Back in the Saddle Again

We finally did it. We got off our butts and had an active family outing. Since Dolphins ended in Aug, we've been laying low, real low, but not now! We dragged Nick's Yamaha motorcycle and my Polaris quad out to El Mirage, near Palmdale/Victorville, a mere 2 hour trip. It was soooo much fun. Ty rode w/ Nick and Marley rode w/ me. The place is so huge that we rode for nearly 5 hours and covered maybe 1/10 of the park. We're hoping we can go every Saturday and get away with riding w/ the kids for now and get them a quad later on... I can't wait go again.

Our Student of the Month

Marley won Student of the Month at school! We are so excited and proud of her. Since Marley is such a great student and won this terrific award, she gets special privileges in class all month. Now, Marley being Marley, she is not very forthcoming with information. I have been able to eek out the benefits bit by bit and the best part so far is being "line leader". Well, when you are 6, it doesn't get much better than that. Hey, where's my bumper sticker?

A Big Boy Now

My baby is 4. What am I going to do? Nick asked me if I wanted another and I said, "No, I just want the ones I have to stay little!" As much as I (as well as Marley & Ty) would like a 3rd, I just really don't think I can handle it. Not that it would, I just don't want to replace the memories I have of Marley & Tyler. As it is now, I can barely remember Ty as a toddler. How sad is that? My memories of Marley are much more vivid. Maybe it is because she's my first and all I had to focus on was her. When Ty came along I had 2 in the mix along w/ a puppy. It can't be that I have permanent pregnancy brain... nooo!

Anyway, back to the subject at hand. My little man is 4. He is so excited about being a big boy. He wants big boy toys and doesn't really want a lot of adult help (good and bad). Sometimes he even puts himself down for a nap, WHAT? This is the kid that wanted me to sleep with him every night, which I did for quite sometime. Now he goes into his room, hops into bed and takes a nap w/o so much as a peep? Now I'm sure some of you are thinking, "Yeah, that's normal" but it's not in my household. Thank god he still needs me at night, they both do. Sometimes I secretly like it, reminds me that I'm needed.

Now that the big day has come and gone, I'm better. I was really sad on his birthday, but I got through it. Gosh, too much this past month, he started preschool, turned 4, what's next a girl friend? Now that would CRUSH me! I'll post pics soon.