August 31, 2013

Back to School 2013

We are official back to school! This year all 3 boys are in school for the first time. I am excited to have the time to myself. I know I will have no problems filling it. I plan to at least walk the neighborhood loop while the weather is nice! This year because I had to do all 3 boys back to school pictures on the same day (previous years have been on different days!), I made printable signs (with some guidance from ideas I from Pinterest and Google).  I also decided to add in the "back to school" interview, for the same reasons every other Mom on Pinterest does...so we can go back and see how the answers change through the years!

David's Favorites
Evan's Favorites
Shaun's Favorites
Back to school really started a few weeks before when we did all of our back to school shopping.  We took a ride to the outlets with Grammy and then to the local shoe store for their new sneakers!  And of course we can't forget those back to school haircuts!  They looked super sharp for the first day, if I do say so myself!  I am looking forward to a great school year and I know they are going to have lots of fun learning and making new friends!
David and Shaun are ready to try on some sneakers!
Evan is super pumped that his new sneakers light up!
Back to school haircuts!
On Tuesday August 27, 2013, we got up earlier than we have in a long time!  I had already put out their back to school outfits the night before so that I could focus on making David's lunch and getting them breakfast!  The boys came down stairs looking super sharp.  We had plenty of time for those annual back to school photos!  After the pictures it was time to head to the bus stop.  Shaun was going to have to wait until the following day to ride the bus since the first day was only a meet and great for preschool and kindergarten.
Ready to head down to the bus!
Evan gives David a big kiss before he heads on the bus!
Off to second grade!
After we waved bye to David, Shaun and Evan and I waited back home until it was time to head into their meet and greets.  Evan's started at 8:30 and Shaun was going to have to wait until 9:35 am.  Shaun wasn't pleased he had to wait, and he wasn't pleased about spending time in his old preschool class for an hour.  I guess he was really ready for Kindergarten.  Evan wasn't pleased that I staying instead of dropping him off, so needless to say, it was an interesting morning!

Evan checking out his new classroom!
He's so ready for this!
Finally it was time to head to Shaun's new classroom.  He's going to have the same teacher that David had for kindergarten!

Shaun found his cubby!
While I filled out some paperwork and talked with his teacher, one of the assistant teachers read him a story!
The boys head to the car after two successful Meet and Greets!
I was so excited to hear about second grade that I met David down at the bus stop.  I usually watch for him from the driveway and let him walk up.  He seemed to have a great day.  He's getting to know his new classmates and teacher.  But overall it was a fun day.

Officiall first day is over!
One more picture with all 3 holding up their signs!
Since Shaun would be riding the bus for the first time on Wednesday, I made sure that we had time to all go down to the bus stop again so that I could capture his first bus ride picture just like I had done with David!  He was so pumped to be able to get on the bus.  Evan was also going to get his wish of being dropped off at school.  He didn't stop asking me what time we would be leaving!  Yes.  It's going to be a good year!

My boys all ready for their second day of school!
Shaun sees the bus!
One quick picture before he gets on!
Evan walking straight into school.  He barely said goodbye to me!

365 ~ 2013: Day 243

Today the boys got another lesson on money.  They emptied their very special piggy banks and we headed to the Credit Union.  We walked over to the coin sorter to see how much they had saved in their banks.  We told them that they would need to put half of it into their savings accounts and the other half they could use to get some more Skylander's.

In the near future we'll be setting up an allowance system and start making these trips to the bank a more regular process.  I want them to learn the importance of saving; that it's OK to spend some of their earnings on the things that you want but that it's also important to put some of it away for the future.

August 30, 2013

August 29, 2013

365 ~ 2013: Day 241

Yesterday I dropped Evan off to school for his first official day.  Much to Evan's dismay, the day before was only a meet and greet, and the parents stayed.  So he was very excited when I told him I was dropping him off yesterday, along with half of the class for a practice day.  Next week he'll be starting his normal routine of M, W, Th for 2 1/2 hours.  He's been waiting for this day since last year and just as I had expected he waltzed right into class ready to go, I was lucky I got a goodbye!  When I picked him up, I asked him about his day and he replied, "IT. WAS. AWESOME!".

August 28, 2013

365 ~ 2013: Day 240

Shaun will ride the bus to school this year!  He was so excited, just like big brother David was his first time on the bus last year.  Again, the bus driver had to tell Shaun to stop and turn around for a quick picture!  Thank you Mr. Bus Driver for letting me capture this special memory!

August 25, 2013

365 ~ 2013: Day 237

One more picture before the last of our friends head home after a super fun weekend!  Now we are in back to school mode!  First day is on Tuesday!

Draft Day 2013

What a fabulous weekend!  Yesterday was our annual fantasy football draft.  It was made extra special this year since we were able to get almost everyone over to do the draft in person, only missing two people.  We had a total of 15 kids in the house ranging from almost 8 years to 6 months old and 13 of them were boys! We were so lucky to have such a gorgeous day.  We had lots of yummy food and finished the night off by setting off fireworks!

The kids ready to watch a movie so some of the grown ups could draft their teams!
Draft Central!
The two missing members on speaker phone!
BU Boys!
13 of the 15 kids pictured (two of the littler ones were not feeling it!)




One of these things is not like the others!
Spider Girl


Ice cream! 
Ready to watch some fireworks!
Best. Fireworks. Ever!

August 23, 2013

365 ~ 2013: Day 235

Someone has been being a turd lately so I'm posting this as a reminder that he's sometimes a cutie pie.

August 21, 2013

365 ~ 2013: Day 233

And I'm pretty sure these two were just sitting in their strollers as their big siblings playing at Sonny Myers Park.  How is it possible that they'll be off to Kindergarten next week?!

August 19, 2013

365 ~ 2013: Day 231

Can you believe that these two are heading off to 2nd grade in a week!?  Wasn't I just taking their first day of preschool picture?

David 7.0

Today David had his 7 year well check!  He's growing like a weed!  In the last year he's grown 3 inches and bumping up in percentiles, bringing him closer to average for his age!  His vision test was perfect again, much to my surprise!  Third grade was when Charlie got his glasses so we'll have to see.

David's 7 Year Stats:

Height: 47.75 inches (44th percentile)
Weight: 52 lbs (55th percentile)


I still can't believe that our first born is now SEVEN years old and starting SECOND grade!  He's looking forward to school starting.  He's been doing amazing on the piano and swimming and will continue both activities into the Fall.  He'll also be playing Rec Soccer and hoping to be able to join the ski club.