pictures from school

I'm happy to report that Colson has fully transitioned into school at Bergamo ... after a long 6 weeks. But now he loves going to school and is no longer sad when I leave and does not want to come home when either Nick or I get there to pick him up. He is learning so much!



Colson filling up a small watering can to help water the plants in the classroom:



Transferring water between two bowls with a turkey baster :)


Playing outside: here's Colson with his good buddy Elian


Lila, Zoe and Colson ... "Ready ... Set ... Go!!!" That's what the kids like to say before sliding down :)


Colson after eating the rice that I packed for lunch:

pumpkin patch

Fog Willow Pumpkin Farm ...

Got Colson and Colt ... missing Monroe!


Where did Colson go ...


Finally ... all three :)


Hay trampoline that Colson loved:

Goin for a ride with Hannah, Colt, Monroe and Kyle:

my first trike!

his first set of wheels!

remembering Bob ...

Went to Santa Cruz with the whole Street Clan in mid-September to spread Bob and Ricky's ashes in the Pacific Ocean ... we miss you Grandpa Bob. Nick's cousin Cara had our custom t-shirts made ... on the front a picture of Bob from our wedding and on the back it said "Bob's Farewell Tour" and inlcuded "stops" where his some of his ashes had already been spread, like Candlestick park.

summer recap

The second half of our summer:


What's summer without popsicles :) The white stuff on his face is sunscreen hahaha.

Hanging out in Huntington Beach ... my dad and Colson with some fresh bananas!

Colson checking out the sap from the freshly cut banana ...

Going for a bike ride along the beach ... with my little cousin Adora, she was also our flower girl at our wedding :)

Swim lessons with Julie/Monroe, Andrea/Aidan, and Laura/Colt at Greenhaven Cabana Club near our house ...

Posing with our swim teachers: Mackenzie and Margot ...

Pool time at GP's house. GP = Grandma Patty, Nick's grandmother.

Playing at the big cheese in Fairytale Town ...

Colson's first A's baseball game. Eddie and Dawn Bell invited us to their box to watch ... Here is Colson hanging out with their son, Travis.

Colson playing in his cousin Shaylen's infant carseat -- look how gigantic he looks! Can you believe that just last year he was a just a little munchkin ...

At Fairytale Town again (we have a season pass) ... Colson's favorite thing to play on is the choo choo train ... well he pretty much loves anything with a steering wheel!

At Funderland ... everytime the buggy car ride came to end, Colson would not want to get out of the car! So I just gave the attendant another ticket and let him go around again ;)

still here!!

I know I have a lot to catch up on, but I thought I'd do a quick post about what's going on now and do an update post later about the rest of our summer ...

A big development that happened today that I wanted to document was that Colson finally had a firm BM!!! I know -- what? Sounds gross ... what's the big deal you ask? Well for about the past 5-6 weeks WEEKS, Colson has had either loose stools or diarrhea ... no joke, no firm BM. He had a little spell of the stomach flu thah he caught at school ... but I am chalking the rest up to teething because even when i changed his diet, no change in the poo. All four of his incisors are not just about fully grown in and coincidental too that the diarrhea has lessened. I had read that it was not uncommon for toddlers and babies to have diarrhea during teething, but I had no idea that it would last this long!

Oh yeah - school! Colson started in the toddler program at Bergamo Montessori in our neighborhood in late August. We call it school because it is actually school - hahah. On the same campus, they also have a preschool (3-5), lower elementary, upper elementary and middle school. Colson's class is for 18 mos - 3yrs. It was a tough transition and he still cries when I drop him off in the morning, but not for too long, thank god. He's so grown up! They even have parent-teacher conference coming up (not sure what we are going to discuss) and school picture day :)