Busy Boys in ther PJ's!

Hello everyone and Happy Fall! Alex is learning all about the seasons in school. He is really excited about it snowing. We are wondering what he is smoking!

We had a picnic at the zoo last week. Alex got to ride the train again. Which was wonderful. Luckily, Jonathan hasn't figured out he is missing out since he is too small to go.


Alex's favorite part of the zoo is the bat cave. Surprisingly he wants to be Superman, not Batman for Halloween. I wonder if I can get away with dressing Jonathan up like Lex Luther.


Costco has pulled through yet another year. The huge store sold me numerous sets of PJ's all matching and adorable. Gotta love Carter's.


Alex has learned how to use the camera. I think if we let him he would take a couple hundred a week. Oh wait! He did take a couple hundred this week. Maybe that is why it has taken me so long to update my blog.


Did I tell you that Alex is adorable?


Actually, both boys are pretty darn cute!


Alex got a Human Body puzzle. What many of you don't know is that Alex is a fanatic when it comes to photos of the Human Body. He loves learning all about the organs and bones. We have numerous posters and books on the topic. We even have a running story about how an egg is fertilized with sperm...all with hand motions and everything.


Adams high school tack and field coach was in Boston this past week. Somehow he made contact with her after over a decade and she happened to be visiting. It was a fun evening and I am sure we will get to see Ms Voss more often when we are back in California to visit.


Alex loves feeding his brother still. How sad will it be when I finally make Jonathan give up the bottle.


Alex was having so much fun in preschool that he has dropped out and gone straight to work. He figures he needs to start to pay his part of the bills. Keep the gas in the tricycle, you know that kind of stuff.


The playgroup I belong to had a make a train day. I wasn't going to do anything but Adam talked me into a graham cracker house, train and track.


Once again, my artwork displayed. The house pales in comparison to the beautiful child.


The kids in the playgroup stared while waiting for their turn to dig in. And dig in they did. Alex, Jonathan and about 3 others just sat next to it for 10 minutes munching away. Then we had to leave because Alex had a meltdown. Mmm, I wonder why.


Once again, Coscto PJ's. You may ask, How many sets did she get? And I would answer, hmmm what did you ask?


Hugs!


We have had a busy couple of weeks. It should only stay the same. The leaves are starting to change colors here. It really is quite amazing. California does not get this kind of fall. Of course, I think we would all rather be in California in January.

Alex Goes to School

Tuesday was Alex's first day at the New England Montessori School. He was very brave and excited for the first little bit. By the time we left the house he was very sadly saying "I don't want to go to school, I want to stay with Mommy". It was very hard and there were tears, kicking and screaming. But the teachers were great and said he was fine shortly after we left.



Here is daddy showing him around his new classroom. Those binoculars ended up being his favorite and actually caused issues when he was cleaning up. Basically he didn't want to leave without them. So we left him crying and picked him up crying. I felt horrible.


But within 5 minutes of starting our drive home he was giggling and laughing, telling me all about his day. Wednesday after play group he was begging to go to school again.


Today, he was ready to go and excited. When I dropped him off he said once that he didn't want me to leave but then he was gone. I did squeeze out a kiss.


Here is an early morning shot of the boys waking up daddy. He kind of fell asleep grading on the couch so when the boys were up at 5am, (which is becoming normal, ack) they were excited to help wake daddy up too.

Zoo, Aquarium and Halloween?

The last couple have weeks have been busy. Adam is burning the candle on both ends. He is setting up his many classes, while trying to apply for new jobs (yikes didn't he just do that), and do research. We are lucky that we get to pick him up from the train. It gives us a few more minutes with him.

Last Tuesday, we went to the Stone Zoo. The boys had a really great time. We walked through the whole thing twice. I was then blessed with both boys taking a 3 hour nap.

Here is Alex in front of the Black Bear exhibit.



Alex is pointing to our new home.


Alex got up close and personal with native dwellings.


Today we went to the Aquarium. Unfortunately, the picks from inside didn't turn out so well with all the dark rooms. But we got a few cute ones during our picnic.





Here is Jonathan and me on the train into Boston. I was lucky to go in with Adam so I only had to wrestle with the boys in one direction.



The boys get bored while I am cooking. Here they are in the tupperware cabinet. They both can fit in there and close the door. It keeps them very busy.



Jonathan is getting ready for Halloween. The boys found Alex's Yoda costume from 2 years ago. We can't decide what they will be yet, but we are leaning towards Yoda and Luke Skywalker.


We miss everyone. Another update should happen soon. Something big is happening in Alex's life tomorrow.