Friday, October 6, 2017

Preschool!

Davis started preschool. He LOVES it! He might be a little bit like his daddy, because he LOVES to learn absolutely everything he possibly can! So the first day was an open house, and we all went together to look at the school and get to know everything. Honestly, he was grumpy when we left, because he WANTED to just start learning BY HIMSELF already. But then it was better when the first day came.
 This is how excited he was for the first day!



This is his progress report. Teachers love kids who are enthusiastic! It does pretty good for a Mom's heart to see how well he is doing!

Potty training (again!)

Guess what?! NO ONE IN THE RUSCH HOUSE WEARS DIAPERS ANY MORE!! This is a big deal!
This is Reagan on the potty that we bought for her at Walmart. Incidentally, she actually decided that she only likes using the real potty, which is totally okay! She has been amazingly easy to potty train, and has had very few accidents! In order to celebrate, Davis and Reagan got new underwear:
And I got a new purse that isn't a diaper bag! FREEDOM!!!

Total eclipse of the sun

So the 2017 eclipse had a path of totality that came right over Idaho Falls.
At first, I didn't really know that this is a big deal. But, oh my goodness, it is!! Three of my brothers decided to come to Idaho Falls, because my parents are nice enough to let everyone stay at their house. So, by default, I was in charge of the family reunion at my parents house! We had a fabulous time!

 The sprinklers were set to go off every night at like 6:30 at my parents house. This made the kids decide that they would rather run through the sprinklers than eat dinner, because, of course!

 Instead of putting on swimsuits, they opted to take the clothes off!




 Watching the eclipse coming
Willie was hanging out inside while we were outside watching the eclipse



 Baby Reuben in the grass

 So interesting to see the different shadows while the sun was being covered


 We went to Taylorview Jr. High to see the full sunset. So very cool.



Okay, so it was way cooler than I ever expected it to be. At first, I was just excited to have my brothers come play with us. But, seriously, it made me an eclipse chaser. I'm pretty sure I will be at the next solar eclipse! Seriously! It was also so very fun to see all the cousins playing together! So much fun!