Weekly Notes - 8/29 to 9/4

8/29 - Connor's first day of school. Everyone dropped him off and he did just fine! Then the girls went to the dentist and they did AWESOME!!! Hardly any crying. :) And Emily even stayed with the hygenist by herself while I sat with Taylor. Then we went to visit Jackie (the girls old babysitter) and then picked up Connor and went to Carl's Jr for lunch (his choice).

8/30 - Connor's second day of school. MUCH better than last year as he was crying when I dropped him off last year.

8/31 - Took the girls into work today. UGH. They did pretty good. Emily sure doesn't know how to control her volume though. And can't sit still. I have a feeling we'll be getting a lot of notes and phone calls from school on this girl. But otherwise she did pretty good. :)

9/1 - The girls went to Jackie's for the day so I could go to an application workshop for work.

9/2 - Picked Connor up directly after school and then headed to Grandma's house! Took the motorhome so we got to watch movies and snack/eat on the way up. Made it a much more comfortable trip. :)

9/3 - All the Aunt's and Uncles' came over (except for Mitch, Andy and Sherry). We BBQ'd at the house and had a blast playing with everyone. Uncle Phil was definitely a big hit and Evan too since he brought over a TON of toys that he gave his cousins. Included was this HUGE automatic Nerf gun that Connor had been begging for ever since he saw it at summer day camp (another boy had brought it in). Tons of fun!

9/4 - Everyone got together again and went out to breakfast and then to the trout farm. Always a hit with the kids although Taylor didn't want to fish. Afterwards I asked her why and she said because she didn't want to kiss a fish again. LOL! I told her she only had to do that the first time when she caught her first fish. Silly girl. :) Then we went back to Uncle Phil's house for awhile and collected acorns and played the flying game. Poor Uncle Phil is sore now. LOL!!

Weekly Notes 8/22 - 8/28

8/22 - Stayed at home with all the kids. Let them sleep in and we waited until the Dish Network people came and installed our new tv system.

8/23 - Kaylee came over for the day and we all went to the Krikorian free movie and watched Despicable Me. It was fun. In the afternoon I dragged the kids to the uniform shop to get Connor's bottoms for school the following week.

8/24 - The girls went to school and I took Connor into work with me. He LOVED taking the train.

8/25 - We went to the Discovery Science Museum in Santa Ana with the Ferraro's. We were there from 11am  until 4 pm. It was a fun day!

8/26 - It was Surbjit's day off so the whole family spent the day at Legoland.

8/27 - Stayed home and relaxed. The kids and Surbjit went over to Uncle Harjinder's house to watch the UFC fight.

8/28 - Bigi came over and watched the kids while Surbjit and I went on my coworkers annual "booze" cruise to Acapulco.

Weekly Notes - 08/15-08/21

08/15 - Today was Connor's last field trip at SDC. They went to Moon park. The girls had water play day. Taylor did not participate. They swam in the pool for about 2 hours after getting home. Definitely getting our money's worth!

08/16 - Today was PJ day at SDC for Connor and they got to watch a movie. Today was bike day for the girls. Emily brought her scooter and Taylor brought her little pink bike.

08/17 - Today was water war day for Connor. He didn't want to bring his swimsuit to school. Guess who got a call in the afternoon asking if he could get his clothes wet. Yup. Oh well. The girls got to pan for gold and gems. :)

08/18 - Today was crazy hat/hair day at SDC for Connor.

08/19 - Today was Connor's last day at SDC. They had a talent show and Connor showed off his karate moves. :) Today was also Kids Night Out at the preschool.

08/20 - Today Connor acheived his next level belt in Karate. He is now a yellow belt third degree. Then we went up to Victorville for Ashtyn's 1st birthday party.

08/21- Low key day at home all day. Attempted to take the kids to church but they were way too rowdy and we ended up leaving after 5 minutes. Yeah, no joke.

Highlights 08/08 to 08/14

08/08 - Connor had a center day at school (so he just stayed on campus). He wanted me to drop him off and for him to walk in by himself. Say what? This is the same boy that cried in the beginning of kindergarten! I had already unbuckled the twins so I told him Tuesday.

08/09 - I let Connor walk into school by himself! He was so happy. The twins were sad they didn't get to say hi to Miss Nancy.  Connor went to Clark Park today.

