First Day

August 19:

 

I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone so excited to start school. I think she would’ve spent the night in her classroom if I would have let her! I had mixed emotions about leaving her on the first day, but I knew that she was so ready for it, and that helped a lot. It was a strange feeling knowing that for six hours, five days a week, she was completely out of my care. I feel so good about her teacher, and know that she is in great hands. We walked into her classroom, gave her a kiss goodbye, and she was ready to learn!

                 

Meet the Teacher

August 18:

We were so thrilled when we received the letter in the mail telling us who Lyric’s kindergarten teacher was going to be. She found out she got Mrs. Bergstrom. We got to go as a family and meet her and see the classroom the day before school started. She is such a sweet teacher. Lyric was so incredibly excited to take a tour of the class and see where she was going to sit.

While we were talking to Mrs. Bergstrom, I looked over and noticed Paxton hiding on the floor. He looked up and had frosting on his mouth. He had found a cupcake a student brought for the teacher, and swiped his finger through it to taste it. I was so embarrassed! I apologized and wondered why the heck he had done that!

 

Paxton was acting shy and hiding behind me.

 

                                                                             Lyric and Trent (neighbor down the street)  

Sleeping Habits

  

There’s one sure way to know Lyric and Paxton are siblings, look on their beds. They both sleep with an abnormal amount of “things.” Lyric started this at a young age, and Paxton seems to be following suit. Scarves, Calliou backpack, blankets, Mickey Mouse, froggy backpack, and typically some sort of ball, car, or sword. It’s not worth the fight, but I can’t help but wonder how comfortable it can really be to share your bed with that much STUFF!

Mooney Grove Park

August 14:

 

Just after I had Kylee, Mike discovered this fun park with the kids. He wanted us all to go back as a family to feed the ducks there. We also discovered that they had little paddle boats you could rent for 30 minutes. Even though it was way too hot, the kids had lots of fun. They ask to go back quite often. They were a bit apprehensive of the ducks at first, but loved it pretty quick!

                                  

Time Out?

This is what you get when you put a three year old boy on time out in his mommy and daddy’s room. He goes into their bathroom and opens up and spills every nail polish he can find :)

 

Cousin Fun

August 10:

My Aunt Kelly, mom’s sister, came for a visit with her children. It was a fun few days filled with lots of cousin playing, swimming, and eating! My parents had nine kids, nine and under taking over their house.

                              

             

     

Michael Jackson

   

 

Mike loves putting on music from his ipod for the kids when he takes them out. He has about every Michael Jackson song on there, and so he started playing some of those songs for them. Lyric and Paxton got hooked! It is so cute to watch how excited they get when they hear one of his songs on the radio. Lyric has really taken a liking to his music. She’ll put on some head phones and listen to his music for as long as she can. She even loves to watch the latest movie about him, “This is It.” I guess his music really does reach and touch all different ages!

Brotherly Love

August 4:

 

This boy loves his baby sister. Besides my mom’s dog Bernice, she is the only living thing that he is gentle with! I just love watching him with her. Before she was born, I often worried that he’d be rough with her. Like, possibly think she was a form of a ball that he could spiral across the room! He talks to her and gives her sweet kisses. It has scared me a bit, the few times he’s walked into the bathroom to show me he’s holding her! I try not to overreact and just tell him what a good job he’s doing, then quickly get her from him!

Stages and Phases

August 4:

 

My mom bought this Baby Einstein play mat when Lyric was a baby. It was an absolute life saver for me. I’d put her on it, and it’d buy me enough time to pump before I left for work, or to finish up getting ready. She really loved it. I also used it with Paxton. There’s so many fun things you can hang from it for the babies to look at. My mom pulled it out for me when she was watching my kids. Kylee seemed mesmorized, and a bit overwhelmed, by all of the bright colors and shapes!

          

Tooth Fairy Time

On July 17,Lyric lost her first tooth. She was so very excited for the Tooth Fairy to come and leave her a surprise in exchange for her tooth. It was so wiggly, but at first she didn’t want to let me pull it out. Finally, she let me do one good yank, and it was out! Definitely the beginning stages of looking older and more mature. Two days later, she lost her second tooth!

         

                                                                 Where the Tooth Fairy collects her lost teeth from, and leaves the surprise!

 

This girl inherited her father’s inability to keep her eyes open for pictures :)

Paxton and Blake

Lyric and Paxton have some neighbor friends that live a few houses down. They love going back and forth to each other’s houses. Jillian is Lyric’s age, and Blake is Paxton’s age. The girls thought it would be silly to dress their brothers up one day. I’m sure Paxton will LOVE looking at this picture when he gets older!

First Sunday at Church

July 18:

Kylee had her first adventure to church at one month old. I was ready to get back into the groove of church again,knowing it’d feel a bit different with three kids. Sundays feel a little more chaotic, but don’t they always? I notice that when I’m up early and have a good attitude, it really helps set the mood in the home. Unfortunately, I’m not always in a Mary Poppins type of mood :)