Kellen’s First Day of Pre-School!

3 weeks after The Bigs started school, it was finally Kellen’s turn!  2 days before his first day, we went in for Open House so he could meet his teachers, check out his class room and the music room.  He absolutely LOVED it and made himself right at home!

 

Ready for First Day of School!

And away we go…..

He absolutely loves going to school!  He gets so excited when I tell him it is a school day, he jumps right out of the car when they come to get him and he is so happy and tired when I pick him up!

Lego Creations

Before Finn got his official set of golf clubs, he made his own club out of Legos.

 

I love how he always sets up grandma bear to watch him play!

Jam Packed Weekend O’FUN

I mean, it goes without saying that all of our weekends are jam packed with FUN, but this was especially FUN!

Friday night I had a mom’s painting night at a friends house.  She brought in her uber talented brother-in-law, who taught us how to paint….

The original

And mine.

The next morning Finn had t-ball evaulations and then we headed to The Fabulous Fox Theater for a morning of Cartoons!  The old Looney Tunes Cartoons!  We took along Alec and Aerin too and had so much FUN!  Lots of giggling!

Then we headed to the Oakhurst BBQ and Blues Festival….in the rain.

 

There was face painting….Finn and Kellen’s was just so perfect and adorable and then Riley walked over to us when he was done and we all stood their trying not to laugh hysterically.  WTF?  The balloon guy also made Kellen a little doggie balloon bracelet!  So stinking cute!

Bubble Man!!!!

And the after….

And that night we got a sitter and went out to a crazy dinner with friends!

       

Got Boys?

Kid-Free Grownups Acting Like Kids

We sent the boys up to grandma and papa’s house for a kid-free weekend, and we acted like a couple of kids!

Friday night I went to book club and Todd went out with the guys.  Saturday morning we got up and hit one of our favorite breakfast spots that we don’t ever get to go to anymore…

 

And then we took breakfast to our dear friends who just had their baby and we squeezed their baby!

And then we went to a movie.  In the middle of the day.

And then we took a nap and went out for the night to celebrate our friend Jeff’s 50th birthday!

We went to the Porter, where we had a private room in their awesome cellar.  I wish we had pictures of that room because it was so cool!

 

Then we headed to Variety Playhouse to see the Elvis Royale Show!

Yes, that is a mini-Elvis.

And the next day, we actually slept in until 9:30am!  Amazing!

Thank you Grandma and Papa!!!!

So, this is new….

We’ve talked about getting a bike trailer for a bit, basically ever since our first ride on the belt line, but we hadn’t pulled the trigger.  And then one day I just suddenly got a bug that I needed one, and I needed one ASAP.  I wanted to be able to ride Kellen to school in it like so many other people I had seen do it.  Also, it would help me be able to keep up with the bigs when they ride to school!  So I bought one.  But then wasn’t able to try it out until we got everyone healthy.  One beautiful day without any plans and I finally put it together and away we went!  It was a rocky ride and I’m not entirely sure if Kellen likes this thing or not….well to be honest, he doesn’t.  At times he is squeeling and saying YAY and Woohoo and other times he is screaming.  So I’m really confused.  Not sure what he does or does not like.  But this week I can give riding to school a try!

Confession

I almost left Baby Kellen at home.

So, first of all, Kellen likes to sleep and his bedroom is tucked in the back of the house so it is easy for him to sleep in.  I typically grab him after I get the bigs and all their stuff in to the car for school just so he can get as much sleep as possible.  (And it is easier to just throw his half-asleep self in to the car immediately rather than having to have him sit around and want to be snuggled while trying to get everything in the car.)

So the Monday morning of the second week of school, Riley wakes up with a raging fever and is sobbing that his throat hurts.  Rut Ro.  Finn feels fine.  So I get breakfast started, clothes pulled out and everybody’s stuff gathered and then I call the pediatrician right when they open at 730 to make a sick visit and I’m in luck I can get one basically as soon as I can get there.  So now I’m trying to pack everything up, running around, Riley is miserable so that is distracting…..and as we’re buckled in and I put the car in reverse, Finn says “what about baby kellen?”.  ZOMG!!!!

So there he is, shoeless, in his jammies and still in his night time diaper, but there he is.  With us!  At the doctors office.  :)  In the end we all got strep, including me.  :(  Finn technically did not test positive but he had a fever for 2 days and said his stomach hurt which is his strep symptom.  So our week looked like this.

The Curious Incident of the Lamp In The Naptime

So, I walked in after naptime to find Kellen sitting on his bed that looked like this…

That is a light bulb from the lamp….that he had completely unscrewed from the lamp….and then somehow crushed in to a million pieces….pieces that were EVERYWHERE in his room.  And he had not a single scratch on him.

HOW?????

I mean, I am so grateful that he had not bled to death, but I’m just so confused by the whole thing.

We’ve had lamps in the boys rooms since they were all born and this definitely a first.

Brothers

So I took the boys over to Aunt Tay Tay’s new apartment after school one day so they could check it out and get a chance to see Aunt Tay Tay and play with her dog Max.  As we’re sitting their talking, we turn around and find this.

 

He was seriously so happy in there though that he did not want to come out.  But the brothers wanted a turn.  So Finn started making his way in.  At first Kellen thought this was FUN.

Until it wasn’t.

So he did eventually get out and let Finn have a turn.

And Riley got a turn too.

Seriously.  This happened.