Where did September go?

I noticed I haven't really posted anything since the beginning of September. And so... here's what we've been up to.

Kate started taking dance...

Katelyn has been dying to start dance... probably because she loves music and dancing but I have to say a lot of it probably has to do with her loving her cousin Lauren and wanting to be like her in every way, and we've gone to see a couple of Lauren's dance recitals. All summer long she would say "I'm going to be three and then I'm going to dance." So, she is actually taking from Lauren's old dance teacher and gave us a huge compliment by saying that Katelyn reminder her of Lauren and looked like her too. So we were of course very flattered.

Sam started soccer...

I actually missed the deadline for soccer where we live, and so I was trying to decide what to do for Sam and my sister told me that there were still openings with her soccer and he could be on the same team as his cousin Aubrey... so as crazy as it sounds to drive to South Salt Lake to take Sam to soccer... I'm doing it. We've had a couple of practises and one game. The game is chaos. A bunch of kids just kicking and following the ball like a herd of sheep. I wont lie and say it was all fun and games... there were a few tears. But in the end I think Sam liked the game.

Anyway, that's what we've been up to on top of Sam's kindergarten and Katelyn's preschool. We've been busy! I can't believe it's October tomorrow.

Sam and his school song

Just a cute video of Sam singing a song he learned at school. I've found out that he doesn't really like to talk about his day very much. And he will occassionally surprise me by singing a song he learned at school, and he's even more willing to if I video him and he's able to watch it. (Don't mind the little girl in the video... she struggles to share the spotlight... but she's cute too).
And no, he doesn't have jam on his face... he got hit in the face with a swing.

Katelyn turns THREE!

I can't believe Katelyn is three. I know it sounds cliche to say time goes by so fast. But when I look at my kids, it's hard to believe, and the time does slip by too fast. If I listed all the things I love about Katelyn it would take too long so I will just list a few.
But first of all, I am glad that Sam and Kate have each other. They are VERY competitive with each other and I hope the friendship side always outweighs that side of their relationship. They definitely have their moments, but they are good friends and look out for each other. If she gets a snack or something while he's gone, she will ask for one for Sam. She is always thinking of Sam and misses him terribly now that he is in school. They are very different in a lot of things, but the one thing they both have perfected (and have inherited from their dad) is their ability to bargain. For example, last night Michael sent Katelyn to her room to timeout. She yelled from her room "Dad, if you let me out I will give you a present, if you don't let me out, I wont be your friend ever again!"
She's just too cute. I know I am biased. She is a little sassy sometimes but she has a strong personality and although sometimes it is hard, I think that will help her when she's older. We went to her 3 year check up yesterday and she's in the 50% for weight and the 90% for height... and growing up too fast!
Here are a couple of pictures to show how much she's changed in 3 short years.

One year old.

Two years old.

And Three! We had cake and ice cream on Saturday to celebrate her birthday. I should put the video on here of her blowing out her candles.. but she very deliberately blew out each candle one at a time.

Kindergarten

So, now that I'm catching up on all the blogs now that I've been back... I decided I better capture the first day of school like everyone else did.

This is Sam on his first day of school.

We've kind of gotten to a rocky start with kindergarten. I'm trying my best to stick it out and hope for the best. The sad part is Sam has been looking forward to kindergarten FOREVER. And, I hope things go a little better this week.