Landon, Mindy & Taylor: Taylor's 6th Birthday!

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Taylor's 6th Birthday!

Taylor is 6!

What a year we have had! Below are some pictures over the past year of Taylor. She is still a ray of sunshine each and every day, and is really becoming her own little person. Her most favourite things to do right now are play on the monkey bars at the park, ride her bike without training wheels, take selfies on phones and iPads when nobody is looking. (Its pretty cute when we flip through pictures and find a bunch of silly face pictures she has taken of herself). She is really liking to sing to music on the radio, going to the library to pick out books and DVDs to borrow, and to spend time with her cousins.

Our family has had some big changes this year; my brother and his family have moved back to Edmonton from Kelowna, so my brother lived with us for a few months and she absolutely loved having another person to spend time with and it was nice for them to get to know each other. Another big change for us was the decision to pick up and move from Edmonton to Sherwood Park. We were having some challenges with Taylor's school, the Edmonton Public Inclusive learning supports (or lack thereof), and due to a highly populated area with boundary closures in place and lack of childcare available, we made the decision to sell our house and move to Sherwood Park where we know the school system is better funded and front loads their programs. So we moved into a rental house in July and are waiting for our new home to be built, which should be ready for October/November.

Taylor started at her new school, and seems to be liking her new teachers and getting to ride the yellow bus from daycare to school (so funny that this is the highlight of her day right now). She is repeating Kindergarten as we didn't feel that she had mastered her basics that would be required for advancing in Grade one, so we decided to hold her back and make sure that she is really confident with everything so she has a stronger foundation going into grade one. Hopefully she will rock Kindergarten this time around and build her confidence going into grade one.