It's been a crazy week in this house! Monday morning we all got up bright and early and headed over to Woodstock, CT to attend the annual Woodstock Fair! I have been going to this fair all my life, and now my kids have been going all their lives! We met Dad, Dan, and Aileen there to walk around together. The kids all had a great time - I took Emmalee and Micah on the ferris wheel, they rode kiddie rides, and Dan and Aileen took Emmalee on the Viking Ship. We all ate a lot of junky fair food (you kids want corn dogs and cotton candy for lunch? No problem!), walked around a LOT, looked at farm animals and rednecks (some are very similar...), and all in all had a wonderful time. It was a long, tiring day, and Micah and Lily were asleep before we even left the parking lot! 
On our way home, we detoured down Brickyard Road in Woodstock, where we have been told a REAL castle is being built. So we drove and drove down this woodsy road (which I never knew was so long) and suddenly, in the middle of the woods, there was this clearing and a HUGE REAL castle - I'm posting a picture of this - it's unbelievable! It has a moat and a drawbridge! We sat there on the side of the road in awe. Emmalee wondered if a real king and queen were going to live there. I wonder about who is going to live there too - and why they chose to build this castle, th
ere in the middle of nowhere! And I wonder if they will have a dragon... :-)
School started Tuesday morning. This year Emmalee has a little bit more responsibility for herself in the mornings. Last year, I would set my alarm and then go wake her up. This year, we are setting her own alarm clock. She has to get out of her bed to turn it off, then she is to go to the bathroom and THEN she can come upstairs and wake us up. So far, this is working out well (and I don't have an obnoxious alarm in my ear!). She is loving 2nd grade this week and her teacher and her new friends. She already has an after school playdate with her new friend Quinn today. Emmalee's a real social butterfly!
Micah started preschool yesterday. He is going to a home preschool, taught by a woman who I used to work at Baby Gap with. I know a lot of people who have sent their kids to Colleen's preschool, called Little Blessings, and everyone has had nothing but positive things to say about it! Micah goes just one afternoon a week, and he has 4 other 3-year-old boys in his class. He had a great time yesterday and when I picked him up, he asked if he could go back again someday. He was very excited when I told him he would go every week!
Emmalee decided she would not be playing soccer this fall. I was surprised that she made this decision, since just about ALL of her friends play soccer and practices and games are a very social time! She has chosen instead to play basketball, which is offered through the YMCA, through the winter. That ought to be interesting! And her ballet lessons start in 2 weeks. We are also signing Micah up for an introduction to team sports class, also offered through the YMCA, for 3- and 4-year-olds. He'll play soccer, t-ball, kickball, track and field, and others. That starts in October. That will be fun to watch!
On our way home, we detoured down Brickyard Road in Woodstock, where we have been told a REAL castle is being built. So we drove and drove down this woodsy road (which I never knew was so long) and suddenly, in the middle of the woods, there was this clearing and a HUGE REAL castle - I'm posting a picture of this - it's unbelievable! It has a moat and a drawbridge! We sat there on the side of the road in awe. Emmalee wondered if a real king and queen were going to live there. I wonder about who is going to live there too - and why they chose to build this castle, th
ere in the middle of nowhere! And I wonder if they will have a dragon... :-)School started Tuesday morning. This year Emmalee has a little bit more responsibility for herself in the mornings. Last year, I would set my alarm and then go wake her up. This year, we are setting her own alarm clock. She has to get out of her bed to turn it off, then she is to go to the bathroom and THEN she can come upstairs and wake us up. So far, this is working out well (and I don't have an obnoxious alarm in my ear!). She is loving 2nd grade this week and her teacher and her new friends. She already has an after school playdate with her new friend Quinn today. Emmalee's a real social butterfly!
Micah started preschool yesterday. He is going to a home preschool, taught by a woman who I used to work at Baby Gap with. I know a lot of people who have sent their kids to Colleen's preschool, called Little Blessings, and everyone has had nothing but positive things to say about it! Micah goes just one afternoon a week, and he has 4 other 3-year-old boys in his class. He had a great time yesterday and when I picked him up, he asked if he could go back again someday. He was very excited when I told him he would go every week!
Emmalee decided she would not be playing soccer this fall. I was surprised that she made this decision, since just about ALL of her friends play soccer and practices and games are a very social time! She has chosen instead to play basketball, which is offered through the YMCA, through the winter. That ought to be interesting! And her ballet lessons start in 2 weeks. We are also signing Micah up for an introduction to team sports class, also offered through the YMCA, for 3- and 4-year-olds. He'll play soccer, t-ball, kickball, track and field, and others. That starts in October. That will be fun to watch!
3 comments:
love the castle in the middle of nowhere... makes it even more mysterious that way. glad the first days of school were a hit for all!
that looks like cinderella's castle! that is amazing! glad school is going well! Em's hair looks cute!
i love your hair, emmalee! you look even more grown up than you did when you visited us last month! sounds like you guys have been having fun and keeping busy, meliss, i think of you daily. :)
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