First Day of School x 2

Today David started Junior High!!!  He is in 6th grade!  He has Mr. McCarthy as his advisory teacher this year & has a lot of his friends from last year in his class.  He was a little nervous this morning, the school didn't send home any class info before school & didn't have an open house for the older kids, but once we figured out who he had & he got in the gate he was good.  His favorite thing about 6th grade is everything, his most unfavorite thing, his locker!  He couldn't figure it out and had to have a 7th grader help him today.  

 And Thomas started Kindergarten!!  And yes, as I pulled out of the driveway to go to school I had to put my sunglasses on because I was starting to cry & didn't want to upset Thomas.  I had to wake him up this morning really early (for him) as I was waking him up he looked out the window and told me that it still looks like dark morning and he can't wake up this early in the day unless he's going to Disneyland!  He has been very nervous for school & will tell me that he wants to be 4 again so he can go to preschool instead.  I was very nervous and worried about how he would do today but was & am SO proud of him!  David walked him to his classroom door and Thomas went in like a champ!  No tears or fighting, just walked right in!!  After school I asked Thomas how his day was and he told me it was dumb!  I asked him if he made any new friends today and his response, no there is no one in my class worth being friends with!!  I think he had a good time at school today, he has been slowly opening up about his day at school throughout the afternoon/evening.  And he does want to go back since he packed his lunch box this afternoon with 7 granola bars and a package of poptarts!  

I love the nervousness on Tommy's face!!

 Both boys before we left for school!

here we grow again!!

hahaha!!  made you look!

The boys got new pets today! 

 Thomas & Nathan got 3 fish today, 1 dalmatian fish (boy) and 2 white fish (both female)

and David got a hermit crab! 

growing

Today David & Thomas had their 11 and 5 year old well checks.  Thomas was VERY grateful to not need any shots, David wasn't so lucky.  

David is weighing in at a very proud 99.0 pounds and is exactly 60 inches tall.  He is in (of course) the 90th percentile. David has also grown 2 inches since his last well check last summer.  And he is excited about the doctor's prediction of him being 6'1"

Thomas is weighing in at a nice 39.4 pounds and is 42.5 inches tall (another 1 1/2 inches till the next round of Disney rides) Thomas is in the 25th percentile. The doctor's prediction for Tommy's height is 5'11"  Thomas is a full inch above where he was on the growth charts last year!  It's amazing what happens when you finally figure out food allergies & get rid of some tonsils!

what's up

We have had another couple fun weeks of summer vacation!  

 We have spent lots of time in the water and 

 at Bounce U with our friends & some cousins

Tommy batting, Nathan climbing

cousin hula hooping & David trying to surf down the slide

 we also went bowling!  Nathan decided it was easier to kick the ball down the lane than to roll it!  Silly boy!  

 and we were lucky enough to be home when it started pouring rain & the kids ran out front to play in the "river" all the rain was making

We are looking forward to a few more weeks of summer vacation before school starts and we go into kindergarten & 6th grade!!!

5

Thomas turned 5 yesterday!!  I can't believe that my little, scrawny, early baby is so old already!!  It seems like just yesterday my doctor was telling me to go to the hospital & he was going to take Tommy emergency c-section.  That should've been my first clue that life with Thomas would never be dull!!  

We have been through so much with this silly little boy, some good & some scary.  He is such a good brother & loves to play with them and his friends. Tommy's favorite color is blue, he loves tow trucks and digging in the dirt. Depending on the day he is looking forward to going to kindergarten. He is very opinionated and knows exactly what he wants! 

 I LOVE these two pictures of him!  He looks so full of trouble in this one! So typical of him!

 But he can be a real sweet, kind & loving little boy, when he wants to be.  He loves to go to the neighbor's house and pick flowers for me!

 For his birthday this year he decided that he wanted to go to Cars Land at California Adventures. So, we went!  We spent his entire birthday in Cars Land, with the exception of a quick trip to the ferris wheel, toy story mania & buzz lightyear rides!  He went on his new favorite ride, Radiator Springs Racers 6 times!! 

He didn't want me to take his picture with his birthday pin on!

 He was thrilled to be able to go on a few rides by himself & spend lots of time with Lightning & Mater 

 Before we left for California, he got to open presents from his grandmas which he LOVES!  When we got home he got to open his presents from us & have his cupcakes and ice cream of choice (funfetti cupcakes with blue frosting & green sprinkles with green ice cream that has black in it)  He only wanted two blue candles on his cupcake and did not want anyone to sing to him!  He just wanted me to count to 3 then he'd blow the candles out, Thomas said he was "to shy" to have us sing to him!!

