Aurora goes to 1st grade

Today Aurora started the 1st grade. It was rather uneventful dropping her off. I wanted pictures of course but she was more interested in playing with her friends. It really helped that she knew most of the kids from doing the bodies camp this summer and knew her teacher today from the preschool. At pick up she did not want to leave, she was too busy playing still. Tonight we got to do spelling homework and some vocabulary.

The Lovold Family goes to the beach

This was Morgan's first trip to the beach. I am not a huge fan of the beaches in California. I think it has to do with hearing about beach closures after the rain every year growing up in Orange County. The day started out with the intention of going bowling but Morgan fell asleep right after we left the condo so we decided to drive to Balboa Island so we could ride the ferry. Morgan woke up as we were going across the little bay and the girls were very excited by all the boats and water so we decided we would find a beach to stop at.

We headed up PCH from Newport Beach in search of "Morgan's Beach" or so she told us the whole time in the car. The first stop was a Huntington State beach. They wanted $10 for us to park the car so we kept on driving. Then the Huntington City Beach...they wanted more. We finally found some meter parking and Morgan informed us she didn't like this beach because it was too big. Since it was a dog park and she has issues with dogs we drove a little more. We found meter parking on the street pretty close to the pier so we stopped and got out. Again the beach was too big but after all that drama we were done searching for good parking and unfortunately for Morgan no matter where we stopped it was going to wind up being "too big". She was wary of the water area for a while but eventually warmed up to the whole thing enough to get to where the sand was still a little wet. Aurora was running into the water and running away from the coming waves having a great time. They hunted for seashells and dug in the sand. I am still not a fan of the beach but it was a fun day.

Today at the phlebotomist

Well today truly was awful at the the phlebotomist. Having Aurora in my lap trying to hold her down to have them draw her blood was unsuccessful and not fun for either of us. Who knew a 5 year old could be strong enough that I was unable to hold her still. We wound up leaving the office without her blood being drawn,

I called the pediatrician's nurses line. So on Friday we are headed back to get it done with a trip to the pediatrician's office first. They are going to put numbing stuff on her arm, the stuff they use during circumcisions. Wish us luck!