Seriously, I don’t even know when this happened?!

Ok, I am so behind in updating and I don’t even know exactly when most of these pictures are from.  A few weeks ago I guess. Not to mention I have just been so busy lately.  I can’t keep track of the simplest things these days. It may not look like it from our pictures but there is a lot involved with getting the kids to and from school and all that needs to be done in between.

Bradley read his first book on his own! I am super proud of him and how enthusiastic he is about reading and learning to spell and write words on his own. They have been working since day three in school with the class. He gets a book home every night that he has to read and we sign off on it. I quickly caught on that someone (his teacher) had read the book to him before and after I volunteered put another piece of the puzzle together.  He practices reading the book in school.  The same book he brings home to read to us.  I could tell that he had it memorized, to the T.  This book Big and Little though was our book from home that he had never seen before picking it up to read it. I found it and decided to put his reading to the test. Well, Hooray Bradley Bear!  You definitely are so big, not little!

 

Easton ready to learn to read too!

We played a new game (to them) but a classic for us! Operation!

 

Got one! Gavin just can never sit still!

Last week was no different than any other time Daddy is home.  Snuggle time is always going on! I caught Daddy and Easty having a moment and sharing laughs together after dinner.

 

 

 

Tisses! MUAH!

And then when he got with Mommy all his excitement was gone.  He is such a little Da Da’s boy!

 

We went bowling one night.  I thought it was funny to see that Brad wrote “Dad” for himself!

Easton standing up while strapped into his stroller.  You know his butt must have been getting numb.  He was sitting there for an hour like a little angel just sucking his thumb and watching.

All I can say is SOCKS! Gavin cracks me up!

 

 

We did some cleaning.  It was quiet in the house one day with Easton sleeping and Bradley at school and on his own he decided to clean.  I walked out to find him like this.  “I cleaning mommy, with chemcals!” Really just a baby wipe.  He was pretending they were my Clorox wipes that he would love to get his hands on.

A MOPS pool party that as seen above just looked like a toddler fest!

 

He had his first day of preschool last Thursday.

We tried a new hairdo for his first day.

 

Cake POPS to celebrate doing so good.  No tears and no potty accidents!

On Saturday I got to have a day with some girlfriends at a local Vineyard.

 

We got our faces painted!

The girls and I danced! Megan and I even competed in a Wine Stomp but I haven’t gotten the pictures yet from Candace.  I actually tied another girl but wasn't there to claim my title/compete again so they gave her the medal! I was so bummed.  Ha-ha! I really worked it stomping those grapes into wine!

 

We had our usual Sunday at church and out to eat Mexican food as a family and then on Monday Brad went out of town again for work this week.  It has been a long week and I am glad he will be home late tonight :) Just in time for his Big 30th Birthday tomorrow!

Last Week’s Update

 

Last Tuesday, Brad gave Gavin a haircut.  It took him a while and he was very frazzled by the end.  He was very precise and the end result turned out great. A lot better than after leaving a Great Clips the past two times. Gavin does not like getting his hair cut and even with all my tricks he just cant hang long enough for the women to finish or clean up the mistakes. At least with Daddy he was forced to stay put until Brad cleaned up all the messed up areas. Gavin did good but no matter what I do he still gets hair on him and then starts to get antsy, then “Sit still” is said one too many times and tears begin.

On Wednesday afternoon Bradley had swim class and when we got back Mimi, Dunka, Bella, Holden and Uncle Billy had arrived! They came for one night on Mimi and Dunka’s cross country trip to move back to California officially. Billy and the kids were being dropped off at Granddad's to drive an RV camper home.

 

They boys still love their little fort/blocks corner.

 

Kids and their electronics.  Eventually, Bella taught Bradley how to play Solitaire on Mimi’s laptop.

Before bed getting the “silly’s” out with Uncle Billy.

 

I’m not sure who needed to get the “silly’s” out more.  The boys or Billy?!

 

Some of their Grandbabies.  Missing Madelyn (who wanted to have Mommy alone time so stayed back) and Stella.

 

        

The boys of the family!

They had to leave early the next morning to get on the road if they were going to make good time driving cross country. It was short but there visit was sweet!

After that we just got back to our normal week here. Knocking out the schoolwork.  This was a shape collage project and Bradley pulled the “square” out of the drawing.  He chose to cut all his own squares and use them to practice writing his numbers.  He fit only 25 on there and titled it Power Numbers, “because numbers have power!”

We stayed busy going to the gym and going to Bradley’s swim class.  It’s funny because Bradley is the one in class and I have no pictures of him, only Gavin.  I let Gavin swim on the ramp while we wait. I learned my lesson when I took him to Bradley’s first swim class and he jumped in with all his clothes on.  So, we go in our bathing suits now, ready to jump in!

On Saturday, I took Bradley to the doctors to discover he has swimmers ear. You know, from swim class, mentioned above.  Sheesh! So, here he is before school this week.  Taking 10 minutes of laying down and letting his drops work. He had to sit out of swimming Monday but we will be back at it tomorrow after school.

  

We went to the park on Saturday after the doctors and naps. I should have taken a picture but I was the coolest Mom ever and rode Bradley’s scooter all the way around the track with Gavin on his scooter.  It was fun.  Which, also, I have been dreaming of a Hula Hoop lately, I want one for my birthday! They take you back to your youth and the boys don’t have one yet.  Even if they can’t master the hip action right away then there are tons of other uses!  The possibilities are endless! ha-ha! 

 

Easton kept pointing to get on Bradley’s bike.  Stop wanting to grow up so fast!!!

                 

Sunday was a hang out day with Daddy and church.  Daddy left Monday to go out of town for work again.  It has been consistently every other week he has been traveling.  Good for the money but tough on us as a family.           

That is about it. More of the same going on this week!