08/10 - Today Connor went roller skating with SDC. The girls had a trick roper show to watch. :)

08/11 - Today was water play day for the twins. Taylor participated as well today! Yeah! Connor got to go to the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana today. I also got to sign up Connor for all the fun 11-12 school year stuff and found out his teacher is going to be Mrs. Jones next year (new teacher to first grade). We then went to the OC fair.

08/12 - Today Daddy was off and we were up late going to the OC fair so he kept the kids home. They went to Keno's for breakfast and then they went to the park in the afternoon.

08/13 - The morning was Connor's yellow belt karate test. We will see if he passed next week. Then we all went to Chuck E Cheese for Aria's birthday. It was Uncle Harjinder, Uncle TJ, Aunt Debbie, Bigi, Mona and our whole family. :) The only one that didn't make it was Aria's mom. The kids had a blast running around riding rides and playing games. Then Uncle TJ, Aunt Debbie, Mona, Bigi and our family went to the OC Fair (again for us!). It was fun walking around with the kids and they got to ride some rides. Mona even went on some rides her Mom didn't think she would. Gotta love cousin peer pressure. :) Although Taylor does not succumb. LOL!

08/14 - Low key kinda say. I went to church and Emily joined me. She did really good! Then Mona got dropped off at our house and everyone went to the Gurdwara while I stayed home and relaxed. Mona then spent the rest of the afternoon and dinner with us. :)

Weekly Notes - August 1 through August 7

08/01 - Connor had super hero center day at school today. They also got to make s'mores. The girls had water play day today and again - Taylor did not want to participate. Hmmm. The kids and Surbjit were swimming when I got home. :) Then we ate dinner and then took a bike ride around the block.

08/02 - Today Connor got to go to the movies. At the girls preschool it was ice cream day.

08/03 - Today the girls got to bring a rock to school. Luckily we collected some from when we went camping. :) Connor got to go to nickel nickel today. Then Jeff, Romy, Katrina and Dylon came over so Jeff could help Surbjit work on the jeep. The kids played until almost 9pm!!

08/04 - Today was a trip to Atlantis Park for Connor. Went a bike ride/walk after dinner. :)

08/05 - Today Connor got to go to Soak City with SDC! And it was Kids Night Out at the girls preschool. All the kids went. We ended up going out to dinner with an old friend from Surbjit's old dealership and his wife.

08/06 - Karate, then Jeff's birthday party. :) The kids had a blast and did not want to leave. They swam, they jumped and they played dressup (well the girls at least!).

08/07 - Errand running day. And took Emily to urgent care because she was complaining her ear hurt (ear infection :( ) Went to Target and did back to school shopping with all the kids and Bigi. Then went grocery shopping with just the girls. Then cooked dinner. Tiring day!

Highlights - July 25th to July 31

07/25 - Today is our 13th Wedding Anniversary. :) Connor had fiesta center day at school. The girls had cowboy dress up day (although they didn't dress up). Went home and the kids were in the pool. When they got out, we went for a bike ride/walk around the block. Then two of the neighbors came over and played for about 20 minutes. It was a fun night. :)

07/26 - Today was water play day for the girls (again Taylor chose not to do it). And Connor got to go to the movies and watch Marmaduke. After I got home, the kids got out of the pool and the four of us went on a bike ride. Connor is doing awesome with his bike and no training wheels!

07/27 - Today the girls had Jessie from Toy Story come and do a skit. :) Connor got to go to Twila Reid park. New park for him as we have never been there. Went on a bike ride again. :) And Emily was taught this new thing. When you say stop - she says Collaborate and listen, emily is back with a new adventure, take a hold of me tight. (if you know Vanilla Ice's Ice Ice Baby you know what she is doing.)

07/28 - Today Connor got to go to John's Incredible Pizza. We did another bike ride around the block.

07/29 - Connor went to Peak Park to go swimming today. Daddy picked up the kids early today and they met me at the train station. We then all went for ice cream at baskin robbins. :) After we had dinner we all went for a bike ride (well I walked).

07/30 - Busy day. Connor's karate. Then we met the Leach family at Knott's. After that we went to Surbjit's uncle's house in San Bernardino and BBQ'd and swam in the pool.

07/31 - Low key day. Daddy took the kids to the gudwara. Then they came home and played. We still had Mona since she went with us the night before so she stayed all day and they played and swam in the pool.

Weekly Notes - July 18 to July 24

7-18 Today was Connor's first day at his summer day camp. :) I had no problems dropping him off. It was Rock Star Center day and the director said they were going to bake brownies today. Yum!!! The twins had a horse jumper at their school.

