Meet 'N Greet!

It was time to Meet 'N Greet our Kindergarten teachers tonight!!!  The boys did fairly well!  They seemed to like their new rooms and teachers, but we had to stop and say Hi to our preschool teachers too!  I can't believe school already starts on Monday! 

 

Just Playing Around...

Just out playing around today... Conner had a grand old time! 

 

At one point, Ben decided he needed to pout for a while in his chair... not even sure why, but he recovered and wanted to take a silly picture!

 

Recess...

We spent our morning at the school park where my babies will be having recess in 6 short days...

Planes...

We wanted to fit in one more overnight trip before school starts so the boys got to spend most of their weekend with Mama and Papa!  They spent time fishing, playing outside, and riding Papa's mini trail! They had a great time!  Thank you to Mama and Papa for giving them such a fun weekend! 

On Monday night, we surprised Conner and Ben with a trip to the movies to see Planes!  They loved it!  They did really good during the movie.  We may have reminded them more than once to lower their voices, but it was a cute movie and I'm glad we went! 

Ready...

Conner announced he was ready to go to school this morning!  We had just finished running some errands (where he received a blue sucker, hence the blue tongue!)  He was all decked out in his Spiderman gear and my sparkly sandals... he was quite happy with himself!  I told him school doesn't start for another week and a half so he would have to wait! And he would have to pick out some other shoes...

Catch up...

It would seem I need to play a little catch up here...

 

Conner is feeling great after his surgeries!  I think his ears and his (removed) adenoids have healed nicely.  At least he hasn't been complaining about them!  His tongue doesn't seem to hurt anymore either, although he still won't let us get a good look at it! 

 

We got to go visit Great Grandma on Saturday afternoon so that was nice to get over there.  After that, the boys got to go spend several days with Nana and Gramps.  Nana reported that they were good boys, so hopefully that's true!  We missed them like crazy, but definitely enjoyed some peace and quiet!  There were lots of moments where Nick and I found ourselves saying, "sooo, what do we do now?!"  We enjoyed all the date nights and sleeping past 5:30 am!  Nana and the boys had some excitement coming back home on Wednesday when they found themselves on the interstate with a flat tire!  Luckily, Nick was home so we jumped in the car and Nick saved the day by changing the tire and then we brought the kids home!  We drove in the driveway and Ben announced, "Home Sweet Home!"  Ben and Conner enjoyed telling us all about their visit to Nana and Gramps' house.  They had an amazing time!  Thank you Nana and Gramps for showing the boys such a great time and giving Nick and I a little break!  It was greatly appreciated!!!  We are very lucky to have you!

 

Tonight, after dinner, we decided to try taking the training wheels off the boys' bikes to see how they would do... we told them that we would put them right back on if they wanted us to... no pressure...

 

Here's Conner after trying the bike for about a minute... yes... he's pouting!

 

Ben tried for a while, with Daddy's help!  He eventually announced that, "well, maybe you should put my training wheels back on!" But I think he enjoyed trying, at least...

Here's Nick giving our two a little pep talk... (trying to get Conner to try again!)

Conner rode for a little while, and then ended up almost right back where he started!

I'm glad we tried!  Training wheels are back on for now, just a little higher off the ground!

Enough!

Today was the third time in the last month that I had to take Conner to have blood drawn.  He and I are both sick of it!!!  He walked in there screaming, "I hate blood!"  Today after the blood was drawn, Conner pointed at everyone in the room, including me, and told us how mean we were... if only he could understand, I hate it just as much as he does.  Hopefully this is the last time for a while that we will have go to the lab!  Conner usually does pretty well, the worst part for him is right after.... so in the car, we decided to get some ice cream.  He still wasn't happy, so I asked Conner what else would make him feel better... he told me that he needed to wear his Ironman costume...  it did seem to do the trick!  And, of course, Ben was not going to be left out!