Update on Our Lives

Wyatt started preschool this past month, and he is loving it!! He wanted me to take his picture with him facing backwards and looking over his shoulder.  I think he may be ready for the red carpet.  Look for him at the Oscars.  

At the park.  Always at the park.  Can you believe Cyrus can climb that ladder thingy.  He goes fast, too!  He's a monkey.

 The boys bought bikes this past month, and we have been enjoying riding them in the evenings after dinner.  Calvin lost the training wheels just a few days after he got the bike, but Wyatt still wants to keep his on (even though I don't think he needs them, but don't tell him I told you that).  I don't know what made me more proud: that they are riding so well or that they bought them with their own money.  

We went to the fair this past weekend.  They were running a special:  we thought it would cost an arm and a leg, but it turns out you could get by with just an arm.  Nevertheless, we enjoyed funnel cakes, fried oreos, tri tip sandwiches, snow cones, cotton candy, fried tacos, etc. etc.  Oh, and the rides and games were fine too.  

And Missoni came to Target, but I bet you already knew that.

So here is the boring stuff without pictures:

Noah - He doesn't have to leave for work until 9:30, so we get to spend the morning with him, and I don't have to drag the little boys out of bed to walk Calvin to school.  He doesn't usually get home until 6:30 or 7, but we still get to enjoy him in the evening.  Also, Noah and I have joined the ranks of those who have TVs in their bedrooms, and we often stay up too late watching episodes of 30 Rock on Netflicks.  We especially think Jack Donaghy is hilarious.  I think that this might me a good place to mention one of my favorite things that Noah does for the boys.  Noah will often draw at church to keep his hands busy.  A lot of times he will draw things for the boys to keep them quiet.  A few weeks ago he drew Wyatt this picture of a dog bone that was a big as the page.  Then he drew a tiny little bite mark in the bone and a tiny little dog standing beside of it.  Wyatt was smiling from ear to ear just thinking about how awesome it would be to be a dog with a ginormous bone.  It was too cute. It made me think that if someone gave me a piece of birthday cake that big that I would be as happy as that tiny little dog.  In fact, I would even be that happy if the piece of cake was regular size.

Katie - Well, Missoni came to Target.  That was the biggest event in my life since Cyrus was born.  I ran over there early Monday morning to find that it wasn't actually coming until Tuesday.  Then I went again on Tuesday and walk the store over and over and over taking things in and out of my cart, calling any sort of advice giver I could talk to trying to decide just what thing I should get.  And that's how boring I am.  And also, I clean the house and pick up kids and go running.

Calvin - He is loving first grade and his teacher. I am so proud of him.  He is reading well and learning more and more everyday.  I have to tell him to turn his lamp off at night after an hour of reading, which secretly makes me so happy that he loves to read.  I have enjoyed tracking down books that he likes at the library and having them waiting for him when he gets home.  As I mentioned, he is riding his bike so well.  He is great at riding, but had a little bit of trouble learning to get started on his own.  I think that will come with time.  He has been riding along with me when I go running, and we have a lot of fun just visiting and tell jokes together.  I have a feeling these will be some of my most choice memories of us.

Wyatt - Ahh, Wyatt.  He is going to preschool four days a week and also attending Katie's school of responsibility and chores.  It actually is fun to work together.  After Calvin gets off to school, he and I spend some time together each morning doing his chores.  I hope I have fooled him into believing that chores are just a game because right now he thinks that unloading the dishwasher is just a game of hot and cold.  He also has been bitten with the Nintendo bug.  He used to not care, but now I find that not only his interest has increased, but also his skill.  He's better than me!  I can no longer bail him out of tough levels.  In fact, he usually had to bail me out!  And oh yeah, he still loves Rico.

Cyrus - He thinks that he wants to give up his naps, but I am brainwashing him into a few more months of napping.  Recently he has started saying more and more words: Costco (I couldn't be more proud), taco, Pablo (he loves Backyardigans), Uh-Oh, and quite a few more.  He is also extremely generous with his kisses though sometimes they are french kisses.  I have had to give him the talk about how that isn't really appropriate to try and french your mother, but he still tries.  He also got a little bike (though not with his savings).  It's a little tricycle with a handle that we can use to push him with. HE LOVES IT, and tries to put his favorite puppy on it and push it around.  He also has developed a su-weet ear-piercing scream that he saves for appropriate places like church and the store.