7-19 Connor got to go to Nickel Nickel today with SDC. He was so excited. He also has his scooter at school to play with AND he gets to bring his Nintendo DS (although I just realized that he somehow changed it to French so I need to look at that and change it back to English!). The kids were in the pool when I got home so I joined them for 1/2 hour. Great way to cool off on a hot day!

7-20 Today the girls got to get their pictures taken with a pony. Well Emily did. Taylor didn't. Today Connor went roller skating. AND Connor said he wanted his training wheels off his bike and started riding on two wheels! He hasn't mastered it yet, but it won't be long! He is doing pretty darn good!!!

7-21 Today is water play day at the girls school. But Taylor didn't participate. She didn't want to. Not sure what's up with that chick lately. Connor was going to Clark park today. Apparantly the bus broke down at the park. Oops. They were able to get the kids back to school in cars but yikes! Drove to Santee Lakes for our camping trip!

7-22 Camping at Santee Lakes!!! We went fishing, we went in the pool and we watched a movie on a projector at our campsite.

7-23  We got Connor to ride his bike and he is doing GREAT! He didn't want to at first and would only ride his scooter but we talked him into it - and then he wouldn't stop riding. ;) Gotta love it! We went to the spraygound and went swimming in the pool too.

7-24 Came home from camping. Rode the bikes around the block (all three including Taylor which was great since she didn't ride her bike once while we were camping).

Highlights 7-11-11 to 7-17-11

7-11-11: It was Bike day for the girls at school. Connor got hot lunch and water play day at daycare after summer school today. And the kids all said I cooked a very yummy meal for dinner. (Can you tell I haven't been cooking often!). We ate spaghetti and corn and bread with butter. =)

7-12-11: It was water play day for the girls. Although it was hard dropping them off. They were tired and so the crying and I don't want to go to school started. Oh well. They had fun. Connor had a field trip to Wendy's for lunch and then got to play with his water gun at school. :)

7-13-11: Connor has his first loose tooth!!! Connor also got picked up by Monica and spent the afternoon playing with Kaylee and her friend instead of going to daycare.

7-14-11: Connor had a field trip to Tutti Frutti. He enjoyed the yogurt. :) All the kids had a rough morning complaining they were tired. Story of my life. . .

7-15-11: Last day of summer school for Connor. :) He had fun. And is so excited to start his new school on Monday.

7-16-11: Connor had karate today. Then we met the Graether family at Knott's Berry Farm. We were there from Noon until almost 8pm and then went out to dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings. It was a LOT of fun. The big boys even got to go ride on a couple of roller coasters while Susanna and I took the kids on some rides. :) It was crowded though. :(

7-17-11: Low key kinda day. Took the girls to Target with me. Then the girls had their last swimming lesson. Then we went home and I went to the grocery store. And Connor kept looking for the ice cream truck. He wants to stop the ice cream truck SO BAD!!!

Weekly Notes - January 3

1/3 - The Start of me doing a 9/80 schedule at work. Means i'm not home until 7:15pm now. Poor Surbjit. But the kids did ok today.
1/4 - Connor was CRYING because he wanted to see Bigi this morning. Then he cried when dad picked him up because he picked him up first. Then he cried after I got home because he wanted to see Bigi. Not sure why he is so emotional today. Geez!
1/5 - Bigi came over in the evening and spent time with the kids.
1/6 - Emily was crying uncontrollably for me when I left her at daycare. I can;t wait for this phase of Mommy Mommy to be over with!!
1/7 - Received very bad news that my father died today.
1/8 - It just doesn't seem like there is much to write about it right now. :(
1/9 - Emily and Connor went to church with me. We told the kids about Grandpa passing away. They don't get it. The girls especially. I don't think Connor gets it either.

