Kindergartener

I am way behind on posting, so I am going to try to catch up. First up is our little Kindergartner - how is he this big already?! I remember when they built the elementary school in our neighborhood and Jaxson was only 1 or 2, thinking it will be so long until he is in school. Holy cow was I wrong! I can't believe how fast that flew by. He was (of course) all smiles on the big day and wasn't scared or nervous at all.

But the day BEFORE school was a different story. He had to go get is immunizations and was terrified. He has seen me give myself shots a thousand times, and I always try to show him that it doesn't hurt, but that apparently didn't help. Here is right after, with his sucker for being brave (or kicking and screaming...one of the two).

Wyatt tagged along for the comedic relief. It worked :). And yes, that IS a black eye in case you were wondering. I can't remember how he did it, but super classy for the first day of school.

Wyatt making a break for it at the school - I think he wanted to stay with his brother. After we dropped Jaxson off and Mark went to work, I let Wyatt play outside on the empty school playground while I sat on the curb and cried! I totally didn't think I was going to do that. I was really excited for Jaxson because HE was so excited, but it is just a sad feeling when you have been their whole world, almost all day every day, and then they start this whole other part of their life. He LOVES it though and was so ready to go. And now I love it, too :).

Jaxson wakes up ready to go everyday, and has loved making a bunch of new little friends. His favorite thing is our rotating play group on early day - wednesdays - he calls it 'double-friend day'. We have been loving watching him learn how to read - it is sometimes frustrating, but mostly awesome to help him with this new skill. I love watching him sound out a word 20 times and then finally get it. He gets so excited and proud of himself. His teacher is Mrs. Hyre and she is great - he really likes her a lot. He loves library and computers, but recess (of course) is the best part of the day!

Look at that handsome kid - We love you Jax!!

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Wyatt-isms

Okay, so I need to post about Jaxson's first day of school, but I haven't downloaded those pictures yet. So first, I have to post some funny Wyatt-ism before I forget all about them!

This boy is definitely an individual - sometimes we wonder what it would be like to live in that head. Today...

Wyatt (galloping around the kitchen) : Mommy, I'n a cowBOY!

Me: You are? Good job!

Wyatt (as he ran off): Moooooooooo! Mooooooooo!

Get it? That one took me a minute, too.

Last week, he came in the house and told me:

Wyatt: Mommy, I haveafiyabum!

Me (blank look): what?

Wyatt (getting upset): I have a fiyabum!

Me: You have a WHAT?

Wyatt (really upset at this point): I have a FIYA BUM!

Me: You have a....fire? bum?

Wyatt: YEAH! Fiya bum!

It turns out that 'fiya bum' is actually code for diaper rash. Gotta love this little guy :).

Jaxson Turns Five

Jaxson turned five years old last month. Five?! Are you kidding me? This was a hard one for me, I think because he was turning five and starting kindergarten all within a month. I know it is a cliche, but where does the time go?

To celebrate, he wanted a Super Mario party. I thought that would be totally fine, and that every store would have Mario party stuff. Wrong! And by the time I figured out that there where NO Mario party supplies except online, I was too late to have it shipped to me. But the party must go on, right? So we improvised by cutting the cardboard Mario guys out of the fruit snack box and sticking them on his cake, making a Mario world banner with pictures from google and photoshop, and having some Mario vinyl printed (of course!). It turned out cute and Jaxson was one happy kid.

Let me just say, this was our first real friend birthday party and I totally, completely, 100% underestimated the chaos that includes! Luckily my mom and sister-in-law didn't mind being roped in to help at the last minute or else Mark and I would have been struggling! Thanks guys!

I now finally understand why some of my friends were only allowed to have birthday parties every other year - smart parents.

For some reason I can't get my pictures to move where I want them (love you, blogger!), so they are in a weird order.

Mario party favor boxes, complete with the little vinyl Mario.

Opening presents

Playing mushroom, mushroom, goomba. Or in other words, duck, duck goose Mario style.

The present table...the best part when you are five!!

We had a Mario Brothers obstacle course and the playground was Bowser's castle. We had the whole thing wrapped in butcher paper, and Mark was hiding inside. When they finished the obstacle course and were ready to rescue Princess Peach, Mark (Bowser) came busting out of the paper and down the slide. He was attacked by 10 kids with water balloons (highlight of the party for me!!!). I didn't get a picture, but don't worry, I got it on video.

Eating pizza at the Jaxson/Jackson table. These two are cute little buddies and they seem to love sharing a name!

After the party, Jax got to have a sleep over with his cousin/best friend the Code-Man. And then, I somehow didn't get a picture, but he also got a BB gun that night from His uncles and Aunt. What, 5 is too young for your first gun? That is apparently how we do it in our family (or so I was informed!).

The much anticipated cake. Yep, Mario guys cut out from the fruit snack box (classy!) and a fake wii paddle from the dollar store. And like one million sprinkles (per Jaxson's request).

Most of the kids by my beloved Mario banner...it was hard to get them all to stand there once they were sugared up!

Fun party and we couldn't be more happy that it is over, haha. We love you Jaxson!!

BROTHERS

These two are best buddies lately! Here are some cute pictures of brothers being brothers...

At least being a mom is entertaining...

Some days, even when I am doing something I am dreading, I realize that at least there are always those hilarious mom-moments sprinkled (or tinkled) throughout the day.

Today's was potty training the Wy-man this afternoon, by putting him on the toilet every 15 minutes. First, he insisted on trying on every single one of his new pair of underwear, and then had to crane his neck around to get a good view of the super hero on his backside.

And then, one of the first few times I put him on the toilet and encouraged him to go potty...

Me: (super excited voice)

"Come on Wyatt! Do you have any potty? Potty in the toilet!"


Wyatt: (looking down at his peep, concentrating)

"It not working...It broken!"


Totally made up for the pee all over my floor! That kid, I swear.

**Don't worry, he figured out how to 'work it' later on in the day. Looking forward to tomorrow...

Sick of being sick

Is it January or July? Someone please help me out and let me know, because we have been sick and it isn't feeling like summer at our house! Wyatt had a sore throat for a while, and then as soon as he got feeling better, Jaxson got an ear infection, and then they both got pink eye, and now I have Strep throat and an ear infection...ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! This is all in the last week or so, and we are not feeling very festive this 4th of July. Poor Jax has to take Zyrtec, Amoxicilan (sp?) and eye drops morning and night.

On the up side, Mark got to say GOODBYE to the Lancer yesterday - thank you Tucker from Idaho (or should I say "Sucker", haha). You serverd us well for 163k miles, but it was time to let you go. We shopped around today and after some wheelin' and dealin' ended up with a new civic. Hooray for cars with air conditioners that work! I'm sure Mark will be enjoying his ride to work on Tuesday WITHOUT the windows rolled down on I-80.