Well, that's it. Summer break for mama officially ends tonight. Waaaaa (tear). I realize being a teacher allows for such wonderful breaks over the hottest months of the year and for many families this is ideal. Believe me, I do realize this. However, Nora is obviously not school-age yet, and for me, leaving her no matter how much time I was just with her, still stinks! I certainly cannot complain much. I will be off in 8 short weeks again with a little peanut joining our family and could not be more excited!
We are getting very excited about the baby coming. Nora understands quite a bit about the baby. She currently believes there is a baby in her belly and tells me "it is kicking" often. Every morning, she kisses my belly and says "hi baby" or "ahhh, hi baby, love you". She also LOVES wearing the Big Sis shirt my mom bought her last week.
Although our summer together as a family of 3 is over, we are looking forward to the winter months snuggling as a family of 4. We did have fun this summer. We stayed quite busy at water parks, the library, play dates with friends, swimming in pools, going to the beach, traveling a bit, having many tea parties, shopping, and having Nora pretty much attached to me for almost 12 hours a day for 3 straight months!
This past weekend we wrapped up the summer with the following...
Nora joined some friends at the Cosley Zoo to visit the animals and enjoy a picnic lunch. Then, I had to go to school and finish setting up my classroom.
Nora has approached a new stage in her development of having NO FEAR and running from me while outside. If she sees something she wants...she GOES! We are working on this, but it scares the poop out of me and being 31 weeks pregnant, I am not as quick footed. This made our trip to the zoo even more eventful!
We enjoyed a lovely tea party later in the afternoon with her 3 new favorite "friends". She calls them "the kids". You may know them as Alvin, Simon, and Theodore. She takes them everywhere in the house. They also have to watch her take her nap and go to bed at night. She lines them all up near her dresser. She is still a huge fan of Dr. Suess and now insists on wearing this over-sized shirt from her cousin's play (Suessical the Musical), any time she sees it.
On Friday we went to a new place that had a huge indoor play area with a yummy cafe. Nora loved the huge tree fort. Later that day, Clifford was at a neighborhood town square. Oh my goodness, it was madness! So many kids, so hot, but Nora was super excited to see Clifford!
She gave him a huge hug as soon as she was able to get a turn after a massive crowd left.
We were the next people in line to get a photo with Clifford and we were told Clifford had to go so to take a group photo. What the heck? A group photo with people we didn't know-seriously???
They sang a few songs and had all the kids dancing!
HI Clifford!
Just a picture of Nora sporting her favorite hair style...Mini mouse ears. She also looks a bit like Red from Fraggle Rocks, don't you think?
Some of the lovely and wonderful woman I am fortunate to work with, had a "baby sprinkle" for us today. It was so nice and thoughtful. Days like this remind me how fortunate I am to work with such caring individuals.
And tonight, we had a lovely dinner with friends.
All in all, a busy, but wonderful summer. We cherish every moment with you Nora!
1 comment:
What a fun weekend, I feel like I was there with you, she is so funny. I love her independence and outlook on life. She makes me smile every time I see her beautiful face.
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