Kandace's 1st day of preschool

 Kandace's 1st day of preschool was a couple days ago and she was more than ready.  She went to a year of the 3 yr old class at CRC in Lovell last year so she's very familiar with the whole process.  We'd gone to Stetson's back to school night just a couple nights previous and when she saw that Stetson had his own desk she thought she would also have her own desk and was looking for one with her name on it when she went inside her classroom.  I am over the moon about the YMCA.  Not just because we got Kandace enrolled with a reasonable tuition, but because of all it offers us as a family.  I drop Kandace off every MWF at 8:30, drop Janelle off at the childwatch down the hall, go to bootcamp at 9 and then I might take Janelle swimming like we did yesterday or go to the library or do another class.  We try to stay downtown until pickup time (11:30) so we're not driving back and forth so much.  On Wednesdays, Kandace's class goes to "Rock tumble and roll" which is gymnastics with a zipline, little tramps, balls, etc.  Her gymnastics class is right under the track and so when I'm doing my laps for bootcamp I can actually wave to her and watch her having fun.  I love that.  On Fridays she gets to take swimming lessons and I think that is so awesome! Kandace loves swimming and I'm excited for her to get better and more independent in the water.

 waiting for preschool to start

Other than Kandace starting preschool, Michael's been working hard at school and doing very well. We've been practicing "Histories" which is the conversation you have with your provider when you first go to a clinic to be seen for something that starts with questions like.."so what brings you in today?"  And a series of other questions so I get to be Michael's "patient."  We went to our 2nd Billings Mustangs game with a bunch of Michael's PA buddies and their wives/fiances/girlfriends and we were the only ones with kids so we definitely livened things up.  Last weekend we went home for Adam's baptism and then to Asays to say hi and we came home with some tomatoes and other delicious produce from their garden.  We canned 4 qts and 1 pint of tomatoes this morning.  A while back we got some peaches from Shannon in the heights and canned 14 qts and froze several bags.  Last week we got a crate of sweet corn from bountiful baskets and froze all that.  SO YUM.  I remember the first time I froze corn I was 7ish mos prego with Stetson and me, Jan & Mildred blanched and froze corn in Mildred's garage.  I felt like such a rookie with those domestic women who'd been gardening and canning deliciousness for generations.  It was the best corn I'd ever had.
Stetson started flag football last Tuesday.  He seems excited about it but we'll just say he has room for improvement.