So I do have a confession. I love to dance. It's true. I spent the better part of my early twenties in seedy techno clubs.
But these day...when the kids go to bed....my husband and I break out the mirrored ball and polyester pants.....well you get the idea.
I know that everyone goes through this phase with their own kids, but it always cracks me up with the sounds that they come up with.
BTW ....Nana is my Mom and she accidentally burped one night when she was eating over here and sonic ears here not only caught it, but now forever more Nana's sound is a burp.
Nothing but class here.
** I should point out here that my Mom isn't some sort of champion burper or anything. She does have manners. Just to clear her good name.
At long last Sunshine finally started school. She has been soooo excited about starting school and had a hard time watching Bug start 2 weeks ago but not go herself. She is going to a Preschool in a church up the street so it is an easy loop to drop both of them off in the morning. She is only half days , three days a week, but it is a big step for her.
Also she is totally pumped to be in the same class as her best friend from her Awana class. I found out which school she was going to and requested to be in the same class. Clever, no? They spotted each other from across the parking lot and ran toward each other. I think they had their arms around each other for the rest of the day. It was pretty cute.
She had a great day playing and painting. She even wrote out her name. (Just like Bug she informed me) As soon as she got in the car she said "I want to go to this big girl school everyday" 
I told her she's in luck.
So today we went to my husband's company picnic. He works for a local utility company that has a lot of employees that also once included my father in law and now currently includes my mother in law. We are just one big PGE family. (Portland general electric)
So with a big company and a lot of employees, you need a big place to have said company picnic. This year they held it at Oaks park. It is our local amusement park. We had all access passes through the park which meant unlimited rides and roller skating. With our big family , we took advantage of every inch of that place.
Bug was not feeling it for any of the rides. He's not much of a ride kid. He likes to be in control of his surroundings at all times and nutty rides play no part in that. He's just like his Dad. My poor husband and Bug were getting anxious just watching some of these rides.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, Sunshine and I were dying to get on them. My father in law wanted to go on them too, so between the three of us, I think we about hit every ride in the place. There were a handful that we didn't make it on, but I will save them for next time.
We also went roller skating for about an hour. I always forget how much fun it is and how much work it is. You use muscles that you use nowhere else but in roller skating. We had a good time.
We got some great pictures of the day. My personal favorites are the action shots in the rides.
Like here we have Sunshine the fearless on the roller coaster with Grandpa.
This one was taken as I was cruising top speed spinning through the air on this thing .
This is My father in law with me going upside down on the roller coaster.
Then here is just a sideshow of the whole day as there were too many cool shots to put them up individually.
Needless to say we had a great day.
So we have a new past time here at the Jaxon household. We have been blinded by the wonders of the Wii fit. If you have never played with one of these I invite you to come over (if you actually know me, if not that may be awkward) and give it a whirl.
For those of you that don't know what this wondrous devise is....it is a board that you stand on that connects to the game system that has sensors to see where you distribute your weight and where your center of balance is. Essentially it is a game that makes you get off the couch and exercise....and it knows if you are really doing it or not. Not only that, but it corrects you and lets you know if you are standing with proper posture while doing it. It really is cool. Plus it tracks how long you play and tells you if you have gotten a REAL workout or not. It also tracks your weight and BMI (body mass index) progress as you play. It is really cool. It gets the whole family off the couch. We are all fighting for a turn.
Only problem I have with it thus far....it takes your weight, height, age and how you distribute your weight and calculates what your "body age" is. Now this is not your actual age, it is just how old it perceives you to be according to the variables. My husband hopped on and his calculates to be 29. Considering he's 30, thats pretty dead on. Mine however....wait for it.....51. ??????!!!!!!WHAT!!!! Ok I am 33!!! Already we are off on a bad foot. When you play most wii games it assigns you a little person that looks like you called a mii. (cute huh?) Well I had my cute little mii that really did look like me. (Or what I would like to look like.....you know if I were a cartoon character) She was a cute little mini me. Well once you tally up your weight and BMI it changes your mii accordingly. So now I have a pudgy mii. .....Thanks, I was hoping I would get a kick in the teeth and scrutinized about my weight by a computer. I just don't get enough of that in my own head :) Plus it gives you handy reminder notes like "why don't you put down that bowl of Doritos, get off the couch and get moving fatty?" Awesome. Thanks.
But despite the games tough love approach with me, I do enjoy playing it. My personal favorites are Yoga and there is an awesome hula hoop game. I am a former hula hooping champ. Something you may not have known about me. It seems that Sunshine is following close in my footsteps.
The kids love the Yoga too. They did pretty well considering it is really slow and mellow. As yoga should be.
Peanut tried to play along and when the yoga instructor said to touch you toes, he did just that. It was too hard to do it standing up, so he laid on his back to do it :) He followed directions.
Well today was my little Peanut's second birthday. It really feels like he's still a newborn. These past 2 years have flown by. But at the same time , I can't remember what it was like not to have him. Weird how that works. Even weirder , I have a really hard time trying to remember what my life was like before I had kids. Quieter and less sticky I would imagine. I don't know. My brain sort of fold in on itself if I think about it too much.
But anyhoo, back to Peanut. We had pizza and ate out back in the gazebo. We had the grandparents over and just had a mellow low key party. We ate cake and opened presents. Nothing fancy. It was nice having everyone over though.
It's finally here!!! We made it through another summer with our sanity (sort of) intact. I went school supply shopping the other night and couldn't help but think of this brilliant commercial while skipping through the aisles humming this song.
Happy back to school!!
