First Day of School 2010

WOW. And so it begins...another school year!!  My three boys were so ready for school to start this year and all so excited about new beginnings.  That first morning is always fun!

This handsome boy is going to 1st grade!

He's growing up a little too fast for my taste!

And his super cool backpack that he had to pick out.

This big guy is going to private kindergarten this year.  With his birthday falling in August, he just wasn't ready to start public school kindergarten just yet.  After seeing what all was involved last year with Carson, there is no way that I was going to push him into going this year.  Primrose has a great kinder program with a small class and a teacher that I am 100% happy with.  He's just thrilled because they don't have to take naps in there!!  It's the little things, you know?  Oh, if you could have seen his face light up when he learned that!

Little man is off to preschool!  Big news for him...there is a potty in his class this year and he is offically wearing underwear to school!  Can YOU believe it?  I have three potty trained little boys!!  I didn't think that this day was ever going to come.

Since his big brothers carry backpacks, this little man does to!

A shot of me with the boys on their big day.

And one with Daddy too!

Then we all headed off to take Carson to school first.  We had gone to meet the teacher the week before, but it is just chaotic that first day.  I wasn't comfortable sending him off on the bus to find his classroom all by himself.  Since everyone else feels the same way, it is chaos up at the school.  We made it in though!  And thank GOD, he isn't too old to still pose for a couple of pictures for mom!!

We are off to a great start!  I have to admit, I am not enjoying 1st grade homework.  They really have stuff to do everyday and it has to be turned in.  So, as soon as Carson gets off of the bus, we have a snack, do homework, fix a quick dinner and then it is off to football practice (or baseball for Cade).  By they time he gets home, it is after 8, so he showers and off to bed.  Then, we get up the next morning and do it all over again!!  Busy, busy, busy!!

Cade's 5th Birthday

I can't believe that my little bean is 5!!  This boy literally keeps us laughing around here.  He has a heart of gold, hilarious sense of humor and the attention span of a flea!  Sweet Cade!!

Ahhh, I guess that I should start with the birthday party that wasn't!  Angie and I had planned months ago to do a joint roller skating party with Cade and Arden.  Cade told me from the beginning that he didn't want to to go skating.  I should have listened to him!  However, he had never been skating, so I figured that if he went, he would change his mind.  So, I took off one afternoon to take Cade and Carson skating.  Disaster.  Neither one of them will be olympic speed skaters, and I can say that with 100% certainty!  Cade couldn't stay up right, Carson was crying....awful.  About an hour into this, Cade says, "Can you just call of my friends and tell them to come bowling instead?".  Broke my heart!  So, I got on the phone that afternoon and cancelled the skating party and booked the bowling party.

Luckily, Main Event had an opening the weekend before and we were able to go ahead and book that.  The boys had a blast bowling.  Here is the birthday boy!

And Cannon bowling with Poppy.

Dylan had a blast!!

After an hour or so of that, we moved on to the party room for pizza and cake.

A picture of the Star Wars Cake...guess who picked this one out all by himself?

All of his friends came and celebrated with him!  He had a blast!

After the pizza and cake, it was game time!  All of the kids got a game card to use on the 2 billion games they have there.  I think that might have been the biggest hit of the party!  Cade obviously enjoyed himself...he is a video game junky!!

Cannon was a handful, as usual.

Carson got to invite a friend, and guess who he picked?  His BFF, Jack!  They have so much fun together and are really good boys!

Cade, being Cade.

Ahh, and skee ball!  My personal fave!

Cade had asked weeks before if Ryan could come spend the night after his party.  Luckily, when we moved party weekends, that worked out!  He was so thrilled to have his pal come over for the night.  A couple of pics of them jumping off of the playhouse, what else?

Here he is on his real birthday!!  His birthday fell during the week, so I let him play hooky from school.  Unfortunately, I had to go into work for a bit that day.  He was thrilled to come along with me and had a blast at my office.  He actually behaved himself pretty much too!!  We left there around 11, picked up Carson, grabbed lunch and headed to see Toy Story 3 at the theater.  For dinner, he wanted to cook pizza for us.  He is so into cooking lately!  If I am in the kitchen, he's right there with me, asking for a job.

He also requested that we make brownies for his birthday.  So, we made brownies!

Remember that little issue we have about not being able to blow out our own candles in this family?  Notice Cade blocking Cannon's mouth. (Yes, Cannon is naked.  He was working on potty training and insisted on being totally naked at home....whatever works, right?).

Success!

And, the big gift!  A new, big boy bike!!  He had pretty much out grown his other one and needed one a size up.  He's becoming a pro on it!  If the weather would get cooler, we could get those training wheels off!!  He needs a little more practice still though.

Happy Birthday, big 5 Year old!!  We love you to pieces!!