Wound UP!

Nate: Why am I so tired tonight?
Ethan: It's probably because we are so wound up!
Nate: That is probably it!

Soccer

The boys started soccer today. Today, was the evaluation portion of this soccer season. They are doing Upwards soccer at our church. Luckily, the evaluations were inside the gym today. It was a hot day today!Is this not the cutest four year old soccer player you have ever seen! He was so excited to put his soccer gear on and show his friends tonight!He may not be the fastest, most coordinated, or most graceful player, but he is super cute!!!
Ethan enjoyed the evaluation. In fact, he was bummed that it isn't longer.

The boys are ready to get soccer started!!!

Week TWO!

Week one of First Grade and week one of me trying out this stay at home job went GREAT! Ethan started the week out a little unsure about his new school, but ended the week happier than I have seen him in a while. He earned "Artist of the Week" from his Art teacher! He made some new friends and enjoyed his first week of being a bus rider. Notice I said HE enjoyed being a bus rider. This whole bus mess has not made his Momma happy! For now, I will drive him to school and he will ride the bus home.
Lincoln and I had a fantastic week together. We got some work in, got some cleaning in, got some cooking in, and had our very first play date! We found a family that has two boys the same ages as mine. They even have a son in Ethan's class!
We had a great weekend. We had dinner with friends, did lots of playing, and just enjoyed each other! Here's to a great week two!!!!

Darth Maul battle

I caught Lincoln pretending to fight Darth Maul on video the other night. Watch his triumphant battle here: Lincoln battle

First Grade

Ethan started First Grade, yesterday! I think he has been enjoying it. He hasn't told us a lot about his class. It's all lunch, recess, and the bus. But, I expected this. It's what he did last year!

We've had some bus issues. The bus stop they told us is no longer a stop and so we/he has to walk a half a mile to the stop. This afternoon it was 99 degrees, so I drove to the bus stop to pick him up. The bus was 30 minutes late. I was SOOO glad we drove. Then, tomorrow they are bumping up his pick up time by 15 minutes. I am tempted just to take him and pick him up, but he is loving the bus. I am giving it until Friday to make a decision.
Lincoln and I have begun a new journey, as well. We are both learning how to stay at home. We've done a little bit of Speech therapy each day (YES...my kid has speech issues) and we've done some preschool activities. He's enjoyed the past two days, so far. We'll see if it keeps up!
Tomorrow, is spouses day at Nate's school. He will take E to the bus and then stay home with Link. I have to say it will be nice to have a morning with adults only....even if it is listening to Air Force briefings.

Good Deed Cards

I started "good deed" cards this week. I got the idea from here.
The boys picked a "treat" that they would like to earn and worked pretty hard at doing good deeds to earn their special treat. It took them six days to do 13 good deeds. This morning, Nate took the boys to see a movie (Ethan's treat). This evening, we got Krispy Kreme donuts for Link's treat! We are going to continue these "good deed" cards. I think we all could use a little more practice!

School's around the corner

Ethan starts school on Monday. Tonight was meet the teacher night. His school is going to be very different than Virginia. The school he came from in Virginia was VERY diverse. I think that this new school is primarily Brats (military kids that is!). The main difference Ethan noted was that he had a desk and not a table!

I am not ready for him to start back to school. I feel like our summer just started. He, on the other hand, is ready! Yesterday, in the car, he asked if three minutes was 180 seconds. Shocked, I said yes. Then he says, "Well then four minutes is 240 seconds and five minutes is 300 seconds. But the easiest one is 6 minutes is 360 minutes." I asked him how in the world he knows this and he says I am just adding 60. When we were at the library this week he checked out a book on multiplication. This boys needs to get back to school!