Rest & Relaxation

The last two weeks have flown by, but they were definitely rest and relaxation for us. Although we were still very busy and, on the go, it seemed time slowed down, and we got to take in every minute to its fullest. The kids have really enjoyed spending time with daddy and vice versa.

Noah started basketball and daddy was able to catch his second practice and watch his games! Its Noah’s first year playing basketball and it definitely shows but nothing a little practicing and one on one coaching can’t fix. But honestly, I don’t think it’s for him. He is super excited at the beginning and then midway through practice or a game he gets in a funk or just seems to lose interest in it. Scott also got to attend Noah’s Parent teacher conference. For being in Kindergarten, Noah is doing great but as any other five-year-old there are things that need to be worked on. His teacher even said his social aspect needs to “improve”. Noah is very social but he’s my child when it comes to this. Her concern was that he’s making friends for the wrong reason, like liking things or saying things just because other kids do those things. Like for example he said one day he was going to go home and play FORTNITE with his Legos! This kid has no idea what FORTNITE is since we don’t video game in our household. But It’s something we can work on but overall, he is a happy and healthy kid!

Kynslee started her second preschool for this school year. The first one just wasn’t what she needed to excel. And she’ll soon be testing to be a peer student on base at the preschool, so fingers crossed she gets in. But the plus side of her current preschool she attends they do weekly parent interaction and Scott has been able to go to three of them which Kynslee loved. She got to build a graham cracker gingerbread house with him (well he built, she ate the frosting an sprinkles), he painted with her for their classroom sign, and he helped her with her show ‘n tell! But I think the best part for her was attending the father daughter dance with him. He “picked” her up, gave her a flower and showed her a great time. Seeing them together you can definitely tell that she is a BIG daddy’s girl.

Dustin is really enjoying time with daddy. Since daddy has been home, Dustin is hitting all his milestones and then some. He has started sitting up by himself, scooting and rolling over, started teething which I won’t be surprised if there are teeth showing here pretty soon, and he is even trying to conquer crawling but he’s showing more signs that he wants to walk then crawl. Lol. Dustin has his six months well checkup coming up soon. YES, HIS 6 MONTH CHECKUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where the heck has time gone. And daddy actually gets to attend and be there for the shots because my little heart hates when my babies are in pain. But otherwise not too much is going on with him.

As for our family we have enjoyed our movie and popcorn nights. We’ve managed to watch hotel Transylvania 3, Incredibles 2, Escape from Planet Earth, The Aristocats, and the Emoji Movie but the list keeps growing of what we want to watch. We have also enjoyed our bowling nights which is great because it gets us all out of the house, and everyone has a great time. Kynslee is miss bowler so she feels like she needs no help when moving the ball to the lane and rolling it down. She always says “I got my powers mommy” meaning her muscles lol. Noah is Mr. Show off even if he only hits one pin. The weather has been really great the last two weeks, so the kids have been outside playing and we recently started walking and the kids have been riding/learning to ride their bikes. Kynslee has barely learned and she is doing a Rockstar job on it. Maybe both kids will be off training wheels by summer, but who knows. We had big travel plans for when Scott got home but after getting home, we decided we would postpone our big trip. A 14-hour car ride with Dustin wasn’t suitable because he recently started boycotting his car seat. And Scott did a lot of traveling during his deployment and when I mean a lot I mean like every other month and they would be long flights. So, staying at home was the best option for us right now! (SO if anyone needs some LEGOLAND shirts in sizes SM, 5t, and 6 months I got you covered lol).

As for Scott and I, our alone time is usually 630pm-8pm when we sit and watch Netflix before we are both falling asleep. Maybe one day I’ll have some real alone time with him lol but It’s hard when you aren’t around family to watch your littles so you can enjoy a vacation or date night occasionally with your spouse, but we will get there. But for now, watching idiotest or some sort of game show on Netflix will have to suffice. But it’s great to say we are finally back to our normal and can continue to do some amazing things with our sweet family of five.

With Love,

Ashleigh