This week has been a fun one for our little family in Sioux Falls.
We do have 1 big announcement to make.
Starting in August/September, Henry is going to be attending St. Marys Catholic School for pre-school. This is a little school attached to a huge Catholic Church right next to our house. The cost is not different to any other pre-school in the area. We went to do a tour the other day, and it is a beautiful facility with some great staff members. It has a wonderful family atmosphere which we think will suit our shy little boy. Neither of us are Catholic, but after discussion with the principal we concluded that there will not be too much religious teaching at his young age. The plan is to only have him go there for pre-school for a few years. If all goes well, Gemma will start there in 2012.
When there is no school, Henry will still go to Nikki's house, which is where Gemma will continue to go for daycare.
Marisa is very excited to be able to walk Henry to and from pre-school every day and is adjusting her work schedule accordingly.
At the time that Henry gets to actual school age, we will likely send him to Mark Twain Elementary School, which is one of the better elementary schools in the area and is about 7 blocks from our house. He will obviously attend middle school at Patrick Henry across the street from our house.
The other fun thing about the pre-school is that Henry will wear a school uniform. A white polo shirt and navy blue trousers (not unlike the Spurs strip).
Henry also had his first solo swimming lesson this week, meaning he was in a group without Mum and Dad in the pool. He did extremely well. While every other kid in the class was crying, Henry was being a big boy and learning how to swim. He even told the teacher when he needed to get out and go to the potty. I am guessing that not every kid did that.
Gemma is having a bit of a speech explosion. She is talking more and more. Although she is still a long way behind where she should be at her age, the gap is closing fast, and we are optimistic that she will be caught up soon.
Other fun stuff we have done this week included Marisa and I going out on another date night last night. We went bowling with some friends again. As usual I was dominating with scores in the 130's. I played soccer on Friday, scoring a goal and assisting in a goal in a disappointing 3-3 draw. We conceded with 30 seconds left. We also took Henry and Gemma to watch some kids basketball on Saturday. One of Nikki's children, Kaden, was playing in an under 12 tournament. They won their tournament with us cheering them on.
Last weekend Marisa's parents came and visited last weekend. We did not end up eating at Grille 26 but did have a great time. Henry, Gemma, Jim (Marisa's dad) and I went to the humane society to see some cats and dogs. We discovered that while Henry loves cats, Gemma is more of a dog person, as she made connections with some animals twice her size.
This week is a busy one for the Oppenheimers. Marisa has a cooking class 1 night, and spa night on another night. I am planning on a St Patricks day happy hour 1 night as well. I also have a meeting tonight to get the season started for my under 12 girls soccer team, so that will take over shortly here.
Finally, as you probably read on facebook, Henry has come up with some nicknames for Gemma. They include Shemma, juju and video. You have to love is imagination. He also said at lunch on Friday, "Henry's cool, Mummy's cool, Gemma's cool, Daddys not cool"
So that's the summary of our week.... Hope you all are well.
We do have 1 big announcement to make.
When there is no school, Henry will still go to Nikki's house, which is where Gemma will continue to go for daycare.
Marisa is very excited to be able to walk Henry to and from pre-school every day and is adjusting her work schedule accordingly.
At the time that Henry gets to actual school age, we will likely send him to Mark Twain Elementary School, which is one of the better elementary schools in the area and is about 7 blocks from our house. He will obviously attend middle school at Patrick Henry across the street from our house.
The other fun thing about the pre-school is that Henry will wear a school uniform. A white polo shirt and navy blue trousers (not unlike the Spurs strip).
Henry also had his first solo swimming lesson this week, meaning he was in a group without Mum and Dad in the pool. He did extremely well. While every other kid in the class was crying, Henry was being a big boy and learning how to swim. He even told the teacher when he needed to get out and go to the potty. I am guessing that not every kid did that.
Other fun stuff we have done this week included Marisa and I going out on another date night last night. We went bowling with some friends again. As usual I was dominating with scores in the 130's. I played soccer on Friday, scoring a goal and assisting in a goal in a disappointing 3-3 draw. We conceded with 30 seconds left. We also took Henry and Gemma to watch some kids basketball on Saturday. One of Nikki's children, Kaden, was playing in an under 12 tournament. They won their tournament with us cheering them on.
This week is a busy one for the Oppenheimers. Marisa has a cooking class 1 night, and spa night on another night. I am planning on a St Patricks day happy hour 1 night as well. I also have a meeting tonight to get the season started for my under 12 girls soccer team, so that will take over shortly here.
Finally, as you probably read on facebook, Henry has come up with some nicknames for Gemma. They include Shemma, juju and video. You have to love is imagination. He also said at lunch on Friday, "Henry's cool, Mummy's cool, Gemma's cool, Daddys not cool"
So that's the summary of our week.... Hope you all are well.
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