Fun at Grandmas

Over Labor Day the kids went to Grandma Kathleen's house while Mommy got to have a fun weekend watching Daddy play softball in Albuquerque, NM. Mommy and Daddy had a great time but I think the kids had more fun wearing Grandma and Uncle Jason out each and every day.

One of the days the kids were there they went to a splash pad that was attached to as my kids say the funnest park. Evan loved showing Grandma his new mastery skill of the monkey bars.

He has really taken a strong interest in crawling up stuff recently. Sometimes it makes me nervous, but I think he is like every other little boy in America at this stage.

I think this photo is so fun. Wyatt isn't quite strong enough, nor does he have long enough arms, to do monkey bars but he likes to hang and swing

Evan's great climbing skills

I think the they thought the park was more fun than the splash pad but when I asked them about it they said they loved the geysers.

Lola hangin out with Uncle J

More climbing!

Wyatt looking handsome as ever.

They took another day and went to the zoo. As always the train is a must. Their favorite part was the tunnel.

Lola all Zoo'd out

With help she liked the carousel. As you can see from the next picture she was a little nervous at first.

Uncle Jason!!!

Evan and Wyatt LOVED the carousel.

They liked the animals a lot more this year, every year they seem to get braver at the zoo which is a relief because the first few years all Evan did was cry.

Taming the Lions

Walking up to see the wolfs and cheetah

I'm not sure what animal they are looking at; however when I asked them about it they said the penguins were super funny.

This year Evan and Wyatt liked the Elephants. They even had a good time playing on the big, fake, Elephant sculpture as you approach the Elephant viewing area. They liked that it spit out water.

Getting ready for a great day!

Grandma we love you, Thanks for playing with us at your house

Watching scary episodes of Sponge Bob Square Pants.

Looking beautiful as always. Mom couldn't find Lola's socks so she ended up wearing Wyatt's

Ahhhh!

Waiting patiently to be pushed......

More waiting, less patience........

PUSH ME NOW!

The kids were so excited for Grandma's swimming pool before they left. Once they got there though the kids didn't talk much about it. I wonder if the water was cold, They are big bath babies and love the water warm to hot.

The kids had such a great time! We are so grateful to have family who is willing to be such a great part of our kids' life. The kids love their Grandma Kathleen and Uncle Jason so much. It is all they've talked about since being home. Being 33 weeks pregnant, it was a great break for me too.

Loose Tooth

Bigger and bigger everyday. About a week after Evan started Kindergarten, he discovered his first loose tooth. The loose tooth is on his bottom front on the right hand side.
He was standing at the table after eating and kept picking at his tooth like there was something stuck in there. He kind of started to whine a little bit because he had something stuck in there and couldn't get it out. Russ tried to help him check it out and when he opened wide his adult tooth was growing in behind the baby tooth pushing it's way up and loosening his tooth.

One of the cutest things in this experience has been convincing him to wiggle the tooth to get it out. Finally he asked me if the tooth fairy would be mad if he pulled it out. ( he thought if he took it out the tooth fairy wouldn't come so he was scared to wiggle it. ) We quickly taught him more about the tooth fairy and since then he has been excited for it to fall out at the prospect of the tooth fairy coming to visit our house.

About a week later we were at the breakfast table and he pushed the tooth out with his tongue. He is really excited because now the tooth fairy gets to come to visit our house for the first time tonight.

Wyatt's 1st Day of Preschool

Wyatt is so excited to be 3 so he can go to preschool! This is his first year of school and he goes twice a week.

He was so excited about his Carz backpack.
Lookin sharp

I love this happy face.

His favorite crayon on his first day was green. Every time he goes back it changes though. Last time his favorite was blue.

Wyatt is in the orange star class. He goes to Blanding Elementary Preschool and his teacher is Mrs. Turk. One of his good friends (Grady) is in his class and he likes making new friends. He was also rearing and ready to go and too excited to give mom too many hugs and kisses because he wanted to play

His favorite thing to do is puzzles. He is really good at them and likes working on them till he can do them without help.

On his first day I asked him what his favorite part was and he said playing at recess, and reading books. He loves books! After walking out to the car I asked him more about his day and he let out a big sigh and said "Mom, school was just too long." As most of you know he is my little ball of energy and sitting still for 3 hours is going to be his biggest challenge.

First Day of Kindergarten

You can't stop growing up, now matter how hard you try. One of those great big milestones is: KINDERGARTEN! Evan's first day of kindergarten was August 18th, and he was really excited. Looking handsome as ever

Showing off his backpack

One cool thing about Blanding Elementary is that it is decorated with great big cement crayons. Evan has always called it the crayon school. Both Wyatt and Evan wanted to get their pictures in front of their favorite color of crayons.

Evan's favorite (at least that day) was green

Evan returning to Russ' alma mater

Evan with his teacher Miss Miksell. As you can see he is totally prepped and ready. I was hoping he'd miss me at least a little, but no such luck. He had a great first day. His favorite part was recess. His friends encouraged him to go on the monkey bars, which he did, and now has a new favorite at recess.

Sitting at his desk. He does know a few kids in his class, and since then has made lots of new friends. He likes playing in the kitchen and chasing after the gingerbread man. We are working a lot on reading this year. He loves school and learning new things. I am so proud of him and the young man he is growing up to be.