Happy September!

8/16/13: Nathan ended up getting another red card.

8/17:  We went to peach mania at Apple Annie's in Willcox. We had never been to their peach mania before.  We stared with peach pancakes.  We picked peaches, apples and pear and then we bought some veggies that were pre-picked.  Their homemade peach ice cream was very good, especially since it was hotter than hot that day.  They were selling peach fudge which I tried, but resisted the urge to buy!  I did buy the peach salsa and that was delicious....ready for some more.

8/19:  Another red card

8/21:  Yet another red card.  I went to the Reid Park Zoo that day for their lemur debut.  The zoo has a new female and a new male lemur that they hope to breed.

8/23:  Another red card.  We left for San Diego right after Nathan got out of school.  About a 6 or so hour drive.  We stayed at the Best Western in Oceanside.

8/24:  We went to San Diego Zoo.  Daddy and Nathan went their own way so I could focus on taking pictures and we met up for lunch.  Got to see the new koala exhibit.  The baby panda was way up in a tree where we could barely see him so that was disappointing.

8/25: We went to Balboa park.  We went to the Air & Space Museum which was okay, but nothing compared to the one here in Tucson.  We went to the auto museum and the model railroad museum.  I also walked around and took pictures of the flowers.  I really liked the water lilies.  That night we ate at Ruby's on Oceanside Pier.  We saw some dolphins swimming and we got to see the sun set.

8/26: We went to Childrens Pool to see the seals.  Nathan played in the sand with his toys.  Seeing the seals in a natural environment was awesome.  Later that day we went on a San Diego Harbor Cruise.  We saw more seals on the cruise.  After that we went over to Coronado and let Nathan play in the sand.  Then we ate dinner there.

8/27: We went by the lighthouse in Oceanside before leaving town.  We saw more seals!  Then we toured the USS Midway in San Diego to conclude our trip.  Got home late that night.

8/28:  Even though Nathan missed school on Monday, 8/26, he got a green card on Wednesday!  I was so excited!  I thought it was pretty impressive considering he did not get a full night's sleep either, but he knew he would get some of his new toys from our vacation if he was good at school.

8/30:  Back to the red card.  He pushed a kid in the closet, hit a kid in the face with a book and would not participate in another group activity.  I really do not understand why he is being mean to the other kids.  We did not have that problem last year.  I think there are too many kids in this class and he is not getting enough individual attention or positive reinforcement.  The green card/red card system just does not seem to working for him and I overheard another parent talking to the teacher that day with the same concerns since his son gets a lot of red cards, too.  Most of my friends, including those who are teachers, think that they are too young at that age for such a system.  I hope the year gets better.

8/31:  We used our last Groupon and went to the water park.  We were there for 3 hours!  That night I went to the last Saturday Summer Evening at the Desert Museum.  It was very crowded.  I got there later than I had hoped so I did not get to take many pictures before going to their two photo workshops, one of photo tips to make your photos stand out and the other on night photography.

So it is Labor Day weekend and tomorrow Nathan has no school and Paul will be home.  I don't think we have anything planned so it may just be a day at home.