My Toothless Wonder

Wednesday Alex lost one tooth...not the natural way though, but who is counting right? I mean the tooth fairy still comes no matter what...doesn't she? He had to have a tooth pulled on Wednesday and he looks so darn cute it's not even funny. I was a little sad to see it go though...and as weird as that sounds if you are a mother you probably understand. You look at that smile for years and years and when they lose one of those teeth it forever changes what you have seen....their smile for several years. Their smile will not look the same as it did when they were just babies...sappy and sentimental I know. But gosh he looks adorable and you cant help but smile when he does now. So precious!!

Tuesday night with a full set of teeth

Wednesday afternoon

Can we keep her now?

So mom...aka Nena has been in town looking and we have been loving having her here! The boys have decided that she is to stay forever and Blake even asked when we picked her up from the airport if we got to keep her now. We are hoping so. Please pray for a job nearby and then the boys wishes will be granted! We have been trying to make the most of the time that we do have with her right now though and have been trying to spend it doing the best thing there is...making memories! We have been to ride the train at the zoo which we haven't done in almost a year, went to the Japanese Tea Gardens and then today to the Corn Maze near Hondo.

Train Ride



The boys had a blast at the maze! They could have cared less about the whole walking through the 7 acre maze though...they weren't at all impressed with trying to get through it and the whole concept of getting lost in the maze didn't appeal to them at all...my little city boys! The did however love the corn popper which was a huge trampoline, the slides and even won a bag of kettle corn when they shot the corn cannon and hit the target. Fun was had by all and we loved being with Nena!

Hay Jumping

Barrel Train

Corn Popping

Please return in original condition

I must admit that Kindergarten has been a huge adjustment for all of us. I have to wake up earlier which I am so not liking and actually be pulled together and functioning before the sun is even up. The one though that has had the biggest change is Alex.

He wakes up this ball of sunshine. He is happy with the world, is eager to start the new day and is smiling and happy. I am however wondering what they do to them when they are at school...for when I pick him up he is not the same boy when I dropped him off. He is cranky, moody and irratible. I know that he is just so tired. You can see it on his face and in his body. He has that "glazed" over look like any second he will fall asleep. I know that they are busy and that Kinder is not like when I went and we played in centers for most of the day, then had snack and then a rest time. They are working these kids. He comes home with info in his head that I have trouble putting my mind around. He is reading some books already and is so proud of himself...I would however love to be able to tell them when I am dropping him off to please return him to me the way that I am giving them to him. :) We are blessed though that he has a great teacher who seems to be wonderful for Alex.

Blake has been doing great in Pre-K and is happy to be the big dog on campus this year. He is starting to write his name and has been learning letters already. He loves his teacher Ms Traci who was also Alex's teacher last year. She is amazing and we all love her. Blake talks non stop about her. Alex even asked him the other day why he talked about his teacher so much....cause we love her thats why! Last week he even had a first...his first kiss. This is his fourth year in the same class with this little girl and from the time that they were in the baby room they were inseperable. Well he walked right up to her in chapel of all places and gave her a smooch on the lips. So cute...we had to remind him though that we cant walk around kssing our friends...just give her a hug next time.

Besides that all is well. Mom comes on Monday for some interviews here. We are so excited to have her here for however long that may be. We wish her nothing but happiness and selfishly wish that she found hapopiness here in SA or close by so that we could have more of her time. We all miss her so much when we are apart. We need our Nena!

Alex crashed after a long day at Kinder


Our superhero Blake doing a superhero flying move

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!!