For any of you who check our blog on a regular basis, I apologize for being so behind!! The last four weeks have been filled with multiple weddings, a trip to Vegas, a birthday party and lots of other various activities. This past Sunday was the first day I didn't have to go anywhere! It was so nice to be home. Of course, there was a ton of housework that we had fallen behind on after being gone so much, but at least I didn't have to go anywhere!!
I will try and recap a couple of highlights of the past month. For some reason I don't have a lot of pictures, but I added a few. Some of them were cell phone pictures, so they might not be the best quality. We went to a wedding here in Kansas of a coworker of Justins. One of his friends has a son close to Paytons age that was in the wedding. So the two of them played alot. Payton was really shy at first. He even told me that he wanted to be shy! Then after eatting all of the M&M favors on our table, he was no longer shy! He started dancing so funny. I have never seen him act like that before. It was hilarous! I have no idea what he was doing, but I captured it on my phone.
The next weekend Justin and I headed to Las Vegas for another wedding. We had a wonderful time. It was the first time we have ever both been away from Payton for more then one night. And we had only done that twice since he was born! He stayed at Grandma Joys while we were gone. They had a wonderful time! He didn't even want to come home when we got home, he wanted to stay at Grandmas!! A big thank you to my mom for watching him for 4 days! It was a much needed get away for the two of us.
In other news--Payton is doing great in PreK! I was a little nervous at first, because I knew he was ready academically, but socially, he is still just 3 1/2-4, while most of the kids in his class are 4 and 5. The first day or two at drop off and pickup we had a few minor issues because things were different then what he was used to, but we have not had one issue since then and the teacher said he is going great. Right now he is learning how to spell the colors. They are also learning sight words. This has really sparked an interest in wanting to read. He is constantly asking me what stuff says in books or on signs, etc. I think being with the older kids has helped alot as well. He has started playing by himself a lot more and using a lot of imaginative play. I can sometimes hear him in his room talking to his stuffed animals and playing. I keep trying to catch it on video, but I am not sneaky enough!
I am happy and sad that summer is over. We love summer to be able to play outside, but I am actually looking forward to fall. Payton is very aware that his birthday is coming up and after his birthday Santa comes. So I think the holidays this year will be a lot of fun because he is really into it!
