There's nothing that can put me in a better mood than a great weather day. On Tuesday we hit our 25th consecutive day of 100+ temperatures. When it's 108 outside you just can't take a little one out. And if there's one thing Rylynn loves, it's being outside. She will stand at the back door and cause a dramatic scene just begging me to open door! Well, yesterday the temperature dropped! It was a wonderful 25 degrees cooler. So yesterday evening we spent a lot of time outside playing :)
Sunday afternoon, Rylynn realized just how awesome walking can be. She suddenly decided that it would be better to just walk instead of crawl... and so she is. She hasn't slowed down since! Her teacher couldn't believe how she was suddenly cruising around the classroom on Monday. It took her 15 1/2 months to decide to do it, but she still beat her mom who was 16 months old before she was walking!!
One more thing to celebrate in this house is our great week at school! It took 2 1/2 weeks, but yesterday was the first day I dropped Rylynn off and there were no tears!! Yay! She really enjoys her days there now and I am thankful to be getting so much more work done during my day.
I hope you all are having a great day! Until next time :)
With love. . .
8.26.2010
8.16.2010
What a week
I'm not sure who this past week was harder on, me or Rylynn :(
Each morning Rylynn was excited to arrive at school, in fact, the first day she didn't even care that I had left. I was so proud, but also a little heart-broken that she didn't cry when I walked out. However, when I came to pick her up on that afternoon and each afternoon that week. She was upset. Ms. Mitzi, her teacher, is very encouraging about her progress and says that it may just take a little more time for her to really be comfortable all day. Some days she has good mornings and sometimes better afternoons, but I am having an awful time with the adjustment. She has already brought home a beautiful art piece and a coloring sheet. And we've been working on counting with our fingers. She loves to try to hold her fingers correctly although they are not even close to right yet!! I know she will learn a lot and she likes seeing her new friends. The great thing has been that each evening we've been able to spend quality time together because I've had productive days at the office.
Here's my big girl on her first day of school!! 
This is Rylynn's nap mat I sewed. The teacher claims she lays quietly talking to herself even when she's not sleeping.
Last week we went out to the ranch with Daddy for a little while. Rylynn LOVES seeing the horses and cows and "driving" the truck around the ranch. It's just so terribly hot we can't enjoy much time out there right now.
Just cruising around the pasture!
On Friday night, Gilly, Rylynn and I headed up to Sweetwater so that we could spend Saturday visiting Gilly's great Aunt Fay in Rotan. The big city of Rotan holds a lot of family history for Gilly. His mom's family is from there and has ties to the farm land still today that dates back for generations. Rylynn and Jackson had not yet met Fay so it was great to see her and introduce the little munchkins. We spent time on the farms, visited the cemetery and of course finished it off with a big meal at DQ! That's the only way to wrap up a trip to Rotan!!
Pictures from the farm. Think they are going to have a good year for cotton!
I'm so proud that Rylynn has now learned to fold her hands as we say grace and she likes to repeat Amen when we are done. So in church yesterday she shouts Amen after a quiet reflective prayer. Oh well, atleast she was participating!! So here's a question for all you parents... how do you get a toddler to last an hour during church?? All she wants to do is get down and play. She enjoys the first 15 minutes or so by dancing to hymns and folding her hands when directed, but then we lose it!! She's even a terror in the cry room because we try not to let her run around and try to make her sit between Gilly and I in the pew. Please someone tell me what is the trick?
I'm hoping Rylynn has a better week at school and I can feel better about our decision to send her. Everyone enjoy their last week of summer before it's all over until next year!
With love . . .
8.05.2010
Time for School to Start
Gilly and I are getting geared up for Rylynn's next big adventure. On August 9th Ry will begin day school here in Lampasas. A local church has begun a new program in a great new facility and Ry will be one of their students. This was a terribly hard decision to make, but Gilly and I feel that it was ultimately the right decision. I have been lucky enough that over the past 15 months Rylynn has been able to stay in our home with the help of sitters and family. But she has become such an active little girl that I can not devote the time she needs each day while I work as well. I want to make sure that she is stimulated, challenged and learns to interact with others.
I know that along with lots of little ones comes lots of little germs and I pray that her heart and body can be strong against the winter-time yuckies. It will be great for her to build up her immunities, but we will have to be careful that she can handle it. Luckily, there will be only four little ones in her class... Yay!
It's so difficult for a woman to try to be the best mom, the best spouse and the best employee. I think ultimately this change will improve me in all three ways even though it's hard to think that having someone else nurture Rylynn all day will somehow actually make me a better mom, but I know she will get what she needs from the ladies there. Then at the end of the day, when I bring her home, she and I can spend our quality time playing with Daddy!! I sure will miss her though. (And probably worry about her as well) :(
Keep us in your thoughts and stay posted for a report on how the first week goes.
With love. . .
I know that along with lots of little ones comes lots of little germs and I pray that her heart and body can be strong against the winter-time yuckies. It will be great for her to build up her immunities, but we will have to be careful that she can handle it. Luckily, there will be only four little ones in her class... Yay!
It's so difficult for a woman to try to be the best mom, the best spouse and the best employee. I think ultimately this change will improve me in all three ways even though it's hard to think that having someone else nurture Rylynn all day will somehow actually make me a better mom, but I know she will get what she needs from the ladies there. Then at the end of the day, when I bring her home, she and I can spend our quality time playing with Daddy!! I sure will miss her though. (And probably worry about her as well) :(
Keep us in your thoughts and stay posted for a report on how the first week goes.
With love. . .
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