What Do You Want To Do In Heaven?

I used to love daylight savings, I mean who wouldn't want an extra hour to sleep in?  Well, as soon as we had kids I realized that daylight savings is no fun.  Our kids already wake up between 6 and 7 and don't know what "sleeping in" means.  Luckily, with the exception of Logan (who woke up at 5:30), the boys woke up a little after 6.  So, it could have been a lot worse.  Hopefully, over the next few days they will adjust and sleep a bit longer.

I took Colin and Evan to church this morning before Colin's Sunday school.  Dennis stayed home with Logan who was napping. For the first time I had the boys go with the young kids for the "youth ministry" where they talk about the gospel reading in children's terms and then color a picture relating to it while their parents are in church.  Afterwards, I asked the boys what they learned and today they learned about heaven.  The teacher asked them what they want to do in heaven.  And Colin answered "fight"...ugh!  At least Evan had a more positive answer, he said "go to birthday parties"!

While Colin was in Sunday school Evan and I went to Starbucks and then to the church playground.  Evan was talking to one of the parents the whole time.  The dad asked him how old he was and Evan answered "3, I am an Aspen" (that's the name of his preschool class).  Then the dad said "Wow you are big, are you driving yet?" and Evan answered very seriously "No, not yet...".  Evan went on to tell him he has a tricycle and a motorcycle and all the preschool classes he is no longer in and the fact he will be 4 at his next birthday....etc.  It was a good 20 minute conversation!

If you noticed, I said "I am an Aspen" not "Me am an Aspen", Evan seems to be slowly dropping the "Me".  Kind of sad because it sounded so cute.  I guess my boy is growing up.

Well, since we are supposedly moving to Indiana (I am starting to have my doubts we will ever actually get there), we have decided to adopt the Colts as our 2nd favorite team.  Since the Skins are on bye, the boys put on their Colts gear and cheered them on.

Family Day

I love Saturdays.  It is so nice to have Dennis home all day.  We actually had no plans this weekend, which is always nice.  We were able to just get errands done and things done around the house.   Dennis cut grass and went grocery shopping, I got my hair cut and helped Colin do the school work he had missed while he was sick (his teacher sent it home with one of our neighbors). 

After naps we all went to the bookstore where Colin's artwork was chosen by his school to be displayed.  The boys enjoyed picking out a book each while we were there (more superhero books, ugh). 

It was a nice family day.

Stir Crazy

From the way the day started I thought it was going to be a long, bad day.  Colin still had a fever when he woke up this morning.  The high fever broke but it was still around 100 so he had to stay home from school.  Once again, I couldn't go out to run errands and our fridge doesn't have much in it besides Logan's milk.  Evan was very hyper this morning and one of the first things I heard him say was him telling Logan "Logan, I'm telling on you!".

Luckily, the day got much better and calmer as it went along.  Colin spent the day watching the Hokie football game that he had us DVR last night and him and Evan both did some coloring this evening.  See their pics below...

Colin's picture of "Daddy", notice the hairy arms and legs and the tattoo on his arm.

Evan's picture of Hulk and Dr. Doom, they are "fighting"

I think the boys and I are both stir crazy after this week stuck at home, hopefully we can get out this weekend.

Colin Sickness

Colin has unfortunetly picked up the fever that Evan had on tuesday.  He woke this morning with it and had to stay home from school.  For whatever reason it seemed to hit Colin harder than Evan.  He was ok most of the day but then this evening his temp went to 103 and he got sick all over the sofa.  I am hoping it will just be a 24 thing like it was for Evan. 

Colin and I spent the day at home watching tv and working on spelling.  It was a good low key day.  I am hoping everyone wakes up healthy in the morning, so I can actually leave the house and get some stuff done.  Now time to watch the Hokies....

ABC's

I am very grateful to have a boy like Evan.  This morning Logan was off schedule and his morning nap was delayed a few times by a dirty diaper and then spitting up all over his crib.  During this whole time Evan colored nicely at the table and then went in to his playroom and played with his legos for about an hour.  Having an independent child sure has its benefits at times, he is very good about keeping himself entertained. 

When I finally got Logan settled and finished doing some cleaning, Evan and I spent some time working on his numbers and letters with the number/letter blocks.  I was having him find each letter in the alphabet and put it in a row.  He was very cute, every time he tried to figure out what the next letter was he would start at the beginning and say his alphabet.  Well, when "L" was the next letter he said, "A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,Ella,O,P..."  "We need to find "Ella""! 

I enjoyed my day with my Mr. Evan.

PJ Day

Evan woke me up 3 times last night and he was burning up with a fever, so he stayed home from school today.  Colin was already home because of a teacher work day.  I decided it to declare it a pj day thinking we could stay in our pj's all day, watch some movies and just rest.  This lasted a few hours and then Colin wanted to change in to regular clothes and Evan soon followed.  But they did have a fun day watching movies, playing with blocks, coloring, and Colin and I worked on some spelling.

It was a pretty calm day and for some reason Colin got on a cleaning kick and wiped down the kitchen, living room, downstairs bathroom and made beds.  Cleaning must be his new thing. We still make him "rest" at nap time for an hour or so (so him and I both can get a break) and lately he has been spending that time cleaning his room.  It is cute all the different ways he rearranges his closet and stuffed animals!  A boy who wants to clean...I can't complain about that :-)

Evan seems to be okay, the fever comes back when the Advil wears off, but he doesn't seem to have any other symptoms thus far, hopefully he gets better soon.  I must say though that I enjoy the added cuddles I get from him when he is not feeling well.

Colin's Parent/Teacher Conference

Today was my parent/teacher conference with Colin's Kindergarten teacher.  It was very rushed and to the point, not the warm fuzzy conferences of his preschool days.  The teachers are just so busy these days.  His school has 8 Kindergarten classes with 23 kids in a class.  It is a good school and school system, but the teachers just don't have the time to get to know the kids all that well.  I wish Dennis could have been there with me because she had to talk fast and all the information was a bit overwhelming.  Unfortunately, Dennis had to stay home to watch Colin and Logan.

In a nutshell...Colin is doing well academically.  For his pals testing he scored an 86/102 (the benchmark was 28), so he is well above average at this point.  These tests involve early reading skills like rhyming, letter sounds, spelling etc...  She did give us some feedback on behavior like he needs to work on not rushing too much or getting distracted so easily.  She said his behavior has improved the last couple weeks and after seeing his test scores she is attributing that to him being bored the first month or so.  In kindergarten it is hard to tell how "advanced" kids are because some kids start to level out or even drop off as things get harder and other kids that may have been slow initially start to catch on.  So, things may change, but for now he is above average.  She was good about giving me some ideas of things to start working on at home.

One funny thing about the conference...Colin sits at a table full of girls.  Well, I was thinking that it was good he was with girls because they might keep him calm.  However, his teacher told me she was moving him because he sits with a table full of strong willed girls who might be leading him to be a little too loud!! 

For dinner we had Evan's soccer team party.  It was pretty chaotic, with too many people in a small hot party room.  The kids seemed to enjoy it though.  After years of watching Colin get trophies Evan was very excited to get his first trophy!