Kinder in the house

Sorry that this post is long overdue, but honestly I was dreading it and thought that the more I avoided it that maybe the day would never come....it did though! Alex had his first day of Kinder yesterday and we both made it through it. He seemed a little excited actually to be going to Kinder and it didnt hurt at all that one of his friends from preschool was in his class. He went right in and sat down and just kinda stared at everything and everyone and then colored a little on the color sheet that his teacher had at their desks. I said my goodbyes with Alan and Blake and told him I would love him and only teared up a little during all of this....then I turned to leave and BAM....let the floodgates open. It wasn't a pretty picture at all...sobbing and moms that I dont even know coming up and asking us if I had a kindergartener....was it that obvoius...what gave it away....the crying without breathing?

He made it though...he didnt get lost, seemed to have a good time...and went back again today without kicking and screaming. He talked more today about what he did and who he sat next too etc...and I didnt cry in the hallway either when I left his room....overall it was a great 2nd day.

Here are some first day pics that we took!

The countdown begins....

I have been dreading the start of August....because when August starts that means that summer is almost at an end and when Alex will be off into the big world of Kinder. I am excited for him...sad for me that my baby is growing up and "moving" into a new phase of his life. He will be on his own in a big school without Blake or I with him. This scares the living crap out of me!

I am not going to get too sappy though today, because I am sure there will be that ONE BLOG where I break down and all emotions come pouring out. Not today though....today I will be strong and think happy thoughts! :)

Yesterday was another fun filled day at 6 Flags....I swear the kids could live there. After 6 flags we came home and rested, got some lunch and then rested some more. So hot to do anything during the day except swim. So last night we went to Hemisfair Park. For those that don't know its a wooden playground downtown by our convention center. The boys had never been so we headed downtown for some late night fun. They had fun playing and we walked by the convention center which has waterfalls and a large hill that was screaming for the boys to roll down. So they rolled and we left only to have Blake scream half the way home that he was itchy from the grass....last time he rolls in the grass thats for sure without a bath readily available to wash him off after.

Fun was had by all though and we marked one more day off of our end of the summer calendar...countdown to school....

Waiting for the swing


Thinking about life at the end of the slide


Rolling

Summer Nights

Lord help me to remember these nights when everything seemed just right.

The boys riding their Power Wheels in the front and then running through the sprinklers, then jumping up and hitting their bellies like they are in some sort of wrestling match and thinking that this was the funniest thing ever...and last but not least hearing the ice cream truck and sitting out on the driveway eating our spongebob and ninja turtle ice creams.

Help me to remember the easiness of tonight and all the fun we had just being carefree during the summer nights...

Getting ready for the belly bump




Sprinkler Fun

I want to rock and roll all night...and party every day!

A friend of mine was over at the house for a day this week and she brought her Wii with her. I am so glad that she did, because I have been trying to convince Alan that they boys would love one. I love the fact that with a lot of the Wii games you are up and moving around rather than just sitting there. Needless to say Alan loved it and so did the boys. I thought they were going to cry when they left with it. Here are some of the pics of them rocking out playing Rockband! Too cute..and you gotta love just how serious they were when they were playing!!