In the Good Ol' Summer Time..........

Since I didn't want to blog each separate thing we did this summer, I thought I would just make one big entry to show you what we did do. We had a rough start to summer and a rough ending but the middle was great! So here's to summer :)

 

We found out that Christian loves pancakes....so we started most summer mornings with a pancake breakfast......YUMMY!

 

Julia and I went to see Peter Pan at the Jr. High in Alpine. It was a great show and she loved that Peter Pan and all the kids flew all around the stage!

 

 

 

We went to visit daddy at work and went out to  lunch with him.....the kids loved it.

 

I got a new bed spread for my room. Its a much more calmer/cooler color than the red I use to have....and Layne says he really liked it too!

 

 We got out of the heat by going to my sister Kristy's to play in the pool. It was cool and relaxing!

 

 We made up games. I bought nerf dart guns for the kids. Then we made rings worth points so they had a place to shoot the darts. Everyone got in on the action. Christian always wants to get out his "shoot gun" and play.

 

My mom brought back a souvenir shirt from her trip back to Michigan.....they say Lake Michigan, Unsalted.....Thanks Grandma Mott

 

 Christian was a big help this summer. He loved to water the flowers...he even helped at gma Cromwell's house too. Thanks Christian!

 

                                           We went to beach themed birthday parties......

And visited and played with cousins!



 

We spent time outside, hula hooping, playing ball, and playing with turtles.

We also enjoyed nature, saw a beautiful red moon, enjoyed sunsets and playing in the rain.

 

We had a camp out in gma/gpa Mott's backyard. The kids thought it was great. We roasted hot dogs and even made s'mores over the little charcoal grill. We watched a movie to calm everyone down and then hit the hay!

 

We traveled and explored new places.........

We goofed around and had a lot of fun and by the end of summer we were utterly.....................

 

 EXHAUSTED! Thanks summer, we will miss you!

 

1st Grade.............

Julia was nervous but excited for the first day of school. Back to school night was great. We took a little trip around the school, playground, and her new classroom. She picked out her own cubby and she found her very own desk. She was excited to see all the supplies and books in her desk. Then she went to meet her teacher, Mrs. Coombs. She was really nice and was excited to meet Julia.

With a good nights rest and a good breakfast we were ready for the day. Julia was excited to go. She got her lunch box for her birthday and we packed a lunch the night before. She was all set to go. We hopped in the car and off we went. I walked Julia up to the playground. She didn't want me to go and couldn't remember where she was suppose to line up but we found a friend and she was able to stay and play since I had to get off to work.

 

Julia was happy to be done with her first day. She came out of the school almost in tears. She said she had missed me and that is was a really long day. I said it would be ok and only get better. We went home to have some snacks.

1st grade is definitely an adjustment. Every morning she is practically in tears and says she doesn't want to go to school because she will miss me and that school is soooo long. It has been a fight for the first 2 weeks to get her to go. She wouldn't let me leave the playground without finding a friend first and she doesn't want to get into the car to even get a ride with friends to school. She tells me that she cried in class and at lunch. Then I got a call from Julia's teacher after the first week of school, asking if there was anything we could do to help Julia? I didn't really know what to say because this was all new to me. She loved pre-school and kindergarten. So we talked for a little while and discussed some solutions. I haven't heard back from the teacher so that's a good sign.

UPDATE: This week has been better. I just told her once you get to school everything will be fine. You'll find friends to eat with and play with and then if you start to cry just say a little prayer and ask Heavenly Father to help you not to cry and to be brave. It has been working. She did call me one day before lunch because she just missed me so much. I even told her today (Friday) that today was the last day and they don't have to go back until Tues. because of Labor Day......she was excited about that!

I know it will get better the more she goes. She will make new friends and have fun in her class. It just takes time. I know because I was the same way. Every day I saw the school come into view I would start to cry.......BUT once I got to school it was fine and I know Julia will be fine too!

Happy 6th Birthday..........

Julia LOVES her birthday's. She always has a count down and will look at the calendar to see how many days are left. She was so excited this year to turn 6! I wasn't....she is getting to big! Usually she has a theme picked out months in advance for her birthday but this year she kept changing her mind. So I told her we needed to decide and it was a toss up between a Minnie Mouse party or a BYU party......and her choice was BYU. Not your typically birthday party theme but we went with it and it was so fun. Right up the Cromwell family alley, if you know what I mean. Layne and gma Mott were so excited for Julia's theme, I think they both said it was the best one yet :)
      

I had to work a few hours in the morning but I got everything the night before. She got up and was able to see the decorations and cake before I left for work. She LOVED it! Once I was done with work she decided that she wanted to go see the movie, Turbo. So we invited whoever wanted to come and gma Mott, Kristy and her kids came too. It was a fun, cute movie.

We got back home and she wanted pizza for her birthday dinner. So we made pizza and waited for the party to begin. Most everyone showed up in BYU attire and we also had the "little ute" who refused to wear blue that night :) Everyone had a great time. It was fun to watch her open each gift. She kept trying to guess what each one was. She loved everything she got and was super excited for cake and ice cream. And for me, this was probably the easiest cake to make. Nice and simple, love it when that happens. A big THANKS to everyone for making her day so special!

 

I wasn't sure what to get Julia for her birthday this year so I asked and this is her response: "I want a clock with a bell on it that rings and Disney money, and after that I don't care what I get."

 

 

 

 

 

 

What Julia is up to at 6 years old:

*She weighs 42 pounds and is 43" tall

*Her favorite colors are pink, purple, and blue

*She likes to eat at the Pizza Pie Café and get noodles with red sauce

*She loves red velvet and oreo pop tarts

*Favorite fruit is watermelon

*She loves nuts(pistachios especially) and rootbeer

*Favorite thing to do in school is gym and recess

*Her favorite teams are BYU and Michigan

*Julia LOVES playing with her friends.

*She is excited because she finally has a loose tooth :)

*She is really good at reading.

*She is a tomboy and loves playing t-ball and soccer. Her first game she scored a goal!

*She can certainly be a girly-girl and dress up and do her hair and nails when she wants to

*Julia loves to swim and be outside.

*She loves to sing along to Taylor Switft

*Julia is so good at the Wii Dance games...she gets her moves from her dad!

*She still loves to wrestle with dad and especially gpa Cromwell

*You can always hear her quoting movies or TV shows

*She still needs to have a night light and her light bright on at night for bed

*She is becoming more and more independent

*Julia is great at helping out around the house with chores if she has a check list she can mark off

*She is very competitive, she loves to play sports and games

*Favorite things to watch on TV are Phineas and Ferb, Woody Wood Pecker and anything Disney

*Her favorite places to go are Disneyland and (both) grandma's houses :)

 

Happy 6th Birthday Julia. We are so happy to have you as a part of our family! You are such a great big sister to Christian and a big help to mom and dad. You are so smart, important, funny, silly, caring, strong and brave! WE LOVE YOU!