Sick Day

Well, it was bound to happen. Ben woke up with a tummy ache! He spent the whole day Sunday on the couch watching TV. Had a fever on and off so I decided that he might need to go to the doctor. So, after 1.5 hours at the urgent care, a throat culture and a urinalysis (thought he might have a UTI) we were sent home to take Motrin! They wanted to give us an antibiotic- but there was really no need as all test came back negative- some doctors I really don't get! Anway, after the Motrin kicked in, he was back to his old self!! I asked him if he was just pretending so he could watch TV all day!

World Cup Soccer-

Well, maybe not World Cup action- but it was such fun watching Will and his team play soccer this morning. It was Will's firts game. He was so excited to wear his uniform. His team is the Cameroon Tigers. All of the children are 5 and most are playing for the first time. It was a great game and all of the children had a fantastic time! Will didn't score a goal but he defended the goal and kept the other team from scoring! They play two 20 minute havles and take turns- only 4 players from each team are on the field at a time. When we got home, Will didn't want to take his uniform off and wore it all day! He said he can't wait until next week. After the game, I asked him if he had fun- he said 'Mommy, we scored 10 goals- but it is not about winning- it is about having fun!' That just made my heart sing!! I took some video and will get that on later. Hope you enjoy the pictures!!

Another Day

Will had another great day at school! When we picked him up, he told me that he had lots of fun and got to got to the library and check out a book! He is buying milk at school and gets a devilish look on his face when I ask him what kind he bought- he always says 'chocolate!' Hopefully, he gets bored with that soon. I can't imagine the amount of sugar in that! I also had a PTA/Ciriculum meeting last night. They have a great PTA with lots of parent involvement. Found out that we don't have to sell anything! What luck- I have already been hit up from friends to buy things for their childrens school. I am so glad we don't have to sell (I don't mind the buying...just the selling!!) Anyway, they just do a fund drive the month of October and raise all the funds they need for the year during that. The ciriculum meeting was in Will's class. Found his little table and met the moms of his table mates. Ms. Szura went over the basics for the class and offered up one story while going over the reward chart and treasure box. She said the children are so excited about earning their stars and looking forward to picking out a reward that they keep eyeing the treasure box (a big wooden treasure box). She looked over earlier in the day and there was Will, head in the box- not touching- just looking at the treasure. Ms. Szura said 'Will, we aren't picking treasure now.' And he said 'I know, I'm just looking to see what all is in here!' So like him! I can just imagine him desperate to see what was in that box!
Will did great in carpool and found his class all by himself! Can't believe he is growing up!!

Waiting on Carpool

This morning, Will rode to school with his carpool. He was so excited- can't you tell! He stood outside on the sidewalk for about 5 minutes. When Mindy arrived and Will climbed in the car, he looked excited and a little scared at the same time. When I asked if he wanted Olivia or Margaret to walk him to his class, he told me that he knew how to get there. Such a big boy now!! Can't wait to pick him up and see how his day went!!

Off To Preschool

Today, Ben started back to preschool. Boy, he sure wasn't happy about going! Just look at his face! He told me several times on the way that he was not going to have fun today! Of course, when we got to school, he walked right into his class and sat down to a table full of playdoh!




















And, after school- he was so happy! I asked him to show me how much fun he had and this is the smile I got! He can't wait to go back on Thursday. When I asked about his day, he told me 'I saw Helena on the playground but when we went out, she had gone in. I sure wish she could have stayed on the playground longer!'. So, he had a great day- made a bag with is his handprint and learned about the letter 'L'. He is going to have a great year!!

First Steps

Well, we knew it was bound to happen- Kate has taken her first few steps! Boy are we in for it now!! Thought she was a little tornado crawling... She is just taking 1 or 2 steps at a time but is doing it with such confidence!! Kate has, also, started waving. And, boy, can she make the faces and noises!! She loves to stick out her tounge now and blow rasberries. And if you copy her- she just giggles!! Can't wait for you all to see her again!!

New Occupation- Landscaping!

Well, we are finally making some progress on the new landscaping for the front of the house. Ron has traded in his CPA for a shovel! He has been hard at work the last two weekends trying to get through the dump truck load of mulch we had delivered several weeks ago! The boys have 'helped' a little- filling up their buckets and wagon!!

We are also working on a new path that leads from the front door to the back gate. Ron had to put a drain at the end of the front walk and is going to have to add a drain hose- we get so much run off when it rains! I worked on transplanting monkey grass. Boy, do we have a lot of monkey grass!!! The mulch is mostly spread now- next weekend it should be done. We are going to get the front lawn seeded in a few weeks. Can't wait to have a green frontyard!!! The boys had a great time helping us today- they found HUGE earthworms- what fun for little boys!!!