Chatty Korbin

Bless his heart, he can't keep his mouth quiet!!!!  Korbin got off the bus today and told me he got in trouble again today, and sent to his desk because he was TALKING!!!!  I sat down with him and tried my best to explain that I was so happy that he liked to meet new friends, but that when it is teacher time the lips need to stay zipped!

Kenzi has decided that she is going to be a singer and is writing songs with the neighbor girl,  I think Santa is going to have to bring her Rockband for Christmas.  Her newest saying is "ya got a little dirt in your skirt"  I don't know why but the way she says it makes me giggle!

I love those 2!

First Grade - First Day!

I can't believe that Korbin is in FIRST GRADE!  His best friend is in his class, and they already got a warning on their first day for talking.  Now, as a mom I should have probably been a little bit upset but deep down I was happy that he wasn't like me.  I was so shy in school that I hated it, and it took forever for me to get the guts to say Hi to someone.  Korbin is completely opposite, he loves school and looks forward to each day.  He even does his homework without a fight. (Although I am not the happiest that he has 4 pages of homework and a new little book to read EVERYDAY!!!) My neighbor and I discuss it every night like it will disappear if we just complain about it enough.  

The Rainstorm

A teacher of mine once said to me when it rains it pours!  I remember looking at her and asking what she meant, now I know!  

On Tuesday Korbins bunny died, I wanted it to disappear, but I didn't wish for its death!  We let it out that morning and he would not let us pick him up, he would thump his back feet and run, he bit Korbin and after that, I was done with him.  Later that afternoon I needed to let our dog in the back yard and so I had to get the bunny in the cage, and that is when I found poor Thumper dead in the grass, the oddest thing is I just don't know how he died. Korbin cried and I held him, but later all was fine . . . WHY????  The cat that I thought was a boy cat had it's kittens under our bed!  5 of them, or so we thought.  Now there are only 4, John swears he picked up 5 when he originally put them in the box.  Bailey (our dog) loves them, she picked one up and took it out to the living room in the middle of the night when they were about 5 hours old . . . I am still wondering if that was number 5?????  Then the rainstorm really hit; my mom went in for her chest pains that she has been having and found out that 2 of her valves to her heart were 90% clogged!  We are so lucky that she is still with us. I love her to death and I don' know what I would do without her.  She now has 2 metal shank things in her valves to keep them clear.

In the coming weeks Bailey (the dog) will have her first litter of Golden Retrievers, this I am very excited about. Kenzi will go back to pre-school, and Korbin will start first grade tomorrow.  I just hope that our rainstorm will soon pass, and things can go back to our semi normal ciaos.  Oh and I started a new job.  I no longer work in Logan, but I am back in Salt Lake City working for Rastar.  It is a fun and challenging job!

My Saturday Promise

Korbin does not forget ANYTHING!!!! I told him when I went out of town last month that when I got back if he was good for his Grandma and helped her with Kenzi that I would take him on the Front Runner and we would go to the Gateway Mall to play in the fountain and visit the Childrens Museum on Saturday. Last Saturday he asked if we were going and I told him we were too busy, but could go next Saturday. So . . . he woke up came in my room bright eyed and asked me, "When are were leaving!?!?"

We had a lot of fun, we got to the Front Runner station a little bit late because I had to have a Diet Coke, but after we left the station we had fun on the train. We went to the Museum first, and then to the fountain to cool down. We had dinner at Costa Vida, and topped it off with a Bens Cookie . . . oh they are so good, and I can feel the extra pound they put on me.

Kenzi Shopping at the store

Korbin building at the construction site.

Korbin loved the marble game.

AND THEY BOTH LOVED THE FOUNTAIN!