Weekly Notes - December 6th

12/6 - We put up the (fake) Christmas tree today. Did NOT have time to decorate since Connor took FOREVER to do his homework. But we will decorate tomorrow. The kids want to sleep under the tree. We said they could this weekend.
12/7 - Rough morning in the Singh household. Connor is a GROUCH most morning and I need to find a way to deal with him. But this morning he was upset and tired and just not wanting to do anything. I had told him to put his shoes on, then finished putting on my sweater and dealing with Taylor. We go to walk out the door, Connor is standing on the front porch and bursts into tears. "Mommy I don't have any shoes!" I couldn't help but laugh. I said silly boy I told you to put your shoes on. I swear he thought I was going to make him go to school with no shoes on. Haha
12/8 -
12/9 - Dropping the girls off at school this morning. A mom comes in with her child and a baby. She sets the baby down and all the kids (including mine) go and gawk. Emily says, Mommy I want a baby. I said, um, not gonna happen sweetheart. She says No in MY tummy. I said that can't happen until your married! Hopefully she abides by that rule!!
12/10 - We decorated the tree, watched Polar Express and the kids slept all night under the tree. (Except for Taylor who ended up in our bed). I think I see a tradition brewing. =D
12/11 - Bought a dining table for our dining room that seats all five of us! We even got to sit down together for the first time and eat together as a family. It was very nice!
12/12 - Warmest day on record in Southern CA breaking records set in the 1800's! The kids got to run around outside in shorts and t-shirts while Daddy washed his truck and while he grilled Hamburgers for dinner. =) Yeah for Southern CA weather!!!

Weekly Notes - November 29th

11/29 - A hum drum day in the Singh household. Connor had homework he did with no complaints and fairly quickly. He's picking up his work very quickly. We are working on him knowing our address. He has the street number and name down but gets confused on the City and State.
11/30 - Ugh is all I can say. This morning was horrible. Connor still hates wearing his polo shirt. So from now on, until he stops giving me grief, no spirit shirt (and I told him this.)
12/1 - Connor got to wear PJs to school for his Christmas program. He was stoked. Went to the 1:30 show and the 7:00pm show. Very cute. Connor had fun. The twins had their 3 year check up.
12/2 - I need to start taking notes. I can't remember anything worthy happening today.
12/3 - The kids went to Kids Night Out. Emily stayed up the whole time but Connor and Taylor both fell asleep.
12/4 - Went to the mall to pick up some Christmas presents. Went out to eat at El Torito. It was really a great lunch. The kids did very well. =D Connor had a bday party at 5:30 we went to. No naps so the kids were WIPED by 8pm.
12/5 - Went and got our Christmas tree (fake). Will put it up tomorrow.

Weekly Notes - November 22nd

11/22 - I hate to say but I can't think of anything today.
11/23 - Today was Connor's birthday. =D He went to school and shared some treats with his class. He also was able to buy things at school today in their december gift shop for family for Christmas presents. He said his reading buddy helped him to pick out gifts. After school, I picked him up and the twins and we all went out to dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings. After dinner, we went home and got ready to make the drive to Grandma and Grandpa's.
11/24 - We went shopping today at Casual Male. We took all the kids which is unusual and a "treat" for them. Of course it's boring. But the girls - well - they made their own fun. I was talking to Surbjit and I look over and one of them is posing with the mannequin while the other is "taking the picture". Then they traded. It was HYSTERICAL.
11/25 - It was Turkey Day!! Spent the day with all the family. Only my one brother Mitch wasn't able to make it. Dad got to come home from the rehab home for 5 hours to spend it with us so that was nice.
11/26 - We drove up to Roseville after visiting Dad to visit Mark and Jeannie. We brought Connor's dirtbike so him and Wyatt rode in the field across from the house for hours (basically until it was too dark to ride anymore).
11/27 - We went to visit Dad in the rehab home again. Then Surbjit took the kids back to Grandma and Grandpa's house and they played with Aunt Susan.
11/28 - Time to go home. Drove home after visiting with Grandpa again. Kids did good. Connor never napped. Emily only napped the last 30 minutes and Taylor took a good one hour or more nap on the way home. We also stopped at Taco Bell for lunch. First time for the kids. Taylor LOVED the cheese quesadilla. Emily and Connor actually ate the soft taco. I was surprised.

