August

Alisha says: August was another hot one here in Mesa. We spent our early mornings cycling and our late afternoons swimming. I have been able to put in some solid miles in on the bike and feel like my fitness is coming back after having Jade. I have recently started posting more rides on strava and going for a few QOM's that are around here. Dave has been busy with work and went to his work conference early in the month leaving me solo for a week. I had my ups and downs with the kids while he was away but we made it and were glad when he returned home.

Now onto the update on Skye: Skye knows and can sing a lot of nursery rhymes but recently she has discovered that she also enjoys a few pop songs. One that she likes to sing and watch the video on youtube is Thunder by Imagine Dragons. The song basically has two words, thunder and lightning which she says over and over. It really is adorable. She also like to watch the music videos and listen to Roar by Katy Perry and the Zootopia song Try Everything by Shakira.

She has started to do more pretending and has recently given herself the name "Brewster" (it's from a cartoon called Chuggington). She likes to be called Brewster and frequently refers to herself in the 3rd person as Brewster. Other names she has given herself include; bunny, Allie and Carly.

Skye started preschool two days a week. She was really excited about it and did really great her first day. She has two teachers Ms. Bear and Ms. Mansfield. I ask her questions on the car ride home about her day at preschool and for the first several days whenever I would ask her what her teachers names are she would say "Ms. Mansfield, don't throw sand". Which I decipher as Ms. Mansfield has had to tell her several times not to throw sand during recess which I later am able to confirm by the amount of sand that is in her hair and shorts. Haha, oh well. She also gets excited about snack time and sitting "criss cross apple sauce" on the rug. It is fun and exciting to see her grow and start to explore the world around her. Right now we think that she is going to have a more extroverted personality as she talks a mile a minute and likes attention. She has big emotions which is really cute when she is excited about something and not so cute when she throws a fit.

Skye's first visit to the dentist. She did really good, letting them take x-rays and clean her teeth. No cavities!!

Playing at the Children's Museum

Skye's first day of preschool!

We took some family pictures with the whole Welsh Family.

Riding with my friend Victoria! I love early morning riding.