He's a crafty one...

I bought marshmallows yesterday so we could make Rice Krispie treats soon. I knew I should hide them out of sight but I didn't. They were just in the pantry so Ted and Harry saw them this morning and were excited they were in there. Nate, of course, then decided he wanted them for breakfast. I told him no and put them up high. Not long after that, Nate was getting a chair for Ted so he could get the marshmallows down. That boy is just too smart.

Uh oh, he's too smart

I went to Target yesterday with Nate and when it's just the two of us I usually let him walk with me. He was, of course, trying to do his own shopping and I had to take extra things out of the cart. When we were waiting to check out, he was trying to get M&M's and Hotwheels cars. I told him those weren't on our list. He looked up at me and responded, "on my list." Ted and Harry would just get mad but accept it if I told them it wasn't on the list. I managed to get out of there without the extra stuff this time...but I guess I'm going to have to come up with a new plan.

1st week of school

Ted started 2nd grade and Harry started Kindergarten. Ted has the same teacher as last year and was excited to go back. Harry was so excited I thought he might burst. Ted went 3 days this first week and he also had soccer practice one night. Harry only went one day since they did a staggered start for Kindergarten. He also had one soccer practice and he enjoyed it. Nate gave Harry a hug and kiss before school--so sweet!

Rough start this morning

Ted and Harry both had swimming lessons this week. Ted also has baseball on Monday and Friday nights. We had storms on Monday so the game was cancelled. We had a picnic through the Fit Families program last night and so I took all 3 boys by myself since Bob had to work late. We had a great time eating free bbq, playing kickball, basketball, and with scooters. It was a busy day and we ended up getting home later than normal and so that delayed bedtime a little. Nate woke up at 4:30 this morning. When I went to get him, Ted and Harry's door was locked but they had the light on. I told them to get back to bed and turn out the light. Ted wanted to read and since I wasn't in a mood to argue with him, I told him he could read in his bed until he fell asleep. He has a flashlight for that. I got Nate and took him back to bed. He was ready for the day at 6, though. Harry had gone back to bed and slept until almost 9 I think. Ted, on the other hand, stayed up and read the whole time. While I was putting Nate down for his nap, Ted fell asleep on the couch. I was so glad he made it easy on me. I took a nap too so we could make it through the rest of the day.

I got out the slip n slide for the boys tonight since it was warmer again. The neighbor boys played on it too. They had a great time on it.

Sweet thoughts from Nate before bed

Nate has been talking more and more. He's really putting words together and expressing his thoughts. The last couple nights while getting him to sleep, he's told me something about his day. He said, "fun Daddy" and I asked if he had fun with Daddy playing cars. He said yes. He's also been talking about me wiping out on the bike last week. My front tire went off the bike path and when I tried to correct it, I went down. Nate and Harry were in the trailer so they got to watch me fall but they stayed upright at least. Nate told me, "Mommy, fall down. ground." He's mentioned it a couple nights so it must have made an impression.

Ted's daycamp experience

Ted had daycamp with Cub scouts this week. Bob and I couldn't go so Ted went all 3 days by himself. He was with his friends so he did great. I think he was more nervous when he went to the zoo field trip at school. He had a great time and seemed to enjoy the archery, softball, and BB guns. I'm hoping someone got pictures but I haven't seen any yet.

More pictures from Sunday

Nate is doing so well with the regular swings. His brothers pushed him for a bit today and he loved that he was swinging higher.