Birthday Boy

 P2 turned 2! He absolutely loved his present: 3 light sabers! He loved them so much, he didn't even want to open his other present, a Duplo set with Buzz and Woody.

 

 

P3 finally put down the light sabers to check out his other present.

Family came over to celebrate, and they were forced into playing with the light sabers.

P3 received mini cereal, a box of Reese's Puff (that had to be thrown out because it had ants in it!), the book Boom Chick-A Boom, and a wooden town. 

P2's Lion Guard birthday cake. I used brown sugar for the sand.

If you look closely, you'll notice I put 3 candles in his cake! Why on earth did I think he was turning 3??? Happy 2nd Birthday little one!

August Part 2

The kids really enjoy playing with their droids from Disneyland. P3 still loves to chase them around and stop them.

 P2 is growing out her bangs, and we are experimenting with our to keep them out of her face.

The kids love to play together inside, and they all love to read.

 

We found some toys P3 might like for his upcoming birthday:

Picking up kindergartners. The other mom couldn't pick them up because her van had died and was in the shop all week. 

P3 misses his siblings while they are at school, but sometimes we do fun things like getting ice cream.

My kids still struggle with dentist visits. Especially x-rays. P1 had one of his 6-yr old molars that didn't develop the enamel correctly. Something called enamel hypoplasia. I guess if they have a fever when the tooth is erupting, that the enamel gets brittle. So we have to come back 2 times to get that fixed. First they coat it with silver diamine fluoride and then they put in a filling a few weeks later.

 

 Dinner at Subway:

Soccer

P1 and P2 are both playing soccer. They are on different teams because they are in different grades. I probably should just have put them on the same team though. It was hard having them on different fields at the same time. And P2 struggled with being on a team full of strangers. If she didn't know what to do (which was often), she would start crying. She also struggled almost every time it was her turn to go out on the field. But once she was out there, she seemed to have fun.

P1 knew some of the kids on his team from last year. He had a lot of fun playing, and even almost scored a goal once.

 

First Day of School

First day of school! P1 started 1st grade and P2 started Kindergarten. It will be strange to have P1 gone for most of the day. They were both excited, and P2 was happy to have the same kindergarten teacher that P2 had. P1 is in the same class as his best friend, and he has 2 teachers. The morning teacher does reading and writing, while the afternoon teacher does math and science.

 

 P2's first day of kindergarten was very short, and parents stayed the whole time. She knows 2 kids in her class. She was a little overwhelmed with the newness of everything, but I'm sure that she will love kindergarten!

I really lucked out with carpool this year. I set up a carpool with the same family as last year. Since P2 had morning kindergarten, I wanted to drive in the mornings. So I would do morning drop offs, and the other mom would pick up the first graders. I was planning on just picking up P2 from kindergarten every day. Well, a few days before school started, another mom asked if I wanted to do carpool with our kindergartners. I said I was already committed to driving in the morning, but that I had an extra seat. She said that would be great if I could take them in the morning, and she would pick up the kindergartners every day. So, all I have to do is drop kids off in the morning!

August

My brother and his fiancee invited us to Top Golf one day. The kids loved it! They loved making the ball come out and they got pretty decent at hitting it. P3 always wanted it to be his turn! It was a very fun outing!

We had friends over for a dutch oven night. These two kiddos are so adorable together:

Helping Dad play a video game:

I found a lion in his natural habitat:

Stopping at Les Scwab to fix a flat tire. We learned that our van does not come with a spare tire, because it is an AWD model. There isn't space for the tire anywhere!

 Practicing blowing up air mattresses: 

Fun at Grandma's house! Although I don't have pictures, we have done a lot of swimming in Grandpa's pool. P1 has become a really good swimmer and doesn't need floaties.

P1 and P2 started soccer. Their games are at the same time, so PE and I have to take turns at each field. P2 struggled with her first game. I think she was just feeling anxious. She was in tears a few times, but was able to end on a good note! When I went to watch P1, a mom commented to me that she loved how happy P1 was while playing. He just smiles and laughs as he runs up and down the field. I laughed and told the mom that my daughter was on the other field in tears. Go figure!

Back-to-school night was at the same time as their first soccer game. So, as soon as their game was done we rushed over to the school and were able to meet their teachers for the new school year.

We went to a Bee's game for Dad's work. The kids had fun. P1 won a bucket, and I won a light-up football.