Brady's First Day of (Practice) Kindergarten

Today was Brady's first day of kindergarten - kind of....they are very wisely using a staggered start so today he and 7 other kids started.  Over the next two days the rest of the class will go for a practice day and then they'll all go together for the first time on Thursday!  He did great and really likes his teacher!!  Yea!

 He found his seat and was just as happy as can be.....

Especially once his bestie, Meryl, arrived!  



Wordless Wednesday

I feel like I only posts pictures of Easton these days (the other two are still faster and don't cooperate as much) so today I'm posting all 3 day!  Yea for me realizing today is actually Wednesday before it's over!!  :)  These were taken at Brady's soccer practice last week - I discovered that the "sports" setting on my camera is way more conducive for fast-moving boys!!

Wordless Wednesday

Cheese!!!!!!!!!!!



Flyin' Solo

Zachary is supposed to start pre-school in the fall.  This breaks my heart.  He's so shy and timid and sweet - and he's never done anything by himself.  He's never been to daycare and I've been a SAHM for the past year....and even before that he went to a babysitter but the only other kids there were his brothers.  So, he's not used to other kids or being without his parents.  In preparation for this, we decided to enroll him in a class at the Little Gym.  He started off in a parent-child class but last week was his first week to go to a new big boy class all by himself.  I was right outside the window and he could see me the whole time but he did really well.  There were other kids in the class (the session is halfway over now) that were running around and NOT listening a lot more than him.  The teachers thought he did great.  I was soooo proud of him!

He had lots of fun!  And now, Easton is taking his place in the parent-child class.  He loves it but throws a fit when Zachy goes to the Little Gym without him.  This week, I have to work on the night of Zachy's class so Brendan has to take him (and the other two boys).  Easton will not be a very happy camper when he doesn't get to go into the gym!!  That will not be prety!

Fourth of July (was two days ago but I'm trying!)

So, I'm behind as usual but we had a pretty fun Fourth of July.  Every year, my sister's husband's company "hosts" a softball game that Brendan plays in.  It's a bunch of middle-aged guys and now some of the younger generation has joined in to put them to shame.  ;)  The game has very interesting rules...the most interesting is that the game isn't over unless my brother-in-law's team is winning.  I'm fine with this when Brendan is on his team but this year he wasn't so it's not a good rule.  :) 

The boys liked watching the game and playing with their cousins (mainly Alli the dog).  They got to go run around the bases when the game was over.  I forgot my camera so all of these pictures were taken with my phone.  :(  I see other people's pics taken with IPhones all the time and they look so much better than mine do???

After the game, there's always a "cook out"....I use that term lightly b/c it's catered by a local BBQ place.  This year it was exceptionally nice b/c they had it at "The Deck" which is behind a building that my brother-in-law built.  The building has offices/retail places on the first floor and apartments on the second floor so I think he built this area for the "kids" (college students) that live there.  It's super nice and has a little wading pool that the kids had lots of fun in.

I didn't get any good pictures of Brady for some reason.  He was too busy having fun I guess.  Here they area all together in their 4th of July shirts....they actually volunteered for this picture?!?!

And here's the aftermath......three zonked boys.  They passed out!!!



Also - I'm now two days late participating in Jenna's Commenting Challenge so I gots lots of commentin' to do!!!  I found some great blogs last year during the challenge and I'm sure I'll find some more this year!!!  Fun stuff!

Easton-isms

Easton is so cute these days.  He has quite the personality and talks CONSTANTLY!  Since he's just over 2 years old, most people probably can't understand him - especially since he seems to have is own language.  But, I wanted to make a note of some of his Easton-isms so I can remember them a few years from now when he speaks with perfect English.  Ha!  He really likes to annunicate everything and pronounce it very loudly complete with some crazy facial expressions.  That's probably what makes it so cute!  Unlike Brady, none of his Easton-isms sound like cuss words at this point so that's a blessing!  ;)

• Geenking = drinking
• Wee Rex = T Rex
• Manimals = animals
• Tata (with a short a....like in cat) = Zachy
• Beady = Brady (Zachy pronounces it the same way)
• War-EE-Os = Oreos
• Nemonade = lemonade
• Papa - Grandma/Grandpa
• Guy-et-ball = basketball
• Aunt Mimi = Aunt Amy
• Wee Wee = Lightning McQueen
• Gaga = Hot Dog/Corn Dog
• Ping Ping = Penguin

He also likes to say, "what's that sound?" all the time.  And, just recently, he says, "why?" ALL THE TIME.  Any time we ask him to do something, that's his response.  And if you say his name, he says "what?" in this funny little way.  And his answer to every question is now "because."  Uggh!  It's cute but it'll get old I'm sure!

Wordless Wednesday

My Love.....