September

o September came and went and we are back in the swing of our scheduled life. I've started teaching preschool again and I'm loving my little class this year. They are fun kids and I'm enjoying having older kids this year. Kandace is nice enough to babysit my wild boy while I teach preschool and her son comes to my preschool. Carter loves having his cousin Ashtyn come to play and can hardly contain his excitement. He runs to the door saying "come on Ashey" and they are off and playing. They are so cute...and they talk about each other constantly! It's so fun to have cousins close in age.

John is enjoying his favorite season...BYU football. (I promise....it's a season for him). It is especially fun that Carter loves football and loves to watch the games with his dad. Carter is very serious about his football and tells me all the time, "Watch football TV". He also says "Go Cougars" when he sees the logo or a cougar. John couldn't be happier or prouder. It's his dream come true. I have to admit that I am even enjoying this football season more this year. It's a hoot to watch Carter repeating everything John says and yelling at the T.V.

Side note: The girls are a little concerned that dad (and now Carter) "yell" at the T.V. Kelsie talked to him about it and said, "Dad do you know they can't hear you when your yelling? When you yell it doesn't mean they will win." Thanks for the reminder Kels!

Kelsie is liking 2nd grade and I'm starting to feel better about her class. She gets to do lots of cool writing/special projects in her class. She is loving all the projects. One day she told me that "in her class they don't really do any work, they just write stories and do fun stuff." I couldn't have been happier to hear those words. I believe that the mark of a truly great teacher is one who can teach young children without making them feel like they are really working...because they go about it in such a fun way.

Emily loves her preschool and talks about it constantly. One night she was lying in bed watching Kelsie read and got upset and said, "How old was Kelsie when she learned to read." I told her 5. Emily said, "Well, I want to learn to read now." I told her she was only 4 though. She said, " I know. I want to learn to read tonight." (She is just a little competitive.) So I am starting reading lessons with her and she loves it. She is past ready to learn to read, but I'd been putting it off for some time because I didn't want her to be too bored in school next year. Right now her hang up is that she doesn't want to go through all the steps. She chooses the hardest book she can find and wants to read that one. Gotta love her ambition!

Lastly, here our some pictures of our "stray" cat. He'd been wandering the neighborhood for some time and would walk right in our house. We all fell in love with him. Well, most of us...John is coming around. :) He is the nicest, cuddliest cat I have ever seen and I'm totally in love with him. It's been fun to have a kitty, even if it's only when he chooses to come around. We're trying to figure out if he has a home, cause if not, I want him.