Thursday, December 18, 2014
Pumpkin Patch
I feel like the pumpkin patch is one of those yearly traditions that you have to make happen. We were too busy last year to go to one and I felt so guilty about it. Clint doesn't care about stuff like that and would probably rather not go, but it's so important to me. I was SO glad we could go this year! The patch we went to was pretty low key. It didn't have a ton of activities or anything else going on. Clint liked that much better than places we had gone in the past. The boys had fun and that's all that matters!
Three Year Photoshoot
I haven't been very good about taking pictures of my kids this year. I have been so busy with work and a lot of the time taking my camera places or taking photos of my kids just lumps into the work pile. I hate that. I want to document my kids lives and have lots and lots of nice photos of them. I have made a goal to never get too busy or overwhelmed to photograph my own kids. Wish me luck.
Right after Owen turned 3 I thought I should take some pictures of him. I needed to do some location scouting, so I thought it would be perfect to combine the two. I am dying over how cute Owen is!!! His cute little body and huge personality just shine. I love Owen!
Towards the end this guy came up to me and asked if he could take a photo of me and the boys. I was leary to be honest... I didn't want him running off with my camera. I did let him though and I think the picture he got is pretty cute. :)
Right after Owen turned 3 I thought I should take some pictures of him. I needed to do some location scouting, so I thought it would be perfect to combine the two. I am dying over how cute Owen is!!! His cute little body and huge personality just shine. I love Owen!
Towards the end this guy came up to me and asked if he could take a photo of me and the boys. I was leary to be honest... I didn't want him running off with my camera. I did let him though and I think the picture he got is pretty cute. :)
Bode's First Day of Kindergarten
Another huge milestone over the summer... I still can not believe that my Bode is in big kid school. I was just as torn up about Bode starting Kindergarten as I was for Owen to start preschool! How are my kids old enough for this?!
When we moved to Woods Cross, we got into the best school district. Odyssey Elementary was being built in the field area behind our house, and Bode's first year was going to be the schools first year also. The school is beautiful. It's so amazing! The design of it is so unique and the classrooms are huge and they even have a garage door window for an entire side that opens up into the pod area. You can read about the school here.
Clint and I attended the French Immersion meeting and decided it sounded awesome, so we enrolled Bode. He does half the day in English and half the day in French. I was kind of nervous at first how he would do. Well, he has loved it! He is doing so so well and I feel so lucky that we have this amazing school and French program basically in our backyard. His teacher is Madam Taylor and she is amazing. Bode really likes her and she is so kind and loving.
The first day was kind of overwhelming. The school being brand new was kind of figuring out things as well all the students. We found Bode's friends and waited in this large common area outside while they were saying something over the megaphone, none of which anyone heard. Then they were to line up by their teacher holding a sign and wait to follow their teacher in. I got Bode to the line in front of his sign and kind of got out of the way to find where Owen ran off to. I came back to Bode a few minutes later and he was crying. Poor guy thought I left him and he was scared. He immediately smiled when he saw me again and it was smooth sailing from there on out.
He loves his class much! I am so proud of Bode and how well he has been doing.
When we moved to Woods Cross, we got into the best school district. Odyssey Elementary was being built in the field area behind our house, and Bode's first year was going to be the schools first year also. The school is beautiful. It's so amazing! The design of it is so unique and the classrooms are huge and they even have a garage door window for an entire side that opens up into the pod area. You can read about the school here.
Clint and I attended the French Immersion meeting and decided it sounded awesome, so we enrolled Bode. He does half the day in English and half the day in French. I was kind of nervous at first how he would do. Well, he has loved it! He is doing so so well and I feel so lucky that we have this amazing school and French program basically in our backyard. His teacher is Madam Taylor and she is amazing. Bode really likes her and she is so kind and loving.
The first day was kind of overwhelming. The school being brand new was kind of figuring out things as well all the students. We found Bode's friends and waited in this large common area outside while they were saying something over the megaphone, none of which anyone heard. Then they were to line up by their teacher holding a sign and wait to follow their teacher in. I got Bode to the line in front of his sign and kind of got out of the way to find where Owen ran off to. I came back to Bode a few minutes later and he was crying. Poor guy thought I left him and he was scared. He immediately smiled when he saw me again and it was smooth sailing from there on out.
He loves his class much! I am so proud of Bode and how well he has been doing.
First Day of Preschool
Owen. My baby. It was so bittersweet to send my sweet and precious boy
to school. He is a mom lover and my sidekick always. I was so torn up
about it. I teared up so many different times leading up to this day.
Owen was over the moon excited, which I was really happy for. It was
still SO hard for me!! I dropped him off and cried the whole 30 second
drive home.
Owen's 3rd Birthday
My baby is 3. It's so crazy to think how big he's gotten. He is so full of personality and I can't imagine life without our Owen. He is very trying at times and the complete opposite of his older brother, but I wouldn't change him if I could. He hates his curly hair and will tell me to cut it so he can have a mohawk. I can't bear the thought of it! He is pretty much known for his hair. I look back through baby pictures of when he was bald and it's hard to believe! He looks completely different with all those glorious curls. He gets comment wherever we go about his hair. Just yesterday at the post office a nice older woman was telling him he had the most amazing hair. She asked him if she could have some of his curls to put on her straight hair. He got shy and hid behind my leg. A few minutes later I notice that he is ripping his hair out!!! He had a handful of about 5 hairs and offered them to the lady. What a sweet boy! Crazy... but sweet. She said, "Oh dear, didn't that hurt you?!" He just smiled and did his little smirk and click noise. If you haven't seen his smirk and click, it's HILARIOUS. For real.
Anyway, onto his party. He wanted to invite his best friend and Bode's best friend and go fishing. They are our neighbors and BFFs for life. That is all these boys wanted to do all summer long was fish. They are obsessed. It only seemed fitting to combine their love for fishing and the birthday party. I got a little cake, invited the boys, and Clint had his friend Jake get us onto the land. The boys loved it! It was so much fun. We only had one tiny incident where Owen fell and landed in a fresh cow pie, but other than that I would say it was a success. :)
Anyway, onto his party. He wanted to invite his best friend and Bode's best friend and go fishing. They are our neighbors and BFFs for life. That is all these boys wanted to do all summer long was fish. They are obsessed. It only seemed fitting to combine their love for fishing and the birthday party. I got a little cake, invited the boys, and Clint had his friend Jake get us onto the land. The boys loved it! It was so much fun. We only had one tiny incident where Owen fell and landed in a fresh cow pie, but other than that I would say it was a success. :)
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