Weekly Notes - November 15th

11/15 - Took the kids to El Torito for the girls birthday. It was a nice dinner except for the horrible service. They brought out mine and Surbjit's plates and it was another 5 - 10 minutes before the kids got their food. Ugh. But the kids loved it. =)
11/16 - Today was dh's birthday. Connor wanted to open his present for him so he got to do that. And they were SO excited to sing Happy Birthday to him and watch him blow out the candle.
11/17 - Connor's Parent Teacher Conference was today. He is dong just fine in Kindergarten. A few things we need to work on with him (knowing his left/right PERFECTLY, tying shoes, and just paying attention better). He is doing just fine. =) Yeah! And the kids helped me make 3 apple pies. They sure did a great job.
11/18 - Connor is getting used to doing his homework and will go get his pencils and crayons when it's time to do homework. Still some whining (especially when we make him do things over) but for the most part, we could tell him the instructions and he would be good to do the homework on his own. =)
11/19 - Surbjit took Connor to Knott's Berry Farm today. =) He had a half day at school so he picked him up early and they spent a couple hours there. That is the nice thing about living so close to an amusement park. ;)
11/20 - We had Connor's bday party. It was actually a lot of fun. It was at Pump It Up and we had 21 kids. Whew! But at least I didn't have to clean up or set up. Yeah. =D Then all the cousins went to Uncle Harjinder's house and stayed the night.
11/21 - We had Thanksgiving dinner (early) at Harjinder's house. We got there and ate dinner. Connor kept asking to go home so he could play with his new toys. He was actually patient for the most part! I was impressed!

Weekly Notes - November 8th

11/08 - Connor this morning (after the time change it feel like it's later than normal) - "Mom don't forget to wake me up." Me - "It's not time to wake up yet but if you want to wake up you can." And Connor forgot his yellow folder at school. :( Not good. That meant, no homework to do and we couldn't sign his weekly paper so no recess for him today. Hopefully that will teach him to bring it home.
11/09 - Connor asked me if I had a boyfriend. He then proceeded to tell me that he had a girlfriend. I thought he was too young to start this! =) When I asked him who it was, it's Kristina's oldest (12 year old) daughter that we just saw this past weekend at Dylan's birthday party. LOL! I wonder if she knows. =D
11/10 - Emily got up from the breakfast table and said she was done eating because she didn't want to hear Taylor crying anymore. Taylor was crying about me taking the crust off her waffles. Um, there is no crust on waffles dear!! (She was talking about the REALLY dark -ok burnt- part)
11/11 - Took Connor (and the girls) to Golden Spoon to use his gift card and he had to go to the bathroom. He said he had to pee and plop. So I took him in and started getting the seat cover and he said "I don't need that!" I said "I thought you had to plop" and he said "This is not a place to plop."
11/12 - Kids Night out at Preschool. Will not be doing this again anytime soon. They stay up too late and are GROUCHY the next day. Not good when you have soccer and TWO bday parties to go to (one being the twins!)
11/13 - The twins bday party! So fun. Emily kept running up to everyone and giving hugs. Taylor was much more reserved. And Connor - well he was just upset because it wasn't HIS birthday. Next week son, next week.
11/14 - Opened up the presents from the bday party. LOVED the dress up trunks. That is all they play with. =) Also loves the Barbies and the book reader.

Weekly Notes - Week of November 1st, 2010

Ok, so i recently found a new blog. Her name is Katie and she writes about her marraiage and stuff. Well coincidentally she lives in Southern CA like me and she is married to an Indian man like me. =) What can I say. I had to start reading. ;) So she does these notes every week. Her Best Of Notes. She basically writes down the highlight of that day, whether it's small or large. I thought - what a GREAT idea! Amid the chaos and sometimes frustrating daily life that happens, there is always something to remember. So I'm going to attempt to start doing this. This would mean a post from me each week. =D

11/01 - Connor was a rainbow today in school and made an airplane during his Mad Science class.
11/02 - Emily (although she took forever to eat this morning!) picked out her clothes and got dressed (all the way down to the socks) all by herself with no whining and no help from me!! Saved me time this morning!
11/03 - The kids have been saying Eenie Meanie Minie Mo. It's so funny! Especially since they say it differently than I learned it! (They say if he screams, I'm use to saying if he hollers.)
11/04 - Leaving to go camping. The kids LOVE it and could not wait to leave.
11/05 - Connor getting his early birthday present. A dirtbike. Rode it all weekend long every chance he got! =)
11/06 - Went to a birthday party just me and the kids. Left Surbjit back at camp to have fun with the boys. The kids did AWESOME! Listened well and had a ton of fun bowling. It was Emily and Taylor's first time bowling and I showed Connor how to properly hold the bowling ball and he did it the whole time. =)
11/07 - We got back from camping and Surbjit was putting the trailer away and I was going in and out of the house getting some stuff out of the motorhome and Connor was watching his sisters. He said, "I'll watch them mom and make sure they don't put any stickers on the floor or on the furniture." He even made me take a walkie talkie so he could talk to me in case something happened. LOL.

So stay tuned for more notes next week!!