Happy Birthday to Nathan

Today is Nathan's 7th birthday. It is so hard to believe that is has been 7 years since he come into this world. Our lives changed for the best. We had his birthday party on Saturday at the Jump Zone again for the third year in a row. It is such an awesome place to have a party and it is so stress free. There were 8 kids including Nathan and that was a good amount. He got some nice gifts. Of course the first gift he opened was number cards so he was done and got what he wanted. I guess I should have asked who got him numbers and those would have been the last to open. But when we got home and we got all the gifts out of the boxes he pretty much played with everything. After the party we had Memaw and Granddad and Uncle David, Aunt Michele and Daniel and Rachel over for birthday cake and burgers and hot dogs. It was Memaw's birthday on Saturday. Memaw Hullett was here for the party too. So we had another successful birthday party.

Another trip to Magic Springs

We went back to Magic Springs on Labor Day. It was not crowded at all, which I was surprised about. The water was a little cool but we still got in the water and had fun. The only drag was that the balloon ride was not working(that is Nathan's favorite ride). We played a game where Nathan picked a rubber duck and won a prize. He loves to watch the ducks in the water. We are planning on going back in Oct. some Saturdays for Magic Screams. So we hope that will be fun.

Yeah! They changed the times at Nathan's school. The new hours which start on Monday are going to be 8:20 until 3:10. Which I am happy about the 3:10 is a lot better than the 4:00. Nathan did not like the long days at school. Last week his teacher told me that with about an hour left in the day he refused to do any more work so we had to finish it at home. So the hours were not working for him either.

Nathan's birthday is Monday and we are having his birthday party Saturday. I will post pictures from his party and let everyone know how much fun we had. Memaw Hullett is coming tomorrow. Saturday is Memaw's birthday so Saturday night we are going to have burgers, hot dogs and I am going to make a cake. Memaw and Granddad and David and his family are coming over. So we will celebrate Memaw and Nathan's birthdays. Granddad still has his sling on and will get it off on the 21st. He is so ready since it is his right arm and Memaw is also ready to get it off. He is doing real well.

First Day of School

Well we got Nathan dropped off this morning for his first day of first grade. The times of the school have changed. Last year he went from 7:45 until 2:30 this year he goes from 8:30 until 4:00. I am not complaining about the later start time but I really don't like the going until 4:00. I really was not ready for school to start because we have been having such a fun summer. But Oh Well I guess that is part of life. Nathan is in the same class(the transition class) as last year but as a first grader there are three first graders in the class. Then he will go to a regular first grade class for one hour a day with a paraprofessional. So I am happy that he has the same teacher most of the day. He said he was ready to go back to school and he did fine this morning. It is just going to be a long day with their new hours.

I told Donald that I did not think Nathan would even notice the change in the times of the school. Well silly me, his teacher said that around 2:00(I picked him up at 2:15 last year)he started saying it is time for Mommy to come and Mommy is coming. So I told him that when the little hand is on the 4 Mommy will be there to pick him up. They did say he did a lot better today about the time.

Happy Birthday to Me

Today is my birthday and so far it has been great. I got a beautiful diamond necklace from Donald and a birthstone bracelet and earrings from Irene. We are going over to Memaw and Granddad's house for lunch and Memaw is going to make me one of her wonderful chocolate pies for my birthday. Then tonight Donald is going to take me to dinner and a movie while Memaw babysits. So it is going to be a great day.

Yesterday was the last week day(well besides labor day)that Magic Springs was open so we went and had a very HOT but good time. I am just glad that there is the water park right there it makes it a little easier to go to the amusement park side when you know that you can soon get in the water. We are going to try to go labor day and see how crowded it is. The amusement park is open until October and during October they are doing something called Magic Screams for Halloween so we are going to do that. I am sad that school is starting Thursday because it just seems like the summer break just started. We have had so much fun this summer. We plan on getting season passes again next year for Magic Springs. I posted a couple of pictures for everyone to enjoy.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and great week. I will write again and let everyone know how Nathan's first day of first grade goes.

Summer Break is almost over

It is so hard to believe that school starts in 12 days. I am still having a lot of fun and I am not ready for Nathan to go back to school. We have been trying to go to Magic Springs as much as possible. Donald is off a lot next week so we are probably going to try to go at least 4 days. We have so much fun when we go. We went on Tuesday and today, so I thought I would post a few pictures. This is the first summer Nathan has not been in school since he was 3 so we have really enjoyed our summer with him. It has been a very very HOT summer but that is to be expected in Arkansas. He is still going to therapy and we are going to try to keep going right up until school starts. He will start getting therapy at school when it starts. He has one more week of swimming lessons. He has done fairly well but he can kick better and use his arms better. I guess that updates everyone on what is going on here.

Granddad has been having a lot of problems with his shoulder and went to the Dr. today and he said it is bone on bone and has scheduled him for a complete shoulder replacement surgery on August 23, that is if his heart Dr. says it is okay. We are hoping he will be able to have it because he has been having so much trouble and has been in so much pain with his shoulder. I will keep everyone updated. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Road Trip

Nathan and I got back today from Oklahoma to pick Memaw up. We are so happy Memaw is home we missed her so much. Memaw and Aunt Trish went up to Washington to visit Aunt Bobbie. They had a very good trip. So Nathan and I drove to Uncle Terry and Aunt Trish's house. We went swimming in their pool which was sooo nice. Then we went to dinner with Uncle Terry and then went to the airport and picked Memaw and Aunt Trish up. It was a fast trip but Nathan loves to ride in the car so much that he did not care that it was a one day trip. Donald is gone this whole week to Gulfport for some training and he will be home Saturday.

It is so hard to believe that school is just around the corner. We are going to go to Magic Springs probably a few more times before Nathan goes back to school. Donald is planning on taking leave the week before he goes back to school so we might go every day that week. We really don't have anything special planned for that week so we will see what happens.

I hope everyone has a wonderful rest of the week.

Happy Independence Day

I hope everyone is having a great day. We are planning on going to the base tonight and watch the fireworks. We like going there because it is not super crowded and easy to get in and out of and there is usually free ice cream and drinks. So Cousin John is coming over tonight and we are going to go watch the fireworks. Hopefully it won't be too hot, because it has been super hot lately.

We have been busy this summer. It is hard to believe that there are only 6 weeks left of summer. It is too short. I was worried that we would not have enough to do since this is Nathan's first summer not going to school. Nathan goes to therapy twice a week and goes to swimming lessons twice a week and we have been trying to go to Magic Springs at least once a week. So we are staying busy. Donald took Daniel and Rachel to Magic Springs on Friday by himself. Nathan and I stayed home. He said they all had fun so we will probably take them back with us a few more times before the summer is over. I will try to take some pictures of the water park and Nathan playing in the water next time we go because he loves the water so much and has so much fun. His swimming lessons are going good. Ms. Tami(the paraprofessional that was in his class)is a good teacher for him. He loves to go to her house and swim with her.

I guess that updates everyone. I hope everyone has a great week.

Just thought I would add that we did go to the fireworks on base. They were giving away free ice cream, drinks and t-shirts. We had fun the only problem was that after about 5 minutes of fireworks Nathan had seen enough. So for the next 30 minutes or so he just said they are close to the end. the fireworks are over time to go. He kept his fingers in his ears the whole time. He wanted to see them just not the whole show. But we did stay for the whole show and then he was telling us they were loud.