First Day of Kindergarten

August 19th was Wesley's first day of Kindergarten.  He gets to go to school where he went to pre-k which is walking distance from our home.  He was very excited to pick out his school supplies, back pack and lunch box.  He had to have a Lego backpack this year.  Wesley's teachers name is Mrs. Phillips and this is her second year to teach.

 Wesley looks forward to waking up on important days because I decorate the breakfast table.  He got two new books for his first day of Kindergarten. 

 Mark stayed home from work that morning to help make Wesley's favorite breakfast; chocolate chip pancakes with bacon and strawberries. 

 Wesley standing at his classroom door.

Wesley found his name and had to put on a name tag before the parents left.  He had a great first day of school and was excited to go back the next day.  

13 & 14 Months

These past two months have flown by so quickly that I have gotten far behind on the blog so I am going to combined the twins 13 and 14 month post.  They both still only have 4 teeth each, hopefully more will come in soon.  Over the past month the babies have gone from crawling to walking.  Evan started walking around August 4th the majority of the day and then Luke started walking about August 20th.  They get better at walking daily.  Evan loves to say uh ho over and over, ma "more", dada, mama and ba "dog".  Luke says ma "more", ba for "dog", mama, dada, ahhhba "Wesley".  They love to feed Max their food and he gets in trouble when he gets it.  Wesley didn't climb when he was little but Evan and Luke climb on everything.  This slide had to be put in the attic because Evan could climb up it and then he would fall off.  We will try to get it back out around Christmas and see if they can stay on it better.

 Evan and Luke love to wear sunglasses.  They will bring you a pair of glasses have you put them on and then walk off and take them off.  They will want you to do this over and over.

 I snapped this picture with my phone so it is blurry but I think it is a cute picture.

 I have been going through all of Wesley's old clothes that we kept and I found his Indian Halloween costume.  Evan loved wearing this headband that went with it.

We keep this chair in Wesley's doorway so that the babies can not get in and get his Legos'  One afternoon I found Evan climbing up the chair and Luke helping by pushing his bottom.  We will need to find a different alternative soon.  

They love to pull out all their toys on the book shelves and this kitchen and climb in them.  They think they are very cute with they do it.  

They love to play outside.  They would prefer to walk around and play with the toys more than swing.  They go to the doctor for their 15 month checkup in a few weeks.  I can't wait to see how much they have grown since their 12 month check up. 

Summer Fun

We have had a busy summer this year. We traveled to Mark's parents house for the July 4th weekend. This was the babies first road trip and they did great.  We had to stop every two hours and get out to stretch and play then loaded back up and got back on the road.  Mark's sister took a great family picture of all 5 of us while we were there.

 Evan drawing pictures while we drive down the road.

 Luke drawing pictures while we drive down the road.

Wesley and the babies playing in the pool. 

This summer Wesley has played more in the water/pool than he every has.  The past summers Wesley hasn't enjoyed going to the pool because he dislikes getting water on his face.  He got a pair of goggles this summer and has been swimming and running through the water. 

 We bought a new car this summer.  In my Tahoe all three boys were in the middle row and Wesley couldn't get his seatbelt buckled so we decided to get a new car.  Mark found a toyota Sequoia with bucket seats in the second row.  Wesley enjoys sitting in the back and can now buckle his own seat belt.   

We headed to the zoo in June before it got too hot.  

Our zoo has a children's splash pad that the boys loved playing in.

Wesley all ready for the pool. This summer we have spent many nights at the pool.  Last year Wesley didn't want anything to do with the pool.  He doesn't like his face getting wet. This summer he has done an awesome job with swimming.  He can now put his face all the way under the water, swim without his floaties and loves to snorkel.  He has come along way this summer.

First Menchie's trip of the summer.  This was the babies first trip to Menchie's and they discovered why big brother LOVES it so much.

This summer we went with our MOMS Club to tour a fire station.  Wesley was very excited to explore all their tools, their station and fire truck.

 This is Wesley and Eli.  They have been friends since we moved here 5 years ago.

Wesley checking out the back of the fire truck. 

We have had a very fun and exciting summer I can't wait to see what this school year has in store for us.

One year pictures

When the babies turned one we decided to hire someone to take the babies and Wesley's pictures.  The day of the pictures Evan had a 103 temperature but we decided not to cancel the pictures.  Wesley was so excited to go have his picture taken and did a great job for the photographer. Here are are a few pictures from their photo shoot!  Enjoy

T-Ball

This summer we signed Wesley up for T Ball and gave soccer a break.  This was his coach's first year to coach.  Wesley really loved T ball and got better and better each game.  We would practice hitting the ball and catching the ball at night.

 Wesley practicing throwing the ball back and forth at practice

 Running the bases

 Wesley got the metal for the first game.  He was very proud of himself.

Since it was a summer session they did not take pictures so after the game everyone was gathered up and got a picture. We can't wait to sign Wesley up for another session in the Fall and watch how he progresses. 

One Year Old!!!

One year ago on June 7th we got a call at 9 pm from my dr saying I would be induced on June 8th at 8:00 am.  This was a huge shock to both Mark and myself.  We didn't know what to expect but were ready to meet the twins.  The day progressed very slowly until the afternoon then everything progressed quickly. At 5:52 our lives changed; we went from a family of 3 to a family of 5.  This past year has been easy and hard.  The twins were very good babies and as they are getting older and moving around more they get in each others way and don't care to share things as easily any more.  They love to watch what their big brother is doing and will be running around with him shortly. On June 8th Evan and Luke turned one year old.

 We turned their carseats around when they turned one and they love to look out the windows and watch the cars drive by.

 Wesley loves to color and draw.  He has wanted them to color with him for a while now, so we bought them some special crayons.  Wesley thought it was very fun coloring with them on their page. They loved to eat them so we couldn't color for long.

 When they turned one we started doing a few snacks a week in the snack buckets.  Very fun for them to do all by themselves.  Also very handy when we are grocery shopping or out running errands.

 Luke and Evan's first time in a shopping cart grocery shopping.  I was able to get all my groceries this time.

 We got out the pool one afternoon for the kids to play in.  Wesley was so excited about this.  With all three kids in the pool there wasn't much room for them to play around.

Here are a few things about Luke this month:
*top right tooth is coming in
*claps
*waves hi and bye
*says mama, dada, mooo, signs more
*cruise along furniture and walls
*love to knock down towers of blocks or boxes when they are built
*took his first step on June 21st
*brush his hair
* loves to play in the tunnel
* loves to swing

Here are a few things about Evan this month:
*top left tooth is coming in
*claps
*waves hi and bye
*says mama, dada, moo and signs more
*cruise along the furniture and walls
*brush hair
*stands by himself
*points at things
*blow on food when it is hot
*loves to swing
*Evan blew kisses on June 28th when going to take a bath.

When the babies turned eleven months we started to take them off of formula and introduce whole milk to them.  They didn't seem to care and were off of formula and bottles by 11 1/2 months.