Monday, August 30, 2010

School Days!!!

The kids now have a full week of school under their belts and things are going well. Nicholas just started kindergarten and he has had a rocky start, but the last few days have been better. He has shed lots of big crocodile tears, but I know its normal and its such a huge transition to be at a big elementary school compared to his relatively small pre-school. Grant is now in 2nd grade and has gotten off to a good start. I am amazed at how much faster kids now days learn things. He has a test every week over a chapter book he reads along with a spelling test and a vocabulary test!! Last Friday, he also had a math test, so that's 4 test in 1 day on the 1st week!! Harrison will start his pre-school next Wednesday and he has been enjoying some 1 on 1 time with his mama. He is such a sweet little boy and I have cherished spending some special time with just him. Mainly our time together has been spent at the grocery store, Target and out running various other errands, but he doesn't mind. Every night when we put him to bed, he asks "where are we going in the morning?"

The first day- Harrison wanted to be in the picture too and act like a big boy. The other night, I was getting the kids lunch boxes out and packing them and he brought me his and told me what he wanted and he set his backpack by his big brothers backpacks.




















Thursday, August 5, 2010

What we've been up to this summer...

It's been so long since my last entry, I decided to make a post summarizing our summer so far. We have had a great one and have stayed super busy!! I can't believe in less than 2 weeks, I will have a kindergartener and a 2nd grader. Boy, does time fly!!



These first few pictures are just of the boys playing around with a bubble machine Harrison got for his birthday. Of course, they had to try to catch and pop them with their tongues.




Fun with friends and silly bands...








No summer is complete without ice-cream cones...




The next set of pictures is of the kids at Magic Springs. We have had so much fun there this summer!! We go at least once, (sometimes twice a week) for fun at the water park and riding rides.





Nicholas catching some waves while tring to surf...



Grant trying it out...


He's just tall enough to ride the tube slides...



Way over 48"...




Sorry Harrison, it's going to be a few more years for you...


Grant and his buddy Danny...



Grant and Kayla on a ride...




Being silly...

Now, we move on to fun times at the lake. The boys have enjoyed the lake so much this year!! Grant even learned how to water ski!! It's just so slow paced up there, we can just relax and don't have to worry about the kids being run over by a car out in the front yard.





















We went to Destin, Fl for a week in the middle of July and had an awesome time. Sorry, I didn't realize I put sooo many pictures of the beach on here. Oh well, you can see how much fun we all had!!










Some thing never change, you would think that now (at 5 years old) he would no longer have the desire to taste sand like he did when he was 2!! That's just Nick being Nick, I just have to shake my head and let him do it!!
With friends Ellie and Molly...















I love how he has his (not so little) hands. He did this on his own, I didn't pose him.