The good ol' sack race. It was just too hot...Joaquin gave up on the way back, but Isabela stuck it out. She just loves games!

The police and fire displays were big hits with my kids. They got a chance to sit in a real state troopers car...and I asked him, "Are you ever driving and typing on that computer at the same time?" And he said, "Ma'am, I would never do something like that." They both got to practice calling 911 and hearing what might be said to them...Isabela's response to "what is your emergency" was "I'm lost" and Joaquin's was "Bad Guys"....they both knew their address! We also got to go in a fire simulated house...smoke started to fill our room and the fireman showed the kids how to get down, check the door if it's hot, and yell for help out of the window. It was great practice that I hope we'll never have to use.

Remember the first time you got your fingers stuck in one of these?!! I do! I thought I would never be able to get them off! The kids loved them!

The kids waited a long time in line in the hot sun to get their faces painted....Isabela wanted to be a princess and Joaquin wanted Star Wars....those are light sabers on his cheeks, not paint brushes!

coming home!

She didn't get off the bus until 4:35 pm!! It's supposed to come around 4:00pm but I guess with the first day and everything, it was late. Joaquin played with rocks and went in to get some chalk so we could trace him on the pavement. I started to worry a little around 4:20pm, but on orientation day, the principal had told us NOT to ...she said, "Have we ever lost a kid? NO...Have we ever misplaced a kid? YES"... She told us not to leave the house because the kids would eventually arrive, so we just waited patiently. When the bus arrived, Isabela crossed the street all by herself! She was so excited about her big day..and sat and told me all about it...which made me so happy! But I'll still miss her tomorrow.

first day!!

Isabela had a great first day at Kindergarten! She caught the bus around 8:40am...it picks her up right at our driveway! She got on all smiles, and as soon as it pulled off, I started crying. It is such a long day away from us, and I don't know if people will be nice to her or hurt her feelings, and I miss her!

last day before school

We decided to play putt-putt for our labor day fun. Here is JP teaching Isabela how to hold the putter. Looks like he should have shown Joaquin instead! Despite Joaquin's great grip, he managed to get a hole in one...and was sooo close many times! It was quite amazing. It was pretty hot out there, and there was a family in front of us, and one behind us...which always puts on the pressure to hurry up. But it was Juan Pablo, not the kids, who had the melt down....half way through he said "let's just go home"...because of squabbling kids and he couldn't concentrate on his putt....they started crying, and I managed to calm him down and remind him that it was about them having fun, not him. They ended up having the best time and talked about it all day. We played arcade games and did the go-karts too. I was driving very cautiously...and everyone passed us...but as I pointed out to Juan Pablo...the last shall be first...Joaquin and I were the first to pull into the gate...haha!