Garden Fun and Dad Time

Dad Time

One of the only things I enjoy about going to school is that Chris gets lots of alone time with the boys. Most Saturdays he takes the boys out so I can get some homework finished. This Saturday they went golfing and had lots of fun. I am glad Chris took the camera. This class has less work than my last class, which is nice right before the baby is due. Only problem less work usually means worse teacher. She drives me crazy with things and makes it so I don't want to do the little work I have. My last class was crazy busy with assignments, but I didn't mind the instructor and the assignments were normal. So I didn't mind doing the crazy amount of work. Three more weeks of class then 3 days before that baby comes. Two week break from class then another class before girls camp and a week break from class.

Garden Fun

If you remember we had got pray mantis eggs well one started to hatch and the boys were excited to see all of them around in the garden. Of course they wanted to hold them and probably stepped on a bunch. I think the lizards ate a bunch of them we can only find a few left. We still have four more eggs that will probably hatch soon. The top picture is Gavin holding them he wants to hold one every day.

This is Brody holding one as soon as it started to move he decided to throw the bug. His comments "ouch bugs" and "I don't like bug". I am pretty sure that pray mantis died within minutes with all the handling of the boys.
As some of you know Gavin's favorite food is "Salad" lettuce and ranch for dipping. I had run out and told Gavin we could get some out of the Garden. We picked the biggest leaves and he ate all of them for lunch. He is already talking about picking more for tomorrow. I don't think they will grow fast enough for his taste. I planted lettuce and carrots three different times so they wouldn't all be ready at the same time to eat. We also have squash coming and a few tomatoes. I also planted, peppers, cucumbers and onions I got an early start this year so hopefully we will actually get something to eat before it gets way to hot.
This is what my life feels like at most times. I got some play doh out for the boys so I could get some cleaning done. After I am done with that chore I come back to a new chore of cleaning play doh from everywhere. They decided to throw it all over the house. We move from one mess to the next, isn't life fun.

What's Up

So Chris asked Brody if he could roll his tongue and sure enough he is able to roll his tongue. Not something I would ever think to ask. As Brody is doing his trick Gavin wants in the fun. The funny thing is Gavin is not able to roll his. He tries so hard and it is not even close. He thinks he is doing it and when he find out he didn't he gets so mad. I took his picture and he wanted to see and then started yelling. Will Gavin ever learn to roll his tongue?

Chris bought himself a new car. Can we say spoiled!! He bought a 2010 Nissan Altima 3.5 Sedan the color is Ocean Gray. I made Chris go to the dealership alone and I still couldn't stand what I had to go through. I really don't like dealing with dealerships and sales people. Chris did great at getting an Excellent price and got double trade compared to Blue Book for our crappy/wonderful car. I am sad I never got a final picture of our beloved teal Pontiac Sunfire. Chris had a love/hate relationship for the Pontiac Sunfire. He loved that even after 130,000 miles that car never had any problems. He hated that it didn't have any guts (no power). He hated that the windows would refuse to roll up after being rolled down. It was usually only the back passenger window that would do this, but on the days the car wanted revenge it would happen to the drivers window. It would go up a quarter inch and you would have to wait and then push the button again and go up another quarter inch. The windows were really bad. Chris hated that everyone at work including himself thought it was a chick car. I loved the car. Chris did say after he traded it in he was a little sad; however, that thought is quickly forgotten with all the new better qualities of his new car. He now hopes for bad weather so he can take it to work instead of the motorcycle. I hope the car lasts forever!
Our wonderful friend McKensie, Caleb, and Finn came to visit. I am sad I didn't take any pictures of them while they were here. Hopefully they will be back soon!

Gavin's Update

My baby boy is getting so big, it is so hard to believe. I got him all registered for kindergarten with both excitement and fear. He will be attending Edu-Prize charter school and I am hoping he will be in the afternoon schedule, in hopes while Gavin is at school, the babies will be sleeping so I can get some homework finished. The school day is almost five hours long. We will find out his schedule and teacher in May or June.

We went to the doctor and got his shots to get ready for kindergarten these are his stats. Weight 34 lbs (this was with his heavy jacket on-I weighed him at home and he was on 32 lbs), but at 34 lbs he is in the 18% for his age. He is 40 in tall, which is 18% for his age and his BMI weight to height is 32%. He is a little boy! The hearing and sight test was interesting and took forever. For the hearing test they told him to tell them when he hears a sound. After a few minutes of him just sitting there. They asked can you hear anything he said no. They said can you hear a hum sound he said yes. Then he listened longer and he did not say anything. We asked if he could hear the hum sound he said yes. We keep telling him that he had to tell us when he could hear it. Finally we started getting him to raise his hand when he heard the sound. It seriously took like 15 min for them to tell me he could hear. The sight test was interesting trying to get him to follow directions so we knew he was seeing the right pictures. The doctor said to keep an eye on his right eye because he didn't pass that eye either from not understanding or not being able to see. I think it is lack of understanding, but we will watch and he will probably test again later. The sight test took another 15 min it was a long doctor visit.

As for school, I am planning for the worst with hopes of the best. I am planning on him retaking kindergarten. I am hoping I don't have to pull him out of school, waiting until next year because of frustrations. I hope that he will surprise me and do well in school. If you ask Gavin if he is excited to go to school he will say no. If you say that something has anything to do with school he will say he doesn't want to do it and doesn't want to go to school. I have been trying to get him excited and ready. School starts July 28th.