Popsicles and Bouncing

Last week Brock got into a popsicle kick (and he got ALL the kids on it too). He is so cute to share his treats with Jaide. She follows him around when she sees that he went to the freezer. I think it is just sweet :) So here is a video of Jaide and her popsicle. She isn't sure which will be more fun: the popsicle or mom's camera ;)

Here is Jaide when her popsicle is all gone. She looks kind of sad.

This morning Brock went into work late so he could help me clean up the mud room. It was a disaster! We moved the chair that was in there out to the shop so we would have more room, but then we found this bouncing thing that Grandma Julie got the boys for their birthday. Brock decided to blow the HUGE thing up. I now have very little room in front of my washer. The kids loved it though! They both asked if they could take naps in there.. haha, right... I tried naptime there today, but not so much. They wouldn't stop jumping. Oh well, it's fun. I told Brock that I wanted to get in and play too. Too bad I'm too big :(

Happy Days!

Saige is having such a great time at school. He gets so excited when he wakes up in the morning. When the bus comes he is already waiting at the door. I am so glad my little bug likes school so much. He runs to the bus and gets almost to the end of our yard and turns around to 'throw' me a kiss and yells, "I lub you mommy!" (Oh, it melts my heart)... And when Saige gets home Raiden shoots out the door yelling, "Saige, Saaaiige, my Saige, mommy look, my Saige!" It it ADORABLE! I then get to hear all about his day at school. YAY!

Here is Saige with some of his school work.

This is a picture he drew at school.

Raiden has been pretty good for the most part when Saige is gone. The other morning when I went to put Saige on the bus he fell off of his chair in the kitchen and scraped his nose. The next morning this is what it looked like. Poor kid.

Jaide has been following Raiden around everywhere. They were looking at a board book and Raiden decided that he needed some space so he moved to the couch.... but look who followed :)

At that point Raiden just gave up and let his sister look at the book. Such funny kids :)

Today while Saige was at school Raiden and I decided to go to the store. He told me he would let "sisser come if her be good" (as he looks very seriously at Jaide).. haha... While we were there I decided we needed to make some cookies. We did exactly that... mmmm, chocolate chip cookies :) Raiden was trying to be sneaky and eat all the dough. To bad he hasn't learned to be quiet while sneaking (he snickers evilly when he is sneaking.. hehe). Jaide was falling asleep in her highchair so I took her down to her bed and when I got back Raiden was trying to get the mixing bowl off the counter. It was about that time that Brock called and said he'd be home for lunch. He met Saige getting off the bus (which he's never seen and didn't think of as a big deal until he actually watched it :D ). So we had some sandwhiches that I made while Brock heard all about school. Now it is naptime and Saige is still awake so here I sit on the computer ;)

Lately....

Lately... We have been BUSY! At the end of August I took Saige to do some testing to see if he would qualify for preschool. After the 1st day of testing we were told to bring him to Richfield the next week for some more tests... woohoo... At the end of that meeting we were told that we would know by Friday if he got in. I was super excited when we got the call the next day saying that he qualified. YAY! Saige was super duper happy (which is exactly the way he said it when I told him he would get to go.) We had to wait a whole week before we had the IEP meeting with his teachers. He started school the next day, Sept. 16. He was so cute. In this packet of papers I got was a little paper man with some instructions to let him decorate it to look like him and bring it back to school with him. He colored it really well (orange shirt and everything). We had already got him a Wall-E backpack (which he had to show to EVERYONE), so he was ready to go. I took him his first day and he didn't even care that I left (how sad, my little boy is growing up :( but exciting too, I know). He was so cute when he got home. He told me all about the bus and told me it was 'soooo cool, we got fishy snacks'.. Oh to be a kid :D He goes to school on Monday, Tuesday, Wednsday, and Friday. Yay! but also ..::SOB::.. I will be brave though!

Here is Saige on his first day of school.
When we stopped the car Saige was super excited

and when I opend the door he jumped out :)

Raiden has been a little off. He gets so cranky when his dad leaves for work. He got in quite a bit of trouble the other morning when he tried to chase Brock down the street. I was NOT happy! I had to run after him, literally run, the boy is short but he moves FAST. But on a happy note, yesterday when Saige got off the bus Raiden ran up to him yelling, "Me Saige camed home! Mommy see, me Saige!" Gave him a big old hug too. Oh, it made my day!

This is one of my purely "Raiden" shots. He is such a goof sometimes!

Jaide is getting more independent everyday. She pulls up to everything. This morning she even tried to take some steps. She is too cute. She loves to try to do anything her brothers do. Raiden even tries to show her how to do some of these things that get him in trouble. Jaide likes to help me fold clothes too (by completely UNfolding them).

Helping mom with the laundry is a tiring job!

This is her always face. She is such a happy girl :)