Preschool...Oh Boy!

I can't believe it. It's here, it's really here. Max is starting preschool. NO WAY! Shut the Front Door! My baby is NOT starting preschool. Well, ya, he is! He is so excited and I'm so excited for him.  I never got go to go preschool, so I feel like I'm getting to go too.  Today was the day we got go go meet his teacher, Mrs. Messick.  He was so excited.  The entire way to the school, he kept asking, "how do we get there, is this the way to the school, this is the way to Panera, I don't think this is the right way for school.  I did not know my school was right by Panera, how cool."  OMG!  It was so funny, I think he was about to burst before we got in the door. 

We took a look at his cubbie (and the play ground) and his hook.

He was very excited that there were trucks and a kitchen.

 As you can see, Sissy was just thrilled to take it all in.  HA!

Funnies

Well, Allie is quite active lately, still not walking, but that's really OK with me for now.  I did put her in the playpen the other day because she was trying to sit on the Roomba, play with my computer cord, etc. all while I was working from home in the afternoon.  While in the playpen, she pulled herself up to stand.  Now I am putting her in there all the time.  She continues to pull herself up, problem with that is, she can't figure out how to sit back down and she just screams and cries :(

Max OH Max.  Boy is this kid hilarious!  I have to admit I'm a little nervous for him to start preschool in a couple weeks.  Not because I'm worried about him in the slightest.  I think he is so ready and I think he will do really well.  He is just so smart and talkative that I am worried that he will dominate the class or correct his teacher or, oh I don't know...so many things.

Here are a couple examples:

Earlier this week he must have gotten up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom.  His underwear and pajama bottoms were on the bathroom floor.  He was yelling in his room for someone to come open his door.  We have turned his door knob around so his lock is on the outside and he somehow locked it before going back to bed.  In his room, he has all new pajama bottoms on, yes, he takes it upon himself in the middle of the night to change his clothes, because he "dribbled" on the old ones.  On the way to daycare, I explained to him that he must have locked the door before going back in his room.  He told me No, a Monster must have done it.  To which I replied, no, there are no monsters at my house.  I've sent all monsters away and told them they weren't allowed at my house.  He then asked, "Did you use Monster Spray?".  Mind you, I've never mentioned the use of such a thing.  "Of course I've used Monster Spray," I said, "but, how do you know about that, only Mommies know about Monster Spray."  Max: "Yes, Mommies and really smart kids, I'm a really smart kid, that's how I know about Monster Spray".

At the grocery store I was in the candy isle getting Michael some candy and Max said he'd like some Lifesavers.  I gave in because he had been really good.  I asked if he wanted regular or chewy...chewy.  Tropical or Original?  Original (more like Owijinal) to which a lady in the isle chuckled and said "I bet those are Dewishis".  Max sort of looked at her funny and said, "I think you mean DeLicious".  LOL!

Oh boy!

Max Speaks

A few funnies that I want to remember:

Word: Max
Fabulous: Fableeous
Ridiculous: Ridicleeous
Thunder: Funder
Joseph: Jofess

We were also riding in the car and he was telling me he wanted something for his birthday. I can not for the life of me remember the "non" word he used. He did tell me his friend Alani had one at her birthday, how he know this I'm not sure. It should also be noted that this was July and her birthday is in December. I kept trying to figure out what he was saying and and the more I tried the more frustrated he got. Finally he said...UGH! Mom! You know, the thing that you hit with a stick and candy comes out. LOL! I busted out laughing and said OH! A Pinata, to which he replied, "How did you say that?" and we spent the next few minutes in the car practicing Pin Ya Ta.

The Proof is in the...um...Pool

Well, Max has had a tough time getting in the BIG pool again this year. Just to prove to ourselves that he really did get in and he really was brave about it and he really did like it I thought I'd put the proof out on the web.


Allie, on the other hand, has no issues...LOVES IT!

Happy Birthday Angel!

Well, as any first birthday should go, it was full of many celebrations!

Grammie Jeannie and Poppa Leggs were here to help celebrate early in July. Presents and cake were abundant.
Don't dare take the cake away from this girl, you may lose your arm!

As long as she's not doing this in appreciation of her presents when she's 16, I think we'll be OK.

Two days before the BIG birthday, we took Allie to the emergency room. Pop was taking Allie out of the car and she got her fingers caught in the door. We thought she might need stitches and maybe her finger was broken. Turns out, they just super glued her finger and although initially they thought it was broken, we found out at her follow up appointment it was not.

The final Birthday Celebration was at Aunt Joan's house. A simple celebration with the family here; swimming in the pool, eating good food, and of course cake.

She just loved having everyone sing to her. I think that was probably her highlight.

OH! That, and being the princess!

Ironbirds Game- Momma's Birthday

YEAH! America's favorite past time on Momma's birthday, complete with Fireworks! It was such a great night. A break in the summer heat/ humidity and a night out with the family.

Bethany Beach- July 4th

Here are a few pictures from our 4th of July at Bethany Beach. It rained REALLY hard just before dusk and cleared up not too long before these pictures were taken.

It is a good thing we left Allie up at the house with Grammie, Pop, and Aunt Joan to have a nice bath and cozy into her little bed. It was muggy and damp down by the water and there were these really annoying little gnats that no amount of bug spray would deter.

It was almost funny watching people come down off the boardwalk onto the beach. They would hit the swarms and start flailing around trying to get the little buggers off of them, with no success!

Obviously this guy didn't mind. He did his sparklers, played in the sand, watched the fireworks
and was in his bliss!

Conversations with Max

Boy OH Boy! Max is just a talking machine. He loves to tell stories, ask questions, tease, tell jokes. He's just so funny. We spend lots of time in the car together during the week since he is at daycare 3 days. It takes us about 30 minutes to get to and from daycare so that's an hour a day before and after work that we have time, basically, to ourselves. Allie does "chime in" once in a while, but she usually just listens to big brother.

Yesterday we were in the car and he asked me if birds were awake all the time, even at night. I told him that they slept at night just like he did. I then went on to tell him that owls and bats were nocturnal (yes, I know bat's aren't birds). I asked him if he could say nocturnal and he said nocturtle. I sort of chuckled and corrected him. He then said nocturnal correctly, thought a second and then said..."I like nocturtle better. It's like knock it off turtle!" We both had quite a good laugh from that one. He also went on to tell me that there were two types of bats...ones that could fly, and ones that couldn't...like the kind you play with. HA!

Earlier this week Max was up very early as he is most days because it's light out so early (Yes! He does have room darkening shades). He came into our room and used our bathroom and I asked him to go back quietly to his room. About 10 minutes later I heard the toilet down the hall flush. Not wanting to go see what was up I waited until he came back to our room, oh 15 or 20 minutes after the flush. I asked him why he flushed the toilet he looked at me, wide eyed, and said, "I had my hand's over my ears you weren't supposed to hear that!"

Grammie Helen and her babies

Silly Bunnies

Oh these kids...they are so silly!