The Anderson Family: Zoo...Kindergarten Prep...1st Date Anniversary

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Zoo...Kindergarten Prep...1st Date Anniversary

We've kept pretty busy this summer. Two weekends ago we went to the Woodland Park Zoo, during the thunderstorm. Apparently that's a great time to go because the animals get a little antsy around thunder and lightning. The ostrich out in the Savannah area was instigating stampedes of the giraffe, zebra and antelope. That was pretty cool to see. A lot of the time the animals at the zoo are sleeping because it's either too hot or they're just bored. This was the first time I've ever seen the bears awake, they were pacing in a rather agitated manner. We were prepared for a little rain so it worked out pretty well. Last weekend we bought Holiday's school supplies and I have some clothes on order for her. I haven't received her teacher assignment yet but she's otherwise all set for Adams with Kids Co before and after school care. She's been rather enjoying her summer with summer day camp. Hopefully she'll be just as excited with the change to Kindergarten. Today is the Anniversary of David's and my first date. It was 9 years ago and we went to the Guadalajara in Wallingford (that closed down a while ago) and then we went to Murphy's afterwards. We've barely apart ever since that day.

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Johnny's Sizes

-Phasing out diapers and wearing undies
-Currently size 4T

-Need to check his shoe size, has one pair of tennis shoes, boots and flip flops.
-Has summer wardrobe set. He'll need pants, long-sleeve shirts, winter weight pajamas, and socks in the fall. Probably will need a coat since we didn't get one last year. Jacket seems to fit for now.
-Loves trains-trains-trains, legos, balls, blocks, cars, Thomas trains, stuffed animals, music toys and board books. Still very tactile. Loves to color and read books. Very into Elmo, Blue's Clues and Thomas the Train and generally tv shows with music involved. He likes to do a happy dance to music. Also loves to play outside when he can. Did I mention he really loves trains?

Holiday's Sizes

- Holly is size 5 or XS depending on where you shop. If getting leggings I recommend a size 6 since she tends to fill those out.
- Shoe size 11.5, has boots, 1 pair of dress shoes, tennis shoes, ballet slippers, flip flops, sandals and tap shoes. Last summer she got new shoes at the beginning of summer camp and by the time school started her feet grew a size. So shoe size to be revisited before she goes back to school.
- She has a jacket and all the summer wardrobe necessary. She has a couple pairs of jeans, short sleeved shirts and short sleeved dresses. She will need long sleeved dresses, leggings, undies, and socks. Will need to check if her coat will carry through the winter.
- I'm not picky about colors, but Holly is a girlie girl. She doesn't care for jumpers too much either or scratchy tulle skirts.
- Some of Holly's interests include but are not limited to: Sesame Street, Yo Gabba Gabba, Dora the Explorer, Go Diego Go, Mickey Mouse, Super Why, Blue's Clues and animals in general. She loves to color, puzzles, books, stickers, legos and toys she can generally play pretend with. Holly also enjoys simple craft projects like ink stamping, painting and gluing projects. She really enjoys playing outside too (but she has more than plenty when it comes to toys to play in the sandbox).