Archive: August, 2011



growing boy

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

Jayden is doing great in his big boy bed! so far there has only been one night where he has come into our room because he was scared. he climbed in our bed and i held him for a little while until he was ready to go back to his room.

Jayden, 2011

Jayden, 2011

this week we are working on the letter Bb, shapes, patterns, and singing the ABCs. his crafts were a Bee made of the letter ‘B’, and a butterfly made of the lower case ‘b’.

Jayden, 2011
i am not sure if i have mentioned this but Jayden knows the stuff we are going over every week. i just want to make sure he stays on track for pre-school. we have been really impressed with how much he is picking up from Peyton too!

Go Green Machine!

Saturday, August 27th, 2011

today was Peyton’s first soccer game. he was excited to finally wear his uniform!

Peyton, soccer, 2011

my tough, sweet Green Machine…. Go #6! (he got to pick his number).

Peyton soccer, 2011

all of the players were excited to get started but a little confused on which way to go. they only had one practice and did pretty well for their first game. i think the score was something like 12 to 5. we’ll get ‘em next time Green Machines!

Peyton soccer, 2011

Peyton soccer, 2011

Peyton, soccer, 2011

Peyton soccer, 2011

Peyton, soccer, 2011

great game Peyton! we’re proud of you!

Peyton, soccer, 2011

we’re fun and squishy

Friday, August 26th, 2011

i try to get at least one picture a month with the boys…. sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt. today it was squishy!

me & the boys, 2011

Green Machine!

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

Peyton had his first soccer practice today…. Go Green Machines!

soccer, 2011

soccer, 2011

soccer, 2011

my two | week thirty two

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

{Photo-A-Week-Project: A personal project that I will undertake for the entire year, taking one photo a week of my children.}

weekly project, 2011

their laughs are contagious

too quiet

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

the first couple of days with Peyton in kindergarten had Jayden and I feeling a little lost. i know we will eventually have a ‘new’ routine, but goodness it’s been way too quiet around here!

Jayden, 2011

Jayden, 2011

nature, 2011

since Jayden isn’t in pre-school yet i thought i would do things at home with him to keep him on track. (our favorite pre-school is a little far from our house, and Jayden is still having issues with carsickness so we are giving him a little more time to grow out of it. he is doing MUCH better than before! so hopefully we are almost done!)

this week we started with the letter A and a few shapes. Jayden made an ‘A’ alligator and flowers & dragonflies out of triangles and circles. (I thought they were butterflies, but Jayden insisted they were dragonflies!) he is also writing his name every day.

Jayden, 2011

new beginnings….

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

today was not only Peyton’s first day of kindergarten, it was also his 6th birthday. such a HUGE day for him, so we started it with a birthday pancake and a present…. then it was time to get ready for kindergarten!

6th bday, 1st day of school, 2011

Peyton, 2011

Peyton, 2011

ready for a great day, and a great year!

summer, 2011

Peyton, 2011

Peyton, 2011

Yay Kindergarten!

Peyton, 2011

Peyton, 2011

all grown up….

Peyton, 2011

waiting in the gym with ‘Coach Mester’ for the first bell to ring….

Peyton, 2011

Peyton, 2011

Jayden doing laps around the gym for everyone….

Peyton, 2011

Peyton, 2011

time for class!

Peyton, 2011

Peyton, 2011

Peyton, 2011

Peyton, 2011

Peyton, 2011

it was probably way past time for the parents to leave…. we finally all trickled out of the classroom about 45 minutes after school started. Jayden and i went to the ‘boo hoo breakfast’ in the library where got to write a note to Peyton and visit with other parents for a little while.

i would love to say i didnt shed a tear, but i would be lying. from the backseat on the way home i heard Jayden say: ‘me way miss Peyton’, and that is when i pretty much lost it. the tears came and i am pretty sure they are not done yet.

the first week of Kindergarten is only a half day (YAY!) and since the first day was Peyton’s birthday i got to go up to school early to share cookies with his class. when i got there all of the kids were busy in ‘centers’.

Peyton, 2011

Peyton, 2011

Peyton got a crown and got to do some fun things with his teacher.

Peyton, 2011

Peyton, 2011

ready to go after a great first day!

Peyton, 2011

finally home and time to open PRESENTS!

Peyton, 2011

Peyton 6th bday, 2011

Peyton 6th bday, 2011

Happy 6th Birthday Peyton and congratulations on your first day of Kindergarten! we love you so much!

Peyton, 2011

Happy (almost) 6th Birthday Peyton!

Saturday, August 20th, 2011

since Peyton’s birthday was on the first day of school we had his party a couple days before.
to start the day he woke up to a celebration cupcake….

Peyton's 6th birthday, 2011

Peyton's 6th birthday, 2011

the boys were excited to see Bunny and Poppy show up first!

Bunny & Poppy, 6th birthday, 2011

6th birthday, 2011

thank you so much for the vintage car pictures and flash lights!

Peyton's 6th birthday, 2011

presents from Aunt Tracy & Uncle Scott! Thank you!

P&J, 6th birthday, 2011

P&J,  6th birthday, 2011

Batman everywhere!

6th birthday, 2011

Peyton's 6th birthday, 2011

Peyton's 6th birthday, 2011

once everyone got here, paper started flying…. thank you Grandpa for all of the great presents!

6th birthday, 2011

6th birthday, 2011

and so many great things from all of our friends too!

6th birthday, 2011

time to swim!

6th bday party, 2011

6th birthday party, 2011

6th birthday, 2011

6th birthday, 2011

6th birthday, 2011

Grandpa! Jason smokin’ up the back porch cooking burgers and hot dogs….

6th birthday, 2011

it was such a fun party and we are so thankful for all of our friends and family for celebrating with us!

6th birthday party, 2011

Happy Birthday Peyton! we love you!

6th birthday, 2011

i wanna be a cowboy

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

Jason won tickets to a concert at the Glass Cactus, so a date night was in the works. I dusted off my boots and before I could put them on someone beat me to it….

Jayden, 2011

we had a GREAT time at the concert, and we are SO thankful that Grandpa could babysit! apparently when it was time for bed the boys told Gpa they needed drops in their ears because they went swimming today and they also asked him to brush their teeth. such a proud moment for Jason and I when Grandpa told us! Good job boys and THANK YOU GRANDPA!

meet the teacher | 2011

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

such excitement today for all of us! we found out a couple of days ago that Peyton got into Jason’s school so we are thrilled to be officially in! and the best part, finding out who Peyton had as a teacher. she is going to be so great with him!

meet the teacher, 2011

meet the teacher, 2011

a gift for his new teacher….

meet the teacher, 2011

Yay we love her!

meet the teacher, 2011

all of the students were asked to draw a picture of what they like to do. Peyton drew a picture of his family and a swimming pool. Cute!

meet the teacher, 2011

meet the teacher, 2011

meet the teacher, 2011

so great to see him (and Jayden) having fun with everyone. we are ready for a great first year!

meet the teacher, 2011

 

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