back to school

August 23, 2016

back to school

can you tell that we have gone back to school? i can since my last post was at the beginning of august. whoops. i'm not doing a great job of keeping my promise of posting more often, am i? lots has gone on in the month of august, most importantly back to school! the boys weren't so excited about it (and to be honest, i wasn't either. i'm more of a summer mom...staying up late, sleeping in late, etc.) but i was glad to get back on somewhat of a schedule. the best part of going back to school was that the boys are FINALLY in the same school. can i get an amen? we have waited for this day for years. since our school system has a different building for K-1 brooks was at a different school than carson, but not anymore. they both get on the same bus and get off at the same school. if i go to lunch with one, the other one is just down the hall. if we have to donate money for one fundraiser, it counts for both (kind of). my point is, it is so much easier! of course, now that they are getting older it's not as much fun to see your brother at school. the other day carson told me he saw brooks on the playground but he didn't wave back to him. i was kinda ticked at brooks but when i asked him why he didn't wave to his brother he said, "i was busy chasing some girls." oh, great. but the next day brooks said he saw carson in the cafeteria and he waved. i don't expect them to run and hug like they did in preschool (i am a little sad that time has passed) but i do at least want them to look out for one another once in a while. now they can do that.

3rd and 2nd grade with the best teachers at the best school. go wolves!

before we headed back to school (too early in august if you ask me) we had one last vacation to the beach to visit our buddies who have been in brazil for the past year. it was so great to see them and play in the sand for a few days. it was the perfect end to a great summer. complete with brooks learning to ride his bike without training wheels. he had gotten pretty comfortable riding around with the training wheels on and didn't seem to mind. we kept telling him that he could do it, he just had to try a few times. maybe fall once or twice but that he would learn. well, the word "fall" kept him from even considering it. until our buddy mimi, who is 4, zoomed past brooks on her tiny 2-wheeled bike. that was just the motivation he needed and one try later we were on two wheels. when i asked him what made him want to try he said, "mimi rode by me on two wheels and she's 4!" a little peer pressure never hurts, right?

sitting at the water's edge, just where he likes it.

toes in the water, butt in the sand. we could get used to this.

beach nap with our buddy, mimi.

this may or may not of been right before she decided to throw an epic 2 year old fit and throw sand at me when i put her in time out. please tell me they get easier at 3.