Pumpkin Patch

This afternoon, after we picked Sawyer up from school, we headed to a little pumpkin patch at the Olive Mill. Sure... we could have saved a couple bucks and just bought our pumpkins at Fry's, but then I would have missed out on these cute pictures!! Totally worth it!!

It's Party Time!!

On Saturday, October 10th, we had a birthday party for Sawyer. Of course the theme was dinosaurs!! We had a blast!! Since he is getting a little older now, we were able to have more activities during the party. When the kids arrived, we had a dinosaur tattoo station. Then the kids just ran wild and played on the swing set. For dinner we had dino dogs, chips, fruit salad and veggies. Then we attempted to play a game. It was just like a cake walk where the kids walked in a circle to music. When the music stopped, we called a number and whoever was on that number got a prize!! To make the game more dino, we made dinosaur feet for the kids to walk on and they walked around to the song "Walk the Dinosaur" from Ice Age 3!! All the kids walking around was the cutest thing ever!! Then we had the t-rex pinata!! After that we opened presents and had cake!! We were able to have the entire party outside.... the weather was perfect!!

Kadence getting a tattoo!!

Thatcher digging for dinosaur bones in the sand box

All the food!! YUM!!

Playing the dinosaur walk game!!

So cute!!

Adeline won a dinosaur nose as a prize!!

Sawyer with his prize!!

Kadence taking a swing at the pinata!!

I love this picture!! All the kids are lined up waiting to take their turn at the pinata!!

Adeline busted it open!!

Pat wearing the empty pinata as a hat!!

Pat's Grandma having a great time watching Sawyer open up his presents. She even got a tattoo!!

Getting ready to blow out the candle!!

Right after he blew it out!!

Hope you had a great party Sawyer!! I can not believe you are 5 years old!! We love you!!

Sawyer's 5th Birthday!!

On October 8th, Sawyer turned 5!! I still can not believe it!! Five just seems so much older to me. Especially now that he is in school, he just seems like such a big boy! The day started off early with Pat and Sawyer going to pick up his b-day treat for all his friends at school.... donuts! Then my mom was able to come with us to Sawyer's school, and spend the morning with him. After school, we all went back to my parent's house, and while Thatcher slept, Pat and I and Sawyer did some shopping. First, we went and bought Sawyer a new lamp for his bedroom from Grandma Mary. Then we went to Toys R Us where Sawyer picked out his dinosaur legos. Then we went to see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs in 3D! It was so cool!! After the movie we stopped by Krispe Kreme for our free birthday donuts!! Then it was back to my parents house for pizza. Sawyer said his favorite part of the day was his Mima coming to his classroom!! It was a very fun birthday!!

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!!

First Day of School!

Today was Sawyer's first day of Kindergarten Prep. He was so excited! We have had a calendar on our refrigerator that we have been using to count down the days. Last night we set out his outfit so it would be good to go in the morning. As soon as he woke up, he got dressed... backpack and all! Pat and I were definitely more nervous than he was. Sawyer and I had talked all week about how he was going to stay at school and Mommy and Daddy were going to go home.... so he was totally prepared. I was doing fine and taking lots of pictures until my baby got in line to go inside the classroom. He looked over at me and waved and said "Bye Mommy!' A little tear totally came to my eye! So then the 3 of us left to run some errands and Thatcher asked where Sawyer was. We told him Sawyer was going to stay at school. He totally started crying. I kept asking him if he wanted cereal or anything and he just told me, "No, I so sad." It was like he just lost his best friend.

So after some errands, we went back to pick up Sawyer and he came running out of the classroom with the biggest smile on his face. He said he had so much fun at school! It is going to be so neat to see how much he learns this year! I can't wait!!

Sawyer playing with his new friend.

Standing in line waiting to go into the classroom.

So excited to see us, running out of class.

After we picked him up from school, we went out to lunch at McDonalds, just to make the day extra special. I hope he doesn't expect this everytime!!