Painting

Over the years, my mom and several other crazy people have given the boys paint. I have never been brave enough to actually pull the paint out and let the kids use it for fear of my walls, blinds, floors and various other things in my house being covered in it. But the other day, I thought, Oh what the hell. So I covered the kitchen table with newspaper and let them at it. Thatcher could not quite grasp the concept of using a brush, so we started with his hands. That was a tad bit messy, so he did best with a little piece of sponge that I cut. Sawyer did really good with the brush, and he sat and painted for about an hour! They had so much fun, we even took it all back out the next day!! And after all the worrying, we didn't even get one drop of paint on the floor!! :)

All of their beautiful artwork!!

Eyelashes

Why don't I have eyelashes like these??

Thatcher

Lately Thatcher just seems like he is growing up so fast. He is doing so many big boy things, well, except for going on the potty. We are slowly working on that! But he can wash his hands all by himself. The step stool wasn't there, so he even went into Sawyer's room all by himself and got it! He can brush his own teeth, and he will even let you floss them! He has been spending a lot of time playing on the computer at www.starfall.com. It is a wonderful learning site. He now knows all of his letters by recognition, except for just a few. Pat was totally blown away this morning when he started pointing to all the letters in one of his ABC books and telling us what they were. And his vocabulary still amazes us. He is using 7, 8, 9 word sentences. He talks just like Sawyer! It is so cute to watch the two of them have conversations. He has also been going over one of his friends house, Kadence, for playdates without mommy! They just grow up too fast sometimes! Luckily he still lets me sing him a song before he goes to bed at night!

My big boy in preschool!

Sawyer has been in school for about 6 weeks now. The first week he really loved it and could not wait to go. He instantly made friends with a little girl that he met at meet the teacher. Then for 2 weeks he did not want to go. I think he felt like he was missing out at the stuff we were doing at home. Also, one of the joys of having a child in school, the whole family was sick for about a week, so Sawyer missed a couple days of school.

Now that he has been going for awhile he really likes it. Every school day, he wakes up and gets dressed and wants to go to school right that minute. He has made lots of friends, most of which are girls! He is holding his pencil correctly (finally!) and is getting really good at writing his name. Sometimes the 'S' is just backwards. I am so thankful to Pat's Grandma for paying for Sawyer to go to preschool. I can not wait to see what he will be doing over the rest of the school year!! Here are some pictures of some of the work that he has brought home!

First trip to the dentist

Yesterday we took the boys to the dentist for the first time. It sure was an adventure. Thatcher was a champ. He hopped right up in the chair for his x-rays. He hopped up in the chair so they could clean his teeth. He opened wide when he was supposed to and I think he actually had fun! Sawyer on the other hand, screamed during the x0rays, then screamed even louder during the teeth cleaning and exam. He had a horrible time. The dentists were great though and said that it was very common for the kids to cry and be upset the first time. If you are looking for a great dentist for your kids I highly recommend this place. It is called Sweet Tooth Pediatric Dentistry and is located at Power and Ray. The entire office was just great.

At the end of the visit both the boys got a token to get a prize out of a machine. Then they got a balloon and a goodie bag with a toothbrush, toothpaste, tooth timer and floss! I was also impressed by the fact that they had emailed me a thank you letter by the time we had got home!!

I was very happy with both of my boys because neither one had any cavities!! YIPEE!!

Thatcher getting his x-rays.

Ready to get his teeth cleaned

This was the only picture that I got of Sawyer. This is about 15 minutes after he was all done, so you can only imagine how happy he looked in the office!!