Catching up

Birthday Party for my awesome Brother in Law, Karl. They have misters. Ooooooo

Eleanor really likes the misters, if we ever get a porch I would definitely add those in.

Still a couple cool nights in June so we did camping in the backyard. Then Eleanor has asked at least 2 times a week since then if we can go camping again.

Warren said Eleanor stayed up super late so here she is sleeping in.

Birthday party for Eleanor's best friend, Charlie. The pool was super cold so we hit up the sprinklers.

I asked her to smile. :)

I am amazed at Eleanor's memory, she brings up trick or treating all the time, asking when we can do it again and if she can wear her lady bug costume.

Where has the time gone?

The latest photos of Eleanor and I. :)
Friday was Kentucky derby hat day at school, I found this hat and gussied it up with some of my hairclips, yeah nobody else had a kentucky derby type hat at school. :) Guess I am special.

Ah, my little Eleanor. She is so amazing. She will be turning 3 in a little over a month. We did potty training over spring break and it took like 2 days, then a week later I decided to put a little potty in her room so she could go at night instead of wearing a diaper and it worked. We are completely diaper free, it just floors me. She loves to sing and make up her own mixes of songs. On the way to church she sang yo ho ho I'm a pirate. She likes to mix in row row your boat. She can sing ring around the rosies super fast including the second verse and do the actions. :) She is a whiz at puzzles, her favorite is her princess puzzle. Takes her about 15 minutes. She loves to dance, twirl, and do balancing stuff. She is all about girly stuff. She can ride her bike or scooter around our block. And she is super happy and LOVES us. I love that she is a snuggler and a kisser. She makes me smile and teaches me so much patience. My awesome Eleanor.

It has been a busy spring. Warren was laid off and went back to school full time which was a big adjustment for him. He watches Eleanor 3 days a week and the other 2 days he goes to school and she goes to our friend Jackie(who is amazing). I've just been teaching away. Two of my schools finally figured stuff out and got me into a portable!! So now I teach 3 days a week in my own portable and 2 days on a cart, not too bad. :)

I was hired on as the new art teacher for Louis Wiener Elementary for next year! So excited to have my own room and we have been enjoying coming up with Wiener jokes. :)

Just found out I am pregnant. I'm at 6 weeks. I can't really celebrate or get all excited because I don't know if it will last or if I will lose this one too. We've decided that if I do lose it, this will be the last. I can't do that again. Otherwise, if everything is good we will have a baby sometime in the last week of December. We are hoping for that because I really want Eleanor to have a sibling, she is such an awesome kid I know she will be a great older sister. So I'm just trying not to think about it...

Whoo hoo only like 4 weeks of school left!!! I have some plans for fixing stuff up over the summer, working on my new art room, volunteering, working out , and hanging out at the pool.

I'll also be able to keep my blog a little more updated. :)

Ahh the holidays...

December was definitely a fun month. I think I will kind of recap the month in a list because it is simpler for my brain to think that way.

1. Teaching school was pretty great that week before break. We had a teacher conference day where I had no students. Then my kindergarten teachers canceled art class one day along with my last period of the day so I only taught 2 out of 5 classes that day. The last day of school was a little nuts but not as bad as I thought it would be.
2. We bought a tree this year. Usually we go and cut down our own but it didn't work out so we bought one and I Loved how soft and full it is. Our usual trees are pretty scraggly because they are desert pine trees.

3. Eleanor understood the whole Santa Clause thing this year so she had fun meeting him at the ward Christmas Party. We checked out a couple christmas board books and she wanted to read those every night and now she knows all the words that go with the season.

4. Eleanor Loves Christmas lights. We took her to the cactus garden at Ethel M and she kept saying "Look at these lights!" Also anytime we were driving at night she would point out the lights. Happily alot of people on our street like to put out lights so that made it festive.

5. This year Warren's parents went to AZ to visit their oldest daughter and her family so we got to have a  Christmas at home, which was extremely relaxing.

6. We were able to go bowling with my family on Christmas Eve(family tradition). We haven't been able to go since the first year we were married, because we usually spend Christmas Eve with Warren's family. Eleanor had fun bowling but mostly just running around with her cousins. Warren bowled his best score ever and beat everyone, I think it was like 122. 

7. The week before Christmas, Eleanor received a visit from Santa and his elf(Warren's cousin Andrew, and his sister Laurel) They brought her a present and visited a little. She was a little hesitant at first but was pretty happy at the end, especially when she got her first present to put under the tree.

8. Christmas morning, Eleanor slept in because she was so tired from bowling. I had to finally wake her up at 8:15. My sister who has 4 kids, gave us the scooter and bike since her kids had grown out of them. Eleanor loved those the best out of all her presents. I had a lot of fun this year just watching Eleanor open gifts and to see her reaction.

9. We went to church which was a nice break and it felt good to have an hour devoted to the real meaning of christmas. Then in the afternoon we went to my parent's house were we opened presents, ate food, and did the story of Christ's birth. I made a white dress for Eleanor to wear as an angel and she was so excited to get to be the Angel and wear her dress. She wouldn't take it off once we put it on. I'll have to ask Warren for a picture, he used his phone to do some since I was a shepherd.

10. We also did a holiday party with two couples that are the same age as us and they each have one kid. That was a ton of fun. We put the kids at one house with a babysitter and then all the adults came to my house and we did a ham and everyone brought food. It was enjoyable to just visit with each other and talk and play games. Definitely something we will have to do more often.

Overall, December was an awesome month. I enjoy the holidays so much more now that I have a little person to share it with. I'm grateful we were able to spend time with family and friends this month. It was a great month to remind us of what is important in the coming year. I hope everyone else had a wonderful Christmas too.