We have been so busy! Ryan is disgusted that we haven't posted a blog entry in so long. Therefore, a quick Cohen update. Last school year ended well and our summer has been great. We celebrated Alex's and Ryan's birthdays. We went down to Branson for a long weekend with wonderful friends - the Clarksons. We had an amazing vacation to South Dakota - hiking, staying in cabins, seeing wildlife and Mount Rushmore. It was a total dream come true for me. We had breakfast with SpongeBob and Patrick at Silver Dollar City. This week Aiya has been visiting and we went to the Republic Aquatic Center and had a party at Play-4-Fun.
School starts this Thursday. Ryan is in third grade, Alex is my BIG KINDERGARTNER, and Katie is in MWF Preschool!! Eric also will be in school -- he is teaching computers and working at the office at PCCS (Polk County Christian School). We will have a wonderful, busy, blessed year. We are very thankful.
How does time speed? Seems to me like everything that recently happened had happened 2 hours ago! Not really, but time does seem to hurry. Many recent events, including my dentist appointment to take my teeth out, the 100th day of school, Valentine's Day, cousin Samantha's birthday, Groundhog Day, President's Day (no school on President's Day, go figure!), Katie's birthday, Valentine's Day Parties, our trip to St. Louis, my Grandma Rose's funeral, Zaide's birthday, etc. Many days, many things. Well, goodbye.
Well, our St. Louis trip was tough and fun. On Saturday, we arrived at our hotel at about 8:10-8:15. We had a 2 hour swim after unpacking, and then went back for a snooze. Sunday was fun-filled day for us Cohens. We headed to the Science Museum. The hit was the limited "Dinosaurs Unearthed" with over 15 models of dinosaurs that moved, and 5 complete skelitons. Alex liked the Triceratops model, Katie was impressed by the Build-A-Bear dog Mei Mei she got, as well as my Horno, and Alex's Rebel (Star Wars talk!) . I was amazed by the 62-foot-long skeliton of an Omeisaurus. As well as the Discovery Center, I pretty much covered all our Sunday. But wait! There's more! When we got back, we hung back at the hotel for awhile. We watched SpongeBob for a few minutes, and Mama headed to a 4-hour meeting. Then we went swimming and back to bed. Monday was my great Grandma Rose's funeral. Then back home. I am sitting here typing this at 9:93pm while Alex is playing a Star Wars Wii Game, and Mama, Daddy, and Katie are hanging out. Well, that's all for today. Gonna see if I can watch SpongeBob. Bye!
Well, I'm late in posting because these last few days were crazy but anyway.
Happy Birthday to my Dad! He really deserved going out with his friend Matt last night. He is the best Dad. While going out to El Rodado last night he got to wear a HUGE sumbraro . Sopapias, flawn, and fried ice cream were the huge menu of desserts we had. It was fun. Plus we got a new Wii game.
On Dec.23, Aiya and Joshua came to visit us! A 1-week adventure filled with fun and friends. Toys were enjoyed by us all. One day we headed up to Springfield for the day. We ate lunch at Lone Star. Joshua refused to try new things but at least we ended in goodness. The hit was problably Jump Mania and Christmas. Christmas was awesome and Jump Mania was nice. I got to see some friends of mine, Cora and Emily, and we had fun jumping and sliding down the slides. Me, Cora, and Emily played "follow eachother around" where one of us was leader and we led the others around. Plus we got a Wii. Fun, fun, fun. Now I gotta go to find something to do.
In case you didn't know (which most of you don't already)I am one of the authors now.
Our family is growing every day. I am so proud of the little ones in many ways:
Little Katie continues to grow. She likes her teacher, and T-Th Preschool and seems to do stuff a LITTLE longer than me and Alex. For example, today in the snow, she stayed out longer, but enjoyed ice cream cake and hot chocolate. I am amazed that she has begun going potty in the toilet and so are my mom and dad.
Big Alex is the oldest of these two. He likes going around telling people "my name is Alex" and "i am 5 and a half" whenever he has the chance. He's in MWF Preschool and he's proud to be entering kindergarten this August. He's often crabby, but is very loving. And he's often saying he's often scared of stuff but does overcome it in the end.
Busy week for Katie - she snuck into my bathroom and had my makeup all over her and everywhere by the time Eric found her. Then, Friday Ryan was working with scissors for a school project and left them out. Alex came and said Katie was cutting her hair and Eric found her behind the couch with little piles of hair all around her.
We had fun decorating the tree and watching fun Christmas shows. This is a good time of year!
