September

Painting each others' nails. Oh-La-La!


Fun at a cove all to ourselves at Laniakea's

Whoa, Momma! Life is rushing past so quickly it’s difficult to stop and take a rest. Ok, so what has happened since Nate’s gotten back?...

KEZIA

Kezia finished her soccer season. I looooved going to her soccer practices and cheering on the cute 4-5 year olds as they herded down the field together, showing off their dance moves when they made a goal, and crying when someone kicked the ball away from them (“It was my turn with the ball!”) I mostly loved sitting on the lawn of the park with the blue sky up above and not moving. Kezia loved it too. She had a great coach and fun girls on her team. Go, Kezia!

Yo, what up,Kezia! Our soccer champ.

Kezia's goal

Go Rainbows! For more soccer pics and vidoes, click here.

Kezia is loving kindergarten. She is making great friends and has deserted her old ways of shyness and desire to be tucked under mommy’s wing. She tells me after I pick her up, “Mommy, I love school!” Although she has always loved learning on her own, her self-learning bug has grown since she began kindergarten. She received some Spongebob things from school (yeah, from school) and received a duplicate of something we already have for her birthday, so I said if we got rid of the Spongebob and the gift, we could get something different. At the store, she had a choice between a Carebear movie, make up, dress ups, and a kindergarten reading kit. She chose the reading kit. And she has been plowing through the workbooks! Sometimes I have to take them away from her so she’ll get ready for bed!

IVY

Ivy began Joy School and Great Beginnings this month. She is really enjoying both. I am grateful that Joy School grew. This is the parent-coop preschool that I had Kezia in last year. We started with just one girl and I and were able to form a whole group. Great Beginnings, on the other hand, has been slow beginnings. More on that later.

Ivy and Adam washing dishes at Great Beginnings

The Joy School Gang

I was worried how it would be for Ivy with Kezia in school, but she seems to be alright with it. We get to spend time together, just her and I, too, and I have loved that. It is easy to meld both girls together and treat them like a 4 year old, and this has made me realize that Ivy is a lot younger than I treat her most times. She has a wonderful imagination that is on fire. At one moment she’s a dog, then a princess, then she’s a scary lion, then she’s the mom and I’m “the kid”, then we’re walking through tall grass, then we’re going to a birthday party, then we’re being so, so quiet because we are passing the forest where the bears live. I love my Ivy! She is so much fun to be with.

The other day she was saying prayer and she kept interrupting herself. Then she explained she was doing that because “I’m making Jesus laugh!” hee-hee! I’m sure there was a giggle up in heaven!

And, look who finally decided to join the hula halau:

ELYSSE

Elysse is my too-fast growing baby. She made 8 months on Friday! She is standing while holding onto things already, crawling all over the place, putting all sorts of things in her mouth, and testing out her lungs. Her two bottom teeth popped through the gums a couple of weeks ago and the top teeth seem anxious to show themselves soon. She loves her sisters, and at times, they love playing with her too.

NATE

Wahoo! Happy Birthday, Daddy

Nate’s 32^nd birthday was on Friday. His celebration was taken care of by the delivery of four stand up boards, marking the official beginning of our stand up paddle school. After strapping the boards to the roof, we headed to the North Shore for a bit of beach time, then invaded Nate’s parents’ house for a bit of cake and traditional singing. We then spent much of the night covering two of the boards with deck pads to prepare for our first lessons the next day. With the rush of Friday and Saturday, the girls and I were finally able to shower him with gifts today (Sunday). The girls made sweet gifts: a book of colored pages, dinosaur coloring page he can do himself, bits of cut-up construction paper, etc. I somehow managed to reserve a “SUPSRF” license plate for him.

Check out the SUP surf school at www.rainbowwatersports.com and then come out and try it yourself! ;) We would love all kinds of feedback on the site. Please email comments to nateburgoyne@gmail.com. Thank you!!

HEIDI

I am doing great. And really busy. Mostly I am trying to keep my head above water and enjoying the ride in the meantime. Great Beginnings has had a super-slow start. I had an almost full class, but because of changes in parents’ schedules, the class size fell to just Ivy and a sweet boy named Adam. Despite advertising, I haven’t been able to make it grow. It may be for the best, though, because we are probably going to rent out the studio again to make a bit more income. Sad. I put a lot of work into the school, and it really is a good program, but oh well. Ce la vie.

I was grateful to be in the right place at the right time the other day. The girls and I went to a friend's birthday party. I left to get something from the car and noticed a 2 year old boy in the driveway across the street. He crossed the street and came over to me speaking goo-goo talk and saying "Momma". I figured he was lost, and as I tried to close the gate behind me, he started to go back into the street. I saw a car coming down the street. My arms were full with Elysse and things, so I couldn't grab him, and he was in front of a parked car that was higher than him, making it impossible for the moving car to see him. So I started yelling to make him stop and so the car would stop too. Gratefully I made enough commotion to stop the car right before it reached the boy. And we did find his mom, too.

I love this video of the girls at the beach a few weeks ago. It is so inviting -- makes me want to skip in the warm water. Hopefully it is inviting for you, too, and would come visit us!! We love visitors and are excited to see my cousin Stacey and Craig, our friends the Schields, Amy and Dan (hopefully) and Grandma and Grandpa Gunn in the next coming months !