Catching Up

Cora has been loving her preschool this year. She has done lots of fun things already and is learning lots. I've been very impressed with it too! And I LOVE being able to carpool. It's not very far away at all, maybe a 3 minute drive, but to only have to buckle everyone up to pick up instead of picking up and dropping off, is great! At the end of September, Violet and Luke and I joined the preschool field trip to the Herriman fire station. The firemen showed us around their digs and the kids got to see a fireman in all his gear and the fire truck. I thought it was great that they talked about stop, drop, and roll, and showed the kids what the firemen would be wearing so the kids wouldn't hide or be scared of them if they were in a fire. Two of the kids in the preschool actually have dads who are firefighters, but not for this station.
Conference weekend we were lucky to be able to see lots of family members! Aunt Jen, from North Carolina, finally got to meet little Luke! Kevin's parents also were in town for four days. On Friday we took the Welfare Square tour and went to Silver Lake in the afternoon. I've never been there in the fall before, it was beautiful!
The rest of our days were spent playing in the backyard, taking a last swim in the neighborhood pool, taking walks, visiting with more family members, and watching General Conference. Conference was a good experience! We actually got to watch a lot of it, compared to other past sessions. The kids either played quietly doing puzzles or crafts by us, were napping, or watching Veggie Tales in the other room. I loved the General Conference talks and am interested in spending more time reading them and digesting them more.

On Thursday Kissie came out to watch Luke so Violet and I could go to preschool with Cora. I have been wanting to go help and see what it is all about, since I know I don't always get the whole story from Cora! I loved being able to see what she does there and understand more how the school operates. Violet was a little tired by the end missing her naptime, but absolutely loved it and got to join right in with most of the activities. I'm curious if she'll be sad not going to preschool with Cora from now on! She'll just have to wait until next year!

We rounded out the last of the week with a visit to the Humanitarian Center with friends. It was a neat tour and a good reminder why we need to do some fall sorting to donate more items. It is amazing to see how much the Church does to help people all around the world. Although I think a lot of it was over the girls' heads, I think it is great to start exposing them to the fact that not all kids have toys, food, blankets, or clean water, and that we can help with that.

The girls have been really interesting in snoring and snorting lately. Great, huh? At least they are little enough that it's still cute... at least to me! While I was reading Violet books the other night, she did this by accident, and was so pleased with herself, she did it over and over. She's really enjoying her new skill.



Cora learned this poem for Grandparents Day at preschool a few weeks ago. She loves it, especially the ending!



Here are the words:

Here are Grandma's glasses,
Here is Grandma's hat,
Grandma claspes her hands and
rests them in her lap.

Here are Grandpa's glasses,
Here is Grandpa's hat,
Grandpa folds his arms
and takes a little nap.