 This is Nathan singing Happy Birthday to Thomas (and trying to blow out his candles)

summer fun

We have had the entire month of July off from baseball so we have had to come up with other ways to stay busy these last couple weeks.  

We laid on the trampoline watching the storm clouds roll in

& made chocolate chip cookies once it started raining

Thomas LOVES to dig out back & one day asked David to dig with him.  David told him it wasn't fun to just dig little holes out back, so they came to me asking what they can dig! They are digging a fire pit so we can "light marshmallows on fire" 

its really cute, all three boys are out back digging most of the day.  They come in for water and popsicle breaks and to watch tv for a few minutes while they recharge & then head back out. They have made a ton of progress the last few days that they have been working on it!

and of course we have spent lots of time swimming!  Thomas has gotten to be so much braver in the pool this year, still prefers his life jacket on but will take it off to swim in the spa or where he can touch in the pool.  Nathan has turned into a little fish this year!  He prefers his life jacket off to swim and has really gotten good at swimming!  He is SO much braver than he needs to be! 

We went to Chuck E Cheese to have a little early birthday dinner for Thomas!  Can you believe he is almost 5!!

Thomas & Nathan on the roller coaster and the airplane ride

fun & buys two weeks

What a fun/busy/crazy couple weeks we've had!!  We started our fun by going to Disneyland with Grandma, Papa, Erin, Cade, Carter, Cami, Cass, Lidia, Abby & Jake

Thomas, Nathan & me at Cars Land  Tractor ride

all the kids at Luigi's Tire Shop

Cade, David & Carter

Nathan & Thomas

they LOVE eachother & are best friends!

Thomas & Nathan on teacups

Cami, Carter, Thomas & David acting "goofy" with Goofy in Paradise Pier Hotel lobby

We had a fun couple days at Disney & had to hurry home instead of going to the beach :( so that David could get home in time for his All-Star baseball season.
Following in Henderson Little League All Star tradition, David bleached his hair!  It was a chore to do since his hair is so dark, but after a few trips to the beauty supply store we got it a nice bleach blonde color!  It actually turned out lighter than this picture by the time I was done with it!!

David being "announced" they had announcers & announced the lineup at e

D batting ~ every time he was up to bat he either hit the ball or got walked

Nathan being a goof ball at one of the games

D hitting again

team picture after the final game.  David is top row left.  The boys did pretty good, they finished 2-2 but didn't have enough points to move on to the next round.

which means.... NO MORE BASEBALL FOR A MONTH!!!!  What?!?!? I know, what am I going to do!! Since All-Stars is done, & his club ball team is taking July off (thank goodness cause it is way to hot to play baseball right now!!) we have nothing for the whole month! I'm super excited if you haven't noticed!  But once August comes he will be back in full swing, with both club ball & fall ball league.

Fourth of July we spent at Grandma & Papa's house.  We had so much fun with our cousins!  It started raining!!  So we played out front in the rain for a little bit, and then got to swim in the rain.  Luckily it cleared up and we were able to do fireworks.  The kids loved them! 

Nathan & his sparkler

Then because we didn't have enough fun the week before, we went to Disneyland again!  This time just with our family.  And still had a great time! The kids favorite thing was Cars Land.  Between our fastpasses & baby swap passes the boys were able to go on the Radiator Springs Racer ride 4 times!  Not to bad considering the standby line was over 3 hours long!!

Nay-Nay

Thomas, Keith & Nathan on Mater's Tractor Pull

Thomas & David...Nathan is behind the tractor saying CHEESE

Thomas & Keith riding bumper bugs in Bugs Land

Nathan
We had early admission to each park, so the first day we went in an hour early to California Adventures & the next day we went into Disneyland an hour early.  At Disney we split up, Keith & David went and did the "big kid" rides and I took the little boys to do fun stuff for them.  David & Keith were able to ride Space Mountain a couple times without getting off & walked on to the other bigger rides.  The little boys & I walked on to everything too, we were the only people in the Nemo submarine. And we got to walk on to Peter Pan and rode Dumbo twice without getting off!! YAY!  

Nathan on Nemo

Thomas 

Nathan driving at Autopia & Thomas making his silly face for the camera

We had a fun couple weeks but are looking forward to a few weeks being at home with nothing to do before we start doing a few more trips before school starts!