Goodbye Summer

I have been slacking big time in the blogging department the past few months but I am determined to get back on track. After all, I count on this blog to help me keep track of milestones and funny things my kids do. I just recently realized this when I was trying to play catch-up on the boys' scrapbooks (one of many of my excuses for being behind). Without my past blog posts, my scrapbooks would have been all pictures without much journaling because I am slowly realizing with each passing year, my memory fails me more and more. I can hardly remember what we did last weekend much less the details of an activity we did 6 months ago. Anyways, since summer is over (sob, sob)... I thought I would do a quick recap of some of the highlights.

SAM

Towards the end of July we decided to move Sam to his "big boy" bed. This meant taking down the crib and getting out the toddler bed. We had been contemplating this move for a couple of months but just didn't know how he would do. He surprised us both and did great! He was pretty good about staying in his bed... for the most part. The 2nd or 3rd night after moving to the toddler bed I heard Joey say "Mom... MOM!!!!" It's not like Joey to wake up in the middle of the night so I jumped out of bed and went into his room. He was sitting up in his bed and when I asked what was the matter, he said "What is HE doing in my bed?" I then looked over and saw Sam laying on the pillow next to Joey. Sam looks up at me and says "night, night mommy"... the looks on both of their faces was priceless. Luckily Sam went back to sleep (in his own bed) and has been pretty good ever since.



My littlest man with his big boy bed!



JOEY

Joey had a busy summer. He took swimming lessons and played soccer through the park district. Daycare kept them busy too with numerous field trips. Some of his favorites were going to the zoo, county fair and picking berries at a local berry farm. Before this summer he hadn't shown much interest in riding his bike but that changed a few months ago. Now he and the neighbor boy ride their bikes up and down the sidewalks and he wants to ride his bike whenever we go on walks. Now summer is over and he's starting another year of preschool. He is still at the same place but will be in a different preschool class with a different teacher. He had a great teacher last year and has another great one this year so we've been very fortunate. He loves school and it's so fun sharing in his excitement when he learns something new. It's hard to believe he'll be starting kindergarten next year but I think he'll be ready... I might not be ready, but he will.   



1st Day of Preschool

 And I'll leave you with one of my favorite pictures from this summer...


Best friends!