Austins first conferences!

So last Friday we received Austin's report card in his backpack! He had conferences yesterday. Everything looked great. He has the highest mark you can get on all things academic . . . and he is "nearly meeting expectations" in most of the behavior columns. He seems to be a social butterfly, which did not surprise us. The teacher said that through initial testing this fall he is already well passed the levels they want to see him at next spring. So it is encouraging to know that he is doing so well academically. She said that she can tell his mind is starting to wander when she starts to talk about something that he already understands. (Basically he gets bored because he already knows the information) So, he just needs to work on sitting still and being quiet!  :)  Which is probably pretty standard for most boys his age!

After conferences we went to the bookfair and I let him pick out two books . . . then he won a drawing and received a FREE book. So, he was very excited to get to pick out a 3rd book and couldn't wait to read them when we got home last night. I love his excitement for reading!

Our little ninja!

This past weekend we celebrated Colton's birthday!

We had a wonderful weekend for a birthday party and had some friends over to play party games with the birthday boy. We played "pin the eyeballs on the monster", musical chairs, a balloon popping game and had a nature scavenger hunt.  It was a beautiful day so after the games we put up a bouncy house in the backyard and played Freeze Dance! It was a great time for all the kids and everyone left happy and tired!!

Monster Cake!

And I also made two dozen little monster cupcakes to set on the table.  It turned out super cute and Colton got a kick out of it!

Birthday party friends! It was so nice to spend the day with our friends. (Tate, Austin, Zoey, Macy, Colton, Braxton, Charlee) In this picture Colton is trying to do whatever Zoey is doing. . . just being silly!

And Gavin could not get enough of the bounce house! He loved trying to walk around while the big kids were bouncing. He fell over a lot and would just giggle, smile and get back up for more bouncing action!! In this one he is trying to go down the slide with Tate and Colton!

Dentist visit

Austin and Colton had dentist visits a month ago and it was discovered that Austin had a cavity.  Yesterday I took him to the dentist and he was a champ!  He did a great job listening to everything the dentist had to tell him and also did a good job listening to all of her directions.  He was the best helper she had seen all day!  Which made him very proud and he got a little toy motorcycle for being so brave. He also now has a little silver filling.  Hopefully he will do a better job brushing his teeth now. 

More news on Austin's teeth . . . he lost another tooth last Friday night.  It was another one of the bottom front teeth.  The tooth fairy brought him 8 quarters and he is dreaming of all the ways he is going to spend his money.  He's thinking he would like a Wii!  Brian told him that a lot more of his teeth are going to have to fall out before he can afford a Wii. :)

Well Baby visits!

Gavin had his 15 month check up yesterday.  He weighs 24 lbs (50 percentile), 31 1/2" long (50 percentile), and head circumference is 19 1/4" (90 percentile).  He is growing great and doing well!  It was a nice visit and the Dr. told me I was doing a good job.  He did have to have 4 shots!  Austin and Colton could not believe he had to have so many shots.  Austin stood on one side of the bench and Colton stood on the other.  They both held on to one of Gavin's hands and told him how brave he was.  Gavin did cry, but only for a minute or two!  Once we got out of the exam room everyone was a bit happier.

Austin had his 5-year-old check up yesterday.  He weighs 50.8 lbs (90 percentile) and is 3' 9 3/4" long (75% percentile).  Austin is also growing great and passed all the tests with flying colors.  They even did a quick eye exam and he has 20/20 vision!  So, that's good news. No shots for Austin, which made him very happy.

Since we went to swim at Jeff and Jamie's after the visit, everyone was cheerful and excited when we left the Dr.'s office.  I think Gavin even forgot all about his shots by the time he saw the swimming pool!

Birthday Cake!

Well, yesterday was my birthday! On Sunday my mom came over to help us celebrate and she made this delicious birthday cake.  We opened gifts, went to Chuck E Cheese's for dinner (every 30-somethings dream!) and then came home to have cake! It was a really fun day.  Yesterday, on my actual birthday, we went to Jamie, Jeff and Keller's to swim and grill out.  The boys jumped in and out of the pool non-stop, even Gavin. They played in the sandbox and then swam in the pool some more.  By the time we got home last night everyone was exhausted and ready for bed.  It was a wonderful day!

 



15 months today!

And here is a picture of Gavin!  I was just noticing that he hasn't been mentioned much in the first day of school pictures.  He's a happy little boy who is constantly trying to keep up with his brothers! He has his 15 month check up on Monday!!

Colton's First day of Preschool!

This has been a busy week!  Colton started preschool on Tuesday and he had a great time!  He LOVED preschool and didn't want to leave when I got there to pick him up.  He's been telling us a lot of little stories through the week about preschool.  He goes to preschool on Tuesday and Thursday this year. On Thursday morning he even got to ride the bus from the big school!  He was really excited to ride the bus and was only a little nervous when we first got to the school.  He has to wait in a room full of all the big kids and he doesn't like this part.  It is rather intimidating!  Austin's friend, Lincoln, is in the 4-a-day preschool program this year and he came over to Colton and asked him if he wanted to sit with him on the bus.  This was a huge help for Colton's confidence!  He was also excited to share with Austin at dinner that he sat with Lincoln on the bus and at lunch time!  It was very cute!