  Let's hope this gets easier with each day.

Until next time...

Sorry

Long time...no post. I'm sorry. It has been an exceptionally busy week for us. Here's a recap of our week.

Monday, I caught up the laundry from the weekend.

Tuesday, Doug and I had a meeting at church. Our church cluster has started a couples prayer series. It is a 6 week DVD series about learning to pray as a couple. It is rather enjoyable...except the traveling to Tama every other week. The first week of the series we were by far the youngest couple. This past week there was another couple close to our age...so it wasn't as awkward.

Wednesday, Doug, Dallas, and I went to Iowa City for a "reunion" of our Lamaze class. It was suppose to be a time to share our experiences of labor and delivery with the others that were in our class and with a new class that is about ready to conclude. {We had a few couples the last night of our class come back and speak with us.} Unfortunately, we were the only couple to remember the "reunion" date. It was still fun to see Shari again and show off Dallas!

Thursday, Doug's department got a great jump on planting so Doug didn't come home for lunch. But...it was the perfect day for that to happen because Laura called and invited Dallas and I to lunch! We ate at the Country Club and had wonderful visit. Laura is going to do a garden with us this summer...so we chit-chatted about that some, too.

Friday...today...Dallas went for his 2 month check-up. Here's his current stats: Height - 24 1/2 inches; Weight - 15 lbs 3 oz; Head Circumference - 17 inches. He is in the 90th percentile for his height, and over the 95th percentile for his weight and head circumference! (meaning...he is one of the bigger kids for his age!) He did get his 2 month shots...and did not like them at all. He cried (with tears) for a long time...finally went to sleep for 2 and a half hours, and then started crying again! When Doug got home at 5:30, he took over so I could have a break. I started mowing the yard, and stopped around 7:30 to feed Dallas. Since then...he has been back to his happy self.

We were going to go to a Kernels baseball game tonight, but decided to wait until Dallas felt better. I think we are going to try and go Sunday afternoon. Tomorrow, I am going to finish the yard and Doug is going to work up the garden space.

We hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Until next time...

Tears

Well, it finally happened. Dallas had his first real tears today. Now, when Grandma and Grandpa Robertson were out to visit the weekend after Easter, he was very close to tears one day. His eyes were wet, but no tears. Then, there was the other morning when Dallas lost control of his head and bounced the back of his head off the arm of the rocking chair. He cried some, but no tears.

Today...it was tears!

Here's what happened. Dallas and I were playing on the floor this morning doing some tummy time. Everything was going great. Then the dogs decided that they wanted to play as well. At first, the dogs were staying on their "side" of the living room floor, but then they lost track of where they were. The next thing I know, Charlie took a step backwards and stepped on Dallas. {I know...I should have had myself between Dallas and the dogs, but I was trying to get Dallas to turn his head and look to his left.} I'm not exactly sure where Charlie stepped on Dallas, but I'm thinking it was his arm. He didn't have any kind of marks on this face. When I picked him up and turned him toward me, the tears were forming and starting to fall. They didn't last too long, but it brought tears to my eyes that he was hurt.

All is good now. The weather was great today. The sun was out for most of the day. It was a bit windy, but what's new there! Doug took off work a little early and rented a yard sprayer from the hardware store. We sprayed some Round-Up on a patch in our backyard so we can make a garden! Let's hope that there wasn't too much draft and overspray! I guess we'll find out in a few days...

Until next time...